Today's Primal Eats:
Breakfast: 8 oz plain chobani 2% yogurt with Torani sugar free caramel syrup, 2 Primal pancakes (batter consisting of bananas, almond butter, and eggs) with coconut oil in lieu of butter, eggs scrambled with coconut milk
Midday Snack: Cottage cheese & strawberries
Dinner: Chicken something or other (haven't decided yet)
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
The Unsung Mantra
Ta rah, rah, boom dee day! Ta rah, rah, boom dee day! It is finally Friday, and that means it's pay day, which makes it SHOPPING DAY! We love shopping day.
This last week, thanks to a generous friend, I had the privilege of trying grass fed beef. Let's be honest here. I was expecting this choir of angels to part the heavens and start a resounding hallelujah chorus with how everyone on the Primal Blueprint board raved about the stuff. Frankly, it tasted like beef. Exactly like what we buy at, yup, you guessed it, WALMART.
And that made me realize... I'm kinda over it. Not Primal Blueprint. No, no. If I'm going to lose weight, it might as well be whilst enjoying copious amounts of critter & coconut fat! I am over the whole "You MUST eat organic, grass fed, pastured everything" mantra. Cuz who the heck can actually afford organic, grass fed, and pastured goods? It's a shame that those are the exception, rather than the American standard.
So my quest on this pay day is to buy the best that we can afford, and trim up our budget a bit. Settle for tillamook instead of raw milk cheddar, darigold instead of pastured butter. You get the idea. They all taste the same to me.
*Stares at the snow falling outside, and plow truck running by* Now to just muster up the courage to leave the house!
EDIT: Back from shopping. We are still looking at $350 for 2 weeks of food. *Sigh* this learning curve is expensive. It probably would've been better if I didn't discover low carb, crapless ice cream (meaning I recognize all of the stuff on the ingredient list as natural, and can pronounce them, and count the quantity of ingredients on my right hand), cultured coconut milk (yum!), and a couple of other splurges, like 2 things of corned beef, and 2 tri tip roasts. On a bright note, I got almost everything on my list at 3 stores today! At least SOMETHING got cut in half.
TODAY'S PRIMAL EATS:
Breakfast: A delicious and generous portion of intermittent fasting
Lunch: 1/4 cup cottage cheese with some blueberries and a couple of strawberries (I tried to feed them to Grace, but she lost interest quickly, despite berries being just about her favorite treat in the whole wide world); a big @$$ salad made of shrimp cooked up on the griddle using this morning's leftover bacon fat/grease, served with macadamia nuts; a glass of cultured coconut milk with some torani's sugar free caramel syrup (mmm, tangy!); a bite of my new mint chocolate ice cream
Dinner: Dickeys! (shut up and get your mind out of the gutter)
Exercise for today: Primal foraging (aka: grocery shopping at 3 stores)
Damage: 1361 cals, 30 carbs, 109 protein, 88 delicious, natural fats
This last week, thanks to a generous friend, I had the privilege of trying grass fed beef. Let's be honest here. I was expecting this choir of angels to part the heavens and start a resounding hallelujah chorus with how everyone on the Primal Blueprint board raved about the stuff. Frankly, it tasted like beef. Exactly like what we buy at, yup, you guessed it, WALMART.
And that made me realize... I'm kinda over it. Not Primal Blueprint. No, no. If I'm going to lose weight, it might as well be whilst enjoying copious amounts of critter & coconut fat! I am over the whole "You MUST eat organic, grass fed, pastured everything" mantra. Cuz who the heck can actually afford organic, grass fed, and pastured goods? It's a shame that those are the exception, rather than the American standard.
So my quest on this pay day is to buy the best that we can afford, and trim up our budget a bit. Settle for tillamook instead of raw milk cheddar, darigold instead of pastured butter. You get the idea. They all taste the same to me.
*Stares at the snow falling outside, and plow truck running by* Now to just muster up the courage to leave the house!
EDIT: Back from shopping. We are still looking at $350 for 2 weeks of food. *Sigh* this learning curve is expensive. It probably would've been better if I didn't discover low carb, crapless ice cream (meaning I recognize all of the stuff on the ingredient list as natural, and can pronounce them, and count the quantity of ingredients on my right hand), cultured coconut milk (yum!), and a couple of other splurges, like 2 things of corned beef, and 2 tri tip roasts. On a bright note, I got almost everything on my list at 3 stores today! At least SOMETHING got cut in half.
