Stress makes you fat and dumb!

 What is the most common pregnancy craving?
For men to be the ones who get pregnant.

I woke up today not feeling very well and I think it was just the constant rush and go in Calgary and dealing with some stressful situations.  I am glad to be home and just relax before school starts on monday. J and I have decided to eat healthier than before because we were constantly told we were "too fat" while in Calgary.  That is one thing I don't miss about Calgary is the constant watchful eyes being maybe too brutally honest about the way we look.  We have been some weight loss shows today and it was interesting because one saying that was said was: "Stress makes you fat and dumb!"

Sometimes, I wish that family members would understand just how stressful university is and being pregnant on top of that is really difficult.  I haven't gained very much weight with my pregnancy since I only gained about 5 pounds but I have decided that before we ever go back to Calgary we will be healthier and I will back up what we are doing with healthy food choices and daily exercise.  I feel a bit angry that during my pregnancy family members are telling us to lose weight.  I am sorry my tummy protrudes but I am pregnant!  What else do you expect?!  Sorry had to get that off my chest.

But I am excited that J and I are eating healthier.  We are following an eating plan that can be found here:  http://www.fit2fat2fit.com/
There is a personal trainer who decided to go from fit to fat to fit again.  And following his eating plans, we decided what will be best for us.  There are things we will change but we definitely be following this as a guideline to get rid of the unhealthy foods that we have been eating.  Today went great we had blueberry spinach shakes for breakfast, cheese and apple sauce for a snack, and then for supper we had steak, 1/2 cup of brown rice, salad, and broccoli with cauliflower and a bit of grated cheese and pepper on top.  For a snack later we will have some fruit.

The one rule that we have decided to follow is to drink 16 ounces of water with each meal.  It has helped a lot and while it seems that it doesn't seem like lots of food we are both full and not craving the foods we were eating before.  The spinach shake actually takes delightful and we will be drinking it daily hopefully.  Spinach is a great item to eat when pregnant and I am happy you can't taste it at all in the shake!  It makes your shake a little thick so I add a bit more skim milk and half it with Jonathan.   I myself am cutting all breads too because I cannot digest gluten at all and it makes me very sick.  I would have it once in a while which seemed fine but now it seems to make me feel really sick and bloat even worse than the beginning of when I found out.  So I think with us cutting out the breads will help a lot.

So that is on the path we are on; wish us luck!