Pregnancy Nutrition

If you are watching your weight or just trying to eat more healthily it doesn't mean that you have to eat tasteless or boring food and one of my favourite healthy and tasty dishes which is a hit with all the family is a healthy version of spaghetti bolognaise - which is also SUPER easy to make!

I like to make a big batch of this on a Sunday and freeze portions to eat during the week and the great thing for me is that my toddler likes it too.

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Tiredness is one of the toughest things about being a mum. Gone are the days when you can sleep in and get an extra 60 minutes in (oh how I would LOVE that right now!!) and as we all know getting motivated to do any exercise when you are exhausted is pretty hard.

I get over 100 emails a day from mums asking for help on weight loss and around 50% of those are asking for help to overcome tiredness so that they can exercise - so it is a very common issue and it does go hand in hand ...

Losing baby weight can be hard work and for some mums they want to lose their weight as soon as they have their baby. However, the reality of trying to lose the weight when you have a new born to care for, are sleep deprived, are recovering from the birth and have hormones all over the place can make the weight loss process very hard.

Because of this we don’t recommend even thinking about losing the weight until you feel 100% ready to do so. For some mums this could be soon after ...

Hello!

I am Lisa, a mum to a beautiful 7 month old baby girl - Brooke Frances. Bub Hub has invited me to blog for you, because I am also a nutritionist with psychology qualifications. So I am really excited to share with you interesting things I come across regarding food... and hope you will be interactive and pick my brain, make comments, ask questions and get involved too

My special interest though is our RELATIONSHIP with food. So I thought it would be rather fitting ...

The kind of regularity I am talking about here is going to the toilet and not just a quick wee!
I am pretty sure in this pregnancy my bowel habits are not as fabulous as I'd like them to be or as good as my previous pregnancy.

Ok, dreaded topic - Constipation in pregnancy. They say it can happen at all stages, and I am having some troubles now (week 22 of pregnancy).
I will share with you some tips and more so the ones I think work when times are tough and you feel more ...