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!