Tuesday Day 2 - Elimination Challenge continues

I was woken suddenly at 1am by a Felix kitty getting spooked and jumping straight up from the bed and then taking off.  I have no clue what was going on but when he got back in bed he refused to lay on the sheets and chose a pillow.  I was in a sleep/wake pattern until 4:30!

But this face is SO darn cute I just can't take it!  

But moving on!  I had my typical breakfast - protein shake and a few sips of my leftover chai latte from Biggby.  I felt fine all morning.  No bloating, nothing weird.  Winning!

That brings me to lunch and eating the remainder of the roasted cauliflower I had from last week.  I hate to waste so I figured I would just go ahead and eat it and see what would happen.  Bloating!  Though not as bad.  So this was last night's leftovers.  Roasted root vegetables, a little bit of chicken.  I did add a couple spoonfuls of bacon jam I had just made too.  I also had a matcha latte at work.  I made myself so I could control the amount of matcha that went in, it was just right!  

I made my way home and got a call from the photographer for our house listing.  He was coming in 10 minutes!  Yikes.  I quickly put things away and moved items around so our house looked good.  Here's hoping they came out well!

I needed to get school work done but still haven't in the past 4 days!  I did finish up my own data that I am sharing with another student in the NTA program.  We are going to interview each other which should be a lot of fun.  Tomorrow I will have most of the day for studying.  I'm not behind, but want to be further ahead.

So after all that I decided to make dinner since it was going to take a little bit.  Real Plans again!  Though I wasn't wild about the taste and I doubt I will make it again unless I change up the seasonings.  Turmeric Turkey Cabbage Rolls and Sauteed Collard Greens.  The collards were fantastic, just coconut oil and salt.

Sadly, bloated again and I ended up eating 3 of these and the meat out of a 4th.  It's packed with carrots and onions.  It's really not a big deal.  Tomorrow I plan on pitching the cabbage (ugh!) and re purposing the turkey.  Stay tuned for that!  I'm going to read.  Till tomorrow!

Friday Eve - This week's recap!

Classes for NTP started on Monday.  The one really nice thing was I had started all the same work in October, so all of this and next week is recap.  It's nice to be able to "breeze" through this and get ahead start on the next module.

My mornings have been the same with my protein shake.

I had my second day of Made Strong from Stupid Easy Paleo, which went so much better this time.  I upped the weights and did a few extra movements.  Here is what I did.

Pull ups 4x6 30# assisted

DB Should Presses 3x8 25# each

Waiter/Farmer 3 sets 30#/35#

Wood Chopper (cable) 3x8 25#

Knee Raises 3x10

Thrusters 4x10 17.5#

I also incorporated some abdominals - lying crunches and leg raises

After I stopped for a coffee.  I stopped at Trader Joe's for mint for my dinner recipe and then to Better Health for some vitamins.  When I got home I was ready for lunch.

I was inspired by my besties love of burger bowls lately so I made my own.  Butter lettuce under a turkey burger with caramelized onions, mushrooms and peppers and a drizzle of tesserae's creamy ranch dressing.

Yesterday was Valentine's Day so I just had to go to Yummy Cupcakes in Bloomfield Hills.  They have several locations, so there may be one near you to check out.  You can never have too much frosting in my opinion so I bought an extra frosting shot!

Chocolate gluten less cake with chocolate frosting.  I asked for extra frosting when I got their since they had yet to frost them.  When I took the wrappers off they fell to the side! Haha!  It's the best!  So over the top and indulgent and worth every bite!  I do plan on treating myself to one cupcake a month.  I just need to keep clear of the sweets in the meantime and today, or I should say tonight I did have some chocolate.  It was low carb, so is that any better?  Ok, so I'm beating myself here!  Why?  I have no idea!  Maybe just ignore that rant!

I also decided it was a good thing to have some decaf in the Chemex.  I haven't used it in over a year, maybe longer.  I need to do it more!

