Too much cake

Yes, I am eating a lot of cake, but it's home-made and I know what's in it, so I'm not strictly counting it as bad food.

Monday
2 toast and marmite
Orange juice
Lentil Shepherd's pie
Miso soup
2 satsumas
Quorn and veg curry, brown rice
Home-made banana muffin
Lots of water; lots of tea

Exercise: Swimming 30 minutes; walking 1 mile

Tuesday
2 toast and marmite
Orange juice
Satsuma
Banana
Panini with roasted veg and cheese (out for lunch)
Cadbury's Creme Egg
Quorn and veg curry, brown rice
2 home-made fairy cakes
Lots of water; lots of tea

Exercise: Walking the dog for 30 mins; walking one mile to work

23 weeks, Weight gain: 2 lbs

So my healthy living is paying off - I am expecting some kind of growth spurt any day now, when I will balloon to enormo-proportions.

Friday
2 choc brioche - eek!
Orange juice
HM banana muffin
Cheese, tomato and chutney sandwiches with olives
Satsuma
Glass of beer
1 teeny G&B choc
Marinated olives and garlic bread
Black bean chilli and corn bread
1/2 creme brulee; 1/2 choc tart

Exercise was 30 mins swimming.

Saturday
2 choc brioche - eeek again!
Orange juice
HM banana muffin
Jacket potato, beans and cheese
Glass of wine
Spinach and chickpea soup
Tomato and basil tart, peas, gratin dauphinoise
Cheesecake with blackberry sauce

Exercise was walking the dog for 30 mins, plus spent the entire day cleaning, moving furniture and tidying.

Sunday
Toast and marmite
Orange juice
Glass of wine
Lentil Shepherd's pie, peas, roasted veggies
Cheesecake with blackberry sauce
Couple of biscuits (eek!)
2 squares dark choc
Cheese, chutney and tomato sandwich

Exercise was walking the dog for 30 mins.

Thursday

2 home-made toast and marmite
Grapefruit juice
Flapjack
Quorn burger in a bun, peas, potato wedges
Grapes
Bulgar wheat bake with spinach and mushrooms
2 satsumas

Exercise: walking the dog for half an hour

Wednesday

Banana and blueberry smoothie
1 home-made toast with strawberry jam
Grapes
2 satsumas
Lentil dahl with spinach and brown rice
Home-made flapjack
2 chocolates
Pasta with tomato and spinach
Ovaltine with soy milk

Exercise was swimming for 30 minutes

Tuesday

2 home-made toast with marmite
Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
Banana
Sandwiches (work buffet - all home-made yummy bread with various cheeses and onion marmalades and other poshities)
Lentil dahl with spinach and brown rice
2 squares dark choc
Orange juice
Ovaltine made with soy milk
Home-made flapjack

Exercise: Errr... none, but been in London all day ao no time.

Back on track

After spending 36 hours either asleep or throwing up with a horrid stomach bug thing, I am back on the healthy living today.

1 toast with marmite
Orange juice
Home-made flapjack
HM pizza
Grapes
2 Satsumas
Bulgar wheat, spinach and mushroom bake
Spoonful of dahl
2 squares of dark choc

Exercise was 2 miles walking.

Lots of it, but mainly good

OK, so Monday went almost to plan with a few extras.

2 toast (HM bread with loads of seeds and goodness) and marmite
2 satsumas
Panini with houmous, cheese, roasted veggies and salad (out for lunch)
Apple
Banana
Quorn burger in a bun with sweet potato wedges
Handful of pumpkin seeds
Fresh grapefruit juice
2 mini G&B chocs
Small hot choc made with soy milk

Daily exercise: Swimming 30 minutes; walking one mile

Tuesday
2 crumpets and jam (zero nutritional value for Mini Meep!)
Fresh grapefruit juice
1 satsuma
1 banana
Handful of grapes
Brown roll with houmous
Teeny bowl of rice, chickpea and aubergine casserole thing
Bloody big wedge of chocolate log - I was punished with hideous heartburn
Handful of pumpkin seeds
Slow-cooked spicy black beans with brown rice, sour cream, guacamole and the teeniest bit of cheese
Small hot choc made with soy milk

Daily exercise: Walked the dog (30 minutes) and walked to work (1 mile)

Wednesday
2 toast (HM bread with loads of seeds and goodness) with jam
2 satsumas
Handful of grapes
Slow-cooked spicy black beans with brown rice, sour cream and the teeniest bit of cheese
Pasta with pesto, parmesan, roasted squash and peppers
And I'll probably be having some Jaffa Cakes or something equally naughty too!

Daily exercise: 35 minutes swimming

The thing is...

You spend most of your life being on some kind of diet. Then you get pregnant and putting on weight is supposed to be a good thing. But when you get on the scales and find out you have gained 4lbs, it is a big shock.

I don't like it - make it stop!

Midwife says I should put on 12kg in total - that's almost 2 stone. Noooooooooooooooooo.

