Just Too Sleepy!

I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping up with posting here. I've just been too sleepy! That's always been my strongest pregnancy "symptom" during my first trimester. I've been succeeding at drinking daily green smoothies and am eating about half raw. I am feeling really good. I've just been too sleepy to want to spend that extra time on the computer keeping track of it and posting everything. That should improve a little later in the pregnancy. Right now I'm wanting to sleep in in the mornings, nap in the afternoons, and go to bed early at night. :-D

Today:
Breakfast: Blueberry bagel with cream cheese
Lunch: Green smoothie with macaroni and cheese
Dinner: Calzone (raw)

I'll let you know how the calzone is. It is a new recipe and it looks fantastic. I've got the sprouted buckwheat and the soaked flaxseed ready and am getting ready to make the bread part and get it into the dehydrator. Then closer to dinner, I make the filling and put it inside.

Feb. 11

Today's been going well. I soaked oat groats overnight and switched the buckwheat groats from soaking to sprouting. This morning, I rinsed the buckwheat and put it back on the counter to continue sprouting. I have all kinds of yummy meals in mind once it has sprouted.

Today:
Breakfast: Oat banana porridge with fresh blackberries and blueberries and milk
Lunch: Green smoothie - mixed greens, bananas, strawberries
Snack: Milk
Dinner: I think I'll have peanut butter noodles (not raw) with the family and then we'll have popcorn (not raw) in the evening while watching a movie together.

Thank you for your encouragement, Lynn.

Feb 10

I have never gone raw or high raw during a pregnancy before. I want to try to listen to my body. I think my goal will be high raw although I will probably have days of 100% raw. Today I had:
Breakfast: Sprouted bread with halvah, sliced apples, milk
Lunch: 1 quart green smoothie - mixed greens, banana, strawberry
Dinner: We got pizza as a family. I had it with more milk.

I have had buckwheats soaking on my counter today and will switch them to the sprouting stage tonight. I imagine it might take longer than usual as it is SO cold right now. Outside the temp is currently 7 and we'll be dropping to -24 tonight when windchill is factored in. In this old farmhouse, the colder it gets outside, the colder it gets inside.

Restarting

I have learned that the Lord has blessed my womb again and I am thrilled! I am going back to raw/high raw starting tomorrow. I want to give this baby the absolute best nourishment I possibly can! The other event I mentioned has had further delays. Yet, now when it does happen I will press on through it if possible with my raw eating. I am so excited!

Big Decision

I spent a bunch of time in prayer today. I have made the decision to not have this be my focus for a while. As those of you who know me personally know, I have a HUGE life change coming up very soon. I need to turn my time, energy, and finances there. (For anyone who has found this blog through a random search, please respect that I choose not to share my private life here.) I am going to be in a state of preparation for that event and then will be adjusting to it. I will be back again in the future, but cannot yet say when that will be. Lord bless you!

Day 21

I did very well at being all raw today. I've tried eating the one meal a day raw as my plan and slid right back into mostly cooked foods. That's why I thought perhaps all raw 6 days a week and cooked all day 1 day a week might work better for me. Last week I was feeling a bit over confident on it. Tonight I'm back to thinking that's a great idea. :-D I'm not opposed to cooked foods. I just know myself and am trying to figure out what will work the best for me to keep going with this.

Breakfast: Blueberry banana oat porridge and milk
Lunch: Warm corn chowder
Snack: Milk
Dinner: Handful of almonds plus mango milk

Today's Recipe: Mango Milk
2 Cups milk
1 Mango (its flesh)
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp orange juice

Mix all together in a blender. It was delicious! I have great visions of making lots of peach milk during the height of peach season when they are cheap. :-)

Day 20

Last night I gave in to my craving and had hot cooked soup again. I started the day raw, but couldn't resist going to a Chinese buffet tonight as a family. I'll count that as one of the special exceptions. ;-) It was excellent. Still, I am not doing well this week at all raw. Don't you love how this works? Last week I was feeling SO confident and good about eating raw, thinking I finally had this thing down. And now I'm struggling this week. Still, outside of Fridays, the most cooked food I've had in one day has been one meal. All other meals and snacks have been raw. Anyway, I'm determined to stay raw tomorrow, enjoy my Friday cooked food day and then start fresh. Today:

Breakfast: Apple sliced up with almond butter on it, Milk
Lunch: Warm Corn Chowder (yes this was raw)
Dinner: Chinese buffet

I decided this morning that since I keep craving soup, what I needed to do was find a good raw soup recipe. First, I tried making a miso soup. My daughter and I both tasted it and both of us literally spit it out of our mouths into the sink. It was one of the worst tasting things I've ever had in my life. Yuck! That was not encouraging, but I was determined, so tried again. This time I made up my own recipe. See below:

Today's Recipe: Corn Chowder

16oz frozen corn (thaw first)
4.5 Cups milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp onion powder

I mixed it all together in my VitaMix and then put in a saucepan. Stirring constantly with the burner set on warm, I got it just up to the temperature where it felt warm to my finger. Nice warm filling tasty corn chowder really hit the spot for me! :-)