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.
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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.

31 weeks along...

Really feeling ready to hold Connor in my arms. He continues to grow and is very active. For the most part, I feel great. I do get out of breath a lot and have had some dizzy/fainting spells. I'm not exercising though. I have a prenatal yoga dvd that keeps calling me but to be honest, I've been enjoying being a complete and utter lazy butt. Once Connor gets here and with Jakey's school/soccer and then my own MSW program in Sept, I won't have ANY of that time EVER. I've been reading up on Hypnobabies as I desire a natural birth. I am open to the possibilities but my last birth was horrendous as most every woman has heard those traumatizing stories. Since this is the last baby I'm having, I'd like to have it on my terms LOL. I just downloaded this great book. I love love love Kristen Suzanne, her blog. Its been very inspiring. While we have not been vegan, we still continue to try to make healthier choices. Juices, smoothies, a plethora of fruits available and in front of us. My meat consumption is wayyyy down. Cheese consumption not so much. I take my vitamins. And funny since I started eating meat, etc again... my iron levels marked me as anemic and I've had to take another supplement. Blah. OH well enough blabbing for now.

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.

Where does the time go?

I'll tell you where it goes... ...... too fast.. into unhealthiness and sloth. This is my attempt at recapturing that sparkling feeling, of being clean, eating clean and nutritious. I have tripped over my own feet and let convenience and cheapness affect my family's health. I suspect the fact that somewhere still deep inside I feel that a pregnant lady can still indulge in her cravings, although moderation is key, I have lost that.

So here I go again, going after what I want and hoping this time, THIS TIME I can stick with it. Wish me luck.

Dear Jakob....

I've been very concerned about you! Thank you for contacting me as I couldn't access your FB page and now it won't let me reply to your email message. I am so sorry for the difficult memories you are facing and I wish I could offer more support. You are a WONDERful person. I am sending positive thoughts your way and will miss your companionship on FB. :) I will def blog more often now. Please let me know if there is anything I could do to help, OKKKKK?

~Jessica (who is still struggling to remain raw)