Day 26 and 27

Things like not being able to make noise early in the morning (blender, juicer) or having access to space in the refrigerator STINK! That is just a bit of the issues we are dealing with. We have the kiddos this weekend and the landlords were redoing the tub so we all had to be out of the house early Friday morning. We felt like refugees invading my sister's home. I kept the kiddos active and busy through the day, it was easy as it was nice, warm and sunny. We spent about 3 hours at Wright's Park. It was great fun! My eating took a nasty turn Friday night as I got really tired and being around the plethora of unhealthy choices in this house. I was really craving a piece of sourdough bread with a slice of cheddar cheese, which I mostly ate, save for the pieces I threw at the dogs outside who were begging. Around 10pm, I finally managed for it to be quiet time, Connor conked out and Hanna was also passed out. Oliver came home with beer, Cheetos (upon my damn traitorous request) and BBQ pork for him.
Lately Oliver's eating has been atrocious and he even admitted to feeling rebellious. *Yes I love how a type 1 diabetic wants to rebel against THEIR own damn health and well being.* He also hides a lot of the shh... err I mean crap he's been eating.
Then he tells me he hasn't been able to feel if he gets a cut at work until he sees the blood, can we say NEUROPATHY? So he told me he's ready to go 100%raw in the morning, that he just needs me to make everything for him and feed him. LMAO.

Here is today's food:

Breakfast: 4 cups water, chlorella tablets, a probiotic and a juice (Kale, cuke, apple and lime)

Snack: Raw broccoli slaw inspired from this lovely site 

Lunch: Mom had everyone over for Tacos, (which I've always been a big fan of) I had a huge green salad with goddess dressing, olives and tomatoes. 

Snack: Banana with raw almond butter

Day 25- Awesomeness

Every day gets better and better. While still not a 100%, I think I am doing dang good. Good morning everyone, or hehe just me.

I totally jumped out of bed this morning at 7:30am. Connor was awake but usually cajole him into staying in bed until 8. But I was revving to go and craving a huge kale avo salad that I made yesterday.

Yesterday I took my sisters to the gym with me and we did an hour of Turbo Kickboxing. Talk about sweat! And almost passing out. That was tough and I really want to do it again, so we're gonna make that a Wednesday night girls night. Oliver has that night off work so that work outs beautifully.

So last night, after the workout I had a huge kale/hemp protein smoothie. But say around 10ish, I started to feel pretty darn hungry and everyone was heating up bad treats so I settled for a plain tortilla (vegan) and some daiya cheese to make a vegan cheese roll up. It was damn good and satisfying.

This day's eats:

Breakfast: 4 cups water, a probiotic, about 4 cups Kale massaged with Extra virgin olive oil, garlic powder, nutritional yeast, half an avocado, and cayenne pepper. Also threw in some chopped green onions.

Snack: Half a Kombucha and 1 cup of carrot/ginger juice. Man did I make that gingery, had quite a kick.

We have a few errands to run today, and then WOOHOO We are going to pick up Hanna and Ollie and then Its my mom's Birthday. Yay Happy Birthday Mom.

Day 24- Yee haw

Today was Jake's last day of school. Yay, summer vacation. I'm super stoked about not having to get him up and ready in the morning. I had a meeting today at the unemployment office, so not fun. Then I went grocery shopping. I felt so baby deprived today, but boy was he happy to see me when I got home. That smiling face, melts my heart. It was good for him to have the day with daddy.

Here's my food intake thus far

Breakfast: 4 cup water, 1 cup almond milk with 1 tbsp chia seeds, cinammon and a lil stevia

Snack: 1 banana with some raw almond butter (what a delish meal)

Lunch: A pear and then some freaking fabulous kale avo salad inspired by Karen Knowler. 

I used almost a full head of Kale, 1 whole avocado, some sea salt (doh, I'm out of pink himaylan), some garlic powder, some nutritional yeast, and chopped green onions. 

And then I had an Amy's dairy/gluten free Mac and Cheese

Dinner: Will def be raw, because I feel really good and strong

Exercise: Only 1 mile walk so far but I'm trying to convince the old man to go swimming soon, we'll see. I'm beginning to hate Dead Space.

Day 23- Feeling GREAT!

I'm feeling quite proud of myself at the moment. Last night Oliver came home with Pizza and candy. I didn't even feel a stirring at all for them and I tried not to nag him. Which is oddly a serious point I need to discuss because, and I love my man very much, he gets annoyed when I nag him to eat healthier and when I don't nag him he says he needs me to because he can't control himself. I can't win. So I'm letting go of trying to control what goes in his mouth and focus on myself. Because I can set a positive example to follow. I do make his breakfasts and his lunches so to some degree I do have control over what he eats.

Ok, on to my greatness. I finally broke the 150lb mark. I weighed in at 149. Last time I checked I was like 152 midweek last week so 3 lbs loss! Small steps, small steps but it makes me feel like buzzing around. My day starts with Connor, waking up to him either nuzzling to nurse or him "talking" or pooping. Sometimes all three at once. He is quite talented.

