Version 16.4: Mrs. Grubsalot

In order to maintain my sanity and discourage any headaches from coming on, I eat pretty much every two hours.  Here's a list of some of the things I've been grubbing per meal...

Breakfast:

Round 1 (one of these items):

• Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal with dried blueberries, sliced almonds and milk
  
• A bowl of cereal
  
• Noah's blueberry bagel with light cream cheese
  
• Two pieces of buttermilk toast with I Can't Believe It's Butter and strawberry jam
  
• Or very rare occasion, a donut
• Also on rare occasion, a couple of slices of bacon or turkey sausage with the toast
  
• Sunday mornings: pancakes or French toast with scrambled eggs, bacon or chicken apple sausage
  
• A small cup of java

Round 2 (sometimes a few of these items):

• Low-fat cottage cheese, topped with berries and/or sliced bananas and wheat germ grounds
  
• Sliced apples
  
• A handful of grapes
• Low-fat string cheese
  
• Low-fat yogurt
  
• Jamba Juice Strawberries Whirl smoothie
  

Lunch (one of these items):

• Small can of tuna with sliced avocados sprinkled with lots of lemon on top of water crackers (mmm, yummy!)
• A tuna sandwich on olive bread from Euro Pane in Pasadena
• A chicken sandwich on rosemary bread from Euro Pane in Pasadena
• A chicken and smoked mozzarella tartine from Le Pain Quotidien
• Taco Bell!
• In n' Out cheeseburger with fries
• A salad with a cup of soup
• California Rolls and edamame
• Avocado and cucumber rolls and edamame
• Pizza and a small salad

Afternoon Snack (just one of these items):

• Grilled artichokes from Stanley's in Sherman Oaks
• Sliced apples
• A bowl of cereal
• A handful of plain almonds
• Jamba Juice Strawberries Whirl smoothie

Dinner (just one of these items):

• Beef Shabu-Shabu dinner
• Small bowl of Pho
• Chicken adobo and brown rice
• Thai food 
• FatBurger
• Baked salmon and spring greens salad
• Grilled steak with arugula salad
• Sweet and hot turkey sausage with diced tomatoes, basil and penne pasta; and a salad
• Sinigang
• Pizza and a salad
• Furaibo chicken wings, rice ball, yakitori chicken hearts, yakitori okra, soft shell crab, butter asparagus, and deep fried baby halibut!!!!
• Ramen noodles
• Curry House beef patty or chicken katsu curry over spaghetti noodles

Evening Snack (just one of these items):

• A bowl of cereal
• Ice cream

Beverages throughout the day:

• H2o (daily) - glasses of filtered tap, and one bottle with electrolytes (helps with any amount of dehydration, and tastes way better than Gatorade or Powerade) 
• Apple juice
• Iced green or jasmine tea
• Lemonade
• Arnie Palmer
• On rare occasion, a Coke or Sprite
• Hot green tea

So what does this all amount to? I was surprised to be awarded by my doctor "5 (out of 5) gold stars" for what she called "the perfect weight gain amount" when I weighed in at this week's appointment. Doc is still encouraging me to do my Pilates, which I do once a week with a trainer who has me focusing on maintaining my balance as I grow bigger, strengthening my back and arms in preparation to carry the tot around for its first couple of years, and lifting my pelvic something or other off the floor.

Peanut is also doing well. The doc had to chase Peanut around my belly to listen to its heart beat. Peanut is one squirmy kid.  In four weeks we find out if its shell is blue or pink. 

Have a great weekend!