Size Double 9

Breakfast - Mini chocolate chip muffin

Snack - English muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - Cheddar, cucumber, tomato, sprounts, mayo and honey mustard on wheat, yogurt

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana, orange juice

Snack - Oatmeal

Lunch - Shepherd’s pie

Dinner - A few cheese fries, side salad with honey mustard, macaroni and cheese

Breakfast - Bacon, egg and cheese on a croissant

Snack - Apple cinnamon oatmeal

Lunch - Shepherd’s pie, vanilla yogurt with blueberries and strawberries

Saturday

Breakfast - Chocolate banana pancake

Snack - Kashi Go Lean fudge sundae roll

Dinner - Lasagna
 

Sunday

Brunch - Canadian bacon strata, 4 mini lemon-filled pancakes, fruit salad, 3 slices of bacon, one chocolate chip muffin

Dinner - Cheddar, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, mayo and honey mustard on wheat, a few potato chips

Snack - Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana, orange juice

Snack - Banana with peanut butter

Lunch - Hummus and cucumber on pita bread, 2 pickles

Dinner - Italian sub, a few Doritos

Breakfast - Plain bagel with cream cheese

Snack - Apple

Lunch - Pita pocket with hummus, cucumber and tomato; stawberries and blueberries

Dinner - Lasagna

Breakfast - Oatmeal

Snack - English muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - Meunster, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, mayo and honey mustard on wheat

Snack - Coffee oreo ice cream

Dinner - Rice Krispies with banana

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana

Snack - English muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - English muffin with cheese, tomato soup, cucumber with hummus, grapes

Snack - Granola bar

Dinner - Italian sub

Breakfast - Strawberry yogurt, bagel with cream cheese

Snack - Almonds

Lunch - Broccoli chicken casserole

Snack - Apple

Dinner - Rice Krispies

Breakfast - Rice Krispies

Lunch - Bagel with scallion cream cheese

Dinner - Broccoli chicken casserole

Dessert - Tuxedo cake

Breakfast - Rice Krispies

Lunch - Grilled cheese, chicken noodle soup, chocolate turtle cupcake

Dinner - Cheeseburger and fries

Breakfast - Rice Krispies

Snack -English muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - Meunster, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, honey mustard and mayo on wheat, small strawberry shake, medium McDonald’s fries

Dinner - Italian sub

Snack - M&Ms

I have a serious case of the hungry horrors today.  I don’t know what’s wrong with me.  I can’t stop eating.   

Breakfast - Rice Krispies, orange juice

Snack - Plain bagel with cream cheese

Snack - English muffin with peanut butter and jelly

Lunch - Spaghetti pie

Snack - 2 90 calorie granola bars

Dinner - Italian sub

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

I’ve been to the doctor several times over the last few months because of what I thought was athlete’s foot.  Why did I think I had athlete’s foot?  Because my doctor looked at it and that’s what she told me.  No question, she was certain that’s what was wrong and she prescribed an antifungal.  It didn’t work, and neither did the next medicine we tried.  She told me there may not be anything I can do until after the baby is born, and just about discouraged me from seeing a dermatologist.  She said that a dermatologist wouldn’t be able to do anything more for me than she could.

After a few more weeks (now over 2 months in total), my feet just continued to get worse.  I was upset, embarassed, and beginning to get depressed.  So I said hell with it and called a dermatologist.  My appointment was on Monday, and guess what?

He took one look at my feet and told me immediately that the problem wasn’t fungal.  He said he believes that I have dyshidrotic eczema.  I’m so happy I want to throw a party.  Eczema sucks, but at least I have hope that it will get better with the right medicine.  And now I don’t have to do ridiculous amounts of laundry in super hot water and bleach, and sterilize every surface in my house constantly because of fungal paranoia :-)  It’s only been 2 days and my feet look better already. 

And my attitude has changed completely.  I’ve gone from completely preoccupied and upset to completely happy.  It feels so good not to be worried about my feet anymore.

