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Foods	foods for camping	Jun 08 2009 19:46 (UTC)	5
For suppers you can freeze meats in containers in advance, use them to help keep coolers cold, and eat them when they have (at least nearly) defrosted. If you cut veggies in advance, it makes for quick & easy meals, but more like foods you would normally eat at home. Also, cut veggies would round out a veggie hot dog into a meal! PS - I'm going to use some of the tips others have suggested too!
Pregnancy & Parenting	healthy meal plan for breast feeding?	Jun 08 2009 19:36 (UTC)	8
I am also not an expert, but have some experience. Everyone is different, but... When I was breastfeeding my daughter, I did watch my calories once I realized that I wasn't getting back to my original weight by magic (as some seem to). My daughter was about 4 or 5 months old at the time. I took the recommended calorie intake recommended by CC & then added 300-500 calories a day for breastfeeding. The 300-500 was suggested as the requirement for breastfeeding by the nurses at a community health centre. I also was not overly rigid about the limit, especially to ensure I was getting lots of nutrients to pass onto my baby, but I found that this gave me a "refresher" on portion sizes after being pregnant, which I really needed. It worked, at a not-too-fast-and-not-too-slow pace, and without affecting the breastfeeding. Best of luck!

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