Tuesday, November 3, 2009

I'm a Hobbit

SweetPeanMe asked me what I'm eating- and I figured it would be fun to type out an average day for me. Be prepared to be amazed:
  • 1st breakfast: oatmeal
  • 2nd breakfast: hashbrowns and bacon right before I leave- sometimes this includes a scrambled egg (my sweet husband gets up early just to make it for me)
  • 3rd breakfast: banana while teaching reading (All breakfasts before 8:30 am)
  • 1st snack at 9:40 am recess: applesauce and pudding or fruit
  • lunch at 11 am: leftovers and yogurt
  • 2nd snack at 1 pm: string cheese or granola bar, etc.
  • 3rd snack at 2 pm: whatever the students are eating- if I'm lucky, a birthday cupcake (we've had 4 birthdays in the last week)
  • 2nd lunch at 3 pm after school: pbj sandwich and apple or pear or pickles, etc.
  • Dinner: something filling like pasta/potatoes with meat and veggies
  • 4th snack about an hour after dinner: usually ice cream
  • 5th and final snack right before I go to sleep: apple cinnamon cheerios in milk (if I don't eat something substantial, I wake up starving at around 2:30 am)
Add in the fact that I make every effort to sit while teaching all day long and I'm not going on my usual long power walks, and no wonder I've gained 24 lbs in 13 weeks!

9 comments:

Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriend said...

Love reading your blog ...and am so happy for you....

Lucky Jones said...

OMG you sound like me! I feel like I eat sooo much... And cereal has been my meal of choice lately...

Ok, off to eat something (again!)

Lauren said...

Wow! I wonder if I wrote down everything I eat would I be eating that much... I'm trying to cut back so that I don't gain so quickly. I'm hungry all the time, but I keep telling myself that just because I'm hungry doesn't mean I should eat. Not that I'm saying you shouldn't! But I have to be in a wedding 6 weeks after giving birth so... yikes!

Mrs. Hammer said...

Yep I think you are right, you're a hobbit. I'm actually impressed you can fit all that food in you with your cute expanding tummy. You must be carrying mini hobbits then.

Courtney said...

That is so cute! You are doing a great job taking care of yourself and those little ones!

Anonymous said...

While it sounds like a lot when you list it all out, I am super impressed with how healthily you are eating (despite the few cupcakes and icecream - but those are necessities!)

Kerri said...

Hahahaha. This just made me laugh. At least your snacks are (for the most part) healthy! I'm almost scared to keep a food diary for myself.

Anonymous said...

Awesome! I am in Atlanta for work and I just had the following breakfast:

1 oatmeal pancake with peach compote
Grits with cheddar cheese
Biscuit with butter and apple butter
Rosemary hasbrown potatoes
Scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese
Decaf latte
Orange juice

YUM!

My last appointment - at 19 weeks - I gained 20 pounds since I got pregnant - but I am sure it is creeping up and like you - I do not care so long as I do not get gestational diabetes and the babies are healthy!

sweetpeanme said...

I was going to ask you to do something like this!! This is great!!

I'm not eating NEARLY enough!!! But part of the reason is I'm either vomiting or nauseous for most of the morning (probably til 10...) so I couldn't stomach anything. Hubby would ask if I wanted McD's and I would gag just thinking about it!!!

I think I may be getting better though...and have made eggs in the morning (I couldn't even say that word the past 8 weeks!)...so hopefully I'll be able to graduate to more foods in the morning!

Wow...I'm glad I stopped for my daily burger today!! I almost didn't!! :o)

Thanks for the post!!!!