I need a grocery list!

I haven't had an appt. with a doctor about nutrition yet. I'm reading Eat to Live but I feel that I have not been eating good lately. I don't want to be one of those pregnant women who eat junk and blow up and use pregnancy as an excuse. I refuse to do that! So I need suggestions from you for nutritious foods that I can eat and cook. I like to cook in the crockpot although I haven't in ages because of my busy schedule. Also lately I've been really tired at night that I can hardly keep my eyes open long enough to prepare a meal for the next day. I'm amazed at how tired I am at night so early, on 4 weeks, maybe even just 3 weeks along.

Here are a few basics:

-  Whole grain bread, flax seed bread or 7 grain.  Potatoes, FiberOne cereal

-  Green leafy vegetables; baby spinach, baby aruguala, spring mixes

-  Carrots out of the bag you can snack on; easy prep veggies (I love green pepppers-  no dressing required)

-  Proteins-  chicken cutlets (get a george foreman grill; takes 10 minutes to grill a piece of chicken when you are tired).  lean ground meats

-  Try to get some whole wheat pasta and some red pack tomoto sauce and throw some ground meat in it.  DOesn't take too long and over whole wheat pasta it's delish!

Start with the basics!  You can throw some nuts/cashews in there as well but watch the salt!

Here's a list of foods to avoid. 

I like Vanessa's suggestions. :)  In the beginning, I was actually craving whole grains.  That was weird!  Gotta love that Fiber One-if you experience pregnancy constipation, you'll know what I'm talking about. ;) 

cecily that's so strange becuase the first month I couldn't eat enough Kasshi oatmeal.  Now I can't even look at it.  So strange!

but YES to the fiberONE

I ate a lot of eggs (hard boiled are easy and portable), and flaxseeds (ground) in yogurt are a good, healthy option.  You should be eating fatty fish (salmon) or taking fish oil every day for the baby's brain/eye development.  Nordic Naturals or Carlson are the only brands I would recommend.  Lots of salads (you an preassemble/cut up the veggies).  I also ate a TON of granola--don't know why; usually it's such a high carb sin, but I totally craved it with vanilla yogurt.  Oh, and stay away from the brownies/cheesecake/cookies/carrot cake/ice cream, or you'll be stuck with some extra, unwanted poundage like me right now :(  I'm working on the last 10-15 lbs from my 35 pound pregnancy gain....sigh...

If you are interest in pre-made meatballs. You can microwave them for about 2 minutes and then add them to your sauce and use whole wheat noodles.  Peanut butter with crackers is a good protein and you probably should be on a prenatal vitamin.  Have you seen an OB/GYN yet and confirmed your pregnancy?  George Foreman is everyone's best friend so get to using it if you have one.  If not I would like to suggest it is a great investment.  There are ones that have removable plates and I suggest that.

You can make chicken and dumplings, beef stew and chili.  I have recipes for that so if you are interested I can give you the links.

Take care and God Bless.

Don't forget to have iron rich foods to make you less tired. If you need a list of those PM me and I will copy and paste it over to you.