3 Great Pregnancy Snacks

Today I'll report on some easy nutrition tips, with some modifications so you can give them to your children or send them to a "nut free" child zone such as school, daycare or birthday parties. These are also great snacks when you are pregnant. Eating is essential for all, but to get in healthy snacks when pregnant can be the difference between feeling nauseous and not. Keep your blood sugar stabilized if you are pregnant-eat.

1. Blueberries, walnuts, cottage cheese. This is a great busy super mom snack as blueberries contain antioxidants, walnuts contain essential fatty acids or omegas and cottage cheese contains whey protein to stabilize blood sugar. For the super kids snack version you can leave out the walnuts and a touch of applesauce for added fruity sweetness for the kids.

2. Apple slices and cheese. This super mom snack contain fiber, protein and fat to reduce blood sugar fluctuations. Mom may prefer apple-wood smoked cheddar and kids mozzarella, it all works. Eat the skin on the apple as this contain a few grams of fibre on its own.

3. Dried apricots and almonds. This busy mom snack again contain fibre and omega fatty acids. For the super kids version you can add some dried apricot slices to yogurt or cottage cheese. OK so you or your child is lactose sensitive or intolerant- so add some dried apricots (sliced) into nut free granola with a few dark chocolate chips(or carob)- I guarantee they'll gobble this down.

These snacks are easy to make, relatively not messy for children and mom, and have a balance of nutrients to stabilize blood sugar. I use the almond /apricot combo as my go to snack. I always have a bag of this in my backpack because it doesn't go bad. You can always have your food on hand. None of the snacks are low fat as you will notice, actually quite the opposite. Fats are essential in your eating plan to be successful at health and weight loss.

For the mom that is ready to take her nutrition to the next level I am going to refer you to this complete comprehensive eating program with great tasting recipes I am going to refer you to an ebook call The Diet Solution. I think you will find this easy to follow and is full of great ingredients such as coconut oils and medium chain fats to boost your metabolism. A great compliment to your busy mom workouts.

Also for a complete Busy Mom Fitness program or Pregnancy Fitness program check my Baby Bump ebooks. Everything you will need from pregnancy, post delivery, and fat loss/fitness. A comprehensive system.

My Busy Mom Fitness workout today- dynamic warmup and circuts

circut #1 2x- modified pullups, squat press, prone jack knife with pushup, kettlebell snatch

Busy Mom Fat Loss circut #2- lunge kettlebell row, burpee with jumpsquat, lunge xover row, jump squat 10 of each 2x through the circut

To get more workouts like the one listed aboven in a 16 week program get a copy of your Baby Bump Busy Mom Fitness ebook.

PREGNACY FITNESS- Keys To Pregnancy Fitness Success with These Moves

Congratulations, now where do you begin? Everything you read, advice from friends and doctors indicates having a fit and healthy pregnancy is the key to making a healthy baby. You want to do the best for you and your baby, but where do you start.

If you are a complete beginner to fitness, meaning you have not exercised regularly for the past 3 months walking within your age predicted heart rate zone is the activity recommended for you in your first trimester. I do personally feel this guideline in Canada is outdated. Start performing kegel pelvic floor exercises NOW on a regular basis. Mobility moves such as CAT/CAMEL and the Bialteral Back Extension(shown above) exercises are also great during pregnancy, beginner or advanced. Once you hit your second trimester it is safe to add in some other forms of exercise.

If you have been exercising regularly you can continue BUT adjust your program using your age predicted heart rate guide. Add more focus on your warm-up (lengthening it to about 10 minutes) and be diligent performing a cool down regime to prevent and blood from pooling in you extremities and to help prevent hemorrhoids. Yes without a gradual decrease in heart rate during pregnancy exercise blood can pool around your pelvic floor area further expose you to the risk of hemorrhoids.

As your belly grows your posture is changing dramatically Pregnancy workouts should focus on postural exercises so you can prevent aches and pains of pregnancy. To get a free pregnancy workout please sign up below.

If you have been regularly active for 3 months or more please start this complimentary program right away. If you are a beginner to exercise please wait until your second trimester to add full range squats and lunges, but bilateral back extensions, hip rotations and shoulder clocks which are all mobility move are great.

OK, so I am editing my post today (Aug 13) as I have just come across an article that supports my view of current pregnancy exercise guidelines being outdated-please enjoy through this link Pregnant Women Should Start An Exercise Program-study GREAT STUFF.