Day 17: 3/6/13

I slept terribly last night. Lexi is having a bit of a reversion in her sleep, which is hard, and I'm sorta at a loss as to how to deal with it other than try to be consistent at the start of the night. Anyway. Food stuff is still going well. Beef lettuce boats for dinner were fantastic! I'm not sure if maybe I should be eating more at meals or what, but I'm finding myself hungry between meals. Gonna work on figuring that out, even as I start working exercise into my day. The schedule I so painstakingly designed is basically moot till Lexi gets back to normal with sleep. I had plenty of energy today despite the bad sleep and really wanted to work out, but needed another day to rest my back-I think this is a sign the Whole30 is starting to boost my energy.

Day 16: 3/5/13

Food is still amazing every day and fun to make! Scott is still having tummy issues, he thinks from all the veggies. Hope that lets up soon! I started to do my circuit training while watching BL this morning and tweaked something in my back. I'm frustrated to tears. :-( gotta get my mojo back!

Day 15/ 3/4/13

Today was a hard day. Not with food, but with energy and emotions. I started the day determined to get this routine building started. I got up at 7:30, which is 90min later than my target, but considering Lexi had spent the night in our room, it was a win. I started my yoga DVD a bit after eating, around 830. I made it only 10 min before I was just done. Too sore and tired and bleh to keep going. So I spent the rest of the day feeling defeated. :-( I know getting started counts, but I also know I need momentum to keep going, and I'm frustrated that I had the time (Lexi slept till 10) and I still didn't fully make it happen. I've gotta stop beating myself up though, because tomorrow is a new day.

2 weeks in!

Day 15 today! I can't weigh myself till the end, but I know I'm shrinking. I'm very tired today, but I think that's from being behind on sleep. I'm a little bummed that I haven't gotten into a workout routine yet, but I'm working on it little by little. I got thru about 3/4 of my yoga DVD today and about 1/4 today. Another try and also some strength and cardio tomorrow. I'm loving the food and missing very little! This is Scott's halfway point and my 1/3 point!

Day 14: 3/3/13

2 weeks down! Sixteen more days in Whole30, but I think I'm extending mine out to 45, and staying Paleo overall for life. Scott is still missing his carbs, but for me, I just feel like it'd be nice to have dessert once in awhile-I'm excited to try paleo desserts! I'll probably have something non-paleo once in awhile too, but I know how good I feel now, so compromising that won't happen too much.

Day 13: 3/2/13

So today was more cooking-I just couldn't stop!- and a lot of cleaning the kitchen. I am just really enjoying the kitchen creativity that paleo affords me, I'm definitely feeling more energetic too. Scott's been experiencing a "sloshy" feeling in his stomach after most meals, so we got him a digestive enzyme supplement. Hope that helps him and that his body starts to adjust soon! Probably the coolest thing I cooked today was this batch of pumpkin pancakes!

Day 12: 3/1/13

Today I did my weekly cook up. Depending when you read this, there may be a picture of my disaster of a kitchen in the aftermath. Here's what I did:
-10 mustard chicken thighs (2 meals)
-1 giant salad with tuna, tomatoes, avocado and sunflower seeds(Scott's lunch)
-egg salad (my lunch)
-made 3 salt blends (rosemary, sage, lemon) with fresh dried herbs and sea salt
-chopped 2 heads of cauliflower for cauli rice
-shredded sweet potatoes for 2 batches of sweet potato pancakes
-chopped veggies for stir fry (2 meals)
-started 2 jars of raw sauerkraut (shredded cabbage, carrots, roasted jalapeño peppers-all now fermenting for 2 weeks)(this was the most time consuming-squeezing cabbage till water came out!)
-steamed broccoli
-made a cup of almond meal
-chopped sunchokes and parsnips for roasting
-shredded carrots and zucchini and used them in a frittata
-peeled, chopped, and roasted butternut squash

I think that's all. ;-) I still need to make the breakfast cupcakes for the week.
I had a blast, even though my hands are cut and grated to burger meat.
Dinner was mustard chicken thighs and broccoli and was soooo good! Super easy too!
Update: instead of my mess (which I'm busy cleaning up!) I decided to post a pic of our paleo fridge! Yay veggies!