Day 7

So missing meal 6 then messing up your morning recipe is a bad combo.... The pumpkin overnight slow cooker recipe was....bad...I put a  scoop of protein powder in it anyway and choked it down....the rest went down the drain....oh well. 

The next experiment went much better and the pumpkin muffins are awesome :)  they are not quite enough for a meal protein wise so I add 2/3 cup yogurt or cottage cheese to make a meal.  glad something went ok

 The rest of the day was pretty standard - leftovers, beets, leftovers etc. .....AND THAT IS ONE WEEK DOWN! HALF DONE WITH THE HARD PART! WOOT!

Day 6

So close to week one finale! Started the day off with egg white omelet and steamed milk, and brought along a baggie of protein pancakes to have a snack on the go.  For lunch it was tuna and almonds, and a pumpkin chili snack, the highlight of the day was dinner - chard rolls on cauliflower rice...so good!

Finally I ended the day on a sour note by missing my final meal altogther I just had to go to bed....oh well better off tomorrow...

Day 5

I thought I would write a bit early today and talk about the shitty parts...seems like by the time I get to writing they are all resolved and seem petty but I don't want to misrepresent the process either, and today a few suckie things reminded me to write them down.  First it sucks to make awesome food you can't eat.  Second it sucks to watch people eat when you are hungry, and finally it sucks to see your kids not eat food you would love to devour...

Things That I have learned so far.

1. Make it easy, make it ahead, and do it when you feel good. 
2. This eating small all the time is natural...my kids do it ALL THE TIME, and I never really noticed.  Now that I am on a schedule they get more regular snacks and are happier :)
3. Make sure you start right or you are screwed for the rest of the day - EAT  A GOOD BREAKFAST.
4. If you can, have fun with dinner.  Make it something that sounds good, and something that can be leftover

As for day 5, I was saved by the leftovers again for my snacks and whatnot.  I made for the first time a egg white scramble which I devoured because I got it too late (like 9), but was happy it was filling.

At 10 I had my protein pancakes and lunch was leftover chicken roll ups.  I also experimented with just steamed nonfat milk flavored - I decided I needed some real sugar free vanilla Toriani syrup...

 I had cottage cheese, beets and almonds for afternoon snack and I made the southwestern chicken skewers with cilantro cream and thyme crusted cauliflower steaks - there are no leftovers of the cauliflower, it was that good. I should have taked a pic but I was hungry and it was gone before I knew it. Finally I was saved by preprep and had 2 chocolate cheesecake protein muffins I made from the freezer for my final meal.

Day 5 DONE! Seeing the end of week one coming up!

Day 4

Well a pretty good test today.  A day with my mom.  Had leftover muffins for breakfast and protein pancakes for second breakfast, then off to my moms...
There I ate...wait for it... leftovers! salmon for lunch (so good) and pumpkin chili for afternoon snack.  the I made the chicken roll up form the books and despite a late addition of 5 kids and another adult to dinner we made it worked (and they turned out really well)

But I didn't leave very early and after putting my daughter down to bed I almost couldn't get back up - but I did and I just scarfed some almonds and I'm calling that good cause I can't stay up just to eat :/

The girls had a great time though and thats what counts 

(Luci and her cousin Jacob)

Try to do better tomorrow :)

-Jeanette

Day 3 woot!

Well thank god for leftovers.  This is making this week so much easier than I expected and is giving me some genuine hope :)

This morning I started with the leftover egg white muffins, followed with a second breakfast two hours later of leftover protein pancakes which actually grew on me (and my 19mo old ate one too)...Then for lunch? LEFTOVERS!! Salmon and green beans! Snack two? leftovers - ranch veggies and almonds,

 and for the only new meal of the day - pumpkin chili in the crockpot - couldn't be easier! because of this I experimented and made sugar free maple syrup...note to self I do not have a vitamin and bedtime I will need to make a half recipe.

Last meal was the choc "cheesecake" muffins I made a few weeks ago and had in the freezer...Easy peasy.

 For my next trick I will spend the whole day at my moms....to be continued

Day 2!

Second verse same as the first. Woke up a little grumpy today...just that kind of day, I added pumpkin protein pancakes to the repertoire, and although they get the job done I'm not super into them...

Snack 1 was cottage cheese and beets, and lunch a repeat of tuna fest...for the afternoon snack I made a hot chocolate instead of a smoothie with my espresso machine which turned out ok

Then the real worry set in as we were planning on going out with friends never get to see. I was pretty bummed at this moment in time to be DIETING :( but I looked and the menu and a green salad with steak (minus a few ingredients as per my request) looked like the ticket.

Sorry the pic is terrible (super dark place)... But before this I got SUPER hungry right at 5:00 (dinnertime!) before we left and had to chow down a salmon and green bean dinner... with dinner at 7pm it worked out fine and all was right in the world....so by the skin of my teeth day two is over, thank god for leftovers! until tomorrow.... -j

Day one recap

I started off the day with making my egg white muffins (basically a bunch of egg whites on top of veggies cooked in muffin tins. Pretty good!

There was a bit of envy as I made my children their pancakes and eggs...but not too bad.

I then got my yoga ap up and got moving....usually I do this later when the little one is sleeping but today I was ON FIRE...however this made yoga a bit more challenging as down dog became a bridge to go under and kids (who initially were distracted elsewhere) came to "help". But I got it done...Whew!
I had my first snack (second breakfast) of nonfat cottage cheese and beets and got on with the day. I have been recovering from a cold so it is not surprising that I fell asleep while putting the little down for her nap and got up with girls ready for lunch which for me was tuna made with greek yogurt(not as good as mayo but passable with the inclusion of a lot of veggies cut up).

Then we all headed out to get Salmon at the store with the promise of a park walk upon return. I must admit if I had not set alarms for snack I would have missed the afternoon one and as it was I had to throw together a protein powder smoothie.

Then a walk to the farther away "cooler" park. Got back and made the best meal of the day hands down....SALMON! I made the recipe in the book with a mustard dill sauce and it was actually really good, I also made the lemon garlic green beans - also A+. [

Then the chaotic dash toward sleep time, and a final (while the kids slept) snack of greek yogurt ranch dip and veggies and almonds......I MADE IT!

And now I have lots of leftovers for the next few days :)

So ultimately day one was a success!