Day 16

It's a couple days late, I am losing momentum, but I need to regain focus.  This has been a long week and so I have not been as dilligent paying attention to my foods.  I haven't been "bad" but I have been snacking way too much on the borderline foods.  As a result I am feeling a little sluggish.

Breakfast:
skipped (bad)

Snacks
cashews and Banana Chips way more than I should have eaten

Lunch
went out to lunch with a vendor.  I had a cobb salad without blue cheese and with grilled chicken and balsamic vinnegar

Dinner
Paleo Speghetti

2 small speghetti squashes roasted in the oven for 1 hour at 350

1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce (check label)
1 lb turkey meat crumbled and cooked in a skillet
Mix in tomatoes and tomato sauce

once speghetti squash is done use a fork to first remove the seeds and the gooey pulp and then scrape the noodle like meat into a seperate bowl

serve sauce over your speghetti squash noodles and enjoy

I have had zero energy to do WOD's....my child has not been sleeping well.

Day 15-Half way there!

I resisted the temptation to abandon the whole challenge last night when out to dinner for a work function.  While I would have loved mac and cheese and a couple glasses of wine, I refrained....what's 15 more days.  Especially with results like this:

Day one stats:
Stats:
Weight: 130.8
Waist: 28"
Hips: 36"
Chest: 33.5"
Thighs: 20.25"
Arms: 11"

Day 15 Stats:
Stats:
Weight: 126.2
Waist: 26"
Hips: 35.5"
Chest: 33"
Thighs: 20"
Arms: 10.5"

For 15 days I would say that is pretty darn good!  Let's see what the next 15 days hold.

Breakfast:
Grapes, 1 piece of pork loin

Lunch:
finished off the Paleo Sheppards pie, and had some peas

Snacks:
cashews 2 handfuls

dinner:
Chicken Cobb Salad from Yardhouse,
86 Tomato, blu cheese crumbles, and ranch dressing. 
Add balsalmic vinegarette

Imagine what will happen if I can get my WOD in gear!

Day 13

Oops slip up day.  After a challenging weekend, I needed a mommy day and treated myself to a couple cocktails (very much not paleo).  I did have vodka and soda, but still not good fort the challenge.  I guess we are all entitled to loose our focus once in awhile.

Breakfast:
2 handfuls of Banana Chips
2 handfuls of grapes

Lunch:
Paleo Sheppards pie (I'm addicted)

Snack:
2 handfuls of Cashews

Dinner:

Apple balsalmic Crock Pot Chicken
Just as a sounds:
1 whole chicken,
1 cup sodium free chicken broth
2 cups water
1/2 cup oil and balsamic vinegar
3 cut up apples

Slow cook 8 hours

Days 11-12 darn weekends

Weekends are always rough for me, they are not something I look forward to at all.  I look forward to Monday's when I can finally claim a little time for myself, even if I am working.  Most of my weekends are spent with my toddler alone. While I love spending time with my little man, lately he has been quite the challenge and I cannot seem to get much done.

Here is the skinny on the food for the weekend:

Day 11:
Breakfast
Grapes and 2 eggs

Lunch:
Pork tenderloin medallions and peas

Dinner:

This was the motherload of Paleo recipes.  It was a little time consuming, but soooooo good.

Paleo Sheppards Pie:
Take 1 whole onion, dice and fry in a skillet with a little olive oil (about 15 mins)
Add in 1 lb of bacon and fry till cooked
Add 4 large chopped carrots and 4 large stalks of celery (about two cups of each) Fry until cooked fully
Add in 1 lb of ground turkey and brown
Add in 1 cup peas and fry till cooked

Steam one head of cauliflower till soft
drain and put into your food processor or heavy duty blender
add in a little olive oil, some garlic powder 1/2 stick of butter and a dash of coconut milk
blend until the consistency of mashed potatoes

Put the meat and veggie mixture into a cassorole dish and back at 350 for 30 minutes.

Enjoy.