Greek Meatballs with Avgolemono Sauce from my Real Plans subscription.

I paired mine with steamed green beans and a Rose from Cupcake Wine.  D had his with white rice and green beans.  We both really loved it and gave it 5 stars!  I would like to try this with a different ground meat.  I used turkey this time, maybe lamb the next.

Thursday morning is my day off from the gym but I do some sort of Beachbody (BOD) workout in the basement (today was AAA in 80 day Obsession), but before that happened I had this cutie in my face!  Love this guy, I mean how can you not?!

I had started to get a little hungry while I was working out so up to the kitchen as soon as I was done to make lunch.  Turkey bacon roll ups with avocado and maple brussel sprouts with some greens on the side.  It was such a good lunch!  I use organic lunchmeat from Applegate.  I find it's the only one I really trust besides Boars Head.

After lunch I sat down to study!  I have to say that it is pretty hard to study with this cure thing in your lap wanting your attention!

Reading can be tough with this kitty!

And to wrap up the evening was dinner with a simple 3 ingredient protein pancake from PaleOMG.  It didn't photograph pretty either.  Sorry!  Not really.  I don't like to stack my pancakes.  I topped them with Wild Friends Chocolate Coconut Peanut Butter (not paleo or AIP).  Today is my day for pb and eggs so I went all out!  Tomorrow is back to low carb.  I really need to change up my subscription plan to reflect low carb and more AIP.  I do better that way.  I'm glad these pancakes used a banana so it wasn't as high as it could have been.

The day before the snow storm! Better known as Thursday.

It's Thursday and I didn't post anything because things have been a bit crazy around here.  Certainly nothing wrong with crazy but somethings take a back seat when that happens!  Yesterday I was everywhere!  I had to pick up things for work and go in a make up a bakery tray for an order and make sure that was all pretty.  Well as pretty as I could make it with what I have available.  It certainly isn't like when I worked at Plum and had multiple departments in which to pull from.  

I still think it looks pretty good.  I so wish I had flowers to use.

Before I headed out to work I had a protein shake and tried Ancient Nutrition bone broth protein in Vanilla.  I'm a chocolate girl but the vanilla was a good change of pace.  My shake was still thick and creamy.  I chose not to take a picture since it was green from the avocado!  I also grabbed this Paleo Ranch cinnamon raisin bar because after my running around I was going to the gym and figured I would probably end up being a little hungry and it's better to have something with you than nothing at all!  I ate half and it tasted just like an oatmeal cookie.  I was so happy with that since I have been missing the taste of oatmeal.  I would love if I could eat gluten free oats but it ends up throwing me off.  I haven't had them in over a year, so who knows maybe I will grab a pack of D's and try it one day.

Have you seen something this cool?!  At work we have a machine that does Coffee Ripples and you download the app on your phone and we can print it on a latte!  This happens to be my Cortado with a nice surprise on it.  Not all pictures will come out perfect but for a dollar, why not?!

This was yesterday's lunch.  Yes I went to Whole Foods after I was finished at the gym and Target.  Speaking of the gym I just wrote out my new 3 day a week lifting plan.  I will start it Saturday.  My gym days are Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.  On Tuesday, Friday and Sunday I do 30 minutes of yoga and Thursday I do some light cardio.  Being I go to the gym alone it's hard to show some of the things I'm doing but I will try my best the next few times I go!

Yesterday I was finishing putting my office together and working at my computer and this little one had to take possession of my arm, after he was getting into all the things on my desk!

Last night's dinner!  Another PaleOMG recipe from Real Plans.  This was Buffalo Chicken Mini Meatloaf and you can get that recipe here with turnip fries and sautéed brussels (the last of my brussels I cooked, still some left though).  Slightly spicy and I wish I would have chopped my onions just a bit smaller.  It had fabulous taste and I put it in the broiler for a couple minutes to get the top all toasty.

