The next 21 days I will be blogging about my adventure doing the 21 Day Sugar Detox. I will posting how I'm feeling, and also about the food I'm eating. I will not be able to post recipes from the program itself. However if you would like those recipes, information, about the program, or would like to join this or up coming 21DSD them clink the link on the side of this page.
Day 2
So today was a bit tougher than yesterday. I am craving stuff a lot! And not just craving normal stuff, I'm craving stuff that I've never wanted before. Such as breakfast cereal and fruit gummy snacks. What in the world? I have had a slight headache this evening and last. Not sure if that is solely because of this or not. I'm not super hungry though. I was for dinner, but only because we ate about 2 hours later than normal. :/
Today's food was the same as yesterday so I didn't take pics. I had the left over squash fritatta for breakfast. A handful of pecans for a snack. grass fed beef lettuce wraps for lunch and made a salad with the same beef and some guac for dinner.
I know, not too exciting but the left overs are gone so I have to cook again tomorrow! :) Happy Detoxing....
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Day 1: 21DSD
The next 21 days I will be blogging about my adventure doing the 21 Day Sugar Detox. I will posting how I'm feeling, and also about the food I'm eating. I will not be able to post recipes from the program itself. However if you would like those recipes, information, about the program, or would like to join this or up coming 21DSD them clink the link on the side of this page.
Day 1:
So I had a harder time that I expected today. I'm obviously paleo already so I didn't think it would be that big of a deal. I think it was mostly mental. Knowing that I couldn't have something if I really wanted it ....well.... frustrated me. Anyway I made it.
Breakfast wasn't too good today. I was rushed and only had some sauteed kale and 1/2 banana.
Lunch was great! I made the squash frittata from the program manual. It was really tasty and quite pretty too. IMHO.
And dinner was pretty much AWESOME! Another recipe from the manual.....grass fed beef lettuce boats.
SO flippin' delicious, and and the cucumber and pepper you see on top of them are part of the cucumber salsa that I whipped up from the manual as well. I didn't think I would like it that much, but I did! My daughter even mentioned how she loved the "cucumber stuff!"
Day 1:
So I had a harder time that I expected today. I'm obviously paleo already so I didn't think it would be that big of a deal. I think it was mostly mental. Knowing that I couldn't have something if I really wanted it ....well.... frustrated me. Anyway I made it.
Breakfast wasn't too good today. I was rushed and only had some sauteed kale and 1/2 banana.
Lunch was great! I made the squash frittata from the program manual. It was really tasty and quite pretty too. IMHO.
And dinner was pretty much AWESOME! Another recipe from the manual.....grass fed beef lettuce boats.
SO flippin' delicious, and and the cucumber and pepper you see on top of them are part of the cucumber salsa that I whipped up from the manual as well. I didn't think I would like it that much, but I did! My daughter even mentioned how she loved the "cucumber stuff!"
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Stuffed Peppers and Chili and Ice Cream, Oh My!!
Hi Everyone...I haven't blogged so much lately, mainly cause I've haven't made many new recipes. I tried two new ones from Paleomg and I will say more about those later.
Some awesome new news that I have is that I recently got the book It Starts With Food! It is an awesome book. It is the best thing I have read on nutrition and the effects that food has on our bodies since Rob Wolfe's The Paleo Solution. It kinda rocked my world in just the opening paragraph basically stating that there is "no food Switzerland". Either the food and drink we consume will make us more healthy or more unhealthy. There is no middle ground. There are so many times that we just consume crappy food, because we are craving it, because we are bored, or because it is just there, and we aren't very mindful of the consequences. I'm not talking about the scale or gaining weight...I am SO over all of that. I'm talking about what is actually going on in our body. When we take that bite of pizza, what exactly is happening to our gut lining, how much inflammation is that gluten causing, and how is that inflammation going to end up effecting us. Much, much, much more so if you are struggling with an auto-immune disease.
SO.... onto food!! I actually made two recipes in one day from Paleomg. I like both of these a lot. The first one was for Spicy Mexican Stuffed Pablanos. Here is what mine looked like...
The next one I tried was Smokey Bacon Chili...really good! Here is my pic....
I was SOOOO excited. I got grass fed beef, pastured pork and chicken, and some other goodies. Looking forward to consuming this in the future!
