Day 9 and a little pumpkin patch fun

Day 9 was a quick food kind of day. Tuesdays are our busiest day of the week, piano and soccer so easy food is my jam.

What I ate, Day 9

Breakfast: Smoothie and half a chicken breast

Lunch: Salsa eggs, avo and chicken and apple sausage (this is a staple meal at our house)

Dinner: Bacon wrapped beef german sausage, sliced apple and macadamia nuts (I ate super late after soccer, like 10 pm because eating dinner before soccer is a bad idea!)

Exercise: Indoor soccer....oh and we won and my hubs is a boss at goalie

Yesterday we took the kids to the pumpkin patch. Dylan was so excited and it was Sully's first time so he was rather inquisitive. We just took them to the local little patch close to home, but they had a hay bail tunnel, corn maze and billy goats and piggies so the little lady was excited! Here's a few pics from the day :) (ok more than a few, but I couldn't help it!)

Quick catch up Day 7 & 8

Day 7 was a weird food day for me. I should have had a better plan and ate breakfast before I went to a baby shower, but sleep was more tempting.  So I went to the shower hungry and ate of plan, but I watched the amount that I ate and quickly went back on plan when I got home.

What I ate, Day 7

• Brunch (too many delicious, not whole 30 foods)
• Turkey breast, cukes and cashews
• Zucchini noodles, grilled chicken (cooked in coconut oil, rosemary and garlic) and avocado sauce

Definitely going to make the zucchini noodles again. They were really good and it felt like we were eating pasta. And Dylan loves using the spiralizer to make the noodles. You can even eat the noodles and avocado sauce raw. We ate it warm.

Day 8 started with a quick breakfast, errands and a really good Zumba/U-Jam class. I can feel the aftermath of that class today :) 

What I ate, Day 8

• Breakfast: Fruit smoothie and nuts
• Lunch: Cooked chicken breast, blueberries, olives
• Dinner: Rotisserie chicken, strawberries and sauteed butternut squash, sweet potato and onion cooked in kerrygold irish butter. (I steam the tators and squash before I saute)

Exercise: Zumba/U-Jam

Early Morning Zumba

When you hear your baby moving around at 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday, you get a little grumpy. The days of sleeping in is LOOOOOONG gone, and I'm not a fan. But I do have to say I'm glad he woke me up because it got my booty off to Zumba at 8 AM. D and her bedhead even joined me.

I love Zumba and U-Jam. It makes me smile, I always leave a sweaty hot mess, when I'm done I feel like my booty was kicked and who doesn't love to dance! D even joined me in a few songs this morning. Now my workout is done for the day so now I've got the rest of the day for fun stuff. 

What I'm eating today, Day 6

Breakfast: Pre-workout apple and handful of cashews. After workout Meat/veggie/egg scramble 

Lunch: Leftovers and salad

Dinner: Man burger (beef burger, fried egg and sauteed onions) and Sweet Potato rounds

Exercise: Zumba

Girl time and day 4 and 5

My week hasn't gone exactly planned with the hubby being off work but I'm still eating right, just not getting my workouts in like I planned. I'm realizing that I have to workout first thing in the morning or else I won't fit it in. Now I just need to make myself do it ;)

Quick recap of what I ate yesterday Day 4:

Breakfast: Leftover orange ginger roast

Lunch: Fruit smoothie and some almonds

Dinner: Spaghetti squash with a meat sauce (quick and easy meal)

Exercise: None :(

Had a killer headache today, not sure if it's part of the detox or no caffeine!?

Today started off a little rocky when we overslept but I got a lot of sewing done....leggings and infinity scarves oh my :) And I made my favorite whole 30 breakfast, don't tell D (it's her fave too).

Day 5

Breakfast: Banana pancakes, avo and chicken apple sausage

Lunch: Sauteed spaghetti squash, chicken, bacon, green beans and garlic (Oh em DELICIOUS!!!)

Dinner: Chipotle Salad, avo, salsa, and steak

When your bestie texts you that she can come get you in 20 minutes to go have girl time. You get off your booty and rally that ish! I forgot how much I love having adult conversation, you kind of lose that when you're at home with the babes all day. It was so nice tonight chatting with my girls, shopping and playing with makeup. It was so needed! And it's always fun to bring home new makeup ;) 

Banana Pancakes (note don't cook in coconut oil, they cook really hot)

• 2 bananas
• 4 eggs
• dash of cinnamon

Makes 5-6 small to med pancakes. Mash bananas and mix with whisked eggs, add in cinnamon to taste. Cook on medium heat, I use a lid to help evenly cook both sides before flipping. Typically I cook using Kerrygold Irish Butter, but I was out so I used coconut oil. I wouldn't recommend it since it cooks really fast, I was cooking on low heat and it was still making the pancakes really dark. They were still tasty though. And if you aren't doing the whole 30 and just going Paleo, you can top with Pure Maple Syrup or Honey.

Round 2 day 3 and some flexibility

It's a day late, but oh well!

