Diet

I went through all of my clothing the other day. It was a big project, and kind of emotionally draining.  I remember when I used to be able to wear almost everything I owned.  No longer.

I did discover that I can now wear my prepregnancy sweatpants, which I couldn't a few months ago.  So that's pretty exciting.

But most of my clothes are unusable, as of now.  I'm packing them for Texas anyway.  A lot can happen in 5 months, right? I'll look at the too-small clothes as inspiration.  I'm not really into long-term dieting, but Zephan likes to talk me into short spurts of themed eating.  Not usually anything too weird. 

This week, it's the "no processed carbs" diet.  I can eat as much as I want, but nothing with flour and nothing like candy or soda. So I've been pounding down all kinds of rice, quinoa, fruit, veggies, and popcorn.  And looking longingly at bread, tortillas, and chips (not to mention the box of M&Ms and Fererro Rocher chocolates on our shelf). 

And when I weighed myself yesterday, I was 4 pounds lighter than last week.  Amazing what a little tweak to the eating habits can do.

Good News/Bad News

Good news:

• I'm at Coffee Zone drinking the Brazilian and a blueberry muffin.
• My friend Gwen is engaged.
• I bought a new battery for my computer this morning, which means that I no longer have to be attached to a wall in order to do anything.
• I have 18 pages of stuff to turn in for my rough draft today

Bad news:

• I paid $75 more than I was expecting to for the battery because apparently someone used my gift card I got for working ONITA over winter break to buy underarmor and Skittles.
• The 18 pages - it's mostly stuff that other people have written.  But man, is it well-organized.  Hope it's ok with my adviser . . .   Of course, so far he's been thrilled with everything I've done.
• It is unbearably windy outside.

Other news:

• Zephan and I are waiting on the Lord.  Still.  And so, Zephan will be fasting (a modified Daniel fast - complicated) and we'll both be praying a lot over the next few weeks, at least until we hear from PBT about becoming recruits.  And then we'll have to make some decisions about when to move to Dallas.  We'd love for everyone to pray with us especially hard during this time.  If you're up to it, give us a comment/email/text and let us know.  We love knowing that we've got people supporting us :)

Midwife 2/15

We had an appointment with our midwife this morning.  She says the baby must have read the book.  I got blood drawn last week and everything is looking perfectly normal!

I also turned in the food journal that I did a couple of weeks ago.  Who knew that oatmeal cookies could cause so much trouble?  She says that I should try to limit myself to one treat a day and eat it with a meal or something with protein to avoid crazy spikes in my blood sugar.  This comes with a promise of no headaches and a healthier baby. *sigh*

Also, apparently everything that Zephan likes is fabulous.  I've been told to eat like he does. I don't want to. 

Our birthing classes start tomorrow night.  The topic this time is nutrition and exercise.  Maybe I'll be inspired.

The highlight of midwife days is that afterward we always go to Clover's and we always get some healthy snack that's on sale for Katie.  Previously, this has been Kombucha and Spritzers.  Today: flavored peanut butter packets and potatoes (not for snacking). 

Autumnal Activity

We have been doing all kinds of homemaking lately.  Freezing bananas, drying apples, making applesauce, banana bread, spiced pear jam, shampoo . . . and learning all kinds of canning skills.


Thanks to everyone who has given advice, food, tools, and assistance for these projects.  We didn't get pictures of everything, but here are some from the bushel of apples we put away.

What's left?  Well, there's a pumpkin in our laundry room waiting for carving and roasting.

Goat cheese is delicious.

I have this sentence in my conglomeration of facts about goats.  It's not going to make it very much longer, but every time I've glanced at it, I've needed to keep it.  So here it is.  And here's a picture to match.