It's been a long time since my last post. Things have been pretty busy these last few weeks. I'm finishing my master's degree and working as a day-to-day substitute teacher and although I've had more energy since I started the EPC eating plan, I find myself exhausted at times, which means I need to take some time to rest and realize that I might not make every deadline. Thanksgiving Day was different. I really didn't know if I would be able to have a real diner or not, but we did.
I made stuffing out of rice crackers, onions, turkey drippings and it came out okay. I made the turkey in the rotisserie, so I couldn't stuff it, which is probably why the stuffing didn't taste that good. I made macaroni and cheese with rice noodles, soy milk, and egg whites and it was good. We also had our usual broccoli with cheese and kidney beans. It seems like we eat more beans now than we ever did. I made apple pie without the crust and John didn't like that and only tried it once. I rather enjoyed it and imagined it to be sweet potatoes or cranberry sauce whenever I had some. All in all it turned out okay, but I really wanted to try something different for Christmas dinner.
My dental work is finally done and we are ready to take the next step this month. I've ovulated successfully for the past two months and both months I've reached my LH surge, so it's time to stop testing the water and jump into the pool. Hopefully next month I'll have some good news. The weight is still coming off, although it's at a much slower pace now. I'm down to 149 lbs and John is 190 lbs. I don't know how much smaller I'll get since I'm now trying to get pregnant and when it happens, whatever weight I'll drop to will be it for now.
My focus will be on eating for two and maintaining good health. I don't usually eat much, but since we've been on this eating plan, we both eat so much more than we ever did before, but it seems that when I'm pregnant, it's difficult for me to eat at all, much less three times per day - I guess I'll see what will happen then.
I feel like it's been a while since I've exercised and want to get back into it, but I can't seem to get in the bed at a decent time, so I can feel energized in the morning enough to exercise, but I'm going to try a little harder next week. I used to exercise every other day, but since we started the program I seemed to have slowed down to once in a while.
We actually have an anniversary coming up this Sunday - 6 years and still loving it. We're thinking about going out to dinner, but where would we go. The only place I know is a restaurant named Cold Waters in the City. At least we can have crab legs, baked potato, and salad, but John is not feeling that. He'd much rather eat at home. Anyway, back to school work. Hopefully I'll have good news the next time I blog.
Tara