Random cat action last night or lack there of!  I think Nostrand is becoming more acceptable of him.

Ah this morning I had a coffee with collagen and a little cream (coconut).  It's cold here and I really wanted a warm cup of coffee so I heated up the cold brew I made a few days ago.  I had a protein shake and did a few things around the house before getting cleaned up and heading out on an errand.  I cleaned up my dresser and a bit in my closet.  I took the donations into Royal Oak to the Salvation Army.  There were 2 bags full and it was nice to free up some space.  After I stopped at Starbuck's for a macchiato and then over to Premier Pet Supply to buy Stryker's food.  We have him and Jack on Farmina which is an Italian brand.  It's a fabulous food.  You can check out the ingredients here.

Once I got home I started on lunch.  You guessed it!  Another one from PaleOMG.  This is her Bacon, Chicken and braised cabbage.  I used purple cabbage since I already had the bag opened.  This had such good flavor!  The cabbage was soft and there was a slight amount of juice left at the bottom of the bowl.  It was a good amount of cabbage and I was a little bloated but nothing like I have been.  A few hours later I was instantly hungry!  I had the other half of my cinnamon raisin bar left from yesterday so I ate that since dinner wouldn't be for a couple hours.

I also had some cold brew.  I had my meditation session and was really tired after it.  I know I'm relaxed when I'm practically falling over during trying to keep awake, which I do, but still!

Tonight is breakfast for dinner and so excited to try coconut flour pancakes.  I'm curious if I will have the insulin spike I had with cassava flour.  If I do, well that just leaves Tiger Nut Flour to try.  I may not be able to have any for a while and if that's the case I am ok with it.  Nothing is forever!  I am trying Perfect Paleo Protein Pancakes with Coconut Flour and Cinnamon from Kat Gavlick over on Organic Authority and you can get that recipe here if you would like to try it!  Not AIP since it has egg, but I can have them a few times a week and I know you remember that!  I try to keep all my offending foods in one day so I don't have any gut issues.  That said I do have 2 break outs, so I know I need to scale some things back.  Like brussels, broccoli, nuts and sugar.  I am jumping back into the Whole30/Sugar Detox again with my bestie!

I find coconut flour a little on the dry side and I don't use syrup but I do love my peanut butter on them!  I could have add banana and blueberry preserves to them!  Oh well, I did save the other half for later this week (Saturday maybe?!) and could easily do it then.

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Whole30/Sugar Detox/AIP Journey - Day 24 (What I ate for the day)

Thursday!  I actually slept in until D's alarm went off!  6:15!  Woot woot!  Of course I didn't go to bed until after 10:30.

I had my protein shake and it made me chilly!  But at least not as chilly as I was yesterday!

Shortly after I had finished I received an email that the order I put in for work was ready early!  At least by an hour and a half which was perfect since I could easily park now at work and unload.  I grabbed a decaf coffee while at work and headed to Whole Foods.  YES, again!  I didn't go to the hot bar!  It was too early anyway!  I needed to get a sweet potato, ground turkey, kale and yogurt.  I was good and didn't get anything more!  After I went to the pet store to get treats and kitty food.  Hopefully there will be a surprise on Saturday!

When I got home I cooked up some Paleo Breakfast Scotch Eggs from Stupid Easy Paleo that I wanted for tonight's breakfast for dinner.  I only made half the recipe since I still have meatloaf.  I cooked up the other half of the sausage for another time too.

D asked for sweet potato chocolate chip cookies.  So I used Sally's Baking Addiction Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe and made a couple tweaks.  I subbed sweet potato for pumpkin, used coconut sugar instead of white sugar.  Everything else I kept the same.

I then did some restorative yoga.  If you haven't checked out Yoga By Candace I would highly suggest her Youtube channel.  By the end of the 30 minutes my stomach was rumbling!  Luckily all I needed to do was reheat my food and lunch would be served.

