Day 21!!!

I can't believe I stuck it out to day 21 even though I had some failed days. Today we went our for breakfast and I ordered a pesto scramble with artichoke, tomato, and bacon. I realized after I ate it that the pesto sauce probably was made the traditional way with Parmesan :/ 

For lunch, I wasn't really that hungry do I made a pumpkin, hemp protein shake. 

For dinner, I cooked up some chicken thighs with homemade pesto and a variet of veggies (butternut squash, brussel sprouts, haricot verts and broccoli)

Day 20- One more day!

I can't believe I have one more day to go! For breakfast I made pancetta, eggs and spinach. I finally got to go back to Pilates after delivering and it felt good. 

After my workout I had a hemp protein shake. 

I went over to my cousin's house so the kids could hang out and she bbq'd some chicken and even made special ones for me because she knew I wasn't eating sugar. So I had some curry drumsticks. 

I wasn't sure how long I was gonna hang out but luckily I brought dinner with me. I had the bison stroganoff with squash noodles. 

When I got home I had some sweet potatoes and that was it for today. Nothing exciting...

Day 19- Almost there!

I wanted to have some pancakes when I woke up so I decided to whip up some pumpkin pancakes from the 21DSD book. I topped the pancakes with some coconut butter. I had it with some red pepper and spinach sausage

For lunch I had some plantain chips and salami. I also made a green drink that consisted of: coconut water, spinach, kale, green apple, lemon, ginger, celery, beet and bell pepper

For dinner, I made some squash noodles to eat with my bison stroganoff. 

Day 18- The simple things

Breakfast was eggs, bacon and guacamole

Lunch was Apple gate hotdogs w/sauerkraut and tomatoes and basil

I finally got around to buying pumpkin and made my first pumpkin pie protein shake. I used the recipe from the 21DSD cookbook and I used hemp protein powder and also added spinach. 

I bought a whole package of basil so I decided to make some pesto which led me to the pesto stuffed chicken wrapped with prosciutto from "Meals Made Simple". I thought I thawed out chicken breasts but turns out they were thighs. Still came out delicious. I baked the chicken w/butternut squash on the bottom and served it with some Brussels sprouts cooked with pancetta. My husband said everything was good. 

Day 17- Leftovers go a long way...

Breakfast was bacon, eggs, guacamole and an "English muffin" w/coconut butter

Snack: hemp protein shake, plantain chips

Lunch was a salad with tomatoes, bell peppers, olives, chicken, pumpkin and sunflower seeds

I also snacked on herb cheese and crackers. 

For dinner, I had the leftover bison stroganoff but I ran out of squash noodles so I mixed the meat w/sweet potato. 

Day 16- Thunderstorms

Today was a weird day. It was over 100 degrees outside and then pouring rain with thunder. Makes you just want to curl up in bed and take a nap. Well that didn't happen. My little girl likes to take power naps so I have to do what I can in 30 minutes or else I'm not getting anything done. 

For breakfast, I had eggs with pancetta, smoked salmon and tomatoes. 

Snack: hemp protein shake

Lunch: Roasted red pepper sausage with cucumbers

For dinner, I wanted to make a recipe from Danille Walker's "Meals Made Simple". I choose to do the beef stroganoff but I had to make lots of substitutions since I was missing a bunch of ingredients. Instead of beef chuck I had to use bison. I didn't have any sherry so I used apple cider vinegar. I didn't have any mushrooms or parsley. Despite all that it was still a delicious meal. 

Day 15- Too hot to do anything

I refused to leave my air conditioned house today because it was over 100 degrees here!  

For breakfast, I had some Peking duck, (not sure if t's detox approved- probably not?) with eggs, tomato and basil

Snack: hemp protein shake, cashews

For lunch, my husband picked up a salad for me with grilled mahi mahi. I used my own dressing for the salad

For dinner, I had the rest of the duck w/tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet potato

Day 13 & 14- Family function/out of town

Last night I went for a 3 mile hike for the first time since being 25 weeks pregnant. I survived but my legs are pretty sore! I guess that's a good thing. 

