Quick Tips to eating healthy when Pregnant

Making smart food choices can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby!

Don't skip breakfast! If you are feeling sick, start with 100% whole-grain toast. Eat more food later in the morning. 

Eat foods high in fiber! Veggies, fruits, whole grains, and beans. (Green Peas, Broccoli  Raspberries, Pears, Whole-wheat Spaghetti, Oatmeal, Black Beans, Lentils)

Choose healthy snacks! Low-fat Greek yogurt with fruit, or low-fat cottage cheese with fruit, whole wheat crackers and low-fat cheese, fresh veggie platter with peanut butter.

Limit your caffeine! Try having flavored water or just water instead of soda! Drink decaf tea or coffee. 

10 ideas to stay fit with the Family!

So it's getting colder out and winter is soon shutting our windows and doors. So what do we do inside to stay active with our families?? 60 minutes of staying active a day right! So here's a few ideas to help you and your family keep moving!

1. How about a game of TWISTER! Get all tangled up, laugh, and have a good time!
2. Can you find it??? Try a Scavenger hunt! Hide things around the house and set the timer! 
3. Bowl-a-rama! Set up water bottles (with a tiny bit of water or pasta for weight) and use a small rubber ball or make it silly and use and apple and go bowling in the living room! STRIKE!
4. Dim the lights, Shut the blinds, and hand everyone a flashlight and get dancing! That's right turn on some disco music and you be the disco ball!!!
5. HOPSCOTCH! You remember that game right?? So get out the masking tape and make a hopscotch pattern on the floor! You can also use the masking tape to make a balance beam, don't fall down!!!
6. Read a book then play it out (like charades)!! 
7. Do the kids miss throwing ball?? Use marshmallows instead! Get out a bucket and toss them in or play hot potato with the marshmallows! Small or large!
8. Have a relay race. Have the kids (and you) get out all their winter coat stuff) Have a race to see who can put all the warm clothes on and then off! Don't forget hat gloves scarf.....
9. Grab a straw and a ping pong ball and start huffing and puffing! See who can blow the ping pong ball across the floor (or table) first. (make it harder and try getting it in a cup that is laying on its side!)
10. Try so morning yoga with the kids! Before breakfast do a few moves to get their bodies awake and ready for the day (mountain pose, archer pose, bowing pose, tree pose, jumping jack pose, etc)!

GET MOVING! 

Check out these stability ball exercises!

http://www.ball-exercises.com/exercises/index.html

Be your own Trainer!!

Are you taking rest days?? I feel they are very important. My body needs a day to relax. Don't forget your mind does too! Yoga or meditation is a perfect rest day 'workout'. So sit back, read a book, catch a movie, or meditate! Make sure you are still getting in all your water!

http://goodlifezen.com/2008/04/18/how-to-start-meditating-ten-important-tips/