AIP meatloaf and sriracha brussels.  So good together.  As I have stated when I first made the meatloaf it is packed with veggies.  If you haven't checked out Real Plans yet I would highly suggest it.  Specially if you have a busy lifestyle and hate to meal plan.

Dinner!  I've been looking forward to this breakfast for dinner.  I had the scotch eggs I made earlier (I had one here and was still hungry so ate another).  Then 2 slices of Legit Bread with Performance Nut Butter.  It was seriously good, except I needed another egg!  Oh well, it's all good and it's all healthy good for me food!  I want to pack on some muscle and show those gains from the gym!

Oh, and D liked the cookies.  Said they are a little thicker then regular chocolate chip but then these are gluten free, without eggs and added sweet potato.  I hope you try out Sally's recipes!  Everything she makes is fabulous and I have been able to convert everything I have ever made to gluten free.

Whole30/Sugar Detox/AIP Journey - Day 22 (What I ate for the day)

Day 22 and what I ate!

Be warned!  It is not perfect Whole30/Sugar Detox.... that being said this is based on my functional MD's recommendations.  Since my labs are not where I want them to be I am determined but vowed not to be stressed about it!

After yoga instead of my coffee I had hot water with lemon and sea salt.  I would have coffee later once I got to work.  I am waiting on my protein powder to be shipped and may only have it a few times a week, but it does have a lot of vitamins an minerals I need.  So I had this Paleo protein powder that I mixed with a whole avocado and some coconut milk.

Work was pretty slow so I needed up doing an inventory and a few other things that so I didn't need to go in on my day off later this week.

I ate my lunch between 10:30 and 11am.

From Real Plans I made AIP Meatloaf and OMG it was so good!  It is loaded with a ton of veggies!  Zucchini, carrots and onions.  So happy I have 3 more pieces to enjoy this week!  I paired it with brussels and spaghetti squash with sea salt and coarse ground black pepper.  Can I say again how good it was?!  I did add a little bit of mayo too.  I was also good and drank water, which I have been lacking on.

I thought I would showcase the double decker grilled cheese I make at work.  Doesn't it look fabulous!  I'm seriously going to make some AIP cheese and make myself one this week!  If you are near Birmingham stop by (Birmingham Roast) and have one!  We have gluten free bread that is locally made too from Celiac Specialties in Rochester!

I got out of work a bit late but as soon as I got home I sat down to meditate for 30 minutes.  It feels good to get back into it.  I'm committed to those 30 minutes no matter what.  After I sat down to look at my DoTERRA oils to see what could benefit me and my digestion.  I have a few I may try.

I got word from D that he was going to be a bit late, so I held off and had dinner ready for 6:30.

Tonight's dinner was a burger with sautéed mushroom (coconut oil) with a fried egg.  I paired it with some greens and on the side roasted cauliflower, asparagus and green beans.  After I snapped this picture I decided to top it with Sir Kensington's mayo.  I think it was a mayo kinda day!

Now to more relaxing and some dandelion tea.  Until day 23!

Whole30/Sugar Detox/AIP Journey - Day 21 (What I ate for the day)

It was another early morning for Day 21 and what I ate for the day!  I was up at 5:30 with D since he needed to be at work at 7am.  I had some work errands to do and getting them done early would be good since parking at work is a nightmare!

I had time to have my cup of collagen coffee and met oil.  I will be changing that up since I chatted with my functional MD today and a reason I may not be eating first meal until later in the day could be due to the coffee consumption.  So I will eat my first meal and have coffee later in the morning.

I got dressed for the gym and headed out to get my errands done.  I did grab a bar (Julian's Bakery Pegan Protein) on my way out cause I had that feeling I would be hungry shortly, which I was and glad I brought it.  I probably wouldn't be able to get through my workout without it.  I don't think it's Whole30 complaint, but I'm not completely Whole30 either.

