Catching Up: 31, 32, 33

Sorry... Been so busy and kind of sick of posting my food :) I cannot remember Wednesday, but I didn't stray from eating paleo.

Thursday: Jadon's last day of school and his beach party :( So bittersweet. For breakfast I had some smoked salmon with a hard-boiled egg, avocado and red onion. For lunch I had more smoked salmon, but this time from Jon's fish market, and some smoked mahi-mahi. For dinner at the BBQ I had a burger patty with some ketchup and mustard and a couple of pieces of fruit. Then for a late night snack I had a turkey avo on a romaine leaf. Thrilling :)

Friday: For breakfast I had a hard boiled egg, a nectarine and a spoonful of sunflower butter. Lunch: Carnitas with salsa, onion and cilantro. Dinner: Steak, asparagus, zucchini and chicken. I must confess... I took a pinch of bread and dipped it in a spreadable cheese. I needed one bite!!!!!! Ah! There was chips and candy and CAKE all over the place yesterday and I didn't touch a thing. I buckled tonight. My first cheat throughout this whole process that wasn't a cheat meal. I know it was just one bite, but I guess it still counts...?

Day 29 and 30

Monday:
Break: 2 turkey sausage patties and an egg
Lunch: Spaghetti squash with marinara and leftover meatballs
Dinner: Yum! Had New York steak with broccoli, onion, garlic and some liquid aminos (soy sauce substitute). Also made a shrimp, avo, mango, onion and lime juice salad.

So good. Jadon LOVED this dinner and had seconds. I gave him some french bread and butter to go with dinner.

After dinner I made a cobbler with fresh peaches!

I got the recipe from www.elanaspantry.com. What a great site! Thanks Kim.

Peach Crisp
6 large peaches, sliced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons arrowroot powder
1 ½ cups blanched almond flour  (I used coconut flour)
1 teaspoon celtic sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup grapeseed oil  (I used walnut oil)
¼ cup agave nectar  (I used honey)

1. Place peach slices in a large bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice, vanilla and arrowroot; toss to incorporate all ingredients
2. In a smaller bowl, combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, grapeseed oil and agave for topping
3. Place peach mixture in a 3 quart baking dish
4. Crumble topping over peaches
5. Bake covered at 350° for 1 hour, until peach juice is bubbling; remove cover and bake a few more minutes until topping is golden brown

I had mine with a scoop of coconut milk ice cream..

Tuesday:
Break: Leftover turkey sausage patties and a hard boiled egg.
Lunch: Was gonna make turkey-ceasar lettuce wraps, but decided to go to Los Golondrinas instead. I ordered a 1/2 lb. of carnitas with onion and cilantro on top. I only ate half, but I added some green salsa and a half of an avocado when I got to the office. Soo good.
Dinner: Trader Joe's shrimp stir fry

Day 27 and 28

Saturday:

breakfast: I ate eggs and bacon while I watched Jadon eat my FAVORITE from I Love Bagels: A veggie sandwich. So jealy.

lunch: made some meatballs with ground beef, white and green onion, garlic, fresh rosemary and some other fresh herbs. I dipped them in a bit of ketchup (not sure how ketchup is part of the diet, but I'll take it). Inspired to get up and cook by watching "Giada at Home." I love her. She was making Greek meatballs with couscous in them. I have to say I am very sick of cooking and doing dishes though :)

dinner: smoked salmon with a bit of cocktail sauce and some prawns from Jon's Fish Market in the DP Harbor. dessert: raspberries.

Sunday:

breakfast/lunch: just snacked around on a meatball and some berries and fruit. I was kinda waiting to eat after 4pm so I could have my "cheat night."

dinner: Made it out to the grocery store at 3:30pm to buy some french bread and cheese. I have been really missing cheese. It was amazing. Then I had a few BBQ Pop Chips and a Hansen's soda. And a slice of zPizza. And Yogurtland. Wow.

I kinda went all out! I did however, weigh myself right before I put all of this junk food down and I lost another pound. For a total of 8 lbs in 28 days. That is actually pretty amazing! I am now 9 lbs away from my goal weight of 115 lbs. Which is 2 lbs more than what I weighed in high school. Aiming high... or low :)

Well, back on the wagon tomorrow!

Day 26

breakfast: tried something new. Bacon souffle frittata from the primal cookbook. Mine obviously didn't come out how theirs did. waste of bacon :)

Lunch also from the primal cookbook: Fried cauliflower "rice." Pretty good, would make again...

Dinner: New York steak, avo and salad. Dessert: Blackberries and sunflower butter. Kind of tired of blogging my food.. Not gonna lie. Good thing I am halfway done :)

Day 25: Halfway there!

Breakfast: Oj, almonds

Lunch: Salad with salmon, avo, mini heirloom tomatoes and lime juice.

After work I made some (either turnip or radish.. seriously get the two mixed up) with onion, rosemary and a bit of pastrami. Those things are SPICY! Yuck, no bueno. Loosely based on an idea from my primal cookbook.

Dinner: Shrimp ceasar salad.

25 down, 25 to go!!!!!

Day 24

Ok, so today I was totally out of groceries and ended up eating out for lunch and dinner. After dinner I stopped by Farm to Market to pick up a few things for the rest of the week. Still need to buy my proteins...

For breakfast this morning I had some tea with a bit of raw organic honey. I bought a jar of this a while back at Wild Oats. Friggen $10!! I also had the last little bite of my banana bread and some blueberries.

Lunch: Chicken Fajitas with guacamole.

After work I took Jadon shopping for a tie to wear to his 5th grade dance/celebration. So darling. He only has 6 more days of elementary school left :( Bananas. We drove by our favorite Sushi Plantation on the way home from the mall and decided to stop.

As soon as I sat down our waiter, who knows us very well, said, "Sexy Girl for you tonight?" My favorite roll in the WORLD is called "sexy girl." Shrimp, jalapeno, avocado and mango on top. I had to say no and ordered a poke salad instead. Then he brought out some edamame and kindly said, "this is on me." Ahhhh! Jadon grabbed the bowl and said, "too bad you can't have any!" Such a booger. The poke salad was good though. There was about 5 little crunchy sprinkles that I know aren't paleo. Oops

Day 23

I just went through my Primal Blueprint cookbooks and bookmarked some stuff to cook up this week. I'll have to go grocery shopping tomorrow...

For breakfast today I had some of my banana bread and some tea. The bread tastes so much better heated up! I had a few almonds with dried cranberries for a morning snack. I feel like I have been eating a lot of nuts and not enough veggies. So I will have to be more conscious of that.

For lunch I had some leftover cabbage with some garlic & herb chicken sausage:

And Jadon wanted Taco Tuesday for dinner so.... I made some chicken tacos. Jadon had the regular version and I subbed out the tortillas and cheese for romaine leaves and hot sauce. Pretty tasty. Oh, and I had a small carton of raspberries.

I am almost halfway done with the 50-day challenge. I guess I should step it up and try and exercise more. I have been taking walks in the harbor, but that is not cutting it! I am going to try and get out this week and go stand up paddling in the harbor. Hope I don't run into any Mako sharks! Yikes!