New day, trying to get it right

Super exhausted this morning, but thankfully Adam was up and awake and made eggs & bacon for himself (and bacon for me!).  He's having a hard time with the eggs, though.  He only likes them scrambled and without butter or milk, the taste and texture is off.  I told him to use butter next time, so maybe that will help. Breakfast: eggs and bacon for him, leftover frittata and a slice of bacon for me Snack: nuts Lunch: Chicken stirfry (w/a little jasmine rice and splash of soy sauce) Snack:...

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Oops...

Well, I haven't been keeping up with this food log AGAIN!  It's so hard to find the time to do anything other than work, cook, and take care of the baby (who has been teething for the past THREE months!!).  I'm hoping things will calm down a little once her teeth break through, at least enough for her to be okay being held by someone other than me. So, enough belly-aching and back to the topic of this blog... paleo food.  To be perfectly honest, we fell off the wagon big time last week.  Between...

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Paleo Challenge Day 8

Well, I'm definitely disappointed in us for our eating this weekend.  I wish we would have tried harder on Saturday, but what's done is done.  Time to move on to a new week! I must get some food prepped tonight for the week or I'm going to set us up for failure again.  If only I had more hours in the day!! :) Breakfast: 3 slices bacon, 4 squares of 85% chocolate, black coffee, 3oz. smoothie (Me) 1 slice bacon, 16oz. smoothie (Him) Snack: Lunch: steak (marinated with garlic & balsamic vinegar)...

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Paleo Challenge Day 7

Okay, we are going to lunch with some friends of ours today, so the food may not be 100% paleo, but we will do our best to make good choices today (have to make up for the splurge of yesterday). Breakfast (Me): Black coffee 2 eggs, over easy 1c. spinach (in bacon grease) 2 slices bacon Breakfast (Him): 2 eggs, scrambled in EVOO 2 slices bacon 4oz. OJ/Pineapple Lunch (Me): 8oz. steak w/ grilled fruit (2 slices of banana, 2 slices of apple, 2 slices pineapple) Lunch (Him): 5oz. steak, 3 scrambled eggs, 1/2c. steamed...

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Paleo Challenge Day 6

Well, we were bad on Day 6. Went to lunch with my parents at a BBQ place and we both caved on the sides (partly b/c we knew we would have to cheat that night at a family Christmas gathering). Breakfast (Me): black coffee Lunch (Me): Pulled pork sandwich w/ mac'n'cheese, cole slaw and hush puppies (No bread, but still) Lunch (Him): Pulled pork sandwich w/mac'n'cheese, some french fries and hush puppies Dinner (Me): Turkey, ham biscuit, mac'n'cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, meatloaf casserole,...

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Paleo Challenge Day 5

Woke up late this morning and didn't really feel like cooking breakfast (laziness setting in after a long night with the baby!) Breakfast (Me): 1/2 avocado 1/4 gala apple (baby chewed on other 1/4 making it slightly unappetizing) 1tbs. homemade walnut butter 4oz. smoothie Breakfast (Him): Smoothie Snack (Me): Ham (2oz. or so) 2tbs. walnut butter Snack (Him): clementine Lunch: 2" thick pork chops w/salt, pepper, and Italian herbs blend cooked in garlic flavored olive oil and chicken stock steamed broccoli salad...

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Paleo Challenge Day 4

STRESSED with work these past few days and seriously craving some comfort food because of it.  Adam is really struggling with only drinking water, but doing great otherwise.  I'm doing better with my plain water and am really thirsty all the time, but craving sweets something fierce! Breakfast (Him):  Smoothie, same as yesterday Breakfast (Me): 1 banana 2 eggs, over easy 2 slices bacon 1/2c. spinach cooked in bacon grease black coffee Snack: (Me) clementine roasted pecan butter (~2tbs.) 1/2c. no-sugar...

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Paleo Challenge Day 3

Adam had some pep in his step this morning!  It was great to see:).  He got a bunch of sleep last night, so I think that helped (and it meant he wasn't up watching tv and thinking about being hungry!). Breakfast: Me 1 banana lots of black coffee ~4oz. chicken breast, leftover from chicken fajita on Monday 1/2 gala apple 1/4c. raisins + 1/4c. roasted walnuts/hazelnut 4oz. of Adam's smoothie Breakfast: Him Smoothie with 1 banana, strawberries, egg white protein powder, green tea, fish oil, & flaxseeds Lunch: Chicken...

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Paleo Challenge Day 2

Woke up in a great mood this morning! And I went to bed semi-early (it's actually late for me, though!) last night at 9PM, so I didn't have the evening cravings like I normally do. I think the blueberries helped with that. Adam had a hard time with being hungry. I think he's not eating enough (especially fat). I have to say, though, I'm so proud of him for not having any beer last night despite there being a Hokie game on tv! Those kind of habits are the hardest because they are more mental than physical. We...

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Paleo Challenge Day 1

Okay, so I've finally talked my husband into doing a 30 Day Paleo Challenge with me!! Go me:). Although, even though he's agreed to it, it's been non-stop bitching since we started looking over menus and meal planning. Today is day one and he's stuck to it so far, which I know is hard (it's hard for me giving up my 20 crystal light packets/day too!). And he's dead set on this being only 30 days out of his life, not the rest of his life. But I'm just going with it because I hope at the end of the 30 days, he'll...

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