Hi all,
It's such a basic thing, but I woke up is morning completely confused as to if I am eating ok. I am about to begin my second trimester this week.
The thing is, i was born and bred in a country/culture that strictly promotes eating for two. It also doesn't have the concept of "portions" and servings or the idea of a main course as one single item. Meals consist of three of four mains all of which are served up with a giant pot of rice on the table, and you eat till you are full up. So with every course you help yourself to more rice.
Now I have been in the uk for half a decade, and live with a British DH. The pregnancy and eating guidelines here are very different to those in culture of origin but also generally food is different. There are portions, and mains, and a meal could easily be just one course.
So I have overthought everything and now don't know if I am eating ok. Can someone cast an eye over this average day's meals and tell me if I am missing something? Here's today as an example - (my pregnancy multis come in three parts)
Breakfast - Porridge with oats, semi skimmed milk, seeds.
Snack- hard boiled egg, orange juice, morning multivitamin
Lunch- Spinach, chickpea and potato curry, rice, glass of tomato juice, multivitamin
Snack - pot of yoghurt, slice of brown toast with coleslaw and ham
Dinner - Spaghetti with mince in tomato sauce, mixed vegetables, slice of cheese.
An apple will also be thrown in somewhere.
It resembles a western meal largely with the exception of the lunch. You'll probably guess where I am from! There, if I showed this to my family they'd think it's highly inadequate for a pregnant lady. There'd be five curries at each meal and a mountain of rice. And lots more yogurt and milk. Can't deny I fancy that at times, but infrastructure there is loads different to here.
So, returning to my point, does this look okay?