Meyer Lemons

I love the smell of meyer lemons. They bring a smile to my face. I did a lot of raw/vegan blogs this morning to help inspire and motivate me. Oliver and I are talking about joining a gym as he feels its the only way for him to work out and I'm excited that it would be a healthy way to spend time together. Also to model to the kids, an alternative to sitting on our rumps and playing video games. Although I do enjoy those, I am quite the nerd.

I'm waiting on some paperwork on school loans and deferment so I can then apply for FAFSA and then apply to my MSW program. I know it has been a common theme the last two years as has been this raw/vegan health movement. But I feel strongly that both avenues are worth pursuing. And obtaining!!

Today's intake:

Breakfast

Banana
Green juice (Cucumber, kale, celery, apple, pear and meyer lemon)
Water
Supplements (Prenatal, iron, DHA and Vit D)

Lunch:

An avocado smooshed with garlic powder and a teeny bit of vegannaise, then mixed it into a huge bowl of sweet baby tender greens
Caraway orange
Kombucha tea

Snack

Leftover vegan mac and cheese (small portion left). Since it has been sitting in the fridge, I used about a tsp of vegannaise after warming to make it moister and creamier
A small bowl of plain kettle potato chips with melted daiya cheddar cheese (was really craving something comforting)

Dinner

Since my Snack was practically an early dinner, I opted for half a banana and a whole kiwi as I was making those as side dishes for jake's dinner (He had a tofurkey sandwich on Dave's killer bread, and spinach)

My boys..

I'm grateful for my son Jacob, who is my awesome little man. I'm grateful for the wonderful little guy growing inside of me. I can't wait to meet him face to face.

Day 1 of real upkeep

Had a glass of water upon waking up this morning and was craving a smoothie.

Breakfast:

Banana
Vitamin powder
Hemp protein powder
Organic vanilla extract
Vanilla almond milk
Frozen strawberries
Tiny bit of raw honey to sweeten

Lunch:

1 Bottle of Synergy Kombucha
Vegan Mac and Cheese (recipe from Kristen Suzanne) An A+++++ recipe. Delish
Roasted Broccoli

Dinner:

Child's size bowl of Veggie pho (Bok choy, cabbage, carrots, onions, basil, sprouts)
1 spring roll minus the bbq pork pulled out of it

Snack:

Bowl of leftover vegan mac and cheese
Cup of Dark chocolate almond milk
1 1/2 Kashi cookies

I'm feeling very motivated today. :)

Addicted to the Shield

I've been on a shield binge.. On season 5 now, very good show. Good drama. :) So I'm going to try to blog my food intake once again for the hundredth time. I have good intentions, really I do. I lack backbone. I'm good for the sprint but poop out for the long haul. I'm still searching for that something that will help me keep on keeping on. So without further ado, here's my run down so far today. I'm having to walk Jake to school now as I'm too huge to drive so I'm getting about a mile a day exercise. Woohoo me.

-Big glass of water
-Spoonful of raw honey
-Half a pint of blueberries
-Banana and more water


PLANNED for rest of day:

- Green juice (kale, cucumber, celery, lemon and apple)
-Broccoli slaw made with vegannaise
-oranges for snacks
-Dinner is looking like stir fried veggies with brown rice and beans

Kristen's Giveaway...

I have drawn great inspiration from this blog http://kristensraw.blogspot.com/. I'm currently perusing her transitions recipe book, very exciting. Had my 32 week check up this Tuesday, everything looks great. Connor got the hiccups as I laid down to have his heartbeat listened to. Hilarious!!! My belly continues to expand and he continues to be an active lil guy and I'm realllllllllllyyyy getting excited to see him.

Our eating continues to be middle of the road..... but onward we go with goals in mind.

I'm also entering this contest.
Check it out :)

Happy trails.

Hypnobabies euphoria..

Good morning! Besides the fact xmas break is over and I had to get up early to defrost the car, struggle into the car and take my kiddo to school, its pretty dang good. Driving is a wee bit of a challenge as I'm uber short and my belly is uber big. Connor doesn't like sharing space with the steering wheel. Yesterday was full of nutritional goodies and I feel pretty darn good. I had a HUGE salad and green juice from Marlene's plus a delicious kombucha. I made an avocado smish smash with sprouted tofu, chopped tomatoes and a lil horseradish mustard. I served them with GF rice crackers. I do plan on looking into that more thoroughly, the GF thing. Lots of water, oranges etc. I listened to a hypnobabies cd last night and am thoroughly amazed. I'll explain more later, I think the sound of my typing is bugging sleeping Oliver.