5.7.15

I hope everyone had a good week! I did, although this pregnancy thing is getting a little old and I am so ready to be done! Four more days, thank goodness...
I decided to start my diet (the more I think about it, it's really not a diet, but more of a lifestyle change) a little early and began it today. I have decided that instead of keeping my carb count at under 20 grams a day, I will keep it at under 30 grams per day, just to give myself a little leeway for the next week until I have the baby and get home. Today I had cheese and turkey pepperoni (0 carbs), 4 slices of fried bologna for lunch (4 carbs) and I made low-carb taco soup for dinner, which is really good! It contains ground beef (or ground turkey), onions, garlic, cumin, chili powder, 8 oz cream cheese, 1 can chicken (or beef) broth, 2 cans Rotel and 1 cup of heavy cream. For some reason it turned out a little spicier than last time, but it was still very good! In the entire thing it contains 64 grams of carbs, and I had 1/4 of it, putting it at 16. I also drank water and diet soda, and I am trying to drink 100 oz of water daily, and today I will most likely have about 50 oz. I still plan on having a chicken breast with avocado tonight, so my total carb intake today will be right around 22.5. Not bad! It's always hard the first few days without white bread and sweets (especially fruit!), but it only takes a few days and it's awesome how much healthier one feels after just those few days! I love it. I was going to weigh myself when I got up this morning but I forgot, so tomorrow I will. I plan on weighing myself  Monday morning before going to the hospital and then again Thursday when I get home. When my son, Finn, was born I lost 20 pounds right out of the hospital, so I'm curious to see how much it'll be this time around, although I know baby girl will be smaller than he was!
Well, wish me luck! I will be back next weekend I'm thinking; kids have to sleep sometime, right? :)
~Namaste~