The Day Brenna and I Canned 105 Lbs. of Tomatoes.

It actually went a lot faster and was a lot more fun than I anticipated. I think this is the most I've ever done in one go. My 70 pounds yielded 14 quarts of quartered tomatoes and 20 pints of diced. Should see us through the Winter and Spring.

• Carnation Instant Breakfast, an English muffin (breakfast, 8)
• some goldfish (snack, 11)
  
• a bagel w/ cream cheese, an apple, 1.5 bananas, water (lunch, 1.30)
• another 1/2 banana w/ 1 T PB (snack, 4)
• 2 slices Brenna's bread w/ real butter, water (snack, 5)
  
• mini cheese ravioli w/ meat sauce, broccoli, water (dinner 6.45)
• milk chocolate (snack? dessert?, 8)

calorie total: 2,340

The Day We Were Had at Wickam's Farm

It was one of those experiences that become so ridiculously maddening you just have to laugh.

• Chocolate Cheerios in 1% milk (breakfast, 7.45)
• a small piece of Brenna's coffee cake (snack, 10)
  
• a granola bar, some Goldfish (snack, 10.30)
• about a gazillion bites of different varieties of apples (11 - 12.30)
• 2 apple cider donuts, water (yet another snack, 1)
  
• Mexican salad for the 3rd day in a row -- glad it's done, water (lunch, 2)
• pita pizza, apple cider, a cider donut, small cup of milk, water (dinner, 7.30)

calorie total: 2,450

The Day We Taught The Young Men to Crochet

• Raisin Bran in 1% milk (breakfast, 8.30)
• fruit snacks (snack, 11)
  
• Mexican salad, 1/2 apple dumpling (lunch, 12.30)
• granola bar (snack, 3.30)
• bagel w/ cream cheese, lemonade (snack, 4)
• 2 potato latkes w/ 2 poached eggs, lemonade (dinner, 6.45)
• chocolate milk (anticipated pre-bed snack, 10)

calorie total: 2,195

The Day the Dentist Told Me Abigail Will Definitely Need Braces

We better start saving. :(

• Rice Krispies in 1% milk (breakfast, 8.30)
• chocolate milk (snack in parking lot of Target, 11.30)
• potato soup & a cheddar scone (lunch, 1.00)
• chocolate bar (snack, 4)
• toasted plain bagel w/ cream cheese, water, apple slices (pre-dinner dinner, 5.00)
• Mexican salad, lemonade, apple slices w/ 1 T PB & 1T caramel sauce (dinner, 6.30)

calorie total: 2,043

Johnny Appleseed's Birthday

We celebrated. At Grace's request.

• Rice Krispies mixed w/ Cocoa Krispies in 1% milk (breakfast, 8.30)
• pita chips & hummus, egg salad sandwich, potstickers, small piece of chocolate (after church smorgasbord, 1.00)
  
• granola bar, Ovaltine (snack)
• potato soup, 2 cheddar scones (dinner, 6pm)
• apple dumpling w/ vanilla ice cream & caramel sauce (dessert w/ the Harts, 7.30)

calorie total: 2,498

Dad's 76th Birthday

• Raisin Bran in 1% milk (breakfast 7.40am)
• 3 pancakes w/natural maple syrup (2nd breakfast, 10.30am)
• egg salad on WW toast, blueberry yogurt w/ raw oats (lunch, 12.30)
• teddy grahams (snack, 3.30)
  
• 1/8th of a lobster quesadilla, a taste of fresh mozz and tomato salad, a few steamed mussels, small garden salad, Chilean sea bass w/ wasabi mashed potatoes and basil olive oil, few bites of everyone's dessert, which included: cheesecake, chocolate decadence, and a raspberry almond tart (dinner w/ family for dad's BDay at The Oar House)

calorie total: well, before dinner it was 1,169. My guess is that dinner brought me to right around my goal.

The Day We Took the Kids to See The Legend of the Guardians

The muggy humidity left me feeling tired and on the verge of cranky, but we still managed a family outing tonight. We really liked the movie, although it had some pretty intense moments. A little too intense, maybe, for a near 5 and 3 year-old.

• mix of Rice Krispies & Cocoa Krispies in 1%milk (breakfast, 8am)
• Wheat Thins w/ 2 Laughing Cow Light wedges, 1/2 serving oatmeal w/ raspberries, water (11.30 am)
• TJs mini plain bagel w/ SB & jam, whole wheat toast w/ SB & jam, water (lunch, 1pm)
• donut holes (snack, 3pm)
• the rest of Charlotte's mac and cheese (4.30pm)
• 2.5 slices homemade thin-crust pizza (6.30)
• a few handfuls of popcorn at the movies (7.30)

calorie total: 2,290

The Day I Was Harrassed by Teenage Scam Artists

And ended up calling the cops. I could never handle drama like this on a daily basis.

• TJs plain mini-bagel (toasted w/ SB), 2.5 eggs, scrambled, water (breakfast 8.15)
• TJs potstickers w/ teriyaki sauce, TJs tater tots w/ ketchup (weird combination, I know - lunch 12.15)
• 2 T PB w/ 1 T chocolate chips, melted and spread on 2 whole chocolate graham crackers (1pm)
  
• small serving mint chip ice cream, water (3pm)
  
• Jack supermelt, mashed potatoes, ice cream (dinner at Friendly's, 7pm)

Total calories: 2,420

This isn't going to be pretty.

I'm back!

To be completely honest, the reason I gave up this whole food blog was my pregnancy. I found out I was expecting and knew that I could not in good conscience limit myself to my 1877 calories per day. But I also wasn't ready to announce our good news to the world. The best scenario seemed to be to abandon the log. But today I decided I wanted back in.

No, my limit is no longer 1877 (= calories to lose about 1 lb a week with moderate exercise). It is more like 2365 (= calories to maintain my pre-pregnancy weight+ 350 extra calories to create a new human, with light exercise). A few months ago this would have seemed like enough for a feast, but today I'm not quite sure. My appetite hasn't really changed all that much in the first seventeen weeks of my pregnancy, but today -- oh, boy! A hunger awoke that I didn't know even existed! This is what prompted me to get back on the blog.

So, without further ado, this is what I ate today. Hold on to your seats, folks. It was quite the culinary ride.

• an English muffin w/ SB, a small bowl of Honey Combs in 1% milk (breakfast)
• a vanilla low-fat yogurt with raw oats stirred in (second breakfast at 11)
• chili w/ sprinkling of Irish cheddar, slice of WW bread w/ SB, large glass of ice water (lunch at 12.30)
• TJs milk chocolate. Way too much. Like, about 480 calories too much.
• TJs boneless, skinless sardines in olive oil on Ritz crackers, grapes, small slices of Edam (second lunch at 3.30)
• a small bowl of Raisin Bran in 1% milk (snack? at 4.30)
• 1/2 cheeseburger, a small handful TJs tater tots, fruit salad, lots of water (dinner 6.30)
• Turkey Hill mint chip ice cream

WOW.SERS. This girl can eat! To the tune of 2,564 calories. Had I only controlled my intake of chocolate I would have been under! Oh, but it was soooooo good.

Yikes. Tomorrow I will eat with calorie-counting in mind.