I can’t wait for them to heal completely.  I’m gonna go out and buy SEVERAL new pairs of sandals.  I have a good excuse. 

Breakfast - Bacon, egg and cheese on croissant

Snack - Granola bar

Lunch - Sloppy joes

Snack - Vanilla/chocolate twist soft serve with gummy bears

Dinner - Meunster, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, mayo and honey mustard on wheat bread

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana

Snack - Bagel with cream cheese

Lunch - Leftover spaghetti pie, garlic bread

Dinner - Sloppy joe, a few corn chips

Snack - M&Ms, glass of milk

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana

Snack - Bacon, egg and cheese on a croissant

Lunch - Meunster, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, mayo and honey mustard on wheat, strawberry yogurt with fresh sliced strawberries

Dinner - Spaghetti pie (casserole with spaghetti and homemade meat sauce, parmesean and mozzarella cheese, garlic bread

Breakfast - English muffin with peanut butter

Lunch/Dinner - Today was Greek Easter and we went to my husband’s aunt and uncle’s house.  A few crackers with cheese, a few cheese-filled puff pastries, pasticio (a casserole with ground meat and pasta), orzo salad, a small bowl of chocolate trifle, 3 small lemon squares

Breakfast - Bacon, egg and cheese on an english muffin (homemade, not fast food - it was AMAZING)

Snack - Chocolate covered toffee bar

Dinner - 2 hot dogs, strawberry shortcake

Breakfast - Plain bagel with chive cream cheese

Lunch - Turkey and american on wheat with russian dressing

Snack - Vanilla/chocolate twist soft serve with gummy bears (HOLY CRAP - 3rd day in a row.  I need to stop caving in to co-worker peer pressure)

Dinner - Muenster, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, mayo and honey mustard on wheat

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana, orange juice

Snack - Croissant with bacon, egg and cheese

Lunch - Tomato, mozzarella and pesto sandwich, homemade oreo cookie

Snack - Vanilla/chocolate twist soft serve with gummy bears

Dinner - Muenster, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, mayo and honey mustard on wheat

I’ve gained some weight, but for good reason.  Here are my 3rd month pregnancy photos

I’m still trying to figure out why it would only let me upload thumbnails, not the full size pics.  Dammit.

So to recap my lovely situation, i’m 15 weeks pregnant and I have a terrible case of athlete’s foot that is pretty much ruining my life right now.  I’m in pain, I can’t exercise, and my feet look terrible.  I’ve tried 2 types of medicine.  Neither worked, and the fact that I’m pregnant severely limits the types of medicine I can take.

The fact that I’m pregnant also means that I’m extremely emotional.  I woke up this morning, got into the shower, and immediately began to bawl my eyes out.  I calmed myself down and then started crying again while drying my feet off.   I just feel completely disgusting.  It’s pretty funny the things we take for granted.  They’re just feet, for christ’s sake, but I would give anything right now for them to be healthy and normal and smooth and pretty like they were a few months ago.  I’m wearing flip-flops today, but I have to wear long pants so that you can’t see the big patches of red, raw skin. 

Every day is a blast.  I wear flip-flops in the shower, dry off my feet with a separate towel, then dry them with a hair dryer, apply medicine that doesn’t even work, and then put socks on immediatly so that I can walk around the house without infecting every surface that I step on.  You should try it.  Ha ha

You know you’re desperate when you’ll try anything.  Okay, almost anything.  My husband went to the natural foods store in our town, and one of their suggested athlete’s foot remedies was to wrap chopped garlic in gauze and place it in your shoes.  Can you say NO FUCKING WAY will i do that?  Can you imagine what people at work would say?  “Oh look, here comes ol’ garlic toes.”  I just can’t do that.  I did, however, soak my feet in apple cider vinegar last night.  So painful.  But it dried the hell out of the affected areas.  Who knows, maybe a miracle will happen and it will work. 

I must be married to one of the sweetest men in the world.  He saw how upset I was this morning, so he drove to work at lunchtime to bring me flowers.  I have a wonderful husband and a baby on the way.  I want this to be one of the happiest times of my life.  It’s a shame that something so stupid is affecting me so much. 

