Day 2 of Nutrition Challenge

Day 2.  Yes, less than 48 hours into this challenge and I want a powdered donut so bad I can smell it!  Now let's just clarify something.  I don't even like donuts.  Never have.  That is one food item that could leave earth forever and generally speaking I would be a-okay with it.  But today, I WANT A FREAKING POWDERED DONUT!  You know, the kind in the Hostess pack... the kind that when they hit your mouth there is a moment of cold that you can not explain, but then an explosion of sugar that makes you want more.  Next thing you know, you look down and see powder all over the front of your shirt that reminds you why you don't eat powdered donuts.  Ahhhhhh!  But instead I will eat this handful of almonds and be happy.  Because tonight I get to go back to the gym and kick some ass for the first time in a week.  Super stoked!!!

Today's eats:  (always lots of water!!!)
7:15am:  Bacon, Eggs, Guac, Coffee  (This will always be the same)
10am:  Orange
12:45pm:  Grilled Chicken and veggies over lettuce, guac, salsa
3pm:  Lara Bar
4:30pm:  Cashews  (working out at 5:30)

I will get home around 7pm and probably gobble up some pork loin and roasted carrots.

Just a fyi, other food items that I can live without FOREVER:  gravy (any kind), pancakes, sauerkraut, cabbage, pasta.  As you can see, the list of item and can not live without is obviously really long.  :)  (ice cream, chocolate, holy crap I have a sweet tooth today!)

MAKE it a great day people!!

Game On!

It all starts this Wednesday.  A nutrition challenge at Centerville Crossfit.  There are two things that force me to commit to something:  1)  Money and 2) the word "challenge".  Any time I part with my hard earned cash I expect a return on investment.  So if I pay big money for jeans, I had better look darn good in them!  And I am always up for a challenge.  I have never been able to mentally understand those people who don't like challenges.  Is it laziness?  So confusing to me....

Anyways, I have pretty much lived my life this past year eating the standard Paleo way.  Over the past 3-4 months I have slipped to about 80/20 on this.  Okay, okay, let's be honest, it's probably more like 70/30.  There is something about going to a lake every weekend and eating pizza, chips, drinking beer, etc... that I just can't say no too.  But the lake house is officially closed and it's time for hibernation to begin.  And by hibernation I mean cooking and food prepping on Sundays, working out 3-4 days a week, and vacationing to some place warm at least 2-3 times during the winter.  

I went ahead and started prepping yesterday for this week.  I know the challenge doesn't start until Wednesday, but why wait?  Pictured above are the precooked bacon egg biscuits.  These have diced onions and tomatoes on the bottom with salt and pepper on top.  I went ahead and cooked these and just warmed them up this morning for breakfast.  While the oven was warm I cooked the whole remaining pound of bacon on a sheet pan.  I can pretty much eat bacon cold, warm, or scorching hot.    

Other items I made on Sunday:  

• Browned some ground turkey and added taco seasonings with a can of diced tomatoes (think Rotel, only I'm cheap and buy mine at Aldi's)  I will use this in lettuce wraps with some guac.  It's also good tossed in with eggs.
• Marinated pork loin.  This sucker is going to last me all week.  Random strangers are going to receive some pork loin by Wednesday.  
• Cut up vegetables for quick cooking and/or snacking.
• I will be making Fruit N Nut Bars tonight to hopefully help with my sweet tooth.

It's really day 1 for me and just knowing that I'm not suppose to eat sugary yummy food is making me want it more.  And the fact is I'm pretty good at making Paleo dessert type foods to get me by.  A whole month of no honey might just kill me.  Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but you just never know.

Breakdown of today so far:

• Woke up at 6:30am.
• Ate two bacon and egg biscuits at 7:30am.
• Got to work at 8am
• Met with Chiropractor at 10am (this is a whole other post... grrrr)
• 12:30 lunch:  Two burgers with lettuce and onion.  Not the greatest choice, but we eat lunch out daily and todays choice was the Fried Food Capitol of Moraine, Ohio called Treasure Island.
• Tonight I will be walking on the treadmill (again.... grrrr!!!) due to my back being all out of whack.  Dinner will be either the pork loin or the browned beef.  I'm leaning towards the pork loin with some grilled veggies.