A day in the life: pregnancy diet triplified

I thought I would write out my basic diet on any given day during this pregnancy. It really amazes me just how much I can eat! I feel like a teenage boy! I have always been a healthy eater and being an athlete, I always pay attention to what I eat. The average person should aim to gain at least 50 pounds when carrying triplets. Obviously, you need to eat more calories than a singleton pregnancy. The rule of thumb is about 300 added calories a day for each baby. So that means i need to be eating 900 more calories. For me that is close to 3,000 calories a day. Along with more calories, pregnant women need more calcium and protein.

I usually eat 3 meals a day with 2 snacks but those snacks have become more like full meals nowadays because I seem to be always hungry. Growing these babies is my top priority no matter how huge i have to get and I want them to get big and healthy! It may seem easy to fulfill 3,000 calories a day when eating crap, but its a lot harder to hit it with healthy and good calories! Now dont get me wrong, i eat plenty of crap for all of us, but I try to balance it with a healthy diet. I dont think it is possible not to eat unhealthy sugary snacks when pregnant with all the craving I have. That will be a separate post later.

Weeks 20-28 during pregnancy are the most important for weight gain as this is the time the babies put on the most. It is even more crucial in multiples because they are much more likely to be early. The average length of a triplet pregnancy is just 32 weeks. The goal is to gain about a pound and a half a week for the entire pregnancy. So far I have gained about 29 pounds so im right on track!

Ok here goes,

Breakfast- 7:00am: I usually make a smoothie, either berry banana orange juice and yogurt, or milk banana and peanut butter.

Second breakfast- 9:30: cereal/ granola and fruit. Sometimes eggs.

Lunch- 12:00: Turkey/ chicken/ ham sandwich on whole wheat bread (with tomato, lettuce, cucumber, cheese etc) and more fruits and veggies, or leftovers

Snack- 3:00: Crackers salami and cheese, or yogurt and fruit

Dinner- 6 or 6:30: This varies everyday, but tonight we had oven-baked chicken with mashed potatoes, salad (romaine, carrots, celery, avocado, cucumber, croutons) and broccoli.

Dessert- 9:00: Ice cream, cookie, or fruit

This is a basic outline. I also have lots of trail mix and other snacks in between these meals. Im always eating it seems! Thankfully I like to cook and so does Patrick so we get pretty creative with dinners. I like to try new recipes and experimenting.

So there you have it! I may do another rendition as I get farther along as we all know my willingness and ability to cook and prepare will go down! Hopefully Patrick will be able to pick up the slack!