As promised, I snapped photos of my food intake yesterday. To keep it real, I took what is normally eaten. Let’s see if my diet is up to D Pregnancy Diet’s standard.

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Breakfast

Bread (pen not consumed!)

We normally take wholemeal bread for breakfast. But the shop ran out of stock so we settled for less – white bread with cheese, sprinkled with sugar. Not an entirely healthy choice but hey, there is cheese on it!

(calcium, grains, fats)

Milk

My mom said, “one cup of milk a day, baby fair fair everyday,” or something along the line. But mom, I’m taking chocolate flavour milk. So how? Will my baby look like “clay”?

(protein, calcium)

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Snack

Apple juice

More like apple puree actually… Dump, or if you prefer, gently peel two apples and place them ever so tenderly into the blender. Add honey to taste. Blend and enjoy!

Bon appetit!

(vitamin C, other fruits & vegetables)

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Lunch

White rice, chicken in tomato sauce & mmm.. some kind of vegetables with garlic

I know processed/white rice is not as nutritious as brown rice. But to keep it real, that’s what I take everyday. Oh boy, does that mean that I’m a bad mother? Bad, bad woman!

(protein, vitamin C, other fruits and vegetables, grains, fats)

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Snack

Raisins

Hungry again woh, how? Huh… always choose healthier options. Even though I’d prefer cheese crackers or keropok any time, but they are innutritious… but very tasty… but zero nutrition… but so delicious… Didn’t I tell you that good diet requires much discipline and will power? Now, wield it!

I threw them up after one hour, do I still need to include them in today’s quota?

(vitamin C, iron)

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Dinner

White rice; carrot, bak choy, chicken, some green vegetables with stem; mengkuang, heh bi/ha mai, garlic; pan-fried fish

Before I begin, please note that these dishes are for two. I consumed about a quarter or 1/4 or 25% of the portion shown here.

(protein, calcium, vitamin C, green leafy and yellow vegetables, grains, fats)

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Snack

Heavenly tambun piah (淡汶饼)

We pregnant ladies are encouraged to eat 3 big meals, 2 snacks or 5 small meals. But since I threw up the raisins, so that doesn’t count.

My husband came back from Penang last night and he bought my favourite tambun piah for me.

Oh, baby! Come to momma.

Wei, I only took three (tiny) pieces ok?

(legumes (tambun piah is made of green beans), fats)

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Supplement

500 mg calcium

200 mg iron

I also take 5 mg of folic acid and 500 mg of concentrated fish oil everyday.

I do it this way: I down folic acid and fish oil first thing in the morning before breakfast because fats in food will help absorption of fish oil. Then, I swallow my calcium caplet after dinner. And take my iron tablet before sleep, at least 2 hours after taking calcium caplet. Why? Because calcium more than 250 mg should not be taken together with supplementary iron as these minerals interfere with iron absorption.

Aren’t you glad that I am here to tell you that? Oh, you’re making me blush… you’re most welcome.

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So, these are the foods that I took yesterday. I did not include the serving of these foods as I don’t know how to measure them in “serving”; even though “munch” and “mouthful”, that I can attest to.

My trusted books and my wise friends once told me: eat a wide variety of food, and eat in moderation. I think that sums up my pregnancy diet pretty well.

Enjoy your meals today!