TODAY'S PRIMAL EATS:
Breakfast: A delicious and generous portion of intermittent fasting
Lunch: 1/4 cup cottage cheese with some blueberries and a couple of strawberries (I tried to feed them to Grace, but she lost interest quickly, despite berries being just about her favorite treat in the whole wide world); a big @$$ salad made of shrimp cooked up on the griddle using this morning's leftover bacon fat/grease, served with macadamia nuts; a glass of cultured coconut milk with some torani's sugar free caramel syrup (mmm, tangy!); a bite of my new mint chocolate ice cream
Dinner: Dickeys! (shut up and get your mind out of the gutter)
Exercise for today: Primal foraging (aka: grocery shopping at 3 stores)
Damage: 1361 cals, 30 carbs, 109 protein, 88 delicious, natural fats
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Checkup
Went to my diabetes check up today. On the way there, I was listening to music on the radio, and I hear a little voice from the back.
"Mom?"
"Mmm-hmm?"
"Rock and roll?"
*blink* "What?"
"Rock and roll."
"Did you... just... say..... rock and roll?"
"Uh huh!"
*Changes channel* (Gives You Hell was on, by All American Rejects) "Happy?"
"Uh huh!"
Then we get to the appointment. My hA1c was 5.8. I'm off of glucophage. Clarene cautioned that my fertility may be affected by going off of it. I guess we'll find out in July. She said I'll probably have to take thyroid meds for the rest of my life. I wonder if Primal Blueprint can help with that? Sticking to the straight and narrow PB path, seeing the results it has already given me health wise.
"Mom?"
"Mmm-hmm?"
"Rock and roll?"
*blink* "What?"
"Rock and roll."
"Did you... just... say..... rock and roll?"
"Uh huh!"
*Changes channel* (Gives You Hell was on, by All American Rejects) "Happy?"
"Uh huh!"
Then we get to the appointment. My hA1c was 5.8. I'm off of glucophage. Clarene cautioned that my fertility may be affected by going off of it. I guess we'll find out in July. She said I'll probably have to take thyroid meds for the rest of my life. I wonder if Primal Blueprint can help with that? Sticking to the straight and narrow PB path, seeing the results it has already given me health wise.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
There's a Snake in My Boot!
You know the line from Toy Story, when you pull Woody's string and he decries, "There's a snake in my boot!"
Yeah, well... there's snot in my armpit.
Grace has a cold. It may be an inner ear thing, she was complaining about her ears last night. Andy & I took turns sleeping on her bedroom floor b/c she was so miserable she wouldn't stay in bed.
It's because she's been eating crap.
Wow, that was really graphic. Let me rephrase.
I believe this illness is a result of eating poorly. When I eat poorly (as I have confessed the last few days), she eats poorly too. She hasn't been around kids all week, so I can't blame it on a bug she picked up. Andy & I have been healthy, so she didn't get it from us. The weather has been a little outrageous, but it hasn't bothered me. So I blame it on her diet. I've let her slip off the straight and narrow. Thus, the snake in my boot.
Back to Primal Blueprint for everyone.
Yeah, well... there's snot in my armpit.
Grace has a cold. It may be an inner ear thing, she was complaining about her ears last night. Andy & I took turns sleeping on her bedroom floor b/c she was so miserable she wouldn't stay in bed.
It's because she's been eating crap.
Wow, that was really graphic. Let me rephrase.
I believe this illness is a result of eating poorly. When I eat poorly (as I have confessed the last few days), she eats poorly too. She hasn't been around kids all week, so I can't blame it on a bug she picked up. Andy & I have been healthy, so she didn't get it from us. The weather has been a little outrageous, but it hasn't bothered me. So I blame it on her diet. I've let her slip off the straight and narrow. Thus, the snake in my boot.
Back to Primal Blueprint for everyone.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Double Booked
VERY successful day chocolatiering! Not so successful day Primal Blueprinting, LOL. Had way too much fun enjoying samples with my hostesses and their guests. I don't dare look at my sugar in the morning. Back on PB tomorrow. I have "The Boss" to face on Tuesday!
