Even though I'm not a preggo (yet!) I thought this would be the best place to have this thread.

I'm hoping to lose 10 lbs before I get pg, and I'm looking for "baby steps" to start me off right. Ease the transistion, so to speak. Like today I brought a bottle of water to work instead of my usual can of coke.

What little things do y'all do to help eat healthier?

I'm hoping to get my nutrition in better shape before I become pg, so it'll be easier to eat right during.

Meredith - One thing in my daily diet is breakfast. I never skip breakfast. I always have a grain (whole wheat toast, oatmeal, high fiber/low cal cereal - I like Kashi Heart to Heart and Go Lean), fruit (apple, 1 C berries, banana etc) and a glass of skim milk.

I also like to make my own breakfast yogurt smoothie:

1/2 C skim milk
1/2 C plain low fat yogurt
1 medium banana
1/2 C berries (I buy frozen berries)
2t honey
1 or 2 ice cubes

mix it in the blender and have it with 2 slices of whole wheat toast.

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Rac - that smoothie sounds good! That's another place I'm going to have to be better, I almost never eat breakfast. And when I do it's like a butter croissant, so nothing good for me.

Meredith - Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.....

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Do you eat the toast plain, or with a little butter?

I'm already on whole wheat bread. I had a run in with IBS last year and discovered that it's not fun to have that flare up, so I do what I can to make it stay dormant.

Meredith - I use Fat Free spray butter on my wheat toast! YUM!

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Meredith - I use butter... usually about a teaspoon or so for each slice. You can't completely deprive yourself of the 'bad' things!! Sometimes I even put a little jelly on it. Smuckers makes a low sugar jelly - tastes just like ther regular stuff!

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I use the Brumel and Brown spread. Low cal, no hydrogenated oil or trans fats and it really tastes just like butter.

The other small thing I do is wash up fruits an veggies and cut them up and keep them in a small container on the top shelf of the fridge. I started doing this to encourage the kids to eat more fruitand veggies and find myself and DH snacking on them a ton.

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smart balance also makes a light spread with flax seed oil - No partially hydrogenated oils - trans fat! They also make a spray butter that is very good.

I get updates from WebMD at work about healthy eating - I'll have to post some of the articles I get!

I agree with Rac - breakfast is the most important meal of the day...I never skip! There are studies that show that people that skip breakfast tend to overeat the rest of the day. Besides - you brain needs the fuel to start working! Egg whites is a great breakfast too! You can even add some low fat or fat free cheese!

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Jen - I often have eggwhites for breakfast with a little splash of egg beaters with salsa, spinach and a little cheese sprinkled on top. Of course, that comes with ww toast, a little fruit and milk.

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DH always tells me I should have been a short order cook - I love making egg whites and throwing things in...asparagus tastes good in there too. I'll usually make that if I am home alone for dinner. I am such a breakfast food person!

Sundays are sometimes WW pancakes...mmmm!

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rac and jend~ I must admit... I'm not really a breakfast person either. I get nauseous if I eat too soon after waking up. It usually takes me a few hours to eat anything (other than coffee). But I love eggs for dinner sometimes. Both of your recipes sound good. Once I start eating, it's difficult for me to stop. I love food!!!

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Hi guys, I haven't posted in a while, but I thought I'd give an update. Out of the 10 lbs I wanted to loose, I'm down 8 of them! I'm really excited, I hope I can keep it up!

Mere~ What is your trick and how long did it take for the 8?

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Yay, Mere! I'm up 13 in one year. AAAAAHHHH! Any advice. I'll never fit into my size 2 again. Hopefully I can get back into the size 4 b/c I have a closet full of them.

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That is GREAT Meredith! I am just getting started trying to lose 20... Dh and I joined the gym on Monday and we have been twice this week. Just finished some healthy grocery shopping to try to help too. Any words of wisdom?

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Thanks guys!! It's been tough, but I'm really pleased!

Regina - I started when I made the origional post, so April. It's not been a fast process...

DH and I started going to the gym 3x a week, and that got me the first 5 lbs pretty quick (from 125 to 120), but then I really stalled. I sat at 120 for a month or so and just couldn't seem to break through it.

So I started cutting food (no, wait, not like that!). I am 99% off of soda now, and I'm better about using light foods and simply less of them.

I use to have a habit to eat out of boredom, and I'm making sure I only eat when it's real hungar.

That finally broke my dry spell, and got me the other 3 lbs. I'm hoping to be at my goal weight (115) in another week or two.

My only complaint is that instead of the 8 lbs leaving my rear end, it's coming out of my face and bbs. So my butt is still big...

I know it sounds silly, to want to loose weight at 120, but keep in mind that I'm only 5'2" and I was 105 lbs when I got married.

Mere-You sound like me I always lose weight where I can't afford to lose weight (My boobs)! Good job on the weight loss.

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