three

Ugh! So siiiiick! Can't even sleep!

Anywhoozle, here's what I ate

Breakfast

Egg Rumble w/Onions & Wilted Baby Greens

Tasty and quick, but next time I'm using hit sauce to make it perfect.

Lunch

Jimmy John's Unwich 

Roast beef, tomato, cucumber, and onion wrapped up in crisp lettuce. Nice work James Johnathon's

Dinner

Leftovers... couldn't cook. Blah.

Too sick to share stories or whatev, good night... NyQuil take me away!

two

I woke up sicker than yesterday and just got worse... The itchy nose and sneezing and snots... I hate it!

I will just make this a short one. 

Here's my breakfast

All Beef, Nitrate Free Hotdogs w/Green Beans

I was running late this morning and, with the major snowfall sure to slow my commute, I decided to skip cooking eggs and grabbed something quicker. Tasted just fine, though I did get comments about eating this for breakfast.. 

Lunch

Chocolate Chili w/Avocado, Onion & Green Olives

Always good and quite comforting to this sick girl on such a cold day.

Dinner

Malek Al Kebab House Salad w/Lamb

This never fails to please. Malek is my favorite middle eastern place by far. I originally planned for butternut squash soup, but my recipe needs work since every time I think of it I go "eh, blah" and eat something else instead...

On to day three and hoping to feel better in the morning. If not, I'm going to work from home and nurse myself back to health in my PJ's with hot tea. :)

one

Eating clean for the next 45 days felt like a very welcome assignment for me as I drifted to sleep with an icky stomach last night. I had been feeling bloaty, achy, grumpy, and just plain lumpy. Then, I woke up this morning with a tickle in my throat... by this evening (now) it is, for sure, a yucky cold coming on, complete with post nasal drip and a "hot eyes" feeling.

Oh, it's not going to stop me from doing 45 days of perfect eating, but I do feel like mega kuh kuh right now and want my comfort foods (crackers, ginger ale, orange juice, chicken noodle soup...) 

I'm hoping that my body quickly remembers how good it feels to eat whole, unprocessed, healthy foods and recovers quickly!

Here are some pictures of what I ate!!!

Breakfast

Avocado Stuffed Omelet 

Very good. Next time, I think I'll add tomato and bacon!

Lunch

Steak & Eggs w/Salsa

More eggs!!! Really yummy. I pan seared and then broiled the steak with Ghee for about 2-3 minutes on each side. Topped with a couple sunny-side-up eggs and my favorite salsa (La Preferieda)

Dinner

Chateaubriand Roast w/Green Beans & Mixed Baby Green Salad w/Pear Infused White Balsamic Vinaigrette

Really good food today. The grass-fed, organic roast was sooo flippin' good. It melted like butter in my mouf! Wooo!!!

Good night!

Engage

I got engaged two days before my birthday. Aside from all of the expected excitement, I am very pleased to have a fantastic motivator for getting my nutrition cleaned up. I've got a pretty white dress in my near future and don't want to be a spanx covered, sweaty, cranky mess on the most romantic day of my life. :)

Bryan and I are going to get back to working out and, I think, we are going to get a dog to help keep us moving with no excuses. :)

A lot of smiles are in my life right now! 

Resolve

The new year brings a clean slate for many; a chance to start fresh on the right foot. This coming year represents another chance for me to get back on track to a strong & healthy body.

Though the shift in my weight has not been extreme (the loss has halted), I feel as though I was not ready to end the strict Paleo diet of the Whole30 back in October. With the new calendar I am hitting the reset button on my food choices and will fill my plate with whole, unprocessed food without sugar, grains, legumes, or dairy.

I'm shooting for a solid 45 days this time and will photoblog everyday again. 

Thanks for the support last time and I look forward to continued support for this coming challenge. You guys rock!

Love,

Mel

Brace Yourself

So, I'm getting braces in Thursday morning. My teeth have been shifting back to their gnarled grin since I lost my retainers years ago, but in the last year or two, it has gotten pretty twistely. I have a slight lisp due to bottom teeth overlapping and sounding like Cindy Brady isn't cute to me at my age. :)

Because if this, I am going to have a hard time eating for a while. I don't think I'm going to post pictures of mashed Sweet Potato or Scrambled Eggs everyday, but I'll update as best I can. 

I really haven't been as gung-ho about blogging anyway. In the new year, though, I'm going to do the strict Whole30 until Valentine's Day. That'll be like 45 days... Until then, I'll be gathering recipes and trying them out to see if they're menu worthy. Suggestions are most welcome.

Today was a weird, gray, gloomy day. I skipped breakfast in a hurry, ate a chicken salad lettuce wrap for lunch and had leftover chicken and "faux"lenta for dinner...

Lord knows when I get the braces, I might start dropping weight like crazy due to being afraid to chew! :)

Eighteen

Day 18

I was running late this morning and had to throw this in a bag then eat at my desk

Meal 1

Turkey, Onion, Sweet Potato & Cherry Frittata

Meal 2

Fruity Chicken Salad Wrap

Meal 3

Lamb Kofta (w/Green Salad)

Ok, so that's not a pic of my actual dinner, but it looked kinda like that and tasted just as good as this looks. I used a recipe that I found on nom nom paleo, which she found from Aarti Paarti's blog...