The "three meals a day, no snacking" does NOT apply to pregnant women or breastfeeding Moms. We need to get our calories in where and when we can, so grazing, snacking, or eating mini-meals is more than acceptible if that's what it takes to get food into your sleep-deprived, feeding-every-three-hours body.
Sipping on a can of coconut milk or snacking on olives throughout the day is a good way to get extra calories in, too. I eat a can of olives pretty much every day. Nuts and seeds are a good calorie-dense source too. I know we say not to crack out on them, but when it comes down to needing to get extra calories in, it's A-OK to rely on these cal-dense sources. Of course, if you find yourself blowing through a jar of Sunbutter every three days, maybe it's time to pull back on that one.
Best,
Melissa
This makes me feel better... I'm breastfeeding my 7-week old baby now. As it stands, I'm already an "every 3 hour" eater (I start W30 on May 7th), so between that and breastfeeding, the "3 meals per day, no snacking" rule was seeming doubly as daunting for me. I'm not quite sure what I'll snack on, without it being almonds/pistachios/cashews every time, but hopefully I'll find at least one non-high fat substitute (my current fave snack is almonds with dried goji berries).
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This makes me feel better... I'm breastfeeding my 7-week old baby now. As it stands, I'm already an "every 3 hour" eater (I start W30 on May 7th), so between that and breastfeeding, the "3 meals per day, no snacking" rule was seeming doubly as daunting for me. I'm not quite sure what I'll snack on, without it being almonds/pistachios/cashews every time, but hopefully I'll find at least one non-high fat substitute (my current fave snack is almonds with dried goji berries).