It has been quite some time since I have added a new post. Enough time, might I add, to effectively be 32 weeks pregnant. My how time flies! A bit of an update:
Kirk and I continued paleo reasonably well (75-80% of the time) through June 2010. We also kept up Crossfit about 2-3x/week. During the month of June, we traveled a large amount and saw our diet begin to slide. However, I think it was our rising good health and activity levels that led to me getting pregnant. At least I like to blame it on that! At the end of June, I moved to Boston to do some work at the Museum of Fine Arts and stayed with friends. Boston in the summer is an amazing place. Farmers Markets abound and there is a plethora of healthy, interesting fruits and veggies, along with grass-fed meats. I also started crossfitting at CF Fenway. The trainers there quite honestly kicked my ass, but after two weeks I mastered double-unders, handstand push-ups and PR’d on my deadlift and back squat. I felt great!
Then I started feeling terrible. I probably slept 12-14 hours a day and struggled to go to CF. I thought I was either sick, depressed, or both. Lucky me, it was neither; I was pregnant! I did my best to stay paleo, but it is pretty difficult with morning (ahem, all day) sickness. Once I made it back home in August to my very excited husband, I had lost most of my motivation for working out OR eating paleo.
It’s sad to say, but I fell off the bandwagon and pulled Kirk down with me. For anyone who has ever been pregnant or lived with someone who was pregnant, the bombardment of medical “nutritional” advice is overwhelming. Then the worry sets in that perhaps, maybe I am wrong about what a pregnant body needs or doesn’t need. I began eating the Brewer’s Diet along with my Bradley childbirth classes, and although I didn’t feel terrible, I didn’t feel great.
My big scare came with the glucose tolerance test given to pregnant women around 24-28 weeks. I barely passed the threshold my midwife had set. In my defense, most hospitals today use a glucose level of 140mg ; my midwife uses 130mg. My level was 128. You would think that would be enough to kick my butt into gear, but sadly it was not. It amazes me that grains are so highly recommended to pregnant women who are already at an increased risk of glucose intolerance. I should have known better!
Kirk has also been on the pregnancy diet, and the only thing it has developed in him is a disgust for the way he feels. So, with less than 2 months left until this baby decides to make an appearance, we are officially whipping ourselves back into Paleo shape. Our typical pattern the last few months has been maybe 1-2 paleo meals per day. I’m shooting for a 90% paleo rate. We’re reading Robb Wolf’s new book and using his grocery shopping list here: http://robbwolf.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/shopping-list.pdf.
So there you have it. A year of ups and downs, surprises and blessings, bad choices, but new beginnings. More updates to come!
