I feel a major cold coming on. I don’t feel like eating. I can’t sleep. Well, let me rephrase that. I’m not getting QUALITY sleep. I’m very restless, can’t breathe, want to cry or get put out of my misery. Breafast: Coffee Lunch: more coffee. Dinner: Leftover breakfast (more coffee) And that’s a wrap, folks. …
Posts from: January 2015
When I woke up this morning, dragging, the first thing I remember thinking is about our date night to Chipotle tonight. I already knew what I was going to have because it is the ONLY thing that is Whole30 compliant-Pork Carnitas salad. The other meats are cooked in rice bran or soybean oil and I …
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I know, tuesdays are usually not my favorite days and I may have whined about them a LOT in the past. I’m sure I’ll find more reasons to severely dislike those days, but this morning was not bad at all. I woke up, not too terribly exhausted, and I was HUNGRY. I …
This morning, I woke up after a HARD sleep. It was one of those not sure where I was and what I was supposed to do next kind of sleeps. After a hot shower and coffee, all was good again. Breakfast cups and scramble. Coffee for the road. I still have a hard time with …
Cold day. Hot food waiting for me. This is one of the reasons I look forward to fall and winter so much. I use my slow cooker on average twice a week and it is so easy to get stuck in the chili-roast-stew rut. I can usually tell I’m stuck when Stephen grimaces after I …
I’ve said it over and over that meal prep on the weekend is probably THE biggest factor in making Whole30 a success. Sugar is evil. I know I will not spend the rest of my life avoiding it, but I can certainly decrease my dependency on the stuff. For this week, I made a few …
During this round of Whole30, creating recipes for breakfast is slowing getting easier and more fun. I’ve never been a cereal-and-toast breakfast person anyway so expanding beyond the stereotypical breakfast is natural. Eating more paleo breakfast dishes helps carry me through the morning until lunch time. This could be a complete breakfast in itself, but …
It’s a thing of beauty. And the highlight of my Saturday. I slept all day, waking up at times to take cold medicine and read a little. Stephen surprised me with steaks and baked potatoes. It was so good and I was hungry for beef. This has got to get better and I know from …
Coffee. Tons of it. It still tastes bitter. Confession: two weeks ago, I was putting 1/8 a cup of sugar in my tall coffee mug. For real. Yes. I do need more time. I need time to sleep some more. It’s all I want to do. I feel like I’ve been digging in a …
I’m cold. I’m hungry. I’m irritable. And I don’t have the energy to run or workout…yet! This is the main reason I need a complete break from sugar and non-gluten grains. Sugar is highly addictive and the severity of addiction varies from person to person.With me, I’m extremely dependent on sugar. I crave it like …
This is one of those magical cooking moments when I was just dabbling with ingredients and the results were really good. I was short on time, and I wanted comfort food. I immediately thought of Pad Thai from Mel Joulwan of the Well Fed cookbooks and a fantastic Whole30 resource. It worked out better than …
Time to get moving and get busy! I normally hate Tuesdays on principle, but today started out great! My drive across the Black Warrior bridge. Beautiful sunrise. I’m slowly working on a half marathon training plan for a local half in March. And I need to figure out where to travel for my 3 Rock …
One of my best secrets for success with the Whole30 plan is having a ready-made breakfast casserole. I usually eat this after my morning CrossFit class or I’ll warm it up at school before the kids arrive. What I love best about this is you can change up the vegetables, the spices, and the “crust” …
Back to school for us teachers today. We have big changes going on at school and they begin today. The kids do not come back until Wednesday, so we have 2 days for professional development and working in our rooms. We had a big administration change at our school in September and the new principal …
It’s that time of year again. I’m honestly glad to get past the holiday foodapalooza and back to some form of healthy eating. Sugar is my demon and it must be defeated. If you are new to my site and interested in hard and fast results of my first, and most-succesful (more on the failed …
I can’t say I’m sad to see 2014 close out. It was a great year up until August. After August, I just pasted a smile and faked my way through the holidays. I was glad to changes in the weather and the excitement in the kids at school with each fall holiday. I was just …