tuesday

Dr. Christopher said "Those who do not learn from the past, are destined to repeat it."

 

Breakfast-

um, why does my brain forget so easily when it was yesterday?

oh, ya, thats why, a small hand of realy fake buttery popcorn

 

Lunch-

3 slices of an orange

1 small chunck of cheese

ramen noodles, without the MSG seasoning

a small spoonfull of frosting just to see if I could handle it, I did! sparingly!

 

Dinner-

mmmm, turkey club on white with everything but tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers. Chris got me a footlong, so I have some for today to finish. I am excited!

 

I was able to eat cake!!!!! yay!!!!! For Chris' birthday : ) We decided to be somewhat healthy and skip the icecream stuff. I was so happy to participate, and to even bake a cake for him!

I think I am getting to a good stage of stomach not feeling so yuckiness anymore! : )

I was 12 weeks yesterday, so one more week in the 1st trimester. Weird huh!!! That was a hard 6 weeks, but it went by so fast! This whole relax and just "let things be good no matter what" stuff, realy helps ease the mind and gives peace. Its not easy at first, but becomes very relaxing and makes time go fast when you tell yourself every morning, "Everything will be o.k. no matter what, All is well. : )

I am so thankfull for all that I have been blessed with, and can't wait to start feeling the baby move, which shouldn't be to far off!

My next appt. is December 7th, I will be 14 weeks, so my next appt. will be about 18 or 19 weeks, which will be my ultrasound appt. to find out what this kiddo is! That should be in the beginning of January! Isn't that crazy! I was thinking I wouldn't find out until the middle of February.   

Now that my stomach isn't so bad anymore, I am trying the "drink 32 oz. of water before breakfast" thing. So far so good. It actually helps me feel more awake. That makes sense though, you remember how Karey had us check out Dr. Komoto (I think that is right) and his water pictures. How our bodies are made up of 80(?) something percent of water, and just speaking good words to water or putting it by good pictures changed the molecular structure of the water. Well, I am imagining that putting that 32 oz. of water in my body first thing, activates all the blood flow, waking up all my other water cells, hmmmm, the same with prayer in the morning I guess too, and getting things going.

Somebody was telling me that cold water doesn't actually quench your thirst, because it is to cold for your stomach to register the quenchiness (or that its water) of it, so I am thinking about doing warmer water in the morning. Hot isn't good for your stomach either, because it can burn, so just warm, with maybe some stevia in it. I found chocolate raspberry stevia at shirlyns. Didn't buy it yet though, but I bet it would taste like warm "hot" chocolate raspberry flavor! : ) My favorite thing in the winter was to drink a whole glass of hot chocolate in the morning, it would warm me right up. I have discovered my uturus is sensitive to chocolate (painfully), so I am going to try to stay away from it as much as possible for as long as I can. So fake hot chocolate will be good! Usually in the third trimester, chocolate is uncontrollable, but I have a different attitude about it this time. I am going to do my best!

 

So I am going to now challange all of you to do the 32 oz of water before breakfast thing. I want to hear about the difference it makes for you!

 

Love you all, and hope you have a happy healthy eating day!!!

Julia

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monday

Sick day monday-

banana

oatmeal

popcorn

olives

carrots

part of a bean burrito

some potatoe wedges

small butter finger, small laffy taffy, small mnm's (regretted it later), its hard giving the kids a treat and I can't have one. lol

 

This morning, I woke up and didn't want to get out of bed, but I didn't want to go back to sleep either, so I decided to read a little, and eat some saltines. I am getting better with eating the starches now, thankfully, just not total sugar. The saltines helped to curb my hungry stomach until breakfast, and I drank a big glass of water too.

My husband bought me this realy nice book for mothers day, so I decided to read it again. It is called daughters of God, by M. Russel Ballard.

I just love it. I wanted to quote from it a little, because it is such a sweet book.

I thought this was cute:

 

"A womans Lifeline"

 

Age 3: She looks at herself and sees a queen.

Age 8: She looks at herself and sees cinderella.

Age 15: She looks at herself and sees an ugly duckling. (mom, I can't go to school looking like this today!")

Age 20: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/thin, too short/tall, too straight/curly'' but decides she's going out anyway.

Age 30: She looks at  herself and sees ""too fat/thin, too short/tall, too straight/curly'', but decides she doesn't have time to fix it so she's going out anyway.

Age 40:She looks at  herself and sees ""too fat/thin, too short/tall, too straight/curly'', but says, " Atleast I am clean," and goes out anyway.

Age 50: She looks at herself and sees "I am what I am" and goes wherever she wants to go.

Age60: She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore. Goes out and conquers the world.

Age 70: She looks at herself and sees wisdom, laughter, and ability and goes out and enjoys life.

Age 80: Doesn't bother to look. Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world.

 

The moral is, maybe we should all grab that purple hat a little earlier."

 

I thought that was cute. This book talks a lot about the value of women, in our saviors and our church leaders eyes. It was nice to read in the morning to start out my day.

 

So it is tuesday, and I am daycare kidless at the moment, and wondering what to do with the day. Stay home and clean, or go shopping? Christmas stuff is out, that is why I want to go shopping, but I am thinking it is too soon though too. I still want to hit those Black friday sales.

We went to Macey's last night, and couldn't find regular peppermint candy canes! They had every flavor of every other kind, but no original ones!  I bet walmart has some though.

I can't wait to look at the christmas dresses they have out too, I already saw the cutest little green plaid one at walmart! I just love puffy dresses!

