MSE Pregnancy Club XV

mountainlioness wrote: »

SJ - I love that too! Just a little olive oil or butter on the pasta as 'lubrication' too

Yes I usually put a bit of olive oil in but Saturday I was naughty and added a big blob of butter!! And a good grind of black pepper too!! I'm glad I've just eaten otherwise this would be making me very hungry!!

Congratulations MBM, she looks gorgeous

So sorry to hear your news Sammy, I was quite worried when I read that you had been bleeding since Wednesday. When I had my miscarriage I was bleeding continuously and it started light but gradually got heavier over about two weeks then one day I had some big clots and that was it all gone at 8 weeks. I got pregnant again though on my next cycle and I'm now 30 weeks so I hope you will be just as lucky and will be back here soon.

Lou - no word from Suzy yet.

I went to see quite a famous nutritionalist once and he said don't worry about butter (in moderation of course!) it's a pure food, not like marg or low fat spreads. So we always have butter. Fat per se isn't often the main problem in people's diets it's sugar and refined carbs and processed food - women especially cut down to skimmed milk or diet spreads but he said that was the wrong approach. If you go on pure cals (like WW) then you end up doing that but eating all kinds of chemical sweeteners and other nasties. I mean, when does it ever make sense to say no to avocadoes for example and yes to a low cal diet bar?!

Just lost a huge long post!

Sammy - hugs to you xxx

MBM - Congrats and welcome to Chloe (think I remembered that right) xxx

ML - Late school year babies - I was always the youngest at school (late July b'day) and loved being top of the class while the baby of the class. Also like to say I got my GCSE's at 15, A'levels at 17 etc (although nobody else cares ).

Would also save us a years worth of child care if we have an August baby - perhaps not the way to think of it but they do say young ones catch up before they get to high school and it didn't do me (or my bro) any harm.

HTH xxx

mountainlioness wrote: »

I went to see quite a famous nutritionalist once and he said don't worry about butter (in moderation of course!) it's a pure food, not like marg or low fat spreads. So we always have butter. Fat per se isn't often the main problem in people's diets it's sugar and refined carbs and processed food - women especially cut down to skimmed milk or diet spreads but he said that was the wrong approach. If you go on pure cals (like WW) then you end up doing that but eating all kinds of chemical sweeteners and other nasties. I mean, when does it ever make sense to say no to avocadoes for example and yes to a low cal diet bar?!

Do you know what's funny - I read your post and decided I totally agreed with what you were saying, I hate sweeteners etc in things, refuse to buy marg etc and eat as much natural food as I can - then I realised you were replying to me saying I was naughty having butter!! Ha ha!! I did have a massive blob though, which was the naughty part!! And I'd actually chosen white pasta when I almost always have brown!