The Gym Group

First of all let me answer this very often asked question: "I'm pregnant, do I need to eat by 2?". Well the answer is absolutely NO! when you are pregnant, you do need to eat more than you normally do but not by 2. About 300-500 extra calories a day is enough to give your body and your baby the right nutrition. Your body becomes more efficient during pregnancy and is able to absorb more of the nutrients you eat. So consuming twice as much doesn't double your chances of having a healthier baby! instead, it's likely to mean excessive weight gain for you. I have also hear other people saying this to other pregnant ladies: "Eat whatever you want!, this is your time to enjoy yourself"... If someone says something like that to you run as fast as you can! (if you are pregnant you probably won't get very far though- lol) But let me tell you this: is all the opposite! This is not your time to eat whatever you want! this is the time where you should eat HEALTH

First of all let me answer this very often asked question: "I'm pregnant, do I need to eat by 2?". Well the answer is absolutely NO! when you are pregnant, you do need to eat more than you normally do but not by 2. About 300-500 extra calories a day is enough to give your body and your baby the right nutrition. Your body becomes more efficient during pregnancy and is able to absorb more of the nutrients you eat. So consuming twice as much doesn't double your chances of having a healthier baby! instead, it's likely to mean excessive weight gain for you. I have also hear other people saying this to other pregnant ladies: "Eat whatever you want!, this is your time to enjoy yourself"... If someone says something like that to you run as fast as you can! (if you are pregnant you probably won't get very far though- lol) But let me tell you this: is all the opposite! This is not your time to eat whatever you want! this is the time where you should eat HEALTH

I think it's fair to say, for all us foodies, that Pancake Tuesday is one of the favourite days for almost everyone! (I say 'almost everyone', because, before I met my husband I would have said: EVERYONE'S favourite day, but my husband absolutely HATES pancakes! Have you ever meet anyone like him??) So, here we have 4 healthy recipes to enjoy on Tuesday, and still keep you all on track! The 5th recipe though is not a healthy one, and here is why: with it b eing the last day before the  season of Lent , when we all give up our favourite little vices,  for the upcoming forty days, i think it's ok to indulge ourselves a little bit! So, seeing as I eat healthy pancakes ALL year around, I like to eat fattening,  fluffy,  buttermilk pancakes on Pancake Tuesday!  The term Mardi Gras  is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten  season, which begins on Ash Wendsday .

I think it's fair to say, for all us foodies, that Pancake Tuesday is one of the favourite days for almost everyone! (I say 'almost everyone', because, before I met my husband I would have said: EVERYONE'S favourite day, but my husband absolutely HATES pancakes! Have you ever meet anyone like him??) So, here we have 4 healthy recipes to enjoy on Tuesday, and still keep you all on track! The 5th recipe though is not a healthy one, and here is why: with it b eing the last day before the  season of Lent , when we all give up our favourite little vices,  for the upcoming forty days, i think it's ok to indulge ourselves a little bit! So, seeing as I eat healthy pancakes ALL year around, I like to eat fattening,  fluffy,  buttermilk pancakes on Pancake Tuesday!  The term Mardi Gras  is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten  season, which begins on Ash Wendsday .