Braxton Hicks are so much fun!!! I have been experiencing them almost non-stop the past few days. Oh, the joy. Ironically enough, the only time I don’t feel them is when I work out. Or perhaps I simply experience a workout high and don’t notice them? Either way, it just reaffirms my desire to continue fitness, even at 7 months pregnant. And even when the man next to me in spin class tells me to please not go into labor right there. If it wouldn’t have disrupted class, I would have been highly tempted to fake contractions and freak him out. Now, that would have been fun!

Not as fun as this though….

It’s official!! I am registered! So, anyone going interested in rooming together? I will warn you that, with a 4 month old at home, breast pumping will be involved. As discreetly as possible of course. 😉 I’m extremely excited and know I will have so much fun. We’ll wait and see if BlogHer is in the cards as well. I hope so!

We had to be at church for a little while this afternoon to meet with some others attending a church retreat with us. I wasn’t sure how long we would be, so I planned for a dinner on the go. Normally I go for a sandwich from Subway, but a different sandwich appealed to me tonight.

I would also normally opt for the half sandwich and half salad option. Not tonight! Something about a full, hearty chicken salad sandwich from Atlanta Bread Co. sounded perfect. Perhaps because the last thing I had eaten was a bean, cheese, and rice whole wheat wrap/burrito with a honeycrisp apple about 6 hours earlier. Who cares on the reason?! It tasted delicious. Now, today’s Q + A!

Why do you not post everything you eat on your blog? Do you ever not post something because you feel embarrassed or guilty?

First off, I don’t post everything I eat because it simply is not my style. As my blog states, I believe life is more than diet and workouts. To coincide with that belief and fit my blogging style, I don’t post all my food. I would feel too tied down if I attempted to post all of my food. I LOVE reading blogs that share their daily eats and the ideas from them, but I don’t believe it suits Faith, Fitness, Fun.

Also, with my past, I don’t feel comfortable focusing that much on food. It works for some, but I fear I would lose my sense of eating intuitively. I could see myself feeling pressured to have interesting food or wondering if my food was “acceptable” in the blogging world. I eat a lot of repetitive meals and don’t have a passion for cooking like many other food bloggers. In other words, I would bore you all to tears if I blogged with more of a focus on food. I’m happy with how I eat and don’t want to take the chance of effecting that negatively.

With all of that said, I do not hide my food. I would do a play by play of my eats post without hesitation. And heck, right now I feel I post more of the meals I eat that aren’t the healthiest. I have no shame. I have a chicken salad sandwich on the blog tonight, some leftover Halloween candy on the blog yesterday, and a plethora of dinners out mentioned here. I even had an entire post dedicated to my “confession” of visiting a McDonald’s earlier in the pregnancy because I craved it and refused to feel embarrassed.

I do enjoy sharing meal ideas I feel worth mentioning or great new recipes I try. I also love sharing fun meals out as part of our weekend activities. In the future, I will likely have more to say about my food and will openly discuss my dietary choices when working to lose weight after pregnancy. Basically, I share food when it fits into topics I blog about. I will never share everything I eat, every post. I’m cool with that because that means I am being true to myself and my blog. 🙂 That is always a good thing, no embarrassment needed.

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I like to think I follow a healthy lifestyle. I strive to live a life of balance that includes physical wellness as well as mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Focusing on each of these brings me to a place where I feel truly healthy. I am a happy person with energy to enjoy life. My tag line for the blog even states these feelings. That there is more to life than diet and workouts (which I just updated my header to include – check it out).

However, even knowing I live a healthy lifestyle, I admit to forgetting about some aspects of healthy living. MSN put out a list, provided by SELF, showcasing 7 of women’s most unhealthy habits. Check them out:

1. Don’t have a regular doctor.
2. Wear 3 –5 inch heels on a regular basis.
3. Addicted to caffeine.
4. Sleep only 6 hours a night.
5. Don’t floss that often.
6. Listen to IPod all day long.
7. On the phone 24/7, even at the wheel.

I fall guilty to a few of them. I do not have a regular general practitioner. I go to my girly doctor check-ups religiously, but regular physical appointments just don’t happen. I don’t feel the need to go, which is ridiculous. I also succumb to not getting enough sleep. I would say 6 hours a night is fairly standard for me. I know I feel best with 7 or 8, but still tend to get only six hours. Lastly, I am about 50/50 with the caffeine and phone. I do a lot of talking on my phone when driving and will likely turn to caffeine once I’m no longer pregnant. I regularly drank 2 cups per day before pregnancy. I guess this just goes to show that there is always room for improvement, huh? And sometimes on the most simple things too!

One simple thing I do not need help with, however, is cooking. I can manage simple meals. I specialize in simple meals. Did you know I have my doctorate degree in quick and healthy dinners? Yep, sure do! I determined tonight “Sister Sandwich Night”. After making this simple sandwich for lunch one day last week, I knew I wanted to recreate it for dinner. What better night than when I knew I would be getting home late from my dentist appointment.

I used the hummus, tomato, onion, avocado, baby bella mushrooms, pickles, and swiss cheese – pressed between two slices of whole wheat Earth Grains bread. Plated up alongside a pile of my favorite veggie – roasted brussels.

A perfect meal for my post-dental-traumatic-stress-disordered night. Now time to watch The Biggest Loser and do some web searching for a restaurant for next week’s special sister night that is part of a BlogHer review. See ya in the morning!

• Do any of the 7 unhealthy habits listed above apply to you?
• What is your favorite simple dinner?