19 weeks~It's been awhile....

I didn't mean to take so long. It hasn't been good for me to not be writing everything I'm eating. I did do the saliva test but it took longer than I thought. All that really amounted to was that I would do better after and used it as an excuse to eat bad. Which sadly to say I have not overcome yet. Ugh, I'm so tired of this. Why do I have to struggle so. It's one thing or another. We can't afford the raw food right now so I am doing my best with low fat, but not really my best. Pepsi is low fat right? Isn't that terrible. You see right now I weigh what I did full term with my 5th. So I have 21 weeks to go and cannot gain a pound. Sounds impossible. Plus how I look right now, it is oh so sad. I will keep posting, it helps me somehow.
We did find out that we are having another boy! We were all really hoping for a girl this time but it's okay. The Lord decides that! I am excited to have another baby! I do wish for sleep as my 7th child is keeping me up like crazy every night. I'm not sure what to do with him.I need to let him cry I guess but I hate doing that. ?????? I just feel as though I am not keeping up. SOOOOOOO tired all the time. No energy, no motivation, I feel worthless.
So do you really want to hear how I started my day? Okay I do have an excuse, yesterday was my 4th child's birthday, so instead of high fat cake I made an angel food cake for myself with a fresh strawberry sauce and lowfat whipped cream. So for breakfast I had an instant breakfast with skim milk and then a piece of angel food cake with toppings. It was really good but didn't start my day very good. I have to start dong better. I guess raw food will be on the backburner until Sept as finances allow. I will still post what I am eating and how much exercise I am getting. For exercise I am walking 30 mins a day. Also some swimming! Okay thats it for today.

Ugh, honestly!

Day 2 has not been that good. I have had a headache since last night and my back is killing me. I mean really hurting. Hurting to breathe or walk. So I have taken it easy. I did have more caffeine which I feel helped me clean the house and make banana bread with my 3 little helpers. It's healthy banana bread but not raw. Hey, I had to do something with all those bananas! So for today I had cherries for breakfast, 2 cheese sandwiches for lunch loaded with lettuce and tomatoes ( I was REALLY craving that), and for dinner I will have a green smoothie with you guessed it, banana bread! :0)
I am going to do a saliva test tomorrow or the next day so I am going to just eat like I have been eating normally. Today is pretty close to normal except that I would eat the enchiladas my family will be eating. Anyway this test is going to tell me if my pituitary is off. I hope it is so I can get some energy through supplements and this raw food lifestyle. I guess the raw food lifestyle will help anything. I'm just so tired of being tired.
So this is it for today. I'll probably not post again until I am back on the raw food wagon and the test is done. So in a few days.

My First Day!

It wasn't a perfect day but pretty good. I have felt so tired. I did give into some caffeine. That I will have to slowly cut out. Anyway, here was my diet today: Triomax (blend of carrot, beet, and barley juice raw and dehydrated) 8oz, about 2 cups of sliced strawberries with avocado chocolate pudding on top, sliced cucumber, & salad with honey mustard. That was the raw part, now the not raw part was a little fish and some nondairy ice cream, just a little tiny bit. It is very satisfying so a little goes a long ways. So like I said not perfect. I plan to make raw flax crackers and raw corn tortillas tomorrow. I will try to post my recipes.
I guess I should add a little about myself. I am about 16 weeks along in this pregnancy. I usually gain too much. I have a record of my weight from the last 5 and I am about 10-15 lbs over where I should be right now. That is a sad place to start. Even that is not a weight I am happy with, I am just comparing to my best pregnancy for that. My last 5 children have been homebirths! I love homebirth! 3 have been waterbirths, love that too! I love learning about the Lord and how to please Him with my life. I love learning about health and am always seeking more on that. I do finally feel I have arrived though with raw food. I do feel it is right. I don't feel anyone has to be raw 100%, the Bible talks about bread, and Jesus ate fish. However our conditions now are not the same as then either. The bread I eat I make, grinding my own wheat and using honey for the sweetener. Our fish in stores are full of mercury, our meat, milk, eggs, cheeses, are full of hormones and antibiotics (no wonder we're all immune to antibiotics), and even our produce is grown in poor soil and covered in pesticides. So we really have to take our health into our own hands and do the best we can with what we have. I think that is enough ranting for now. I get really passionate about this because I have seen the results of poor eating and our wonderful bodies that God created and how they are self healing if we only do what is right!
Well, I am looking forward to a new day to serve the Lord! I hope to start it with morning devotions and prayer. Jesus is coming soon!

This time will be different!

Okay so I'm going to let you in on a little secret.....I'm pregnant with our 8th child and want to do things different this time. So how am I going to do it? By changing the way I eat. How we eat affects everything, our mood, weight, & especially our health. I believe that the Lord gave us amazing bodies that can heal themselves if given the right fuel. I have seen it over and over again. Raw food is the best source of nourishment for our bodies, living food for living bodies!
I have been playing with raw food for over 4 years. But sadly the most I ever got to was 3o days completely raw. Why do I say sadly because those were the best 30 days of my life. I was so full of energy. My food prep was the easiest ever (after you get the hang of it). I lost some weight and just felt GREAT. So why did I stop, money, social pressures, and family meals together. But I think there is a way to balance this stuff and that is what I aim to do. I aim to be 75-100% raw through this pregnancy and beyond. I want to nourish this body that God gave me as best as I can. I'm very excited!
So here on this blog I will try to post what I am eating, how much exercise I am getting, and thoughts of the day. Now I am not the best at posting on any blog but I will try to do this!
For my past pregnancies I did some raw food times and it was those times that I felt great and my midwife said I was doing so good! My midwife does recommend a lot of meat, dairy, and cooked food. I would not call myself a vegetarian or a vegan. I do believe we are free to eat whatever, however there are consequenses for what we put in our bodies. I think that raw food provides us with what we need nutritionally. I do take a B-12 supplement. I think even meat eaters could use that as a supplement. Anyway, reasearch for yourself. We need live food!
I'll post later how my first day went!