Now on to treats. You know we gotta have them since I have two little ones running around who want treats just like the next kid! :) SO here we go.... I froze two banana in the freezer and processed that with 6 pitted bing cherries and a tad bit of honey. (didn't really need any, but my 4 yr old insisted she add some honey. She is an aspiring cook you know! ) They LOVED it! That little bit was enough for me and the girls to have a bowl. It is quite pretty too, if I do say so myself.
Finally, last night we whipped up some fatty bars. Good fats that is....
We melted about a cup of coconut oil, 1/2 cup of almond butter, and a tbs of honey. We coarsely processed some pumpkin seeds, almonds, walnuts, and pecan. Dumped both the melted mixture and the nut mixture in a big bowl added some unsweetened shredded coconut and dried unsweetened cranberries. We lined a cupcake tin and poured a little over a tablespoon in each and stuck it in the fridge to harden. We come up with so many typed of these bars around here and you really can't go wrong. Start with coconut oil as your base, and then go CA-RAZY! We've added "enjoy life" chocolate chips before, with dried apricots. I mean seriously the possibilities are endless. We are gonna try some peppermint patties pretty soon. I'll keep ya updated!! :) Oh, once we make these. It is so hard to keep them around. So beware. wThe kids would eat them in one sitting if I would let them. First thing I heard after getting home from church today was....."Can we have a bar?!?!?"
Some awesome new news that I have is that I recently got the book It Starts With Food! It is an awesome book. It is the best thing I have read on nutrition and the effects that food has on our bodies since Rob Wolfe's The Paleo Solution. It kinda rocked my world in just the opening paragraph basically stating that there is "no food Switzerland". Either the food and drink we consume will make us more healthy or more unhealthy. There is no middle ground. There are so many times that we just consume crappy food, because we are craving it, because we are bored, or because it is just there, and we aren't very mindful of the consequences. I'm not talking about the scale or gaining weight...I am SO over all of that. I'm talking about what is actually going on in our body. When we take that bite of pizza, what exactly is happening to our gut lining, how much inflammation is that gluten causing, and how is that inflammation going to end up effecting us. Much, much, much more so if you are struggling with an auto-immune disease.
SO.... onto food!! I actually made two recipes in one day from Paleomg. I like both of these a lot. The first one was for Spicy Mexican Stuffed Pablanos. Here is what mine looked like...
The next one I tried was Smokey Bacon Chili...really good! Here is my pic....
Oh I forgot another exciting thing that happen was I received my first order from US Wellness meats.....
Now on to treats. You know we gotta have them since I have two little ones running around who want treats just like the next kid! :) SO here we go.... I froze two banana in the freezer and processed that with 6 pitted bing cherries and a tad bit of honey. (didn't really need any, but my 4 yr old insisted she add some honey. She is an aspiring cook you know! ) They LOVED it! That little bit was enough for me and the girls to have a bowl. It is quite pretty too, if I do say so myself.
Finally, last night we whipped up some fatty bars. Good fats that is....
We melted about a cup of coconut oil, 1/2 cup of almond butter, and a tbs of honey. We coarsely processed some pumpkin seeds, almonds, walnuts, and pecan. Dumped both the melted mixture and the nut mixture in a big bowl added some unsweetened shredded coconut and dried unsweetened cranberries. We lined a cupcake tin and poured a little over a tablespoon in each and stuck it in the fridge to harden. We come up with so many typed of these bars around here and you really can't go wrong. Start with coconut oil as your base, and then go CA-RAZY! We've added "enjoy life" chocolate chips before, with dried apricots. I mean seriously the possibilities are endless. We are gonna try some peppermint patties pretty soon. I'll keep ya updated!! :) Oh, once we make these. It is so hard to keep them around. So beware. wThe kids would eat them in one sitting if I would let them. First thing I heard after getting home from church today was....."Can we have a bar?!?!?"
Friday, July 6, 2012
A few good recipes
I have made some YUMMY stuff lately. I love the past few recipes that I have tried from my favorite blogs. First of all I made Coconut Candy. I didn't take a picture because it was gone REALLY fast. My daughters LOVED it. Here is the recipe from Tropical Traditions.
1 cup of coconut cream concentrate or coconut butter
1/2 cup of raw honey (I didn't have nearly this much honey on hand, so I only added like 2 Tbls. And it was still yummy!)
