What should I eat when I’m pregnant? Probably one of the hottest topics in mommy-to-be magazines, must-read pregnancy books, and online forums is pregnancy nutrition. Experts of all stripes have their own dictionaries and recipes, and the more specialized nutrition experts have a lot of formulas that make you respectful. A mother-to-be with gestational diabetes once came to my clinic and said that the nutrition specialist had given her “professional” instructions after assessing her through the computerized nutrition assessment system, but after strict implementation, her weight was not well controlled and her blood sugar continued to rise. Later, after my “non-professional” guidance, she was able to control her weight and blood sugar quickly. In fact, pregnancy nutrition is not so complicated, the following is my summary of these years, listen to understand, remember, quite effective, no scientific data of pregnancy nutrition guidance advice: principle: control mouth, open legs. 1, control mouth: when not pregnant, what you want to eat what you want to eat, how much you want to eat how much. But when you are pregnant, you are not eating for yourself, you have to think about the child in your belly. But never as the mother-in-law mothers say, pregnant is two people, should eat more, to eat double the amount. The principle is: the right amount of balanced. The right amount is not to eat ten full, nine full is about the same, hungry what to do? You can eat cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, these vegetables both nutritious and contain very little sugar, any eat not move the gas. Balance is a good mix of meat and vegetables, promote diversity, to protect the intake of various vitamins and minerals. Desserts and drinks: to eat less sweet snacks and drinks, because these snacks and drinks contain a lot of sugar, eaten easily will be absorbed into the transformation, weight will rise significantly. “The phrase “more fruit is better” is not entirely true during pregnancy. Nowadays, fruits are getting sweeter and sweeter than before, which means that the sugar content is very high, and eating too much of them will make you gain weight quickly. Some mothers-to-be gain weight too quickly and are not able to control it well, so when you ask her about her three meals a day, she will say that she eats very little, and then when you ask her how much fruit she eats, she will tell you that you can eat half a pound of grapes and a watermelon at a time. In fact, it is enough to eat three or four pieces of fruit every day! The straw that saved your life: first tell a joke, a middle-aged man went to the doctor, said he wanted to live a few more years, asked the doctor what good health tips. The doctor asked: smoking? Do not smoke; drink? Do not drink; like beautiful women? General; like food? General; good to go home to die, no hobbies, live so long why? Please note that here is not to promote smoking and alcohol, I do not smoke, slightly drink wine, love food! If the mother-to-be can only eat tasteless so-called “healthy meals” and starvation throughout pregnancy, then it is too inhumane. And a lot of people simply can’t stick with it once they look at it. I have a trick that has been tried and true. This is to ask the mother-to-be to do exactly what I asked her to do every day, but with the incentive of having one meal a week where she can indulge herself completely and eat whatever she wants and as much as she wants (provided she doesn’t get killed). This was the straw that saved the camel’s back, and a number of mothers told me after giving birth that thanks to the once-a-week indulgence, she was able to both control her weight and enjoy the food, otherwise it would have been impossible to stick with it. Diet diary: Some mothers-to-be have a bad memory, not enough perseverance, weight gain is too fast and not well controlled, I would generally suggest that she keep a diet diary. It is to record everything you eat every day, whether it is a meal or a snack or a drink. Come to me after a week of writing and I will tell her how to adjust and reduce her intake. In fact, the process of keeping a diet diary is to involve her in the process of self-awareness and adjustment. Some mothers-to-be have already discovered the problems and made self-adjustments before they came back to see me. 2, open legs In addition to diet control, but also adhere to the exercise. The easiest and most effective way to exercise during pregnancy is to take a brisk walk, it is best to insist on a brisk walk for half an hour every day, in principle, after walking to have the feeling of sweating, the heartbeat should be significantly faster. Of course this varies from person to person, at the beginning you can adhere to the walk, and then gradually transition to the medium speed walk and fast walk. In addition to walking, you can also insist on swimming and doing yoga. Goal: After entering mid-pregnancy weight gain of no more than 1 pound per week, the child’s birth weight of about 6 pounds (can not do? Well 6-7 pounds). If the child’s birth weight of about 6 pounds, usually adhere to the fast walking, you can walk as fast as you can, the child will be born very smoothly, just like the tree fruit, ripe and will fall down! There was once a relatively obese mother-to-be in my clinic, very obedient during pregnancy, to the delivery, than the pre-pregnancy weight loss of 1 kg, the birth of a 7 kg child. The purpose of telling you is to encourage you to keep your mouth shut and your legs open. Okay, I admit it: the temptation to eat is great, control is difficult, I do not necessarily do it myself. But you can do it, for yourself may not do, but for your baby, you can certainly do it!