Snowy weather...

Baby Connor is now kicking me back when I poke my stomach. Great fun. Love love love my belly, may not like the rest of the weight gain (which I've already gained almost as much as I did with Jake by 9months). Knock on wood, no new stretch marks on the belly, only the old white shiny ones. I've been consistent about oiling up my belly with all sorts of goodies (coconut oil, jojoba oil and Burt's Bee's Mama belly stuff). It snowed yesterday, school is closed. Roads look icy. Eeks. I need to get out today.
My eating has been somewhat fair. Continue to have green juices, didn't have any meat yesterday. I did have some cheese though. Damn that opiate affect. Had lots of fruit though. I'm eating through a Costco size bag of Clementines on my own it seems. Yum. Love that Costco now sells Larabar. I have to be in a really detoxed state to enjoy them though. I had the apple pie one for breakfast and it didn't taste that appealing but I do like the ingredients.
I've been psyching myself out by reading raw/vegan blogs, its a great motivator. However Thanksgiving is just around the corner. From re-reading my own blog I notice the summer time seems to be a much easier season to try going raw and finding some measure of success. The desire is still there to reach that, I guess I'm just taking my time. I seem to be lacking impulse control. "ooo that looks yummy, get in my belly." But I really want my family to be healthy.

And the beat goes on....

Here I am, it's noon. I've already been to the grocery store to take Gram to find some Gluten Free goodies. I made a delicious smoothie this morning and now I'm sipping on a GT Dave's Kombucha. Bliss in a bottle. I also had some fresh squeezed tangerine juice, yum yum. Still working on the meat free thing, its not like I even like the meat when I eat it. Its weird. Last night mom made a chicken and rice casserole. I had some.

My dad wanted to take Jake to IHOP so I had him eat some spinach and drink tangerine juice before going. He really does love his spinach. Its awesome to see. I alternate giving him spinach and a lil baggie of carrots in his lunch.

Smoothie:
Fresh banana
Frozen mixed berries
Chia Seeds
Spinach
Coconut milk
Fresh squeezed tangerine juice

Its a sublime type of morning...

Got up early to take Shanelle to school (7am is way too blasted early), came back. Got Jake ready for school. We had a slice of GF Energe brown rice loaf. Not too bad, had to put a tbsp of peanut butter on it though to mask the weird texture of it. Jake ate it all. Had a fresh tangerine and some water. Then had a cup of So delicious coconut milk. My absolute FAV!!! Took him to school, listened to sublime on the way back with the sun shining contemplating my beautiful green juice of the day. If one thing has stuck with me these almost 2 years of vegan/vegetarianism/rawness, it has been juices. Oh yes, I feel positively cranky if I miss a day of having one. And kombucha but thats another story.

Sublime Green Juice:
1/2 head Kale
2 cucumbers
2 green apples
1 bosc pear
Juice of 2 meyer lemons

Fantastic!!!

I'm going to have whole wheat spaghetti that I made for dinner last night for lunch. Its a butternut squash sauce. And then possibly a green smoothie and an artichoke plus fruit for dinner/snacks the rest of the night.
Still working on vegetarianism, had a few bites the last 2 days. So today will be meat free.

Here I gooooo again.....

6 months along....

It definitely seems a common theme with me to have long absences of blogging. And that is due to the fact that I once again flipflop weave through healthy eating. The one constant has been green juices everyday. We've slackened up on the smoothie making... and animal products have crept back into our menu. There has been a lot of changes going on. We've moved into my parents so that I can prepare to go get my Masters in Social Work degree. It will take me 3 years. Bleh. But it is the smartest decision for our future.

The pregnancy is going great. We're having a boy. Connor James. He is a BIG boy. Already weighing in at over a pound. He's VERY active. I've had lots of dizzy spells and have fainted twice. But other than that I feel healthy as a horse.

I guess I could spend the next half hour blabbing about how I vow to get back to raw but I won't waste my breath. I will just make a mental note of trying again. Try try try again, right? So today mark's vegetarianism day.