1 tsp lemon zest
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
shredded unsweetened coconut (optional)
Mix the first 5 ingredients together until smooth. Form into balls. I made them about an inch around. Then roll them in the shredded coconut. Place on a baking sheet and put in the fridge. They will harden a bit as they are chilled. Then eat em'!
Next up was stovetop carnitas from www.theclothesmakethegirl.com
These were very easy to make and they had good flavor. But the flavor was VERY strong for me. For some reason though, when I ate some the next day it seemed to be more tame. Either that, or I was just famished and didn't really care. I thought since the flavor was so bold that it would be good in a salad. So that's just what I did. My husband really like this as well.
I think the pic speaks for itself, but incase it doesn't...........OH MY WORD THESE ARE FANTASTIC! That should do it! Very easy recipe. Even my husband LOVED these, and he usually thinks that paleo baked goods are "weird". Go make these........now!
Now, I get lots of questions about eating out while Paleo and even though there are some down sides.....it is still doable. More than likely you are going to be eating some canola oil, or vegetable oil, or some other yucky oil that you wouldn't use at home. But the other stuff you can control. One very important thing is Gluten. Make sure you let your waiter know that you are avoiding gluten. That is the one thing that we want to avoid at all costs. We just went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse the other night and this is my dinner. I've got 2/3's of that sweet potato in my fridge for after my CFN workout tomorrow. That sucka was HUGE!
I've got 3 new recipes coming up to try in the next couple of weeks and I will let you know how they turned out!! Have a great week!!
1 cup of coconut cream concentrate or coconut butter
1/2 cup of raw honey (I didn't have nearly this much honey on hand, so I only added like 2 Tbls. And it was still yummy!)
1 tsp lemon zest
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
shredded unsweetened coconut (optional)
Mix the first 5 ingredients together until smooth. Form into balls. I made them about an inch around. Then roll them in the shredded coconut. Place on a baking sheet and put in the fridge. They will harden a bit as they are chilled. Then eat em'!
Next up was stovetop carnitas from www.theclothesmakethegirl.com
These were very easy to make and they had good flavor. But the flavor was VERY strong for me. For some reason though, when I ate some the next day it seemed to be more tame. Either that, or I was just famished and didn't really care. I thought since the flavor was so bold that it would be good in a salad. So that's just what I did. My husband really like this as well.
I just chopped some lettuce and topped it with cucumber, red onion and shredded carrots. Added salsa, carnitas and guac. It was really tasty!!
Another awesome recipe, which I will be taking to my box tomorrow, is these bluebery espresso brownies by www.civilizedcookingcaveman.com
Now, I get lots of questions about eating out while Paleo and even though there are some down sides.....it is still doable. More than likely you are going to be eating some canola oil, or vegetable oil, or some other yucky oil that you wouldn't use at home. But the other stuff you can control. One very important thing is Gluten. Make sure you let your waiter know that you are avoiding gluten. That is the one thing that we want to avoid at all costs. We just went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse the other night and this is my dinner. I've got 2/3's of that sweet potato in my fridge for after my CFN workout tomorrow. That sucka was HUGE!
I've got 3 new recipes coming up to try in the next couple of weeks and I will let you know how they turned out!! Have a great week!!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
How's it going?
Well It's going great actually! I'm completing my challenge requirements set by my husband and even exceeding them! HUMPH to you hubby, who said I couldn't do it!! :) I haven't been putting my WOD info on here that I have been doing so here is what we did today at CFN!!
Strength:
7 x 1 Shoulder Press (Still can only do 55#) But Julie was awesome and PR'd I believe!! WHOO HOO! AND the Warrior Sista's :) were working it out to my right today!! I'm not sure what their #'s were, but I must find out! They were rocking' it!
-then-
12 minute AMRAP of:
3 Snatches (any style) 135/95# (my form still sucks, this is the hardest movement for me to get down)
20 Double-Unders (I did 60 singles)
20 Double-Unders (I did 60 singles)
So the final result was 8 rounds in 12 minutes.
I've tried a couple new recipes this week. One was 5 spice short ribs by www.theclothesmakethegirl.com They were yummy and very easy since it was a crock pot meal.
The other one was called kitchen sink hash from www.paleomg.com It was AWESOME!!!
