Bittersweet return

I'm always sad and happy at the same time to be coming back "home". When I'm enjoying my family in Mexico, part of me is missing Mike, when I'm here in Orlando, I'm missing my family in Mexico and my mom in CA. I really hope at least my parents move closer to us one day, especially with the baby on the way.

Anyway, I had a great visit. I spent my whole vacation just hanging out with my family, I didn't even do any sightseeing this time. All the pictures I took were of me and my family. I'm usually pretty spoiled when I'm over there, now imagine how spoiled I got by being pregnant. My aunts were busy knitting blankets for the baby and my mom trying to learn how to crochet.

I went to the movies twice, less than $4 each time. I also got a haircut for $4! I got to see some high school friends one night, some of them I haven't seen since high school. I ate yummy food, had lots of fruit they don't even have here and drank fresh coconut water. I started having a weird craving once I was there, I wanted beer... still do, just thinking about a really cold beer with lime and salt makes my mouth water :/

I got to meet a new family member, the baby or toddler I suppose, in the picture. My cousin was pregnant with her last time I was there. I totally fell in love with her, she was so cute, sweet and smart! I miss her already :( She made it really hard to not have a preference to what we have.

Speaking of which, I was supposed to have my first ultrasound this past Wednesday, but Mike switched jobs and we were waiting on insurance stuff, so we had to cancel our appt. So, I'm now 20 weeks pregnant (half way there omg!) and we have out big ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow morning! I don't know if I'll be able to sleep :D

Diet

I went to the doctor this past Friday to discuss the results of my blood work and as I had suspected, my cholesterol was very high. My liver functions were still high and don't know why, so they took more blood to see if it still came up. Now I just have to wait for those results.

Mike has been doing all kinds of research for a few months now and he learned that the biggest factor causing obesity, high cholesterol and other heart diseases were refined carbohydrates (white flour and sugar, aka everything that is delicious in the world) So now we are on a low carb diet... and it's horrible!

This past week has been miserable for me. This diet is making me depressed and cranky. I've never been on a diet so it's been really hard for me. I seriously fantasize about desserts and bread ALL day long. It seems like everything I like has tons of carbs, so it's been very frustrating for me. I did loose 5 lb (not that you can tell by looking at me of course), but the main reason why we're doing this isn't to loose weight, but to be healthy.

I asked Mike why couldn't we just cut back on our carbs instead of giving them up all together so drastically. Turns out, your body stores carbs as fat, in the process making you feel hungry. Instead, we are eating eggs, veggies, meats, cheese, certain fruits, nuts, etc until we feel satisfied. We are still cooking with butter and coconut oil (saturated fats that are actually good, but everyone thinks they are bad for you) and olive oil.

Lets hope no one gets hurt during our little diet adventure, I think carbs are what used to make me a nice person. In the mean time, I'll go back to dreaming about pies, cakes, bread, cookies...

Studying

I should have started studying earlier for this test, but of course I always forget I have a test, and other times, doing stuff with my hands sound like a better idea, like painting, you dirty mind reader you! Now my body is just trying to distract me, having satisfied the craving of chicken wings, now all I want is something chocolaty, mmm... I guess chocolate chips will have to do for now.