It's Friday!!

Friday and leg day!  Two great combo's!  Finally the gym was open after a power outage.  I got there at 5am and did a light run of about 2 miles.  Then it was over to the weights.

Here is my breakdown:

20 minute run
3 sets of single leg gluten bridges
5 sets deadlifts
4 sets of curtsy squats
5 sets of weighted hip thrusts
3 sets of calf raises
3 set of stability ball roll outs
3 set of stability ball bridges

If I had more time I would have done 10 more minutes of cardio.  So I came home and showered and made breakfast, which included some Bubbies Sauerkraut.  Bacon, chicken, brussels all cooked in coconut oil.  I also made a cinnamon orange coconut milk latte.  I haven't had a chai all week and I think that is what I will get tomorrow morning after the farmers market in Royal Oak.

I have to say that I have been feeling really good after breakfast but I know I need to drastically increase my vegetable consumption.  This morning after I got to work I wasn't feeling well at all.  It definitely felt like a flare.  I was super sleepy and just feeling run down.  Could have been the fermented sauerkraut or possible the almond butter or cassava pancakes from the night before.  So needless to say that work today was a major struggle, but I made it!

I got home for lunch a little later than what I would have liked but it was enough time to throw this salad together.  

Mixed field greens with olives, green beans, grilled cauliflower, canadian bacon and the last of the avocado crema.  Looks boring but was really good and filling.  I was able to get back to work and have some tea and finish out my day.

D comes home in the morning so I wanted to make sure I had his staples.  I ran to the store after work  to pick everything up.  I arrived home to 3 hungry furry creatures.  Nostrand kitty meowed like crazy, while the dogs danced around as I prepared their dinner.  I think the dogs liked my homemade coconut milk yogurt.  So good, but I rushed the process and it didn't firm up like it should have.  Lesson learned!

I grabbed the leftover pancakes from the refrigerator and Peanut Butter & Co's Pumpkin Spice PB.  I figured if I get a headache tonight it would be the pancakes, even though they are AIP compliant and I know the peanut butter isn't but I'm pretty sure it was the almond butter.  I also ate a couple bites of chicken that I didn't picture.

I also received my supplements today.  I'm getting excited for Monday and the beginning of more healing!  

It's quite a bit, but really not too bad.  The odd thing will be the shake 3 times per day.  I've never been a huge fan, I always feel hungry right after.  I need to chew my food for it to count.  Of course I can just incorporate that with my normal meals or have it as a snack which I try not to do as much.  Some of these are once a day and some two times.

I emailed my doc and he wants me to wait and start these until after our Skype appointment Monday morning.  He wants to go over everything including the eating plan.  So I guess I have an extra day to prepare!

Tomorrow I will get up early and it the market.  By the time I get home D should be home.  We have a house showing (never mentioned that we are selling our house!).  Will head to the gym later followed by dinner out.  Sunday is run day and prepping for the week.

Happy Friday!

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A "cheat" night. It's just almond butter!

This morning I got early.  I planned on going to the gym and just jog for a while.  I got dressed and headed out only to find they were still closed!!  They had closed yesterday at 3pm for some unknown to me reason.  They didn't state they wouldn't be open the next morning at 5am!  Complete darkness and a lot of cars that were pulling away.  I think there were too many unhappy gym goers!  Lucky for me I have a home gym.  So, I grabbed my laptop and found a YouTube cardio video and off I went!  I got just sweaty enough and elevated my heart rate for 30 minutes.

I haven't been getting my 11,000 daily steps in lately and it's something I need to work on.  Since I took this new job it has been difficult.  Prior to that easy peasy!

I showered and was ready to fix breakfast.  I had potatoes that I roasted from the last two nights dinner, so I gave those to the pups after I took a couple bites.  I made my usual dandelion tea coconut milk latte.  I love it with unsweetened vanilla coconut milk.  I love almond milk too but since I am weening to more AIP by Monday I have been loving the coconut milk.  Then I fried up brussel, bacon and beef.  I left all the bacon fat in there to get absorbed into the brussels.  It's so yummy I can't stand it!  I made another latte before I left for work.

Lunch is just odd.  I grab whatever sounds good even if they are weird together!  Trader Joe's Grilled Cauliflower and Epic Pork Rinds.  I did top the cauliflower in avocado crema.  I mean why not!  I even did the pork rinds in there too.  It was tasty and hit the stop.  I also have been drinking a lot of water.  I should be getting in between 60 and 70 ounces per day.  It's a work in progress to say the least cause I would rather not drink water.

I was starving by the time I got home.  I mean really, lunch was not going to keep me full no matter how much water I drank!  Cassava Flour Pancakes! from Adventures in Partaking.  I'm sure I didn't cook them long enough.  I think they will make good wraps!  I only made half the batch.  Look at them cook!

I made bacon and topped with almond butter (opps! not AIP!) I also had 2 pieces of canadian bacon or ham.

I have 6 pancakes left, so I think I will use some tomorrow at lunch and wrap chicken and lettuce in them.  They are that versatile!  Dessert was 2 homemade carob coconut butter cups.  I made a second batch!  I figured on Monday I won't be eating them so get it all in now! No, it's not a good plan but that's what I'm going with!

This weekends plan is to do just that!  Plan all the things.  Mostly I need to plan my meals since D will be back home and he will want dinner after all.  He can be picky and easy at the same time.  As long as I have his staple ingredients all should be well!

I get all my supplements tomorrow and will be talking about those.  Granted I won't start them until Monday but getting prepped is the best possible action.  Pictures that won't be food! YAS!

One last thing!  I'm going to become a beachbody coach.  I figured I love fitness and I'm already a yoga and group fitness instructor, why not get in with a good company and grow my business!  Be on the look out for that one.