Lesson of the day: Skittles are an excellent vegan source of Vitamin C.

I definitely thought that eating during pregnancy would be more fun than it has been. I think I'm a pretty adventurous eater even while staying within the confines of a pescatarian diet. Guav seems always amused with my sweet & salty snack pairings (peanuts in my orange soda), my sweet & sweet pairings (rocky road icecream & cocoa pebbles) and my filipino pairings (sour mangos with sauteed shrimp paste). Before I got pregnant, I always envisioned pregnancy inspiring me to come up with the greatest snack ideas that I would continue to eat even afterwards. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case.

As soon as I found out I was pregnant back in December, I became totally obsessed with eating healthy. I started reading all these books, one in particular being Skinny Bitch, Bun in the Oven. It terrified me into a vegan diet for the first six months and had me sharing with everyone my new found knowledge of dairy puss and how casein promotes all three stages of cancer. I'd say the first three months of this vegan diet was a success. I ate three or more nutritious meals a day, totally cut out processed sugars and ate all organic whenever possible (our grocery bill was not awesome). Then I don't know what happened, but I started becoming completely uninterested in food and started skipping meals. It would be 6pm and Guav would ask me what I had eaten and all I could tell him was the bagel we had for breakfast. We tried this for another two months before Guav reminded me that the reason I went vegan in the first place was because I wanted to provide the best possible diet for our growing baby, and my diet was definitely not accommodating his needs. I realized he was right and started eating dairy and seafood again. This helped my appetite a bit, although it definitely hasn't been what it was pre-pregnancy.

So now it's 1:50 and the freezer fish sticks I tried to have for lunch are terribly unsatisfactory.

I think I'll make a salad, and then indulge in a snack I have found pleases me a good deal.