Day 7 & 8

I've been in a hotel at the airport for two days for work meetings.  It's pretty cray!  It's times like this that eating gets HARD. Hotel's provide very CARB heavy food!  Muffins! Juice! Cereal bars! Toast!  Fruit!  Basically a paleo wasteland. I brought my own lunch yesterday and then had dinner at my pal Laura's. She made delicious shrimp with mushrooms and basil and steamed brussels sprouts and broccoli. SO GREEN!  Today I had peameal and eggs for breakfast and I'm about 30 minutes away from finding out if I'm going to be able to eat anything for lunch. I'll report back! 

Day 6

I made a very green dish of seaweed, brussels sprouts, onion, mushrooms shrimp and paleo pesto.  It was delicious!

Day 4 and 5

Day 4 happened!  It was good!  There were oysters from Bestellen involved and I'm still paleo!

Day 5 is happening!  Also good and also still paleo. 

Weekdays are busy but I will post something with substance tomorrow. 

Day 3: Procrastination

This blog post = me taking an unnecessary break from working on an assignment that is due TODAY.  Oops.  It's not overly challenging or complicated, just time consuming and annoying.

Yesterday I did a run and went to restorative yoga which was basically laying around stretching.  My kinda workout ;)

I'm still on track with paleo!  Even though I am totally craving doughnuts and layerd taco dip, I am still holding it down.  We just finished a very delicious dinner of almond meal and herb crusted pork loin with carrots and broccoli.  I was too hungry to take a picture but here are some other photos from this weekend.  See y'all on day four!

 Can't get enough of this book!  

From the water.

Day 2: Mindful Meals

It's only a few hours into Day 2.  I'm feeling much better today.  I woke up and tried to install a shelf in the kitchen--and FAILED.  J is on his way to Home Depot to get a proper-sized bit for the drill.  I think I need to upgrade the kitchen.  It's all grey and toupe and depressing.  I think a fresh coat of white paint would brighten it up so much!  I need a place I really want to hang, you know?

Last night, J got home late and woke me up.  I couldn't fall back asleep so I read a bit from Christiane Northrup's book Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom.  I was reading the chapter on the female energy systems and chakras.  The third chakra related to the abdomen, upper intestines, liver, gall bladder, lower esophagus, stomach, kidney, pancreas, adrenal grand, spleen and middle spine.  The mental or emotional issues that can affect this chakra include self-esteem and self-confidence or self respect, adequacy vs. inferiority relating to competence and skills in the outer world, substance abuse, etc. This is the personal power chakra.  I think it's very important to me to keep it in my mind.    

After failing at shelf building, I made a frittata with kale, mushrooms, parsley and walleye from my parents.  I also made smoothies with blueberries, coconut milk, blueberry juice, and frozen cranberries. Ok--a small cheat went in there too...a mostly green banana (we had an organic box mess-up and I don't want to waste!)

We sat down to eat and I reminded J about giving thanks.  He said something like, "thanks for this food we are about to eat.  Do you want to add anything?" I thanked the farmers.

It felt good and I think we may have eaten a little slower and more carefully.

Something else I am working on is not having any gadgets at the table.  No eating to TV or Instagram or Gmail.  I am 95% more aware of what I'm doing when I just eat.

When you eat, eat.

 

DAY 1 (AGAIN!)

I am in bed with organic celery sticks and a bad attitude! Due to being slightly unprepared grocery wise, today was a challenge.

It started off not too bad with eggs scrambled in coconut oil and a smoothie with raspberries, cranberries, coconut milk, blueberry juice (the stuff that isn't even sweet at all!) and some macadamia nut butter.

I waited WAY to long to have lunch--like 3pm too long--I had soup and a salad.  When I got home I cried because the house was messy and someone at work hurt my feelings today and I was hungry and angry and just so emotional.  Maybe part of it was that it was a bad day and I couldn't just come home and eat it away.  I actually had to feel some of that stuff and it wasn't so easy.  

J came home and squeezed me and said nice things and I felt better.  We made a salad and some spicy calamari with yellow peppers for dinner.  I'm still hungry, hence the celery.  Such a sad little snack!


During dinner I asked him about dinner time when he was growing up.  Did they pray?  He said no but that he actually sort of liked the idea of it.  I suggested we do something before a meal to help us slow down and think about the food a bit.  For appreciation and gratitude.  He thought it was a good idea so I'm excited to try something out.  Some kind of food prayer.  Some way of giving thanks. We really are so grateful to have access to all kinds of delicious, fresh and wonderful things to eat.

Food Rules

Part II

I finished my induction diet well over a year ago and since then, I have not been eating paleo...I've hardly even been active. 

I'm the most unhealthy I have ever been in my life, right now. It's incredibly frustrating for me.  I feel like I've lost connection to my body.  Part of the issue stems from a miscarriage I suffered in November.  I was abut 3 month pregnant when I experienced a delayed miscarriage.  I think that subconsciously I am ANGRY with my body--but then again, I have always been in a battle with my body, being angry at it isn't exactly a stretch from the norm.  I'm pretty tired and fed up with this state of things.  I'm the only one that can make these changes for myself.  I know that "dieting" doesn't work.  I know this.  I just feel like I need to do something to jump start getting healthy and prepare myself for a future healthy pregnancy.  I feel like I'm not fully living my life right now.  I actually avoid things because I feel uncomfortable and insecure as myself.  I feel like I need to go back to what worked.  I think I want to do this paleo thing again with a big focus on mindfulness.

MY Rules:

No booze.
No dairy.
No sugar.
No grains.
No fruit-except a bit of berries.
No processed foods.
No starchy roots.

I'm starting officially on March 1st and will do it for 30 days.  At 30 days I'll reintroduce apples and other medium-sweet fruits.  I'll also reintroduce some grains--of the "ancient" variety.  Teff, quinoa, wild rice, amaranth.

I will post "before" pics soon!