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana

Snack - Double fiber english muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - Chicken, cheddar, lettuce and tomato on multi grain bread

Snack - Vanilla/chocolate twist soft-serve ice cream with gummy bears (I’ve been obsessed with gummy bears lately - must be a pregnancy thing)

Dinner - Muenster cheese, sprouts, tomato, cucumbers, mayo and honey mustard on double fiber wheat bread.  Yum.

I feel like I ate pretty well today.  I just need to keep an eye on my gummy bear issue.  I don’t want it to turn into an addicion

I’ve been missing in action for 2 weeks and decided to make at least one more post while I ponder whether or not to delete my blog entirely.  It served me well for several months, but hasn’t been working for me as of late.  No, I’m not blaming the blog.  It’s a blog, and I can only get out of it what I put into it.  I’m blaming myself, but also accepting the fact that some changes happened which are affecting my diet and exercise.

 First of all, I’m 15 weeks pregnant.  I’ve started slacking on my diet and giving into cravings way too much.  I need to find a better balance again. 

Second, I developed athlete’s foot a few months ago.  I must have caught it from the shower at the gym, and the thought of that alone makes me want to puke.  My doctor gave me a cream to use and said it could take from 6-8 weeks to work.  I gave it 7 weeks for christ’s sake, and it didn’t work.  I went back and got another medicine 2 weeks ago, and it doesn’t seem to be working either.  My feet are extremely itchy (to the point that I wake up from a dead sleep) and they crack too so it’s painful to walk sometimes.  Can someone tell me how I’m supposed to get any fucking exercise? 

Oh sure, there are medicines that would clear up the athlete’s foot immediately, but they aren’t safe for use during pregnancy, or during breastfeeding for that matter.  I can’t deal with this pain and torture until October when the baby is born, nevermind several months after due to breastfeeding.  I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.  I’m starting to get depressed about it, and I cry about it all the time.  I’m so embarassed about the way my feet look.  By now I would typically be wearing flip-flops every day, but instead I’m stuck in sneakers and socks.  And I live at the beach during the summer….I don’t know what I’m going to do. 

I called this morning to make an appointment with a different doctor.  Maybe he’ll be able to help.  Wish me luck.

Breakfast - Rice Krispies, mango-strawberry-vanilla smoothie

Snack - Bacon, egg and cheese croissant

Lunch - English muffin with cheese, chicken noodle soup

Snack - English muffin with peanut butter

Dinner - Steak and cheese sub

Breakfast - Bagel with scallion cream cheese

Snack - Apple

Lunch - Michelina’s shells and cheese, smoothie (mango, strawberry, vanilla soy milk)

Dinner - 2 slices of pizza (1 cheese, 1 pepperoni)

Snack - Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich

Breakfast - Rice Krispies

Snack - Bacon, egg and cheese croissant

Lunch - Pad Thai

Dinner - Cheese ravioli

Wednesday

Breakfast - Smoothie

Lunch - English muffin with cheese, chicken noodle soup

Dinner - Veggies and dip, bagel chips and hummus

Thursday

Breakfast - Yogurt

Lunch - 2 soft tacos, nachos with cheese

Dinner - Grilled cheese sandwich

Friday

Breakfast - Smoothie, bacon egg and cheese croissant

Lunch - 2 cheeseburgers, small fry

Dinner - Cheese ravioli, salad, bread pudding

Breakfast - Smoothie (frozen strawberries and mango, vanilla soymilk)

Snack - Banana with peanut butter

Lunch - Chinese food

Snack - Low fat ricotta with strawberries

Dinner - Smoothie (frozen strawberries and mango, vanilla soymilk)

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana

Snack - Almonds

Lunch - Went to Uno’s.  2 pieces of pizza skins, salad with chicken

Snack - Apple

Dinner - Grilled cheese, tomato soup

Saturday

Breakfast - Bagel with scallion cream cheese and lox

Lunch - 2 slices of cheese pizza

Dinner - Salad, cheese ravioli, garlic bread

Sunday

Breakfast - Sausage, egg and cheese McGriddles

Brunch - Several mini lemon-filled pancakes, small slice of quiche, a few slices of bacon

