It's been a very emotional week so far and it's only Thursday! But I will get back to that soon enough and why the emotions are/were so high!
First I figure I can start off with what I have been eating this week, besides my morning protein shake. Been there, done that!
From The Allergy Chef I won these TigerNut treats. The chocolate clusters were seriously good! I seem to respond pretty well to them. No stomach upsets, no headaches, no breakouts! Score! Will have to see what happens with the banana ones!
Monday I made grass fed pot roast with garlic mashed cauliflower and steamed broccoli. According to the recipe I should have slow cooked this in a 275 degree oven and I think it would have been far more tender. I cooked it in the Instantpot and I was surprised that it turned out to be pretty tough. It tasted great, but tough. Could it have been the cut? Doubtful! Chef error!
Tuesday was a workday so the above was my lunch! I bought sriracha brussels on Monday and added some ground turkey thigh and mache rosettes to the mix. Really good and tasty!
This is what happens when I try to study! LOL This cat!
Tuesday night is pasta (gluten free) night for D and I make whatever I want. I made a seared pork chop with sauteed collard greens. This came out so good I can't even! I just used some simple herbs, salt and pepper.
My back view as I was finishing up Wednesdays Made Strong workout. Here's what I did after my treadmill warm up.
Waiter/Farmer carries 30#/40# 3 sets
Bench Press 3x8 35# db
BB Deadlift 3x5 60# (too light)
Sumo Deadlifts 3x10 50# db
KB Swings 3x20 30#
Broad Jumps 3x 4 big jumps
Mountain Climbers 3x20
Smith Machine Deadlift (just to test) 3x6 80#
I don't care for the position that the Smith Machine puts me in for a deadlift so I am looking to other things since equipment is limited.
Last night's dinner was simple seared chicken thighs (PaleOMG) with a simple salad of homemade dijon vinegrette and the remaining steamed broccoli
Today for lunch I decided I was going to experiment with oatmeal. I've been craving it and wanted to see if I could tolerate it or see what reactions I would have from eating it. I followed Sally Fallon's recommendation of soaking the oats, which I did for over 24 hours in 2 tbs. of cider vinegar. I cooked the oats for approximately 5 minutes on the stove in a additional 1 cup of water and 1 tbs. flaxseed meal and some salt. First off, I could taste too much of the vinegar. I added some butter and some chocolate hazelnut butter. It is breakfast day today (Thursday!). I also cooked up 2 strips of bacon for some protein and added fat. First, it was a lot of carbs which is why I didn't eat it for breakfast. Let me back up a bit though. I had my protein shake as usual and then did some studying. I noticed about 2 hours in a sugar crash, which is when I grabbed the rest of the TigerNut clusters. I felt a bit better and went downstairs to do a BOD leg workout. I finished and came upstairs to test a cinncmon roll recipe that didn't turn out. They tasted great but the dough ended up being too dry. That's when I was making the oatmeal. Multi-tasking you know! So getting back to the oatmeal. It tasted better when the nut butter was mixed in. So I'm not sure if I would use the same preparation next time. One hour after I finished eating I was still feeling fine. Around 2 hours I noticed that I felt slightly off, maybe a little foggy. At 3 hours I was starting to get hungry again, really hungry. So I grabbed some roasted cabbage. This was easily a roughly 700 calorie meal and it should have kept me fuller longer. I did eat about a cup of the prepared oatmeal, though the recipe said it could have fed 4, I have no idea how?! I eat a lot!
Even as a kid I ate a lot, and I could eat 2 no problem.
Around 3:30 when I fed the animals I snacked on a little bit of roasted cauliflower before sitting back down to study.
Just before 5 I decided I should start my dinner cause D was going to be late. Continuing the breakfast theme I made Stupid Easy Paleo's Scotch Eggs. I believe they did make a debute on the blog. I'm a huge fan of these. A good amount of protein with a mix of egg and pork with cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. I had some leftover roasted cabbage I sauteed with mushrooms and onions from yesterday. It hit the spot! Too many carbs earlier in the day has been a great experiment.
By experimenting with carbs I cannot solely process carbs successfully in the morning, nor in the afternoon. I do best with a small amounts either at lunch or dinner. I've observed I feel better with sweet potato and white potato, but certain flour substances like cassava I do not. Cassava causes my blood sugar to spike.
I'm going to wrap up this post with why it's been an emotional week. D and I have been trying to re-home Jack and on Wednesday it happened. Well, today he ended up coming back, after an overnight visit! He displayed all the bad behaviors he possibly could and even growled at their little girl when she hugged her mom! All day I was getting texts about what he was doing and I cannot believe it! I certainly don't blame the couple that took him and I understand where they were coming from. So tonight he came back. The house had zero tension while he was gone for the day and Stryker was actually so much better. I don't know how I feel about him being back, is that bad of me? I mean I love him so much yet he causes so much trouble! I do have him on Rescueme.org too. He needs to have a home with no other dogs and a single female. I think that would be best. Right now we have him medicated so Mr Grumpers doesn't come out. We shall see how things go! I've never had to re-home a beloved pet.
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