Food Is A Drug #Paleo

http://www.whas11.com/story/entertainment/television/great-day-live/2015/08/14/tips-for-starting-the-paleo-diet-from-mike--christina-smith/31710079/ We had an fantastic morning at GDL!  Here's the recipes to what we brought along this morning. Breakfast cups: 1 lb of sausage or chorizo (your choice) 1/2 onion 12 eggs 1 sweet potato Spinach (optional)-I used a handful. 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 2 Tbsp Siracha Salt & pepper to taste  Directions:  Preheat oven to 375. Cook sausage and onion until browned.  In a bowl scramble 12 eggs and add onion powder, garlic powder, Siracha, and salt & pepper.  Add cooked sausage and onion.  Mix ingredients.  Use ice cream scoop to add egg mixture to coconut oil coated muffin pan.  Bake for 20-25 minutes. Turkey-Apple-Bacon Wraps with honey mustard with/Mint Honeydew Melon Salad: Wraps: 1-12 oz pkg nitrate free bacon 1/4 cup Organic Mayo (or homemade Paleo Mayo) 2 Tbsp Dijon Mustard 1 Tbsp raw Hon

I'm over here plugging along still on Day #8 of my 90 day Paleo journey. We've had a busy weekend and beginning of the week. I got to cheer my favorite Triathlete on during his 1st Olympic Trialthlon this weekend: I got to cheer on my to favorite 5th graders all the way to their first day of school. I got to help my favorite 3 year old niece celebrate her Frozen Birthday. Plus I got to meal plan and shop for the week for my own first week back to school.  Using emeals has cut the time I spend meal planning down by hours.  I simply go to my phone and use the emeals app to pull up the menu and grocery list for the week.  I am in love with a new feature on the emeals app.  I'm not the biggest fan of cooking seafood at home especially indoors during the winter.  So the new feature allows me to replace it with one of my favorites from prior weeks AND updates my shopping list reflecting the change! So far so good.  I've been able to eat well but not

What I love best today about my personal 90 day challenge? -  I can eat fruit and not worry.  When I am in challenges against others, my competitiveness comes out and I want to loose the most weight I can.  Often times I will cut out fruit all together.  Since I am only competing against myself, fruit is on my table; in moderation of course! -  I can experiment.  Dr. Windley taught me something at our last paleo challenge.  The more you eat, the more weight you will loose.  Backup...what?!?  So I tried it out because the scale hadn't budged for a week.  Viola!  He was right!  So this time I'm trying to make sure that I eat a lot throughout the day.  I am trying to not limit my snacks. Yesterday (Day #3) I had a bit more fruit than I usually eat.  But no worries....this is a long chipper.  90 days.  The fruit I had today won't matter tomorrow if I fall off the wagon because I need something sweet.  Besides...fruit was part of my dinner meal plan and that never happens!

You know Day #2 wasn't too bad.  I was busy at work so I made sure I packed a snack.  Exercise was good...well after I got the work done.  I never regret exercising after its over.  This morning I was all set to go for a jog but failed to turn my dead phone back on after I plugged it in.  So much for an alarm. I didn't get a picture of my lunch but I enjoyed a great bunless burger and side salad during my lunch meeting. Dinner was awesome!  Italian broccoli with salmon.  I'm not a salmon lover but when it was on the menu this week I decided it was too good for me to pass over.  It turned out really good.  It had a tomato, capers, basil sauce over it.  The tomatoes and basil were from our garden.  I marked it as a saved make again meal!...and to think I might have passed it over. Everyday...Food is a Drug...be wise about what medicine you put in your body!

Day #1 went well.  I was able to get to the store and get my weeks worth of food and snacks.  When I got home I had some leftovers and did prep work before starting on dinner.  It felt like a crazy fast paced day.  I got my exercise in yesterday too.  An early morning workout, a walk, and pacing Mr with a bike while he jogged.  A big increase in water had me in the restroom more than I had planned. This was the food I ate on my first day.  I had 1/2 a Larabar on the way to workout.  When I came home I had eggs, bacon, and a side of tomato fresh from the garden.  Lunch was leftover chicken thighs and Cauli-Rice.  Dinner was marinated grilled chicken thighs with a grilled side of zucchini, red pepper and okra.  I had a snack after my bike ride of apple, celery with almond butter.   Again it feels so good to eat healthy I mentally struggle with why I feel like cheats are worth it. 

I've said it and heard it said more than I can count.  This summer has flown by.  Maybe it's because it's still really summer and we're thinking back to school.  Maybe it's because our summers are filled with camps and high hopes for lots of reading and napping.  Although I'm not looking forward to the start of school, I am looking forward to having a schedule again.  Getting back into a bit of routine will be good for myself and the boys.  We're staring down this last week of freedom and bracing ourselves for another year of wisdom. I started this morning getting back on my workout schedule.  If I don't work out before the sunrises its way to easy for me to put it off.  I am not a morning person.  I don't hit the gym at 5:30 a.m. because it's my optimal time.  I hit the gym at 5:30 a.m. because if I don't get it in first thing, it's way to easy to put on the back burner. Today I committed myself to a 90 day paleo challenge.  Mr. and