Did 2 parties today. One in the morning in Taylorsville with an old friend, and one in Provo with a friend from college (whose play I am cast in next month, YAY!). I wish I could be double booked more often. It was fun (and Andy got lots of quality time with Grace).
I love chocolate, I love sharing it, and I love getting paid to do it! Thanks to my special hostesses today and all their hard work. It's hard to have chocolate love without them ;)
Did 2 parties today. One in the morning in Taylorsville with an old friend, and one in Provo with a friend from college (whose play I am cast in next month, YAY!). I wish I could be double booked more often. It was fun (and Andy got lots of quality time with Grace).
I love chocolate, I love sharing it, and I love getting paid to do it! Thanks to my special hostesses today and all their hard work. It's hard to have chocolate love without them ;)
Friday, February 18, 2011
Primal Friday
Just finished my primal breakfast. Bacon wrapped 5 egg omelette with 2 oz crumbled feta inside. Lay bacon horizontally across hot griddle. Pour egg mixture over them, taking care to build up walls so loose egg doesn't go everywhere. Crumble feta. Fold omelette carefully when ready. Consume!
Probably won't eat again until dinner. I'm having chicken drumsticks. My Dove Chocolate Discoveries spring kit came today, and I am eager to bust out the spicy cocoa rub & chocolate bbq sauce.
More to follow. Stay tuned. Gotta take Brother in law to therapy.
Okay, back now.
So excited to use my DCD sweet & spicy cocoa rub. I threw it in with the chicken & EVOO and apple cider vinegar. It's cooking now. I really struggled today with carbs. It's so hard to not eat fruit, especially when it's in the house. This week my weakness is fruit and chocolate apparently. Not because my kit arrived today, either. No, no. I've been having this mega chocolate craving and subsequent gnoshing ALL FREAKING WEEK. I know dark chocolate is good for you, and can be enjoyed daily, but it's not exactly helping me on my quest to get into ketosis so I can burn off the rest of my fat. The next few weeks are gonna SUCK. *Sigh*
Why do the things that taste the yummiest have to be off limits?
Probably won't eat again until dinner. I'm having chicken drumsticks. My Dove Chocolate Discoveries spring kit came today, and I am eager to bust out the spicy cocoa rub & chocolate bbq sauce.
More to follow. Stay tuned. Gotta take Brother in law to therapy.
Okay, back now.
So excited to use my DCD sweet & spicy cocoa rub. I threw it in with the chicken & EVOO and apple cider vinegar. It's cooking now. I really struggled today with carbs. It's so hard to not eat fruit, especially when it's in the house. This week my weakness is fruit and chocolate apparently. Not because my kit arrived today, either. No, no. I've been having this mega chocolate craving and subsequent gnoshing ALL FREAKING WEEK. I know dark chocolate is good for you, and can be enjoyed daily, but it's not exactly helping me on my quest to get into ketosis so I can burn off the rest of my fat. The next few weeks are gonna SUCK. *Sigh*
Why do the things that taste the yummiest have to be off limits?
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Court
Went to court today. Defendant no show. In her defense, she did try to contact me. I wonder if she was looking for a ride? I don't really feel it's my job to make sure she gets there.
Warrant out for arrest or re-summon. I gave them a few leads on where to find her.
When we got home her duffle bags were on my porch. *Crickets chirping*
Uh... Yeah.
Carbo binged today. I don't expect a good weigh in tomorrow. Everyone keeps saying I look leaner. I don't know how when I'm up a few pounds. *Scratches head*. Hubbins says my weight is redistributing itself.
Dear weight, please redistribute yourself into thin air, plz, k, thx!
Warrant out for arrest or re-summon. I gave them a few leads on where to find her.
When we got home her duffle bags were on my porch. *Crickets chirping*
Uh... Yeah.
Carbo binged today. I don't expect a good weigh in tomorrow. Everyone keeps saying I look leaner. I don't know how when I'm up a few pounds. *Scratches head*. Hubbins says my weight is redistributing itself.
Dear weight, please redistribute yourself into thin air, plz, k, thx!