 

Well, I hope you all have a happy, healthy eating day, full of purple hat thoughts, and good food!

Love you all!

Julia
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Recipes

Ok, first I have a totally awesome and healthy salad I made up the other night. You will have to excuse the lack of exact measurements. I need to make it again and write down exacts...but you will get the general idea.

One sliced cucumber (skin ON, and sliced horizontally so they are in disks)
About 3/4 cup of goat yogurt
1 Tbls fresh dill
1/2 Tbls of rice vinegar but I think that cider vinegar will work too
Sprinkle with salt and pepper
You can also use some sugar if you like a tangier taste

It's SO yummy and cool and crisp

Tuscan white bean and spinach soup

1 finely diced shallot or 1/4 large onion finely diced
1 Tbls bottled garlic or 2 garlic cloves
1 Tbls olive oil
1 can rinsed white beans (I'm sure any type of bean will work aside from green beans Ha Ha)
1 can chopped tomatoes or italian stewed tomatoes (entire contents, do not drain)
3 cups chicken broth
dash of red pepper flakes
1-2 tsp rosemary
1-2 handfuls spinach

Saute on medium heat the shallot/onion and garlic till onion starts turning translucent (approx 15 mins). Add chicken broth, beans, red pepper flakes, and rosemary. Simmer for 20 mins on med/low heat. Add spinach about 1 minute prior to serving.

Now, if you have meat lovers in the family...I will get italian turkey sausage links, grill up, then slice and add to the soup. Julia and Chris had this at my house one time. It's a very nutritious and filling soup :)

Carrot Curry soup

1 Tbls olive oil
1/2 onion diced
1/2 - 1 tsp curry powder
1/2 - 1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 - 1m tsp honey
3 cups chicken broth
4 tsp flour
1 egg white
1/4 cup skim milk

Saute onion with olive oil on medium heat until translucent (about 15 mins). Add honey, coriander, and curry and saute on low for another 5 minutes. Add chicken broth and carrots. Cover and simmer for 20ish minutes on med heat until carrots are tender. Take off heat. Whisk egg white, milk, and flour and set aside. Put carrot mix in blender and puree. Add milk mix and mix well. Put back in pan and simmer on low for another 5-10 mins until thickened. Salt and pepper to taste.

This is seriously one of my favorite dinners. It is SUPER low calorie, filling, and SO good for you. You can also use almost any squash instead of carrots. I like it more flavorful, so I use 1 tsp for the honey, coriander, and curry. I also will garnish the soup with goat yogurt or fat free sour cream. Kyle even likes it and my mouth is watering as we speak lol!!

Take care GG's. Hope you don't mind the recipe overload ;)

Salsa recipes :D

Ok GG's here are the salsa recipes!

Pico de gallo
2-3 medium sized tomatoes or 6 roma tomatoes
1/2 red onion diced
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1 jalapeno pepper (stems, ribs, and seeds removed)
1 serrano pepper (stems, ribs, and seeds removed)
juice from one lime
1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
salt, pepper, and cumin to taste (I normally do about 1/2 tsp salt and about 1 tsp cumin)

Mix together and enjoy! I personally like to use roma tomatoes because they are more meaty and less juicy. If you use regular tomatoes after you slice them, put them in a sieve and let the juices drain.

Fire and Ice salsa recipe

3 cups chopped watermelon
1/2 cup diced green pepper
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons finely diced cilantro
1-2 tablespoon finely diced green onions or chives
1-2 tablespoon diced jalapeno pepper (stem, seeds, and ribs removed)
1/2 tsp garlic salt (or 1/2 tsp fresh crushed garlic with salt to taste)

The great things with salsas is you can add or lessen any of the ingredients until you get the exact taste you like. I like more potent flavors so I always add more lime juice, peppers, and cumin. What I have listed makes pretty mild salsas so feel free to add or play with the ingredients. SO fun :)

Arroz con Pollo

Recipe to Arroz con pollo
2 cups organic chicken broth
1 cup brown rice
2 Tbls minced fresh cilantro (or processed in a food processor with some water)
Dash of salt
Opt fresh jalepeno seeded and sliced into small thin strips (it really doesnt make it too spicy, just adds extra flavor)
Boil chicken broth, salt, jalepeno, and minced cilantro add rinsed brown rice, lower heat to low.

While rice is cooking prepare the following ingredients:
1/2 chopped onion
2 crushed garlic cloves
1-2 Tbls olive oil
4 chicken tenderloins (I like to buy the frozen ones then just cook up frozen, no need to thaw (actually makes them juicier and more tender)
Salt
Sliced red or green bell pepper
1 cup frozen peas thawed (or canned or fresh)
Add onions, olive oil, and garlic in large skillet and cook on med low heat for 5-7 mins. Add chicken and salt and raise temp to med heat. Keep turning chicken until cooked. Add rice, peppers, and peas, then stir together. Garnish with fresh cilantro.

Serves about 4 people with a salad side dish.

Strawbana Spinach Smoothie

I made a smoothie this morning with strawberries, banana, and spinach. And since my little boy's been sick I added a clove of garlic. It's not too bad but if you don't like garlic don't add it to this one. You don't taste it at first but then the garlic hits you in the aftertaste. I do think that strawberry, banana and spinach are a great combination though.

WebMD article

A good little read (of course, I'm sure most of us already knew this)

http://www.webmdhealth.com/nl/nlv.aspx?id=gbfDtOUkhUw=&s=11353