Today was a weird day! The morning started out way too hectic.  The hubs hurt his ankle during soccer, and can't drive which is kind of huge when you drive a semi for a living. So the morning started with rushing D to school so that we could make it to the hubby's doctor's appointment to make sure he didn't have a fracture. 2 hours later, a tired Sully, 2 flu shots given, x-rays done and no broken bone. Hallelujah! But he has sprained tendons around his ankle which means no work for at least the rest of the week. Hmm, talk about a little nerve wracking when you're a single income family. But I'm finding the silver lining and we're calling it a "stay-cation" and today we're getting D out of school early to go to the pumpkin patch. 

Anyways, due to a hectic morning I didn't get my workout in like I planned and eating was a little weird but I did the best I could and stayed on plan.

What I ate today

Breakfast: apple, salsa scrambled eggs, avocado and sausage (more like brunch)

Snack: fruit and nut mix, piece of turkey

Dinner: Bacon wrapped chicken thigh, sweet potato fries and cucumbers with apple cider vinegar and salt.

And yes I know that you aren't supposed to eat fries on the whole 30 but it is what it is and they were DELICIOUS! 

Exercise: None (for my sanity I chose to work on orders)

Today I felt good, a little sluggish but not bad. I can tell somethings working because my wedding ring is moving around, which is usually a good sign. 

Round 2 day 2 of the Whole 30

Today was Day 2 of the Whole 30. I'm not gonna lie, I was bitter today.  There were M&M candies taunting me (no I did not partake). My husband ate leftover calzone, but holy man am I glad its out of the fridge! And then I had to make my precious D a sandwich for her lunch. So there was lots of bitterness, but I'm over it. 

I also didn't get my morning workout in. I'm finding that I really love working out in the morning. I don't have to think about it the rest of the day and I'm way more productive when I workout in the AM. But at least I played indoor soccer this evening, even though the hubs messed up his ankle :(

Made something new for dinner tonight, Orange Ginger Rump Roast in the crockpot. It was pretty good.

Orange Ginger Rump Roast

• Roast
• Naked Orange juice (no additives)
• Coconut oil
• Ginger
• Sliced Oranges

Place roast in crockpot. Poke with a fork all over roast. Top with spats of coconut oil. Poor orange juice over roast (1 1/2-2 cups). Sprinkle with ginger, to taste. Top roast with sliced oranges. Cook on low for 7 hours. 

What I ate today:

Breakfast: Chopped apples and pears, 1 tbsp ghee, cinnamon and slivered almonds. Heat mixture and stir together. 

Lunch: 2 Fried eggs, small avocado, 4 sausage links (whole 30 approved)

Dinner: Orange ginger roast, roasted broccoli, broccoli slaw topped with red wine vinegar

Exercise: Indoor soccer

Side note, finally tried coconut oil as a facial moisturizer, AMAZING! My skin was so soft this morning! And I smelled like I was at the beach ;)

Oh hey Whole 30, Round 2

Some might think I'm crazy for taking a trip down the Whole 30 road again, but I like to think that I'm up for the challenge. 

Reasons why I love the whole 30:

It gives me discipline

I'm fueling my body

I feel good while I'm on it

It pushes me

I have never FELT better then while on the whole 30

Its a challenge that I can conquer

Reasons why I loathe the whole 30:

Dishes.....so MANY dishes

No treats

Kinda cranky (just for a few days)

Preparation

And it can be spendy

This time around I'm doing things a bit different. The hubs isn't doing the Whole 30 with me this time, but he's eating what I eat (which means he's going to eat junk while he's not around me :)). I'm going to try to do this on a grocery budget. Another big difference is D is in school this time around and Sully is eating table food now so I'm still going to be making kid friendly meals, but I'm going to try my best to make them Whole 30 approved. 

My hopes for this time around:

I'm going to take before/after pictures and measurements

I'm going to to go out and just make the right choices

I'm going to try and "move" for at least 30 minutes a day whether that's walking, soccer or zumba

And I am putting the scale AWAY

Enough rambling, now what I made for dinner. Quick, easy and tasty and the whole family loved it!

Thai Curry Chicken

Thai Curry Chicken (feeds family of 4 with leftovers)

• 3 chicken breasts
• zucchini
• carrots
• broccoli
• mushrooms
• 1 can of coconut milk
• 2 TSP of curry (any flavor of curry I used Thai curry)

Cube chicken breasts and cook in coconut oil, salt and pepper chicken while cooking.  Remove chicken from pan. In skillet place can of coconut milk and mix with curry, cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. While curry mixture is cooking steam chopped veggies. (I highly recommend cheating and using a ziploc steam bag). After veggies are steamed and curry has been cooked for 5 minutes add chicken and veggies back to the pan. Let simmer for 10 minutes.  Voila super easy dinner! 

Round 2, Day 1
What I ate today:
B: banana, chicken apple sausage and cashews (my avocados were bad)
L: Scrambled eggs with cilantro/tom/onion, apple and sunbutter
D: Thai Curry Chicken (my fat was the coconut milk)

E: 50 mins Zumba with a touch of U-Jam