Here’s another photo of my current favourite breakfast of wholemeal or sour dough toast with scrambled free range eggs, avocado and ketchup. I have been having this a lot lately and so far haven’t tired of it. I’m loving my bread at them moment, well carbs in general for breakfast – they just seem to hit the spot in the morning.
I had another slice of toasted bread yesterday topped with peanut butter and a chopped banana with fresh strawberries on the side. This was a OMG kind of yum! Other than toasted bread in the morning I have been making the most of some of my other favourite carbs such as porridge oats:
This was a lovely bowl of organic rolled Irish oats made with unsweetened almond milk, a chopped apple, whole almonds and pumpkin seeds.
I’ve also been hooked on snack plates this week too mixed in with my usual salads for lunch:
Two free range boiled eggs, a chopped apple, prosciutto slices and cheese
Prosciutto slices, cheese, courgette sticks, humus and coconut water
The organic red meat is part of the 3 for £10 offer in Sainsbury’s at the moment so I’ve been eating it like a trooper. This was my favourite organic beef in a red sauce with lots of veggies on top of courgette pasta ribbons. So yummy!
Stir fries are a firm favourite in my house when I need to cook something fast. I made my ginger, honey, garlic and soy sauce stir fry with chicken thighs, stir fry veggies and noodles. This was perfect for a Friday night in front of the TV.
My workouts have been pretty laid back this week:
Monday – REST
Tuesday – walking around Oxford at night giving my brother a tour of our beautiful city
Wednesday – morning gym session (20 minutes gentle cardio and strength routine)
Thursday – Rest
Friday – Prenatal yoga session
Saturday – morning gym session (20 minutes gentle cardio and strength routine)
Sunday – Prenatal yoga session
Since Easter Saturday we have had visitors everyday this week of various friends and family. We did some visiting ourselves including a 2 night stay at Alfie’s mums house and visiting our friends new baby girl…so sweet! It made for quite a fun but exhausting week, so I’m so happy that I managed to squeeze in some form of exercise. My thighs and hips ached after walking around the city. I definitely feel like a pregnant lady now!
My pregnancy updates are my favourite part of my Sunday recap post. I’m now 19 weeks pregnant with only one week to go to the sex scan!
In this photo I’m actually wearing one of my vintage dresses that still fits my bump nicely! 🙂
This week has been great as we have been surrounded by babies, 3 gorgeous baby girls of our friends and family. I picked up some great advice from my friends about their labour experience. One had a water birth with only paracetamol, another went through labour with medical intervention and the third was in hospital too. I’ve been reading a lot on labouring and I’m currently engrossed in The Kind Mama by Alicia Silverstone, great read.
Antenatal classes have been a priority this week and I’ve managed to find an awesome personalised natural birthing class in Birth ROCKS. Much emphasis is put on the birth partner (Alfie) as well as the mother. The course basically involves relieving any anxiety of the birthing process and making it a more positive and exciting experience. It teaches self-hypnosis for birth, breathing and positions for birth, and aromatherapy and much more. The main thing that I love about this course is that it recognises each mother as an individual and not one birthing experience is the same, offering techniques that will help you through your own unique labour with what you want at the heart of it. I will report back on how I get on.
Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekends! =)
Do you have a favourite carb that you have for breakfast? What is the best thing that you have eaten this week?
If pregnant or if you have already had a baby, what kind on birthing course did you decide on?
Loving the bump updates! I haven’t been mad on carbs for breakfast for a while, but recently I’ve been craving oats again – you’d think I would have chosen winter for that but whatever! Best thing I ate this week was the last on my venison – time to stock up on spring lamb I guess 😉
I’m loving carbs at breakfast too. That snack plate looks yummy! Love the dress and you look fabulous Jemma! Birth ROCKS sounds like such a good idea, great to get the other half involved in the birthing process too!
We just did a one day course at the hospital much nearer to the due date it was perfect- I don’t want to know to much or have to many ideas about how it should be as it is not only individual but not something you can control too much… Just go with the flow is my choice!
Eggs and bread – definitely my favourite breakfast! Usually I add still the grapefruit baked with honey or yogurt. I have a big “sweet tooth”, and such balanced breakfast allows me to keep a tight rein on it 😉
Those meals look amazing! (I am always taking photos of my food too!!) I too have started eating healthier on my lunch breaks plus it is so much cheaper making lunch from home. Your ideas look great!
I generally eat toast for breakfast as its quick and easy but if I have time I would have eggs too, I prefer savory to sweet as much as I love cereal and porridge.
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Porridge is my favourite breakfast carb- keeps me full for hours. But I also love pancakes (or if I am going out for breakfast, lovely waffles).
That spotty dress is so pretty.
I prefer porridge for my staple breakfast carbs. I find that they fill me up for longer. Loving the polker dot dress and bump!
Those eggs look delicious! I am on bit of a rice flour kick at the moment – rice flour pancakes being my breakfast of choice 🙂 so good! And porridge, of course. Have a lovely Sunday!
Looking at this post, when hungry was not a good idea! ha! You have made some great meals lately. I too love carbs in the morning, or lunch.. or dinner! i really shouldn’t though!
Porridge is my favourite breakfast carb – I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of it! I really need to have a go at corguette pasta, it looks so good! x
I say this every time I leave a comment and I am so excited for you! You are looking lovely and I love the dress you have on!
I have been loving me a bowl of shredded wheat with peanut butter, raisins and strawberries on top with almond milk!! It’s so yum and I look forward to breakfast every morning! haha! 😀
Oh, and I’ve been loving hummus too! I like your meal made from it – looks yummy!
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You look lovely in that dress! Very pretty and hardly pregnant-looking at all (not that that’s a bad thing at all!)
I’ve heard some bad things about that Alicia Silverstone book (though I haven’t read it myself). Apparently she is against vaccinations? To be honest, I can’t make a judgement as I have so little knowledge in the area but it just strikes me as odd.
I’m all about (still) oats for breakfast. My favourite carb!
I’m loving scrambled eggs at the moment as well. And your snack plates look great. There’s something about lots of bites of different foods on a plate!
Your 19 weeks pregnancy picture is lovely. You must be getting excited about finding out the gender now. 🙂
Eggs (poached), avocado and sour dough is my all-time favourite breakfast too. I could eat it for lunch and dinner every day too haha.
I love prosciutto! I’ve been eating it with fresh mozzarella and arugula lately! Yum! 🙂
I love either porridge or smoothies for breakfast, I find that I definitely need carbs first thing in the morning.