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  • Day 4. 23 Weeks, 1 Day. (Sunday)

    Breakfast Cup of plain yogurt with fresh strawberries, granola (bear naked) and half a banana. Lunch Lunch at Roebling. Fritatta with mushrooms, onions, cheese, and asparagus. cup of potato salad. Snack 1 Trail mix. (No sugar) cup of lite cheese curls.(140 calories per cup). Snack 2 Bean Burrito Cheese, sour cream, and salsa. Dinner Homemade…

  • Day 3. 23 Weeks. (Saturday)

    Breakfast Bowl of Kashi. Half a banana. 2% Milk. Water with ground flax seeds. Snack 2 eggs scram. 2 slices dried toast (70 Cal each) Lunch left over chicken. 2 Wings. Not much meat. 4 Tablespoons (maybe five) of hummus. 2 slices of bread. Snack 1 Homemade banana muffin. 100 % Whole wheat. No sugar.…

  • Day 2. 22 Weeks 6 Days. (Friday)

    Breakfast Bowl of cereal with half a banana. Water with ground flax seeds. Lunch Homemade risotto w/ Mushrooms Parm cheese corn broth Snack 1 Peanut butter and jelly on whole grain bread. Snack 2 Yogurt Dinner Chicken with roasted potatoes. Salad with peppercorn dressing, mushrooms. 20 Jelly beans

  • Day 1. 22 weeks, 5 days. (Thursday)

    Breakfast Bowl of cereal with half a banana. Water with ground flax seeds. Lunch Stopped at the Whole Foods fixings’ bar. 2 pieces of chicken strips. Roasted bell mushrooms 5 cubes of Grilled tofu Hummus. 1 Small ball of falafel. 2 vegan dumplings. Snack Giant cupcake from Dean and Deluca Dinner Three vegetarian tacos. (Fake…

  • The Fetus Formerly Known as Ndugu.

    We named our fetus Ndugu. I woke up one morning very early on in my pregnancy and Tobyjoe said he had come up with the perfect name if we were to have a boy. “Ndugu.” He said. And we both laughed. That’s how our fetal nickname was coined. About a month and a half ago,…

  • The Big Guy and the Pet Food Recall.

    As many of you already know, Schmitty had some problems recently that forced us to take him to the dreaded vet. I think the problems began in December when we noticed he was pooping outside of the litter box and that there were small amounts of blood in each of his stools, red blood. After…

  • Discovery's Planet Earth.

    I am absolutely floored by the Discovery Channel’s new series called Planet Earth (link to episode guide and schedule). Unfortunately I missed the first two episodes: “Pole to Pole” and “Mountains”. But I was able to catch “Deep Ocean” and “Deserts” over the weekend. I’m hooked. I now have my DVR set up to record…

  • I'm just sayin'.

    In two weeks I am schedule to have a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT). (I’m going to explain what it is and why It’s done because I didn’t know what it was up until recently. If you already know about it, don’t care, or are bored, skip to the 3rd paragraph.) During pregnancy, hormones suppress insulin…