Dinner - Ground turkey, corn, lima beans, couscous

Snack - Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich

Monday

Breakfast - Rice Krispies and banana

Snack - Apple

Lunch - 3 beef soft tacos, 2 tiny chocolate caramel empanadas

Snack -

Dinner - Cheese tortellini

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Breakfast - Rice Krispies, orange juice

Snack - Apple sauce

Lunch - Blueberry pancake, srcambled eggs with cheese, home fries

Snack - Vanilla yogurt with raspberries

Dinner - Pot roast and veggies

Snack - Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich

Wednesday 

Breakfast - Rice krispies and banana

Snack - Strawberry mini wheats

Lunch - Chicken stir fry on wheat sub roll

Snack - English muffin with melted cheese

Dinner - Scrambled eggs with cheese and ham

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Thursday

Breafast - Bacon, egg and cheese on a croissant

Snack - Soup

Lunch - Roast beef sandwich and pizza roll

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Dinner - Pot roast and veggies

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana

Snack - Oatmeal

Lunch - English muffin with slice of cheese, chicken noodle soup

Snack - Strawberry Mini-Wheats

Dinner - Grilled cheese sandwich

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Breakfast - Strawberry mini-wheats

Snack - Wheat english muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - Salad

Snack - Low-fat ricotta with strawberries

Snack - 3 Musketeers

Dinner - Turkey burger

Saturday

Breakfast - Southwestern egg beaters with cheese, sausages, orange juice

Snack - Chocolate ice cream cone

Dinner - Pizza

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Sunday

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana, orange juice

Lunch - Raviolis with tomato sauce

Dinner - Pork chop, cinnamon apple sauce, corn, potatoes

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana, orange juice

Snack - Strawberry frosted mini-wheats

Lunch - Two tostada nachos, 2 fried mac and cheese bites, salad, brownie sundae

Snack - Apple

Dinner - Pizza

Wednesday

Breakfast - Raisin bran, orange juice

Snack - Pear

Lunch - Ham, mashed potatoes, baked beans

Snack - Wheat english muffin with slice of cheese

Dinner - Ground turkey burrito

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Thursday

Breakfast - Rice Krispies with banana, orange juice

Snack - Bacon, egg and cheese on croissant

Lunch - Thai food……drunken noodle and green bubble tea latte.  YUM

Snack - Pear

Snack - Vanilla yogurt with blueberries

Dinner - Broccoli with cheese sauce

Snack - 2 brownies, glass of milk

Breakfast - 2 blueberry eggos, glass of milk

Snack - Plain bagel with scallion cream cheese

Lunch - Peanut butter and banana on wheat

Lunch #2- McDonalds cheeseburger and fries

Dinner - Ground turkey burrito

Snack - Skinny Cow fudge bar

Breakfast - Total raisin bran, cinnamon apple sauce

Snack - Chocolate and jelly munchkins

Lunch - 3 slices of pizza

Dinner - Vanilla yogurt

Okay, I seriously need to get my shit together and stop eating crap and start working out again.  This break that I’ve given myself is inexcusable. 

Friday

Breakfast - Total raisin bran, cinnamon apple sauce

Snack - Wheat english muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - Chinese food

Dinner - Pita pocket with melted cheese

Saturday

Breakfast - Bacon, egg and cheese and a croissant

Lunch - 1 mozzarella stick, 1/2 potato skin, 1/2 cheeseburger, fries

Dinner - Italian sub

Sunday

Breakfast - Total raisin bran, cinnamon apple sauce

Lunch - Ham and cheese omelette, corned beef hash, english muffin

Dinner - Macaroni and cheese

Breakfast - 2 pieces of cinnamon raisin toast, banana, freshly squeezed juice (orange/grapefruit/carrot/apple)