I did feel a little nauseous after eating it though.  I think it's the inca seeds!?

I got to the gym and did the following routine

20 minute incline treadmill walk (4.2) @ 10% to 14%

3 to 4 rounds - 6 to 8 reps

Leg Press - single leg 90 to 130#

Leg Press 210 to 250#

Leg extensions - single leg 40#

Leg extensions 70#

Body weight squats in between extensions

db chest press 35#

chest fly 20#

goblet squats 35#

db shoulder press 25#

I did abs in between each exercise starting with the chest press.  I finished off with some straight arm pull downs and a quick set of fixed lat pull downs.

I headed to Starbucks for a decaf coffee with cinnamon and then to Whole Foods.  I was double charged the other day when I bought ghee.  They were so helpful and nice and even gave me a gift card for the trouble.  So I picked up a bag of Siete Lime Tortilla chips and some RxBars for D.  If the hot bar would have been open I would have grabbed more Nom Nom Paleo food but it was so I needed to go home and cook some food.

Bilinski chicken mushroom sausage (made 2) and sautéed brussels, onions, broccoli and spaghetti squash in Kettle and Fire bone broth.  It came out so amazing.  After lunch I had my Skype appointment with my functional.  I love being able to see a doctor via Skype.  Anyway there I things I need to work on like stress management and improving my immune system.  My gut is inflamed and I think with getting that straight and calming myself, which includes 30 minutes of meditation EVERYDAY will be beneficial.  I am determined to get myself straight in the next 3 to 6 months.  He also mention doing a detox in 3 months.  I'm also not going to stress about the things that I can't control.  I need to learn to let go.

I had a dentist appointment shortly after that (and a couple stops in between).  My teeth are cleaned and going to fix a broken filling next week.  The hygienist said that my gums were great!  That's the first time I've ever heard that!

I got home and began my meditation.  Well first I had to feed Jack, Stryker and Nostrand or I would never get my peaceful 30 minutes.  I went into youtube and found a 30 minute music meditation, not guided  and began to focus on breathing.  I also started a mantra of "my body is healthy and strong".  Thinking this mantra brings about a positive change and I am committed to it.

I decided to do some food prep and get dinner going.  I roasted some veggies - the usual suspects - cauliflower, broccoli, brussels, asparagus, green beans, sweet potatoes and spaghetti squash.  I made an AIP meatloaf topped with bacon.  I pan seared the remaining bacon too.  

For dinner I cooked up kale in ghee with onions and garlic and pan seared the salmon in more ghee.  The skin was crispy and  ate that too with a little salt.  

I ended up topping the salmon with green goddess dressing.  I'm super addicted to that stuff and it's just so clean!

So I'm finishing up with today's post with a cup of Pukka cinnamon tea and going to relax.  Good night and till day 22.

Whole30/Sugar Detox/AIP Journey - Day 17

Day 17 and going strong with my detox.  I feel good minus the lack of being able to sleep in at all.  Of course tomorrow I have to work so I know that will be the morning I will want to sleep!  I think I was up around 5:30.  I woke and just laid there but then turned on the tv.  That's when the cat came in and Jack decided to stir and finally get up and start heading downstairs.  That's my cue to get up and let him out.  Sleep wasn't great anyway.  My upper back is so sore from the massage but I had so much tension that it really needed to be worked out.  After I got the animals situated I got my shoulder heating pad out and warmed it up and got my coffee.  I had to work on my computer and get a couple packages mailed out along with getting a few things done around the house.  I had laundry and I wanted to do another 80 Obsession workout.  Today was AAA, arms, abs and a*s.  I didn't break a sweat and I have either 8 lb or 25 lb weights, so I'm doing this with 8 lbs.  After my workout I colored my hair, it was about time.  I figured while that was processing I would have time to finally eat, since I was finally getting hungry.  

