6:30 AM & Food Menu

It's 6:30 am and all is quiet in my home, except for the sounds of my Levi crying. He's hungry and ready to start the day...but I'm not. I drag myself out of bed and sit in the quiet as I nurse my little love. I'm so tired....but I remember that God is my strength and the Holy Spirit helps me in my weaknesses & I'm kind of weak from being tired right now....just a season in my life.

Levi is almost 8 months old and the time nursing him is very much cherished to me. It has gone fast, every moment has gone fast. To think that probably in a very short few months I will be completely done nursing. A little sad for me, but also a little more freeing for me....another step towards his independence.

So I sit in the quiet with him as he sits here in his highchair eating cheerios, and babbling away. It's a sweet time for him & I...one that will pass quickly. So, I cherish the moment. Forgetting that I'm tired and loving the little boy.

Now, to completely change the subject... Bethanne at Waiting for the Shout! asked me what a daily meal plan looks like for me. She also asked for a before & after picture, but I'm going to wait a little bit longer for when I've lost more & you can really tell the difference!

** Before I eat I do take some vitamins & then drink lemon water - water that's at room temperature. Drinking lemon water before eating in the morning really helps clear anything else out in your system that maybe didn't all digest from the day before!

Breakfast: Grapefruit or Orange....some mornings I scramble an egg & have a couple slices of turkey bacon. Some mornings I might do a fruit, a few raw almonds, and string cheese.

Snack: Usually, plain nonfat yogurt with a little bit of grape jelly in it & some Kashi cereal.

Lunch: My favorite lunch I have a lot is a salad. We know that Iceberg lettuce has no nutritional value, so I get really green, leafy lettuce. I often will cook a chicken breast & cut that up on it or some deli turkey (natural), or cook some more turkey bacon. Then I chop some walnuts, slice apples, & top with Parmesan cheese & balsamic vinaigrette dressing. If I don't want to do all that I will have a veggie burger topped with avocado and a small salad or sweet potato fries I make myself. By the way ladies, did you know that yams have a natural form of estrogen that helps women with some of our "womanly" issues we have??? Just a little tip!

Snack: Fruit or string cheese. Sometimes I have a coffee

Dinner: Dinner really varies, but something we have often is fajitas in which I eat without the tortilla. Or I'll just cook some chicken, fix some red, yellow, or orange peppers with onion, open a can of black beans, add a little salsa & tiny bit of sour cream...Yummy! Sometimes I add a fruit.

Later I might have a coffee if I didn't have one earlier.

So, that's what a typical day looks like. I eat low glycemic foods...lower in sugar. Like when I eat a banana, I eat one that is more green because the more ripe it becomes the higher glycemic level & has more sugar. I stay away from all "white" foods...meaning no breads (until later & only a real high fiber bread), potatoes, rice, crackers, chips (which a lot have bad stuff in them anyway, except I do eat some corn chips), most cereal, etc. Also, I'm really reading labels. Check out the labels in your home...partially hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, red, yellow, blue coloring, aspartame...all of these things so VERY bad for you! Ok, I'll stop preaching! :-) ALSO...this is HUGE for me...exercise!! I do interval training on my treadmill 3-4 times a week & weight training 2 times.

Thank you for allowing me to share! Have a great day blogging friends!!