Ok, so I'm not pregnant again.  Not unless some heavenly miracle has occurred.  Which, being the good agnostic that I am, I strongly doubt. I went in to the Acute Care Clinic last Friday night for what felt like a pretty brutal UTI (I try not to make a habit of going into the ACC for routine concerns, but there were no appts. to be had until several days later, thanks to the cosmic aligning of New Year's Day and the funeral of a President).  I had been in pain all day, and ...

I was watching Big As Life: Obesity in America on Discovery Health last night, and it had repeated, extended scenes of fat people butt shots.  You know what I'm talking about, right?  The camera is set right at ass/abdomen level and it flips through various scenes of people walking, eating, and generally being merry and oblivious to the cameras around them. Every time I see something like this on a news broadcast or a health program, I think, "wow, it must really suck to be them".&n...

This pregnancy has been so different from the other two, and I feel like I'm spending a lot more time worrying than I did with the first two pregnancies. The other day Adrian and I were talking and we actually remembered the date of my last period. It was Feb. 11th, not Feb. 15th as we had guessed at. This means I am 6 and a half weeks pregnant (gestational age), or currently in my 7th week. It's still so early. I haven't had the "typical" symptoms of pregnancy. I was initially very ...

Not so great today. At suppertime I had one of my biggest problem foods, hehe...spaghetti. Ugh. Breakfast: 4 cups of coffee (fixed the usual way): 120 cal 2 slices centercut bacon: 50 cal Nestle Crunch Bar (bad, I know): 220 cal Lunch: Sandwich (sourdough bread, tomatoes, Swiss cheese, Dijon mustard): 249 cal Snack: Banana: 105 cal Supper: 2 serv. (1/4 of box) angel hair noodles (some kind of supercharged, wheat-y kind): 400 cal 1 c. canned spaghetti...

Well, I'm still feeling motivated. Not even motivated, really, more like...normal. Surprisingly, I'm not having much, if any, difficulty keeping my eating in check. It may get harder later, but for now I'm just coasting along. Starting tomorrow I'm going to be exercising at a friend's house. She has a ton of different videos, a treadmill (so jealous!), and some other various exercise equipment. She also has a trampoline, which I love oh-so-much, but it's put away right now. It will b...

Breakfast: 1 slice sour dough bread w/1 tsp. butter: 120 cal 2 slices centercut bacon: 50 cal 1/2 banana: 53 cal 3 cups of coffee (w/3 tsp. creamer, and Splenda, ea.): 90 cal Lunch: Frozen Single Serving cheese pizza: 460 cal Supper: Veggie burger: 230 cal Snack: 1/3 bag of Sweet & Buttery Popcorn: 40 cal 2 single serving bags of Teddy Grahams: 120 cal 5 glasses of water Total Calories: 1,163 Another day down.

Breakfast: Omlet (egg, cheese, tomatoes, onions): 182 cal 3 Coffees (with 3 tsp. creamer, Splenda): 90 cal Lunch: Weight Watchers cheese pizza: 390 calories Supper: (Delicious!) Thai crab legs (crab, spicy chili sauce, onions): 440 cal. (I guestimated on that one based on what's in it, it may be a bit higher or lower) Sprite Zero 5 glasses of water Total Calories: 1,102 I keep falling a tad bit short, but I'm just not feeling all that hungry. I did clean my ...

Breakfast: 3 Musketeers Candy Bar (ok, Adrian brought that and a rose home to surprise me this morning, and I couldn't turn down his gift, hehe): 260 cal 4 c. coffee (with 3 tsp. creamer and a couple of scoops of Splenda each): 120 cal Lunch: Sandwich (2 slices sourdough bread, Dijon mustard, slice Swiss cheese): 240 cal Supper: 2 bowls of veggie and rice gumbo: 460 cal 4 slices of cantelope: 50 cal 5 glasses of water Total Calories: 1,130 I still came up...

I went to the grocery store today...yay!...and I tried to get more fruits and veggies, so hopefully that will round out my diet a bit. Breakfast: 1 4" pancake (proud of myself for not putting syrup on it!): 54 cal 3 small canned (in light syrup) pears: 60 cal 3 cups of coffee with Splenda and 1 c. skim milk: 80 Supper: 12 pc. sushi maki (rice, nori, cream cheese, avocado, had pollock in it as well, but I poked that stuff out): 480 cal 5 glasses of water I haven't don...

Breakfast: 1 c. skim milk: 80 cal 3 c. coffee: 0 cal 1 slice white bread with 1 egg: 144 cal Lunch: Veggie burger (veggie patty and white bread burger bun): 230 cal Supper: Double Decker Taco w/beans instead of beef: 113 cal Baja Gordita w/beans instead of beef: 110 cal Snack: 2 c. "sweet and buttery" popcorn: 360 cal Dr. Pepper: 150 cal 6 glasses of water Total Calories for the day: 1,108 Not too bad.

Ok, so I didn't really plan to start this today, so I really overshot on the calories. And I'm not proud of the lack of fresh fruits and veggies in my diet, but I haven't died yet, so it can't be too bad. Breakfast: 5 cups of coffee with 5 tsps.creamer and 2 tsps. Splenda/cup: 300 cal 1 and 1/2 c. cubed, fried potatoes (not proud, but there's a good reason for it!): 200 cal 3 tbsps. ketchup: 48 cal Lunch: Sandwich with 2 slices white bread, 2 slices thin deli Swiss cheese...

I'm wondering if my little one might have pink eye: I couldn't get him to be still for a photo, so that's the best I could do. I noticed it this evening, and I asked him if he'd been rubbing his eyes or if his brother had done something to his eye (with two little boys, this is one of the first questions to ask when there is an injury of any kind). He said no, it felt fine, nothing had happened to it. It looks decidedly pink. I don't want to take him to school with pink eye, b...