I would add a picture but something is funky and I can't this morning. Hmmm....mental note.....must get hubby to fix this.....
Have a great day everyone.....Eat Clean, Work Hard, Don't Give Up, and Don't Give In!!
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Food Journal
So I have been asked from quit a few people lately…"what exactly do you eat all day?" Well, I have been keeping a food journal lately (which I HIGHLY recommend) and decided I will share with you EXACTLY what I have eaten over the last 9 days.
6\10\12
B: 2 eggs and 2 pc of bacon
L: Grilled chicken and steak over lettuce, sauteed onions and peppers with salsa and guacamole
S: unsweetened coconut and 1 tb of almond butter
D: tuna and a hard boiled egg on a bed of greens, onion and cucumbers
6/11/12
B: hard boiled egg (shoulda had more, running late)
L: grilled chicken salad
S: a bit of pineapple and 1/4 sweet potato
D: grass fed beef, grilled veggies (onion, asparagus, broccoli) and guacamole
6/12/12
B: 1/2 sweet potato, roasted asparagus
L: grilled chicken salad
S: small amount of pineapple
D: left over grass fed beef, veggies and guac from yesterday
6/13/12
B: 2 eggs, 2 pc of bacon, asparagus
L: grilled chicken salad
S: 1/4 sweet potato
D: last of the grass fed beef, veggies and guac on a bed of lettuce
6/14/12
B: deviled eggs, but filled with guacamole instead of mayo
L: side salad, burger patty
S: coconut milk, unsweetened coconut, pecans (refrigerated like my chocolate pudding. see previous post)
D: Lemon pepper chicken and roasted broccoli
6/15/12
B: left over lemon pepper chicken
L: Huge green salad with bacon
S: same coconut milk concoction from yesterday
D: Steak stir fry
6/16/12
B: 2 pc of turkey sausage, 2 eggs
L: left over steak stir fry
S: side salad
D: grilled chicken salad
6/17/12
B: only ate 1/2 hard boiled egg for some reason I wasn't hungry
L: Salad, broccoli, and grilled chicken
D: 1/2 burger patty and salad with bacon
6/18/12
B: 2 eggs and turkey sausage
L: Salad and grass fed beef patty
D: chicken salad on top of greens, and tomato
I notice I have lots of salad in here. But I change it up. Sometimes it is traditional oil and vinegar, sometimes there is fruit in the salad and I make a vinaigrette with citrus, sometimes I like more of a mexican feel so I add spicy salsa and guac.
Note to self…. get more sweet potatoes….YUM!
6\10\12
B: 2 eggs and 2 pc of bacon
L: Grilled chicken and steak over lettuce, sauteed onions and peppers with salsa and guacamole
S: unsweetened coconut and 1 tb of almond butter
D: tuna and a hard boiled egg on a bed of greens, onion and cucumbers
6/11/12
B: hard boiled egg (shoulda had more, running late)
L: grilled chicken salad
S: a bit of pineapple and 1/4 sweet potato
D: grass fed beef, grilled veggies (onion, asparagus, broccoli) and guacamole
6/12/12
B: 1/2 sweet potato, roasted asparagus
L: grilled chicken salad
S: small amount of pineapple
D: left over grass fed beef, veggies and guac from yesterday
6/13/12
B: 2 eggs, 2 pc of bacon, asparagus
L: grilled chicken salad
S: 1/4 sweet potato
D: last of the grass fed beef, veggies and guac on a bed of lettuce
6/14/12
B: deviled eggs, but filled with guacamole instead of mayo
L: side salad, burger patty
S: coconut milk, unsweetened coconut, pecans (refrigerated like my chocolate pudding. see previous post)
D: Lemon pepper chicken and roasted broccoli
6/15/12
B: left over lemon pepper chicken
L: Huge green salad with bacon
S: same coconut milk concoction from yesterday
D: Steak stir fry
6/16/12
B: 2 pc of turkey sausage, 2 eggs
L: left over steak stir fry
S: side salad
D: grilled chicken salad
6/17/12
B: only ate 1/2 hard boiled egg for some reason I wasn't hungry
L: Salad, broccoli, and grilled chicken
D: 1/2 burger patty and salad with bacon
6/18/12
B: 2 eggs and turkey sausage
L: Salad and grass fed beef patty
D: chicken salad on top of greens, and tomato
I notice I have lots of salad in here. But I change it up. Sometimes it is traditional oil and vinegar, sometimes there is fruit in the salad and I make a vinaigrette with citrus, sometimes I like more of a mexican feel so I add spicy salsa and guac.
