Week 24!

Me and my girl on July 4th.  We went on a picnic with daddy!

Week 24: July 6, 2012

145 lbs, Bust 35 ½, Waist 37, Hips 40

I started strictly doing the Dr. Brewer diet this week.  It is very difficult to eat that much food and eat that many times a day.  It is roughly 2600 calories a day, 85-125 g protein and also focuses on “enough” salt.  It is hard to fit all the food in before evening and I have yet to eat 7 times a day as recommended (breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, bedtime snack, middle of the night snack).  I am lucky if I eat 4 or 5 times a day.  I am getting VERY sick of the same foods (cottage cheese, eggs – 2 a day!, yogurt smoothies), but I am VERY thankful for my Vitamix http://www.vitamix.com/ !  I use it every day – it is the quickest, most powerful blender I’ve ever seen.  It makes things completely smooth and even makes hot soup right in it in minutes!  BTW, if you want to buy one, I am an affiliate and get you free shipping, so contact me if that’s the case.

I cannot believe how “on track” I am with diet, exercise and water.  I’m doing great, overall (but still can’t give up coffee!).  I am doing much better than I ever expected.  It struck me how much easier it was to be pregnant with Annika.  I was only working Tue-Thurs and had weekends to get ready for the baby or travel to see Tim, as he had already moved to VA.  It was also easier because I had no one to take care of except myself.  Now I have Annika and Tim with me every day to feed and take care of!

I saw the baby move on July 2!  It was so cool!  The baby moves SO much now.  I love it!  I just wish I could enjoy eating more!  I get to eat some good things, but many things I eat over and over and it is hard to fit it all in!  I never feel hungry, so I have to force myself to eat.  I feel stuffed all the time.  YUCK!

We are trying to pick out names.  Annika likes some we don’t like and Tim and I can’t agree on ONE boy OR girl name.  It’s really funny though.  Annika talks about her “brother” by a name SHE picked out!  Tim gets to choose the name and I just have to approve, since I picked out Annika.