I'm always up way before the alarm at 8. Hop out of bed, try to down about 3-4 cups water, cajole Jacob out of bed to get dressed. Make his lunch, make sure he's wearing appropriate clothes. Then I start the dishes and prep for the morning juice. Time to check on Connor lying in bed with daddy. Then either strap him into the stroller or into his carrying backpack.. or if the weather is icky leave him with daddy. And we're out the door to walk to school. It is about a 1 mile roundtrip. Back home, tend to the baby. Make the juice. Clean up. Nurse the baby. Do the laundry. Attempt to get some tasks done like bill paying, revising the budget or recently working on a meal plan. Try to get a workout in.

I've always been the type to just throw something together or everyone fend for themselves (with the exceptions of the kiddos of course). But I really want to plan out some meals both for keeping on track and for our budget. Then the rest of my day is odds and ends cleaning, puttering and the BEST PART: PLAYING/CUDDLING/LOVING Connor.

Update 16:45- 

Breakfast: 3 cups water, chlorella tablets, 1 tbsp raw almond butter and 1 cup of dark choc almond milk

Snack: Grapefruit, lemon, lime, and orange juice

Lunch: Shanelle, Erika, the kiddos and I were going to go to Quickies II (a vegan restaurant) but they were CLOSED. Bummer. So we ate Vietnamese. I had the Swimming Angel: Fried tofu in peanut sauce with steamed spinach and white rice. Vegan, at least.

Snack: Then we stopped off at a candy store (YIKES) and I asked about vegan options. I had 1 dark choc nut cluster

Dinner: I haven't had dinner yet as I just finished a 50 min yoga video and I'm still shaky but I'm thinking some leftover smoothie from yesterday and herbal tea and water for the rest of the night. My lunch was pretty heavy.

Exercise: Walked a total of 5 miles. Woot. And 50 mins of yoga. Go me!

Day 22- Feeling proud

I was almost ALL raw yesterday and definitely 100% vegan! My allowances are using store bought almond milk as it is way cheaper and easier, although I would eventually like to make my own almond milk so I know that it is raw. I drank tons of water yesterday and there didn't seem to be any change in my breast milk production. I did feel a little bit dizzy and headachey yesterday early evening and I caved at about 9:30 after Connor had gone to bed and had 2 Kashi Dark Choc oatmeal cookies. I woke up ravenous this morning so instead of starting with a green juice I had some of my soaked oat groat with a teeny bit of agave, raw almond butter and more almond milk on it to thin it out, so it was like a thin oatmeal. So so so satisfying. Oh and I had my probiotic. Jacob was sick during the night, throwing up several times so between Conner's feedings and Jake's issues, I'm a little worn out. I would like to get in a P90x workout today sometime. Fingers crossed! Jake and Connor are laying on the floor holding hands, its ridiculously cute.

Am I on Day 21?

21 days really? And not a single day at 100% raw. Sheesh. I saw a really great video today by Renegade Health Show Kevin Gianni about breastfeeding and going raw. I really love that show! So yesterday was REALLY good. I ate tons of raw and walked a total of 4 miles. However, yes there is always a HOWEVER. I hung out with my sisters and we went to see Super 8. Fabulous movie. I had about a cup of popcorn and then when we got back to Erika's house we were starving and instead of me eating more greens I had 3 slices of the pizza they ordered. I just plucked off the pepperoni. Blah. But I'm not getting down on myself, it happened and everyday I get a little closer (hopefully, ha ha) to saying "NO" to that nasty stuff (which did taste good). Even though I indulge in stuff like that, the majority of my day consists of green juice, green smoothies, salads and fruits along with all my supplements.
In other news, we were really counting on Oliver getting a job at my dad's work but that didn't pan out. It is very hard not to get frustrated as with that job we would have been able to move out of this house. Minor pity party going on... ok ok ok... I'm done.

Here are today's awesome foods:

Breakfast: 4 cups water, 2 cups green juice (cukes, green apples, kale and lemon)
Snack: Choc chip Larabar while I took a 15 minute walk with Connor
Snack/lunch: Cherry Choc Smoothie (Dark choc almond milk, raw almond butter, spinach, frozen cherries, cherry juice concentrate and raw hemp protein powder)

I'm out of stuff for salad, GRRR so I'm gonna have to get creative for the rest of the day.

End of day 19 and lovely beginning of day 20

This post may take a while to write as I am typing this on my phone from bed,.connor is nursing himself into a nap. First off, I did fabulous yesterday, almost completely raw with exception of 3 flour tortillas and hummus. The tortillas were vegan woohoo. I had a lot of greens yesterday (arugula and spinach).
I walked about 3 miles total as well. Oliver brought home chips and candy last night, at least the chips were vegan. I snagged a few but they hurt my tummy. He also brought me a kombucha and coconut water so that deserves a thumbs up.
I have to remind myself of how good it feels when I eat this way, I may have been woken up several times during the night, but who is up bright and early with the baby making juice and doing laundry?? And in a good mood lol??
Todays lovelies thus far:
Breakfast: 4 cups water, 2 c green juice
Snack: kombucha

I plan on making a huge cherry hemp smoothie in a few mins.