Tue, Jan-26-10, 21:26
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Senior Member
Posts: 348
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Plan: lacto-ovo moderate carb
Stats: 163/147/141
BF:
Progress: 73%
Location: India
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Originally Posted by lisaz8605
Shobha, that is exceptional advice. I am so glad you posted it. A LOT of women can benefit from this.
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Thanks.
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I am very much in that "if I had to do it all over again, this is how I'd do it" mode, although I did manage to stay more LC than I expected when I was pregnant. Still, I think it's important to get the word out. It's still not just "accepted" that LC is a good thing while pregnant.
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I know. Quite frankly, I think if they just avoid sugar and refined flour, they have most of the benefit already. Fruits and vegetables are still fine, IMO. As long as they eat lots of eggs, fatty dairy (if they tolerate dairy) and fatty meat (if they tolerate meat).
Yes, I go through a lot of that "I wish I had done this while pregnant" stuff too. I had no clue about low-carb then, hadn't ready GCBC or any of Taubes' articles. Also, for the entire pregnancy, I had terrible all-day random sickness. In fact I lost 1-2 kgs in the first trimester and managed to gain a little only after that. I gained only about 4-5 kgs totally. With all that sickness, I pretty much managed only by eating what I had cravings for. Thankfully, I did manage to eat some eggs and fruit.
I am trying to compensate now buy giving my son lots of omega-3, Vitamin D3, butter, eggs etc. And so far, he's been quite healthy and very lean. I know a lot of people think my son is not healthy because he's not chubby ... but we know how strong he is. He hardly falls ill, talks very well for his age and is cognitively quite advanced. He did walk only at 15 months, but I believe that's not an uncommon thing.
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