Day 12:
Breakfast
I made the huge mistake of buying banana chips.....soooo yummy but now that is all I want.
I also had some dried fruit

Lunch:
Paleo Sheppards pie...did I mention....YUM!

Dinner:
Turkey Breast and grean beans

One full turkey breast rubbed with a compound butter and baked at 400 for 2 hours.


WODS:
I don't need WODS on the weekend....I have a toddler.  LOL.  Plus my legs were so sore from the kettle ball squats that I needed the recovery time.

Day 10 a few hours late....oops

Friday's are not usually hectic for me, and yesterday was no exception, but for whatever reason I did not log on to blog.  I apologize for the delay, once I got home from work I was greeted by a cranky monster so I was down for the count.

Here was my day:

Breakfast:

Leftover Bacon 2 slices
1/2 Banana
handful of grapes

Lunch

See last nights dinner
Salad and Sweet potato

Dinner
Baked Pork Tenderloin
mmm this was really yummy!

2 medium pork tenderloins
Marinate during the day in olive oil, red wine vinegar and a blend of seasonings
Pop in the over for 1 hour at 400 degrees

Couldn't be easier and it was so tender and juicy. I served mine with peas and served Au Gratin potatoes for the rest of the family.

WOD:

I did a short kettle ball WOD tonight
15 Kettle ball swings
10 Kettle ball Thrusts
10 Kettle ball front squats
x3

It felt great.  I am now in love with my kettle ball and I can use it as much as I want at home.

Have a great Weekend!

Day 9

My good friend Katie Steitz was awesome enough to put together some at home/gym WODS for me that I couldn't wait to start on.  So I got my kettle ball and got home to do my WOD and was derailed by family obligations and..gggrrrr. I am home now, dinner eaten, baby in bed, laundry whirling away...and as soon as I log off I will be doing this WOD...not one of Katies, but an easy back into it WOD

3x
10 kettleball swings
15 squats
20 situps

I know it's a lame one, but it will hopefully get me pumped to hit the gym with one of Katies awesome WOD's tomorrow at lunch.

Ok so here's the meal situation:

Breakfast:

3 strips bacon
1 banana

Snack:
Cashews of course

Lunch:

Leftover pork roast and veggies...mmmm

Dinner:
Super lazy tonight and didn't want to cook 2 meals
so Hamburger Helper.....for everyone else, don't panic

Salad with dried cranberries, blueberries and Cherries, hard boiled egg. Oil and balsalmic
Baked sweet potato with unsalted clarified butter and a dash of cinnamon.

Off to WOD.  Have a great one. 

Day 8

Ok I admit it, I may have a slight cashew addiction.  While these are considered to be ok on most paleo diets, be careful, they have a very high fat content and should be consumed (like any nuts) in moderation.

I did get an unexpected WOD in last night.  My son was screaming from gas pain and the only thing I could find to calm him down was running up and down our 2 flights of stairs. we did this about 25 times.  So I consider that a WOD as I did sweat.  According to my son it was AMRAP for time because if I slowed down he would scream again.

Dinner last night was pretty yummy and took about 10mins to prep and another 20 to cook so that was also a win.

Here is today's plan:
Breakfast:
1 banana
2 handfuls of cashews

Snack:
1 package of almonds

Lunch:
Leftover turkey sausage and salad, just lettuce today with oil and balsamic
(I try to portion my lunch before I plate the rest of the food for dinner.  This way I know that I have lunch covered and I am not skipping meals.  Skipping meals is the enemy!)

Dinner:
Slowcooker pot roast.

1 can diced tomatos (always read labels many contain salt and acidic preservatives)
3 stalks Celery coarsely chopped
3 medium carrots coarsely chopped
2 cloves of garlic
season to taste
1 bone in picnic roast

Cost of this meal for 4 people was around 12 dollars for those of you who can't do Paleo because it is too expensive

Put all ingrediants in the crock pot and cook on low 6-8 hours

Viola.

WOD:  I'll let you know tomorrow.  I am hoping to go to the gym after the bug goes sleep.