I've decided to also post what I actually ate in the event you want some additional ideas of food. I'm staying fairly close to the meal plans, but as we all know, things can change.
Day 1
Breakfast: Eggs scrambled in butter, with sautéed red chard, seasoned with Herbs de Provence and apple fried in butter with cinnamon.
Lunch: Pulled pork lettuce wraps w/ orange, grapefruit, sauteed tomato, and a couple of sweet baby peppers
Dinner: Chicken w/ creamy sun-dried tomato sauce, baked potato
Snacks/etc:
Sipped on kombucha, water kefir, and regular 'ole H2O throughout the day
1 banana
End of the day had a giant glass of raw milk
After breakfast I really wanted a giant piece of chocolate. I don't know what it is about a challenge, but it makes you want what you can't have that much more. Fortunately, I have no chocolate in the house, other than baking chocolate. I may have to have Steve hide it, but I really want to prove to myself that I'm capable of saying NO!
Ok, so...it's the end of day one. I can say that I have never in my whole life wanted chocolate as badly as I do right now. I know 90% of it is in my head and the whole want what you can't have thing. The other 10% is my body craving sugar, because like 99.9% of Americans - I have a sugar addiction. Stay strong!!
Day 2
Breakfast: "Slept in," so I didn't eat. If by "sleep in," I mean, sleeping until 7:30. So sad. Steve and Big C had scrambled eggs.
Lunch: Leftovers from the past few days. I ended up eating leftover pulled pork w/ blueberries and sautéed up some zucchini and green pepper. Steve had a taco salad w/ left over taco meat, homemade taco sauce, kale, and home made cream cheese.
Dinner: Jerk chicken w/ green beans mixed into the recipe (Twas yummy!)
Today, I still was desperate for a piece of chocolate. Or a chocolate chip cookie. Or a piece of cake. ANYTHING sweet. However, I stayed strong. Steve reminded me that we're only on day two. I hope the craving goes away. That's exactly what I'm trying to kick, the sugar addiction. I felt like I was starving all day today. I know that grains are pretty filling, so I'm wondering if that has anything to do with being hungry. I thought meat was supposed to fill you up? (Am I the only one laughing here?) Anywho, back at it again tomorrow. If I can just make it past a week, I think I'll be over the mental hurdle.
Day 3
Breakfast: Zucchini & sweet potato frittata
Lunch: Mix of left overs from the week (trying to get rid of things)
Dinner: Beef stew
My head hurts. I'm tired. My kid refuses to sleep. The latter is probably the cause of the first two. However, I'm sure some of my headache is the lack of sugar. I'm craving everything. I almost went to krispy kreme today. I HATE krispy kreme! Almost went to McD. I NEVER eat there. Steve suggested having "an alibi" snack, but my theory is if you cheat/give yourself an out at any point, it defeats the whole purpose. Just got to stay strong. And ram my head into a brick wall in the process.
As of this morning, I weighed 107. I'm not trying to lose weight, but I said that I would post about that. I haven't had the opportunity to take a pic, but I'll throw it up next time. See you in three days...hopefully! ;-)