Snack - Wheat english muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - 2 McDonald’s cheeseburgers ,fries

Snack - Low-fat ricotta with raspberries

Dinner - Ground turkey with steamed veggies

Breakfast - 2 slices cinnamon raisin toast, orange juice

Snack - Grapes

Lunch - 2 fried mac and cheese bites, one potato skin, one chicken wing, salad with chicken, cinnamon cheesecake

Dinner - Tuna on Weight Watchers wheat, a few corn chips

Snack - Skinny Cow vanilla caramel ice cream cone

Breakfast - Fresh fruit juice (cucumber/pepper/pear/pineapple/lemon), two slices of cinnamon raisin toast

Snack - Plain bagel with herb cream cheese

Workout - 2o minutes on treadmill, 10 minutes on arc trainer, ab and arm exercises

Lunch - Ravioli, low-fat ricotta with strawberries

Snack - 3 Musketeers

Dinner - Ground turkey burrito

today is week 8 day 5 of my pregnancy!  time is flying.  the baby is about 1 inch long now.  how unreal. 

it’s still so hard to believe that i’m going to be a mom before year end.  i don’t think it’s going to hit me until my belly starts popping out.  my only symptoms are my giant, sore breasts.   and i get really tired after i work out, which never happened before. 

which brings me to my next point.  i haven’t really been working out much at all.  last week i only went to the gym twice.  i’m eating well for the most part (i said for the most part, please ignore this past weekend.  please.) and i haven’t gained weight.  i’m taking my vitamins and getting lots of sleep……  i just have no desire or motivation to work out right now.  this is terrible.  i need to continue to take good care of myself and not just for my own sake, for the baby’s sake too. 

Breakfast - Total Raisin Bran, freshly squeezed fruit juice (orange/strawberry/blueberry/grape)

Snack - Cucumber slices, wheat english muffin with a slice of cheese

Lunch - Michelina’s shells and cheese, low-fat ricotta with strawberries

Snack -

Dinner - Ravioli, garlic bread

Snack - Coffee ice cream

Okay, this weekend wasn’t exactly great, but my husband was sick all weekend and he’s the cook in the family.  So I was SOL.   

Friday 

Breakfast - Bacon, egg and cheese on a croissant

Snack - Wheat english muffin with slice of cheese

Lunch - 2 Eggo blueberry waffles with syrup, yogurt

Snack - Cucumber slices

Dinner - Tortilla chips and queso, Skinny Cow fudge bar

Saturday

Breakfast - Fiber One with banana

Snack - Wheat english muffin with peanut butter

Lunch - My friend and I went to a “Raw Food” restaurant for lunch.  It was different, but yummy.  I had a Falafel roll-up with veggies, mango vanilla smoothie, macaroon

Dinner - 2 slices cheese pizza

Sunday

Breakfast - 2 slices of pizza

Snack - Tortilla chips and queso

Dinner - Yogurt, freshly-made veggie juice (tomato/celery/carrot/potato/red pepper).  I bought a new juicer and I think this might be the start of an obsession.

Breakfast - Fiber One Honey Clusters, orange juice

Snack - English muffin with slice of cheese

Lunch - 2 chicken soft tacos, chocolate lava cake

Snack - Low-fat ricotta with raspberries

Dinner - Peanut butter and banana sandwich on Weight Watchers wheat

Breakfast - 2 Eggo blueberry waffles with syrup, 1/2 of an english muffin

Snack - English muffin with slice of cheese

Workout - I was so lame today……30 minutes on treadmill.  I’m just so damn tired.  I have no idea how this teeny, teeny, tiny baby can zap all of my energy

Lunch - Ground turkey and steamed veggies, cucumber slices

Snack - About 8 mini-sized candies…..Twix, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way and Nerds (they were the teeny, tiny ones and I haven’t had candy in FOREVER so I don’t feel bad)

Dinner - Turkey burger and Smiles (if you don’t know, Smiles and super yummy smiley-face shaped fried potato things that you can get in the freezer section)

Snack - Carrot cake, glass of milk