WOW! Thursday was a long busy day, out of the house from 8am - 9:30pm.
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| Breakfast |
Breakfast: 3 thin slices of uncured all natural hickory smoked bacon and 1
egg. I need to figure out a better way to cook bacon, im a newbie. Do you drain the oil? How often? Is it better to bake it in the oven?
Right after breakfast I wanted something sweet, a piece of fruit, but i told myself to wait a half an hour and if i wanted it, I could have it then. Half an hour later the craving was gone and I was to busy to care. I got so busy I couldn't even stop for a second to have a morning snack. I could probably address this by better meal planning, including finding more snacks to have on hand. There is always room for improvement.
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| Paleo Egg Drop Soup |
Lunch Homemade Paleo egg drop soup
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| Paleo Snack |
Afternoon Snack Granny Smith Apple w/ almond butter + coconout oil. I was hesitant to try this combination, but its SO GOOD. I think if I add a pinch of cinnamon to the dip next time it will be even better.
Second afternoon snack- raw almonds (10)
I was in a meeting until 7 pm and literally and to run, ok fine run out the door, then drive, to make it to Crossfit by 7:30
Got home at 9:15.... made a salad of: avocado, brussel sprouts, tomato,
cucumber, bell pepper, lemon and dried mint, + glass of coconut milk
Fast Forward to Today
It felt like I barely slept last night, maybe I got 5 hours. I'm not sure why this is happening Is it because I'm working out too late or because my body is so sore?
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| Paleo Smoothie |
Breakfast: A slight variation on my Paleo Smoothie: Kale, Mango, Banana, Peach, Coconut.
This combination is starting to taste too sweet for me though, I think I need to adjust the kale to fruit ratio.
You know what would be awesome? A
Blendtec or
Vitamix caliber personal blender... the size of the magic bullet or something. I could take it to work, or make smoothies in my bedroom when our kitchen gets demolished on Monday, and I'm left without a kitchen for 2 months.
Yikes!
I stopped by the box at noonish to get weighed in before I grabbed lunch.
Results of Paleo Challenge, Week one: 2.8 lbs down, .5% body fat gone. YAY!
Lunch: Customized Chicken Bowl from Baja Fresh: No rice, no bean, substituted with cabbage and grilled corn; 3 oz of guacamole, 1 oz of salsa.
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| Breakfast for Dinner |
Eggs, folded over. +
Sweet Potato Hash with : Bacon, spinach, tomato, garlic, Anaheim pepper, and Serrano
Dessert: Dried apricots + sunflower seeds
Easter weekend: Other than having the pleasure of making these eggs, I admittedly had a few "cheats" here and there. But to me, this is a journey towards finding a healthy balance. More specifically, I had lentils, goat cheese, a traditional Armenian pastry ( if you're going to cheat it better be homemade... or maybe a 5 star restaurant) and two homemade cookies. 