Breakfast hash!  I took one already roasted sweet potato chopped and onions to my cast iron with coconut oil and began to cook that up.  I added a little bit of squash, leftover ground pork and arugula.  Some salt and some seasonings and breakfast was ready in 5 minutes.

After breakfast I got cleaned up and and headed out the door.  I had several stops to make.  I wanted to get a few plants, look for a desk, pick up a birthday gift for my step dad and pick up meds for Jack at the vet.  I also stopped at Starbucks for a coffee.  I probably shouldn't be doing that almost everyday!

So, I got home and decided I wanted to make a couple things.  I wan't hungry but knew I had some ingredients I didn't want to waste.  So I made one plantain waffle with the one plantain I had and froze that.  I wasn't pretty looking so I'll spare you the picture!  I also made from 21DSD (21 Day Sugar Detox) Moo-less avocado mousse.  I has 2 avocados, 2 bananas, cacao, cinnamon, coconut milk, vanilla and salt.  That's it!  Easy and no sugar.  So since I am doing a Whole30/Sugar Detox it fits into what I'm doing.  I had a few bites and though the recipe says it's for 2, I made 3.  I may just have some in the morning and add some collagen.  Will see what happens.

I did some stretching and decided to run back out one more time to Target and see if I could find a desk.  Which I did and under what I wanted to pay.  I'm going to transform the dog room into my office and this is the start.  I'm so excited to finally get it going.  I know D will be surprised when he sees it.  Though when I was putting it together 1 of the bars hit me in the head, so I have a lump and a slight headache.

Now it was time for dinner and I certainly was excited for this one.  Ribeye steak!

Another Real Plans meal.  This has seriously been the best week ever!  I am so happy that I was watching Steph Gadreau of Stupid Easy Paleo when she was talking all about this.  Tonight was ribeye steak with a bone broth reduction and herbed cauliflower.  The steak was suppose to be filet but ribeye sounded good and the reduction was suppose to have wine but omitted and the cauliflower should have been mashed.  So I made it my own, some tweaks in a recipe is fine as long as you know how to cook in the first place.  Good thing for me right!  

Speaking of knowing how to cook, it's one thing I am looking forward to as an NTP, either teaching someone how to cook great food or cooking for them.  I'm also looking forward to doing some recipe development too.  So many things to think about and do, exciting!

So until tomorrow.  I need to relax my back and hip more tonight before work tomorrow.  Also going to create a juice tomorrow and an açaí bowl at work.  I should post those as well!  Stay tuned 

Whole30 Journey Day 15 - Hello AIP!

Well it's Day 15 and technically the half way point.  But I'm starting an AIP version of Whole30/Sugar Detox.  Why do it now?

Well, while I will continue beyond 30 days a sugar detox, I need to be on AIP more than what I have been.  Now it won't be the textbook "AIP" with every elimination, like coffee (it stays).  I will focusing on offending (for me) foods that I eat too much of.  Anyway, my work day began as usual.  Yoga with the big dawg and D needed to be up early too.  So after yoga the house was crazy busy!  I had a collagen coffee and packed up what would be my brunch at work.

I prepped this last night from my Real Plans menu.  It's a sausage, spaghetti squash and mushroom hash (AIP).  I used ground pork instead of sausage.  Such a good dish, it was satisfying and filling.  I ate around 9:30 since when I got to work I had to make a few things and a good chef always taste to make sure everything is seasoned well.  I only had a bite of chicken and a bite of a spread.  Oh yeah, I had another cup of coffee... I do work at a coffee shop!

The rest of the workday was uneventful.  I got home and wanted to do a workout.  I had a tablespoon of sunflower seed butter and headed downstairs with my laptop.  I tuned into BOD and 80 day Obsession.  It just started yesterday and it wasn't bad.  Today was Total Body Core.  I didn't break a sweat but it was a nice change.  I may try Day 2 tomorrow as my warm up for the gym, maybe.

