Awww Dr. Tal write yourself a perscription for some tender love and care with a side serve or rest xo
Dr Tal - I can't write a better prescription than the one that Cherished wrote, look after yourself, and i agree it's very difficult to do the whole healthy/exercise thing when you're sick sick sick! Don't beat yourself up.

Cherished - aaww your nursery sounds gorgeous! And your meal planning sounds like a great idea.

AFM - well my day went KINDA to plan. Went to a GF's for DS to have a haircut, but had forgotten my muesli bar. Ended up sitting there for yonks having a cuppa but neither her nor I had anything for me to eat so by the time I got home at 1.30pm I was ravenous. Had a 'standard' serving size of potato chips to stave off the hunger (geez it seemed small! ) then my salad sandwich. And then still felt FOUL afterwards. I really don't seem to do so well if I forget to eat. So then a cuppa and some chocolate and ANOTHER hour on the sofa before I felt human again. The house was a disaster zone and toddler boy was back up again . Didn't get around to my healthy arvo tea, but did manage a walk and my rice paper rolls for dinner were seriously yummo. Deteriorated into naughty land a bit tonight (ahem chocolate, icecream), but on the whole... not TOO bad.

I've posted somewhere else cos I've been feeling seriously BLEH and can't work out what's wrong. I had a HUGE attack of the poor me's last night - did a big post here and then wussed out & deleted it . I've had a cold for 3 weeks (after "that" gastro) and I just feel OFF still but there's nothing specific wrong. I just think I shouldn't be feeling so crappy at this stage of my PG, and my darling boy is sleeping beautifully (till 8 or 9am) so it's not that i'm not getting enough sleep either. But after today's effort, I think it's mostly my nutrition. Plus I may have eaten something that does my belly bad on the weeekend, cos I tend to get very tired & mopey when my digestion problem flares up (even though I think PG is masking any isses - I'm not capable of getting the runs like I usually do! ). I just end up feeling exhausted and it's such an effort to do anything - which is really not me at all. Plus I can't seem to eat normal size meals anymore, then if I forget to have a proper morning/arvo snack, I think I get too empty/tired and my body just can't pick up again quickly. So that's my theory anyway.

I was googling some dieticians yesterday, toying with revisiting that option to get some help/inspiration/creativity regarding our whole family challenges/restricted diet. Some scientific articles suggested that some of my "allowed" fruits might not be ok after all. So frustrating when they change the diet but you don't find out! Arrrgh! So now i'm a bit paranoid as to what I should and shouldn't have!

Ok so meal plan tomorrow:
brekkie: porridge with blueberries
snack: yoghurt with peaches
lunch: salad sandwich with cheese
snack: dark chocolate sesame snaps & mixed nuts
dinner: satay beef stirfy (yes I have homemade satay sauce to use up lol)

Thanks for listening.