For breakfast I had left over steak and eggs w/tomato and basil

For lunch, I had left over broccoli and beef. 

I had to go out of town for a wedding so I packed some grilled chicken and nuts to munch on throughout the day but they only lastede so long before I got sick of it. I attended my cousin's wedding and it was a traditional Asian wedding with 7 courses. I did the best I could to stick to the detox but eventually I had to eat something to sustain me. Lucky for me the baby was over tired and cranky so I didn't really get a chance to eat much. 

The next morning (day 14) I went to brunch with my family at a Dim Sum restaurant. I avoided the soy sauce but I'm pretty sure some of the things I are weren't detox approved. 

I guess if I had planned my meals in advance, I wouldn't be so starved and have to eat what's in front of me but I didn't have time to plan and I wasn't going to survive on nuts the whole weekend. If I wasn't breastfeeding, I probably would've been fine but I needed to fuel my body and hopefully I don't feel yucky later...

Day 12- Meals made simple

I forgot to take pictures of my breakfast and lunch...

For breakfast, I had pancetta w/eggs and spinach 

For lunch, I had grilled chicken breasts, cucumbers, beets, herb cheese and crackers

Snack: hemp protein shake

For dinner, I made a recipe from Danielle Walker's new cookbook. I made a roasted thyme chicken w/gravy and roasted carrots and butternut squash

It looks intimidating to cook a whole chicken but it's actually really easy and cheaper. I had non paleo dinner guests over and they seemed to like the meal so that's always good. 

Day 11- Lazy day

Breakfast: eggs w/pancetta and spinach

Snack: hemp protein shake, salami

Lunch: wild albacore tuna w/guacamole, tomato and jicama

Dinner: Beef w/broccoli 

Snack: apple and salami

Day 10- Protein w/a side of protein

Is it just me or does everyone else feel like they need to have a protein with their eggs? I know eggs are protein but I always have to have a meat group that goes with it. 

Today's breakfast was 2 eggs, carne asada, guacamole and an herb biscuit

Snack: hemp protein shake

Today's lunch was one of those days where I didn't feel like cooking and I keep going to the fridge and opening it up hoping something would magically appear. Well it didn't so I ended up eating herb cheese, crackers, salami, jicama and cucumber. 

I also munched on plantain chips, cashews and Brazil nuts. I was hungry today and just wondering around the kitchen.   

For dinner, I thawed out a NY steak and fried some veggies. 

Brussel sprouts, spinach, green beans, and beets

Day 9- Random foods from the fridge

It's been so hot lately it's hard to cook anything in the kitchen but I just crank the ac and tough it out. 

For breakfast, I had left over carne asada with eggs, guacamole and herb biscuits. 

For lunch, I had turkey, artichoke and basil meatballs from www.paleomg.com with beets and cucumbers. 

Snacks: herb cheese and crackers, hemp protein shake

I was really lazy today and didn't feel like thinking about dinner so I just looked in my fridge and this is what I came up with:

 

Carrots, green beans, zucchini, shrimp and chicken and red pepper spinach sausage.  I just threw in random seasonings and had that with a sweet potato. 

Day 8- One week done!

I can't believe one weeks has gone by!  I'm noticing a few changes in my baby but not sure if it's due to the detox or if it was because she wasn't feeling well. 

Breakfast: bacon, eggs, avocado, herb biscuits w/coconut butter 

Lunch: spinach, beets, cucumbers, carrots, olives, chicken w/a basil vinaigrette 

Snack: hemp protein smoothie

For dinner, I went to an education meeting for my nursing organization. It was held at a Mexican restaurant so it was very difficult to avoid chips and dip but I didn't have any. I choose to have the steak fajitas w/salad and guacamole. It was really good. 

I was a little hungry when I got home so I had some pistachios, plantain chips and turkey slices. 

Day 7- Leftovers

Breakfast: eggs, sausage, turkey & guacamole 

Snack: Hemp protein shake 

Lunch: Cracklin' chicken, cucumbers, carrots, jicama, and olives

Snack: avocado w/chia flax seed crackers

Dinner: chicken drumsticks w/sweet potato. 

