Blog revisited

 

Ok so obviously I did not do a very good job keeping up with the blog. The 30 day challenge was just that, a challenge. As such it took a great deal of time and effort and I was smart enough to do it during the most stressful month of a teacher's year. Adding a dedication to blogging every day proved to be too much at once and the blogging started to feel like work.

The good news is that, while I did not finish the blog, I did finish the challenge! It felt amazing :). Then I got on a plane to Croatia and fell off the paleo wagon big time. It was not that I was not a believer. If anything going from paleo to the Croatian diet of bread, cheese, meat, and sugar made my body very aware of just how awesome paleo is. The food was wonderful and delicious and once in a lifetime, but the stomached ache I had for weeks afterward was no bueno!

After the trip we came home, did laundry, and packed our bags to go celebrate the wedding of some friends in Connecticut. Then I came home, did laundry, and packed my bags for my nephews' birthday party in Georgia. Then I came home, did laundry, and packed my bags for another beautiful wedding in Palm Coast and a week in Destin with my family. Then I came home, did laundry, and packed my bags for a conference but it was at the Ritz so it was ok with me :). Oh during all of this my rockstar hubby got an offer from work that caused some very serious changes and challenges in our lives. They are all fun and we love challenges so yay but still stressful.

This trend of living out of a suit case and being somewhat out of control of my day to day happenings is somewhat over. As you can see staying paleo has been... Difficult. So today is a new day. I am going to try to get back on the wagon and am also trying to decide what my next 30 day challenge is going to be. I have continued working on small changes to better myself but have been all over the place. I have worked on dressing better, being more positive, I have sort of tried organizing but want to do more, I have read more, I have (wanted) to have a more focused workout life..... Basically I have been all over the place. I am going to reflect on all of it and will let you know Monday what my new 30 day challenge will be.

 

 

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13 of 30

Friday and field trip day! Bring it!

Breakfast:

Hard boiled egg and a tangelo

Lunch:

Wet n wild provides a buffet for the field trip of hamburgers and hot dogs. Luckily they give tons of veggie soft the burgers. I just used lettuce for the buns and used tomatoes and pickles with 2 burgers and mustard. Great lunch.

Dinner:

After a fun filled day at the park a friend and I decided to hit up Applebee's for dinner. It is really great how many places have gluten free menus now. I had a bruschetta chicken salad with champagne dressing. Best diet ever!

 

 

11 of 30

Tonight we are featuring steak! I did not use to be a big fan of red meat but now I can not get enough of it. Those of you who are opposed to red meat for health reasons should read The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat by Dr. Loren Cordain. My family has a strong history of colon cancer so it took some convincing to get me to believe that red meat can be healthy but here I am. On to dinner.

Dinner:

Sweet potatoes

Carrots and broccoli steamed with garlic

STEAK!

We put mushrooms and onions in some olive oil with balsamic vinegar and sautéed. Pour over grilled steak and enjoy.

 

10 of 30

Today was NOT a good day with adults. My kids are amazing though and I spent the day interviewing them for entrance into AVID for next year. It is so comforting to listen to them discuss their goals for the future and the work they are willing to do to get there. They saved my sanity between dealing with crazy people :)

I was so stressed even after an hour of yoga AND an hour of body pump that the hubs and I decided to forgo a real dinner and meet an old friend for a drink. I just ate some hard boiled eggs and an apple in the car on the way. Sorry it was not exciting but I kept my sanity in the end. Tomorrow is another day and there is steak in the fridge so it can only get better.


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Day 9 of 30

Monday and back on track. Feeling good today after going shopping this weekend and getting some cute new clothes for our Croatia trip. I even managed to incorporate one of the shirts in my work clothes today. Score! So on to the food:

Breakfast:

Breakfast casserole

Lunch:

Left over tilapia, green beans, and a quarter sweet potato with a tangelo for dessert. I actually did not enjoy a single bite until the dessert.

Dinner:

Chicken breast with garlic and Mrs. Dash, frozen veggie mix. Yuck. I am getting bored.

 

Tomorrow night I am going to try merging this stuffed zucchini recipe with spaghetti squash to hopefully make some yummy veggie goulash. The hubs is searching for a snack now, maybe I will get creative after all....

 

Day 8 - 14 of 30

 

Ugh my photo streaming was not working right this week so I tried to work around it. This of course led to me crashing the blog and basically deleted 5 entries, frustrating me greatly! The week was full of a lot of left overs and boring food anyway so you did not miss much. Basically I slacked on the dairy a few times but still avoided gluten. I did not plan very well some days and that led to my downfall. I relied too much on nuts and paid for it on the scales. Anyhow, here is a recap of the week.

 

I started off strong with a trip to the store where I bought lots of fruits, veggies, and lean meat. I also picked up the ingredients to make a shake in the morning. After scouring some other whole 30 blogs I saw a lot of almond butter, banana, and cocoa shakes so I decided they must be ok.

As it turned out I used WAY too much unsweetened cocoa. Instead of a welcomed treat it was bitter and chalky :( Oh well! I will try again with less powder.

That night we had grilled tuna with pan seared garlic green beans (amazing!) and sweet potato. I am really starting to enjoy sweet potatoes without butter. Crazy.

An example of boring leftovers: Greek salad left over from the party with all of the potato salad and feta left out and Boar's Head ham on top.

I went to an all day meeting this week. I knew it might be challenging since they were feeding us so I brought a hard boiled egg along with me. All I had to do was take the bread and cheese off the sandwich and supplement with my egg and viola! A great lunch.

My husband's family is Croatian. His mom grew up on a farm there where she cultivated a taste for high quality food. Luckily she spreads the love. She sent us these amazing sausages that are made by family in Kansas City. They are tasty! I was running extremely late one night so my sweet husband made sausages, sauerkraut, and oranges on the side. Total sodium overload. I felt like a whale when I woke up the next day.

I ended up having a weekend packed with friends and food. I am a very lucky girl. However there were some food challenges. But I am starting o get good at working my way around the gluten. This is a Cobb salad sans blue cheese and with oil and vinegar.

Ok time to move on to a new week. I am going to try to not only actually stay completely away from dairy and nuts but also lower the sodium and up the veggies. I will try to update daily this week, barring computer issues.

 

Day 6 of 30

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Hubster, happy birthday to you!

We started the day off with brunch with some awesome friends at this quaint little bistro in town.

-I ordered the veggie frittata without the cheese and fruit on the side in place of potatoes and banana bread that normally comes with it. The only thing that I did miss was having a mimosa :( Water is just not the same.

Lunch consisted of leftover salad and a nap.

Dinner. We went to my parents for a cookout where they pulled out all the stops. My sweet mom even added fruit to the cheese and cracker plate so I would be less tempted. They were both great about trying to make sure I had plenty of options available that fit Whole30. The menu was as follows:

• Steak with mushrooms
• Lobster tail
• Sweet potatoes
• Salad

• Corn -I did not eat
• Rolls -I did not eat
• Homemade lemon ice box pie made from my grandmother's recipe- yes, I resisted :)

All in all it was an amazing night, just like all the nights we get to spend with my folks. We are really lucky to have them so close.