It's grey outside

It went from being a hot, humid, sunny 92* yesterday to a completely dark grey, rainy 69* today. While it doesn't make for good weather, the cooler temps and the sounds of the rain seem to be more motivating to me than the extreme heat.

As promised, yesterday's lunch consisted of 1/2 a chicken spinach pita (picture in the previous post). Unfortunately, this time it tasted terrible and I only managed a few bites. Pregnancy can be lame at times.

Dinner, as mentioned, was steak! It was SO good. Definitely exactly what my body needed because my headache went away and I have had more energy today than I've had in about a week. Guess red meat is good for the body.









Served with mashed potatoes and a side salad (spinach, romaine, cuc, catalina). We will definitely be getting more steaks on our next trip to the store.

Late night snacks included ice cream, chicken nuggets, and some grapes. :)

Today is shaping up to be wonderful, aside from the weather and the fact that Brent works all day (9-5)... but I am getting a LOT accomplished. I have the house almost completely cleaned back up (and it was looking like quite the disaster area), dinner in the crock pot (CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS!!!! omg, yay!), and I am about to embark on some cookies. I do plan on making the bread I mentioned earlier, but I realized that I need a loaf pan before starting such a wonderful adventure.

Recap!

Lucky for me, there were leftovers of the delicious foods I mentioned in the previous post!

The fruit plate:

The salad:

aaaand a grilled chicken pita with some of the chicken (chicken + spinach + provolone + ranch = YUM!) I will definitely be making another one of these today.


I am now 21 weeks pregnant! Over halfway there!! Unfortunately, I think that my transition to a more healthy lifestyle and my extreme aversion to beef recently (part pregnancy, part food documentaries that scare me away from food) I have been experiencing extreme headaches which I can only assume are caused by low iron. I cannot really diagnose this myself, but it explains the sluggishness and the headaches that I've been having recently, add in that I haven't eaten red meat in almost a month AND I have not been eating a ton of fortified cereals or leafy greens, I would say that's probably what it is. It was so bad last night Brent ran out and got me a cheeseburger from Burger King (gross, but it lessened the headache) and I decided that tonight we are having STEAK for dinner! SO excited. Normally I am a medium rare kind of girl, so I will have to survive with it being a little more brown, but I'm sure it will be delicious. :)

I also plan on experimenting with some recipes today... including a delicious looking banana bread!