Anyway, must eat less cake and more good things like fruit and veg. Obv, have to gain some weight, but want to be 'all baby' as they say.

Weekend was disastrous in terms of cake. New start today though:

2 toast (HM bread with loads of seeds and goodness) and marmite
2 satsumas
Panini with houmous, cheese, roasted veggies and salad (out for lunch)
Apple
Banana
Quorn burger in a bun with sweet potato wedges
Handful of pumpkin seeds

Daily exercise: Swimming 30 minutes; walking one mile

Hurrah - a cake-free day.

OK, fessing up...

Well, I can justify the cheese as the sproglet needs calcium, but I'm not sure what kind of nutrients it is getting from me finishing off the mince pies and stollen.

Still, at least I'm exercising every day. Next week, it's more swimming and fruit and less cakeage.

Wednesday
2 toast and marmite
Orange juice
Sliver of stollen
Slice of veggie Christmas pie thingy with roasted pumpkin
Half a box of maltesers (cinema treat)
Pasta with broccoli and blue cheese sauce
Fresh carrot, apple, satsuma and ginger juice
Lots of water
Exercise: Walking to work and back (2 miles)

Thursday
Porridge with soy milk, seeds, nuts and honey
Fresh apple and carrot juice
2 slices toast with cranberry and goats cheese
Satsuma
Mince pie with cointreau cream (mmmmm, but evil)
Lentil and root veg casserole with brown rice
Teeny glass of wine (tasted like heaven in a glass)
Lots of water and tea
Exercise was 1 hour brisk walking with dog, PLUS 40 minutes swimming, so I think I can justify the mincer)

Friday
2 croissants with jam
Orange juice
Satusma
Leftover lentil and root veg casserole
Home-made and healthy-ish blueberry muffin
Jacket potato with beans and cheese
Lots of tea and water
Exercise: 40 minutes walking the dog

Must stop eating daughter's dinner!

Shreddies with blubes
Piece toast with almond butter
Mixed bean salad with 2 hard boiled eggs
2 rice cakes
2 green teas
2 normal teas
2 clementines
Daughter's small portion of veggie shepherd's pie
v small box of raisins
Cabbage with pancetta and chestnuts
v small portion of cous cous

I think I would have been fine, apart from the shepherd's pie. I hope that daughter eats her portion this lunchtime, otherwise I have a feeling it might share the same fate.

Almost Angelic

Blubes and plain yog
Banana
Clementine
Apple
Chick pea dhal and salad
sunflower seeds
2xfennel tea
2xgreen tea
2x normal tea
rice cake with slice of ham
Veggie shepherds pie with leeks (not as angelic as it sounds as I had a LOT and it was covered in cheese).

A very nice day's food and I already seem to have lost the bloated, grim feeling.

Not bad, but could do better

Yesterday evening I had:
spinach and chickpea soup
2 small slices of bread and butter
2 dates
a packet of mini ryvitas

I am currently eating blubes and yog for breakfast, so we'll see how the day progresses from here.

I do feel a bit less toxic already, which is a jolly good thing.

Crikey

It's been a long time, hasn't it? I am probably a lot heavier than I was when this blog started but I have had a baby in that time. The worst thing was that I actually gained weight after she was born because I had the appetite of a horse and I was so tired that sometimes the only thing that would get me up of the sofa was a chocolate muffin.

I have lost a bit since then, but I need to get back on the wagon after Christmas.

My resolutions are the same (but mainly to just eat less!).

I can't blog yesterday because that was New Year's Day and I was hungover and I can't really remember. I do believe I had sausage rolls for breakfast, which is always a good start to the New Year.

Today
3 cups of fennel tea
1 cup of green tea
1 cup of normal tea
a banana
2 clementines
2 v small apples
veggie balti curry
salad
2 rice cakes

and tonight I am going to have spinach and chickpea soup and that's it I hope.

New Year, Healthier Me!

Well, how many years since this blog started and I'm probably still the same weight! However, I now have the excuse of being up the duff. I don't want to pile on the pounds while I am pregnant, so I'm trying to eat healthily and sensibly. So far have gained 1lb, but expecting a big growth spurt any day now.

New Year's Resolutions are:

Keep up the swimming and walking

Start yoga

Have a fresh juice or smoothie every day

Make sure I'm getting calcium and Omegas for Mini Meep

Do pelvic floor exercises every day (Bleeeeeeeeee)

Monday
Orange juice
2 slices home-made seeded bread with marmite
Leek and potato soup; slice of home-made seeded bread
Slice of lemon tart
Fresh satsuma and apple juice
Bubble and Squeak
Lots of water and redbush tea
Exercise: Walking the dog for an hour

Tuesday
Orange juice
1 slice of toast, beans, bit of cheese, 1 tofu sausage
2 veg fajitas
Miso soup
Satsuma
Lots of water and redbush tea

And later, I'm going to have...
Mushroom and stilton risotto
A small treat (perhaps a mince pie)

Exercise is walking to work and back (2 miles).