Day 17

Food:
Green Smoothie: Spinach, bananas, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries
Chik'n nuggets (veg)
Beans and rice
Luna bar
Boca burger on wheat bread with romaine, sprouts, cheese
Whole wheat pasta stuffed with cheese, potato, and broccoli (organic)
Walnuts that were sauteed in balsamic vinegar, agave nectar, and Dijon mustard (makes a thick sauce) tossed with turnip greens
2 oz dark chocolate with soymilk

Exercise:
1 hour walk on beach
3 hours shopping while babywearing
Squats and situps

Comments:
I have been getting away from my salads because I was tired of them, but today I picked up some ingredients for a few new salads...avocado and tomato salad, as well as a grilled summer veggie salad. I am doubling up on the greens in the morning since I am not really getting as many throughout the day. I also got the ingredients to make nori rolls (which I've found make better salads, as I can't get them to stay together!) Another snack I plan on making this week is a whole foods recipe called 'nuts and bolts' as well as their recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds. I also have yogurt, energy bars, tofu salad, Boca burgers, chick'n nuggets, whole grain waffles, and edamame's for various other meals/snacks. Our dinners planned for this week are going to be oh so yummy!! Portobello mushroom sandwich, tofu and sesame noodle salad, quinoa with lemon zuchinni, and sauteed tofu and apples...I'm excited to try all of these new recipes!! This stuff BETTER be good, because we spent twice as much as we normally spend at the grocery store and health food store today...well, we also had to buy a lot of stuff we only buy once in awhile (Braggs, Veganaise, toffuti cream cheese, soy sauce, etc) because I've been eating at home so much and eating it all up!!

I don't feel like there is much of a difference in my body so far, which is disappointing. I really want to lose my baby weight and more, but I know I have a long ways to go. I was reading tonight that when nursing it's okay to lose around 6 lbs a month...that means, if I'm actually losing that much, that it will take me approximately 4 months to get to my goal weight. And we have to get through the holidays at that!! But my hope is to be at 125 by January 1st. If I'm not, I won't beat myself up...I can see just from the last 3 months of eating healthy, and yet still not quite to my pre-preg weight, that losing weight is not going to be as easy as it used to be. And the most important thing is to be healthy for my baby any way, so if I'm not where I want to be by January 1st, it will just be my New Year's Resolution!!

I am going to be borrowing a jogging stroller from a friend that I can put Samara in, so I plan on starting this "Couch to 5k" plan that I found online (I love workout plans that tell me what to do, can you tell?) I'm looking for a race to run in November/December, as I plan to start the 2 month plan in the next week (as soon as I can get some running shoes!) I will probably be doing my running on Monday/Wednesday/Friday instead of walking. I'm soooo excited, because I LOVE RUNNING!! Can't wait to get back into it :)