Day 42 - August 6, 2011

6:15am:  3 eggs, 1 leek sauteed in olive oil, 2 strips of bacon, 2 cups of steamed broccoli
11:40am:  Lamb burger with 2 romaine lettuce leaves and mustard, partway cooked carrots in a lemon vinagrette
3:30pm:  Pork Fried "Rice":  1/4 pound ground pork, 1/4 head cauliflower, 1/2 egg, 1/2 onion, 1/2 cup green peas, sesame oil and coconut aminos
8:20pm:  Grilled Steak Salad:  1/3 pound skirt steak, 1 heart of romaine, 1/3 yellow pepper, 2 green onions, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 avocado all mashed up so it was kinda like dressing but not really

                      Pretty good.  Next time I might try cut up pork cutlets instead of ground pork.

(I just realized I didn't have chicken today.  Wow.  I'm not missing the sugar or flour too much yet.  But then again I'm on vacation.  I've been able to plan ahead and cook a variety of foods so I don't get bored with the same meals again and again.  I need to remember this when I get stressed in September.  Even if it takes 30 extra minutes it's worth it to try 1 or 2 new recipes a week if it means not going sugar crazy.)

Day 41 - August 5, 2011

Breakfast:  3 eggs, 2 mushrooms, 1 cup sauteed spinach, 2 cups steamed broccoli
Snack:  Green Thai chicken with water chestnuts, 1 cup baked curry cauliflower from Everyday Paleo, 4 baby bok choy with coconut aminos
Lunch:  0.4 pound of sirloin, 1/2 zucchini, 1/2 red bell pepper, 4 mushrooms
Snack:  3 stalks of celery and sunflower seed butter
Dinner:  Lamb burger patty from Mark's Primal Blueprint Fast Recipes, 1 yellow squash and 1 zucchini steamed

(It's not easy for me to eat a substantial amount of protein everytime I eat.  It's been fun trying new recipes.  The baked curry cauliflower was really good and I've never in my life purchased ground lamb before.  I don't think I'll go crazy on the sunflower seed butter like I've done in the past with almond butter.  I wasn't sure how that was going to go. 

At some point this evening when I was coming back from Fresh n' Easy, it's only an 8 minute walk down the road, I realized that the first time I try anything it usually doesn't end up going very well.  I typically listen to people's advice but don't incorporate a whole lot of it into whatever I'm doing.  I guess I'm fairly stubborn.  Then the second or third time around I usually come to see that I don't really know what I'm doing and maybe I should listen to what others are suggesting.  You would think I'd learn to just listen to people from the beginning.  Maybe someday.)

Day 40 - August 4, 2011

6:30am - Green Thai coconut milk chicken with water chestnuts, 1 cup steamed spinach
9:40am - 1/2 cucumber and 1 hard boiled egg
12:15pm - 2 cups raw spinach, 2 slices of bacon, 2 hard boiled eggs (spinach salad) and 1 cup steamed broccoli
3:00pm - 10 shrimp with a lime/jalapeno/cilantro/cumin/olive oil sauce, 1/2 an avocado, 1/2 cucumber
8:00pm - 2 skewers which amounted to 0.4 pound sirloin, 1/2 red pepper, 4 mushrooms, 1/2 zucchini

Dinner was good...and I have leftovers!

(I passed a ton of donut stores on the way to the courthouse.  A kid was selling candy in the jury room after lunch.  I went to the Whole Foods near the cupcake place in Belmont Shore and briefly thought, if this was 5 weeks ago, I'd be getting cupcakes.  None of this bothered me today though.  The dudes running the jury room were hilarious.  I had a cookbook with me and was finding recipes to try.  Jury duty couldn't have come at a better time.  I needed to laugh.)

Day 39 - August 3, 2011

6:30am - 3 eggs, 1/2 avocado, 1 cup steamed spinach

10:30am - 1 romaine heart, 1/3 yellow pepper, 1/2 english cucumber, 3/4 chicken breast

3:15pm - Salmon cake (consists of canned salmon, 1 egg, green onion, fresh ginger, dill, lemon juice fried in coconut oil) from Everyday Paleo and 2 steamed yellow squash

8:45pm - 3/4 chicken breast, 1/3 yellow pepper, 3 steamed baby bok choy with coconut aminos (like soy sauce without the soy or sugar)

I read about the coconut aminos online today and found it at Henry's in Fullerton.  The bottle doesn't lie...it fizzes like crazy.  I was surprised it tastes so good.  Will definitely be using it in the future.  I'm trying to eat more red meat.  That did not happen today.  I have to report for jury duty tomorrow.  I don't know what that is going to mean for what I eat at lunch.  I should take food with me.  I should get that ready now.  I wonder how long a hard boiled egg stays "good" out of the refrigerator?

Day 38 - August 2, 2011

Breakfast:  3 eggs, 2 cups steamed broccoli, 1/2 an avocado
Lunch:  3/4 of a chicken breast, 2 steamed yellow squash
Snack:  Last third of the beef, red pepper, water chestnut stir fry with 2 cups steamed broccoli
Dinner:  3/4 of a chicken breast, 1/3 of a yellow bell pepper, 1/2 of an english cucumber, 1 heart of romaine...ie...I had a big ass salad with no dressing.

I picked up some new ingredients at the store today, mostly spices, and I'm excited about trying some different recipes out before I get to go back to school.  It always seems better to write "get" instead of "have" and "school" instead of "work".

Day 37 - August 1, 2011

Breakfast:  3 eggs, 1 zuchinni sauteed in olive oil
Lunch:  1/3 pound of beef, 1/3 red bell pepper, water chestnuts all sauteed in olive oil and 1/2 an english cucumber
Dinner:  same as lunch

I took a nap from about 10-noon and then slept from 7:45pm until 3:21am.  When I looked at my phone at 3:21 I thought forget this I'm sleeping some more and eventually got up right before 6 with a small headache.  I need to eat a wider variety of food today so I don't get super bored.

Day 36 - July 31, 2011

Last day in NY/Plane Day:
Waffle stuffed with yogurt, bananas and blueberries, orange juice, bacon, 1/2 corned beef with swiss on pumpernickel sandwich, 2 scoops ice cream, cinnamon roll, cheddar cheese pretzel, sour patch kids, trail mix, 2 levain bakery cookies.

August should be interesting.