Surprise! Nick and I are expecting our first child in February! We found out the first weekend of June and have been ecstatic ever since!
I had fully planned on starting up the blog again once Farm season had begun and I had plenty of resources for my recipes… baby had other plans! I have never experience fatigue like I did the first 2.5 months of pregnancy! I napped in my car at work on my lunch break, when I got home, and was in bed by 8:30, 9 pm latest! Apparently this whole growing a human thing really takes it out of you!
Luckily, that was the only bad symptom I experienced during my first trimester. I am beyond grateful that I missed the whole morning sickness fiasco most women deal with! Fatigue was tough, but it wasn’t unbearable.
I was determined from the beginning of my pregnancy to remain fit and healthy for myself and most importantly for baby K. My morning workouts not only keep me in shape but keep me sane. It’s my only time for myself all day, before my husband gets up, before my workday begins, before that list of chores becomes a reality….. I need that time! Thankfully, the little energy I had during the first trimester was at the very start of my morning, so my workouts never stopped!I’ve continued to workout 6 days a week, but have been following prenatal weight lifting workouts and running on my off days (as cleared by my doctors).
There is so much research saying how important it is for women to continue working out during pregnancy. It helps us prepare to be fit for delivery, it helps maintain a healthy weight gain, and also has been shown to help with brain development for baby!
Fitness hasn’t been difficult to keep up with….. my healthy eating habits however have taken a LOT more discipline.
Apparently all this baby wants is mint chocolate chip ice cream and carbs (not that I blame them). Before pregnancy, my will power around sweets was unbreakable…. somehow this baby has made me crazy for ice cream! This was the first thing that tipped my sister in laws off that I might be expecting.
Although I just want to spend my days shoveling in nachos and ice cream, I really want to give my baby the best nutrition I can. I have been focusing my meals around what nutrients are especially important to baby K’s growth and development… not to say that I don’t occasionally allow myself to indulge in a treat or two or three every week. Everyday I try my best to make sure I am taking in enough Folate, vitamin D, calcium, vitamin c, protein, Omega 3s, etc.
I have personally found it easiest to stick to healthy eating when I begin my day with a healthy breakfast!
Almost everyday since the beginning of July I have had the exact same DELICIOUS and most of all NUTRITIOUS breakfast! I call it 1st Trimester Avocado toast. It is so simple, quick and easy to make plus packs a ton of nutritional value!
All you need for this recipe are the following:
1 tsp coconut oil
2 pasture raised eggs
1 cup spinach
1 clove garlic minced
1/2 avocado
1 toasted Ezekiel bread English muffin (or your bread of choice)
Seasoning of choice (I use Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel seasoning)
- First melt the coconut oil in a large pan. Once you have done this, crack the two eggs into one side of the skillet to fry.
- Once the eggs are about halfway cooked, add garlic to the opposite side of the pan and allow to sweat for 1 minute. Then add in the spinach and cover pan until it begins to wilt.
- While the spinach is wilting and your eggs are cooking, mash and spread your half an avocado onto each half of your toast.
- Remove the pan from heat, layer the spinach onto the avocado toast and top it with your fried eggs… that’s all folks!
That Cultivated Life 