Once I finished I started to prep dinner.  Dinner was Italian Chicken with cauliflower and broccoli.  I had to cut up some chicken but everything was ready to go into a pan.  So I threw everything in the skillet and cooked up the chicken with onion and celery.  I broke up the cauliflower and placed it in a casserole dish.  I placed the chicken mixture with some seasoning on top of the cauliflower and made a roux with cassava flour, water and coconut milk, re-season and put it on top of the chicken.  I throw it in the oven to finish cooking while I showered.  15 minutes and perfect timing, dinner was done.  Another winner!

I had some more sunflower seed butter before I got rid of the rest.  I can see myself jumping into it every day, somethings I just can't trust myself around specially after it's already open.  I know it's a waste but it's a nut/seed butter and this would be one thing that would throw me off.

Time to wind down.  Until Day 16!

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Whole30 Journey - Day 9

Day 9!  Up early!!

D had to be up and I naturally (if I'm not working) will start to wake up around 5 or 5:30.  I must take after my dad!  He has always been an early riser.  I mean I do have HPA Axis Dysfunction (adrenal fatigue).  The Paleo Mom, Sarah Ballantyne, explains it here in Part 1 of her 3 part series.

Everything was as usual, fed the animals and get D out the door.  I fixed my breakfast which was really great today!  I, of course, woke up hungry!

Since I meal prepped breakfast was done quickly.  Loving that!!  I used ground beef (grass fed), cocoa roasted cauliflower, red kale and arugula.  I love wilted greens!  Every green included romaine.  I loved it seared, wilted, warmed, just yummy!

I had errands to run and the gym to go to!  I was out the door by 8:30.  I had to stop at the post office to drop off a few packages then I hit the gym.  The workout was pretty good.  I was able to up my weight on many of my lifts.  From there I had to stop at Whole Foods.  I was hoping to get Nom Nom Paleo's Magic Mushroom powder but they didn't have it in yet.  Said to check back in a few days.  I got my groceries and grabbed a coffee.  Next was Target to refill a prescription and pick up a couple birthday cards and a couple tank tops.  And then I had to go to the mall to pick up a birthday gift for my dad.  I checked out Nordstrom but saw nothing.  I knew I would find a shirt at Tommy Bahama, which I did.  It was on the other side of the mall but I didn't mind the walking and drinking my coffee.

Finally, I got home and didn't think I was that hungry until I made lunch.  2 chicken thighs mixed with a small avocado and a few brussels.  It really hit the spot.  Shortly after I felt extremely tired.  I wanted to do some cleaning but had to lie down on the couch for a while.

It's a little dark but big dawg was cuddling with me on the couch.  He's so sweet and loves his momma!  After a little while I felt a bit better, never got to sleep, but felt better.  I made some half car coffee and I got a few things cleaned.  Before I knew it D messaged that he was on his way and needed to reheat dinner.

I reheated the broccoli that I pan steamed.  I broiled the sweet potato that I roasted.  I sliced it up and but a little butter on the sheet pan.  I broiled it for about 10 minutes.  The edges got a little crispy, but I like it that way.  I put half of the Greek Beef Stew from Melissa Joulwan in a skillet to get that warm and reduce the broth so it was nice and thick.  D liked this recipe.  I made it in the Instant Pot and the stew meat came out so tender!  I adjusted the recipe down.  I had just a little over 1 lb of meat.  I didn't want a lot of leftovers (like the chili!).  I did have to drain off some of the liquid since I added to much water to the recipe since I didn't follow the cooking method.  I also replaced the the cinnamon stick with ground and used 2 tbs.

So there was my day.  Oh I do have to say that I was really in the mood to bake some banana bread, which I didn't.  I was looking for something that didn't use egg or any sweeteners.  I didn't really find one yet, so it will probably wait until February anyway.

Next week I may follow Nom Nom Paleo for Whole30 or go with my Real Plans meal plan for AIP and eliminate the sugars, etc from there.

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