Today was an off day for the little one so I didn't really get to cook. Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

Day 6- There's butter in my coffee!

This morning I decided to add some flavor to my espresso. I've been reading about the Bulletproof coffee so I decided to modify a bit since I didn't have any of their beans. I have a Nespresso machine so I added 2 shots of espresso, 1 cup water, 2 tbsp kerrygold, & 1 tbsp coconut butter. I added those all to the vitamix and I got a frothy delight 

I enjoyed my butter coffee w/eggs, bacon, sausage, herb biscuits and guacamole 

For lunch, I made the cracklin' chicken from nom nom paleo. It's delicious!  I served it w/a salad

For dinner, I had left over chicken, jicama and a sweet potato. 

Day 5- Not feeling good today

I had a stomach ache all last night and today. I've decided that I can't eat cabbage anymore.

For breakfast, I had the exact same meal as yesterday. 

I didn't have much of an appetite today because I had an upset stomach so I just snacked on plantain chips, my green protein shake, turkey, carrots, herb cheese and crackers

I had to throw something together quick for dinner because the little one wasn't feeling well today.  Luckily I thawed out some drumsticks earlier so I just threw them in a ziploc with olive oil, lemon, thyme, paprika, minced garlic, everyday seasoning (from Trader Joe's) and the 21 seasoning salute (from Trader Joe's).  I baked them in the oven at 375 for 45 mins along with some sweet potatoes.  

 

I've been craving some chocolate after dinner so I made some Almond Butter cups but I haven't had a chance to take a picture yet

Day 4- Nothing exciting today

Breakfast was 2 eggs w/guacamole, sausage links and the savory her biscuits topped w/coconut butter

Lunch was left over meatballs w/roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower and a home made basil vinaigrette 

I made my green protein shake for my midday snack. 

The baby decided today she wasn't going to take naps during the day anymore so cooking anything today was impossible. I decided to take her for a 6 mile walk thinking it would put her to sleep but she didn't want to miss any of the action. When we got home I was so hot and hungry that I just grabbed whatever I had in the fridge and had it for dinner. I ended up eating the cabbage slaw with the rest of the meatballs. 

For my late night snack, I had a sweet potato w/smoked salmon (random but I wanted a protein w/my carb). 

Day 3- Cooking with a baby

Day 3 has been a bit difficult because I had a list of things to cook.  It's kinda hard to cook with a crying baby so I brought her along for the ride to teach her a thing or two about clean eating :)

 

Today I made some flax/chia seed crackers and the savory herb drop biscuits from the 21DSD book. I also made the Asian style meatballs and the red cabbage and bok choy slaw for lunch. 

Some of the items came out over done because I had to attend to the needs of my little diva :)

I made the Herb cheese and had it with my chia/flax seed crackers for my snack.  These were the broken crumbles that were left over. I know this doesn't look that appetizing but it was good 

I also had a protein shake at some point during the day. My protein shake usually consists of any or all of these ingredients:

Almond/coconut milk

Kale

Almond butter

Vanilla extract

Frozen banana

Cacao powder

Hemp protein powder

Hemp has a lot of protein so it keeps me satisfied for a little bit. 

Dinner was nothing exciting. Just leftover beef stew and a Greek salad I made from the Food Lover's cook book. 

Since I'm breastfeeding, I get hungry easily so I had to have a baked sweet potato and some turkey slices a couple hours after I had dinner. That hit the spot and I'll have to remember to eat a sweet potato a day. 

Detoxing while breastfeeding

I decided to give myself 6 weeks after delivering my beautiful girl, Amelia, that I would eat clean again so I wanted to give myself a jump start by starting another round of the sugar detox.  I started on September 1, 2014 and today is day 3!  Last night I had a pretty bad headache and I felt tired but not sure if that was from lack of sleep or my body detoxing- probably a combination of both!  This time around the detox is easier because I'm not working so I have the chance to cook during Amelia's nap time (sometimes I have to carry her with me if she doesn't feel like napping.

Along with my 21DSD books, I bought a few other ones that will give me variety in my meals.  I've been so hungry that I haven't had a chance to take pictures of my meals but I will try to stay on top of it!