Day 22! Reflections

I finally completed one full round of the 21 Day Sugar Detox, level 3. I lost 8 lbs total with moderate exercise. My clothes fits me better and I feel great. I can't believe how much energy I had. I've learned a lot about food and how diet can affect you. 

I look at these past 3 weeks as a steeping stone to the way I eat everyday. I know I'm not perfect and there will be days where I'll have "bad" foods but overall I'm more aware of what I'm putting into my body. 

I plan to introduce fruit back into my diet and also raw honey. 

Today's lunch was good and still part of the detox criteria...

Kale, tomatoes, bell peppers and chicken salad

I went to a heated yoga session and it was awesome! Good to be back at yoga. 

My first recipe from my new cookbook "Against All Grain" by Danielle Walker was the slow cooker orange chicken. I had it w/cauliflower rice (also from the cookbook) and green beans

It was really good. My non-paleo boyfriend ate te chicken too (but w/real rice). 

What a nice day to start my vacation!

Day 21- Lots of working!

So I ended up working a total of 17 hours so I wasn't prepared. At my 4am breakfast, I had chicken salad w/chia seeds in coconut milk. 

At 8am, I had 2 hard boiled eggs (that I purchased from the cafeteria) and my green veggie juice. I also munched on almonds and radishes. 

When I got home, I had some pistachios and then I took a "nap".

When I woke up, I didn't feel like eating anything so I made a hemp protein shake and pistachios. 

Day 20- Feeling strong

One more day to go! 

My 4am breakfast was the usual...eggs, bacon, avocado & chia seeds. 

When I got home, I had some pistachios :)

When I woke up from my day sleeping, I had my green veggie juice and a chicken salad (chicken breast mixed w/homemade mayo). 

I somehow convinced myself to go on a 2 mile run before going back to work. After my run, I made a hemp protein shake (hemp protein powder, frozen banana, almond milk, almond butter, avocado, spinach, coffee beans and flax seed oil)

For dinner, I had some leftovers 

Pork chop, asparagus, and roasted brussel sprouts. 

Day 19- Almost there!

I actually feel good at 4am. I don't feel tired like I normally would be when I wasn't on the detox. 

Breakfast was the usual. 

They were short staffed at work so I stayed an extra 4 (that's 16 hours total!). Luckily, I brought enough food but I'm surprised I wasn't that hungry. When I got home, I had a green veggie juice and pistachios and went to bed to do it all again later. It was nice to see some sun light...and beautiful flowers :)

After only sleep 5 hours, I woke up and made a hemp protein powder shake. 

Before heading in to work I had a pork chop, cauliflower mash and asparagus

Day 18- And the work week starts again

I can't believe I made it to day 18! I would've never imagined that. 

For breakfast, I had eggs, bacon, avocado and a coconut flour biscuit. 

I wanted to make some sriracha but the store I went to only had green jalapeños so I improvised. 

I have enough to last me awhile but it's only suppose to be good for a week in the fridge. Maybe I can freeze some?

I also needed some beef stock for a recipe I was going to make so I decided to make some w/the crockpot. I'm gonna let it cook for about 20 hours...

For lunch, I went to a baby shower and they had a taco cart so I just had chicken, guacamole and radishes 

For dinner, I grilled some pork chops marinated w/coconut aminos, garlic, rosemary, s&p and my green sriracha sauce. I had it w/roasted brussel sprouts and roasted garlic cauliflower mash

Day 17- Feeling strong

Since I haven't taken a picture of my work breakfast in awhile, I thought I'd take one. I also had some chia seeds w/coconut milk

I woke up around 1230 from my day sleeping and couldn't go back to sleep so I met up w/a good friend who is in town for a triathlon. We met at a dinner so I had steak and eggs w/avocado and salsa. I was hungry so I forgot to take a picture. 

I went to an engagement party and luckily there was chicken kabobs and beef and roasted bell peppers. 

Day 16- Back to night shift

Today for breakfast I made some asparagus w/eggs and a coconut flour biscuit. 

I swam 1500 yards in the pool. It was kinda boring. I prefer swimming outdoors but I didn't feel like driving to the bay to swim. 

After my swim, I had a spinach salad w/steak and veggies (I took a picture, but I think I deleted it by accident).

I made a hemp protein shake before I went to work. 

I'm only working one night than I'm off for  one and then back for 3 more.

For dinner, I had leftovers from dinner yesterday...stir fry w/zucchini noodles.