Note to self…. get more sweet potatoes….YUM!
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
New Challenges, Sweet Potatoes and CHOCOLATE PUDDING!!?!??!?
Well, I have to admit that I have been a little lenient on my dark chocolate lately. SO, to regain my control I asked my husband to give me a challenge. And boy did he ever. He made me a chart of things to accomplish for the month and also a chart of rewards!! Among the list of things to do for 31 days is Cross Fit 2x's a week (obviously), NO SUGAR, keeping a food journal and turn it into him at the end of the month, running for 20 minutes 3x's a week. I HATE running!! I would rather lift all day than run for 20 minutes. I'm not even sure if I can without stopping. Anyway, I'm going for it all!! Wish me luck!!
Speaking of my chocolate obsession.....I have a wonderful chocolate pudding recipe for ya! I really wanted pudding one night so I scoured the pantry and spied a can of coconut milk. A-HA! I think I might know how to make what I'm craving. I had no idea if the coconut milk would get thick in the fridge so I added some coconut oil for good measure.
one can of full fat coconut milk
1-2 T of coconut oil
2 oz of dark chocolate (more or less depending on your goals)
I melted the oil and chocolate and then added the coconut milk. I wisked it till it was smooth, placed plastic wrap on top and put it in the fridge overnight. The next morning my daughter was so excited to see if it had turned out like we expected so she right right to the fridge first thing. We tasted it and....well.... I'll put it like this....I had to put my foot down and declare that we could NOT eat pudding for breakfast. It was really good and the consistency was perfect. I figure next time I can add some vanilla and cinnamon, or maybe coconut and almond extract and some shredded coconut. The possibilities are endless!! If you try a different flavor let me know how it turned out.
O.k. I love sweet potatoes, but I don't like baking them. So I saw on pinterest where you can bake potatoes in a crock pot and thought I would give it a try. But I made a few adjustments and I think they are important. I first placed 2 cups of water in the bottom of my crock pot, then inserted a steamer basket, and then put my sweet potatoes in. I also wrapped the washed and still damp potatoes in aluminum foil before placing them in the crock pot. I put them on high for 4 hours and off I went to run errands.
Speaking of my chocolate obsession.....I have a wonderful chocolate pudding recipe for ya! I really wanted pudding one night so I scoured the pantry and spied a can of coconut milk. A-HA! I think I might know how to make what I'm craving. I had no idea if the coconut milk would get thick in the fridge so I added some coconut oil for good measure.
one can of full fat coconut milk
1-2 T of coconut oil
2 oz of dark chocolate (more or less depending on your goals)
I melted the oil and chocolate and then added the coconut milk. I wisked it till it was smooth, placed plastic wrap on top and put it in the fridge overnight. The next morning my daughter was so excited to see if it had turned out like we expected so she right right to the fridge first thing. We tasted it and....well.... I'll put it like this....I had to put my foot down and declare that we could NOT eat pudding for breakfast. It was really good and the consistency was perfect. I figure next time I can add some vanilla and cinnamon, or maybe coconut and almond extract and some shredded coconut. The possibilities are endless!! If you try a different flavor let me know how it turned out.
O.k. I love sweet potatoes, but I don't like baking them. So I saw on pinterest where you can bake potatoes in a crock pot and thought I would give it a try. But I made a few adjustments and I think they are important. I first placed 2 cups of water in the bottom of my crock pot, then inserted a steamer basket, and then put my sweet potatoes in. I also wrapped the washed and still damp potatoes in aluminum foil before placing them in the crock pot. I put them on high for 4 hours and off I went to run errands.
I only cooked two cause this will last me for four days. I can't eat too much of this, well I CAN but, ya know... Just like the chocolate, I can get carried away with some sweet potatoes. Anyway, they turned out perfect!! I was very pleasantly surprised!
I put in some grass fed butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, unsweetened coconut and ate it up!! Well, 1/2 of it. YUMMY! If you just happen to want a good read on the sweet potato, here is a book to try... It is called Sweet Potato Power and it is awesome! I'm a nerd....I know...
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