Daily Menu for January 21

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's also the meal I'm having the hardest time eating these days because of morning sickness. Most mornings, toast or crackers are the only thing that I'm finding appealing, and it's hard to get enough calories throughout the day because of the nausea. So I'm trying to bulk up breakfast to get a solid start to the day and get enough calories throughout the day, but I'm not following Core to do it. Peanut butter sandwiches are working to get in the calories and keep nausea at bay, so I'm eating them and appreciating that they make my tummy happy.

I'm also finding exercise difficult, since I'm tired all the time and still have a lingering cough. I need to just push myself to do at least 20 minutes a day of walking to keep myself from becoming a complete couch potato, so I'm going to do the Walk Away the Pounds 1 mile video this afternoon. Then I'm going to take a nap!

Tonight, I'm making bean soup for dinner using Dessert Pebble Beans from Phipps Country Store. They're all from the same plant, but a variety of colors from creamy white to speckled tan to dark chocolate brown. I'm hopeful that they'll retain their pretty colors after cooking!

Daily Menu

Breakfast

Natural peanut butter sandwich on sprouted wheat bread from Alvarado Bakery

Homemade applesauce

2 c. soy milk

2 clementines

Lunch

Hard boiled egg

Steamed broccoli and cauliflower with 1 oz. lowfat cheese

Brown rice with olive oil

Dinner

Desert Pebble beans

Polenta

Turnip greens sauteed in olive oil

Daily 8 - the 8 Healthy Guidelines

1. Fruits and veggies, 5-9 servings a day - yes

2. Whole grains - yes (whole grain bread, brown rice, polenta)

3. Milk, 3 servings a day - yes

4. Healthy oil, 3 teaspoons a day - yes

5. Protein - yes

6. Limit sugar and alcohol - yes

7. Water - 8+ cups

8. (Prenatal) Multivitamin - yes