This posting is rather late but I've been busy with kiddo's first birthday, getting the yard and garden ready, finals and starting the Spring Term.
Last week my tiny little baby turned 1 years old. How did a year go by so fast? How did she get so big? It was great having all the family around to celebrate that special day, even if we all had a bit of a sniffle.
A few days later we planted her tree: an October Glory red maple that should grow big and wide and have deep, glossy, green leaves during the summer and brilliant red leaves in the fall. We were looking for a tree to help shade the front of the house and the timing worked out that we got the tree the day after Miss M's birthday. So we've decided it is her tree, and to start a tradition of planting a tree on significant birth dates. Though, now it will be hard to move from this place-I wonder if I can dig it up in 5,10, 15 years when we finally get the ranch and move? LOL
On the garden front the tiny pepper seedlings have not liked how the changing weather has made the house cold, then hot, then cold and we struggle to build a fire, let it burn out, re-build it. I hate using electric heat, the bill always becomes sky-high but the outside temperatures are all over the place. I've lost a couple seedlings who just couldn't handle the house being 50 degrees one night and 80 the next (that's what I get for trying to put extra wood on so hubby didn't have to get up in the middle of the night to check on it. sigh). Oh well, still have time to plant more seeds.
On Saturday a nice lady is bringing out several yards of compost for me and, if the weather isn't too horrible, we'll get the garden tilled and maybe even sink the corner posts. Never did get around to building the chicken coop so I think the chicken plan will have to wait another year. Unless there are a gazillion wasps around again and then I might pick up some adult birds and build a small pen for them that would work in the warm weather. With Miss M being so close to walking we are going to have to do something about the bug problem this year if she is going to be outside...and darned if I'm gonna keep my kid locked in the house during the sunny season because of those bugs.
So, that's where we're at...still waiting for spring and warm weather so we can get our hands really dirty. I have been planting primroses and pansies to help keep my sanity but there's only so much room for those cuties. I may have to resort to drastic measures and clean out the side yard and start the shade garden idea I've been kicking around for a while.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Day Five
You know what happens when you down two (or was it three?) glasses of wine and then suddenly realize that you haven’t eaten much day, haven’t had anything alcoholic in at least a month, and your eating low-carb? Oh yeah, you get a little silly.
That’s what happened to me, it was a good ending to what had been a cruddy day. It started off good with Hubby saying “We’re going to the coast right?” (I thought he’d forgotten about it) and me bouncing on the couch and saying “To catch us some crabs right?!” I should have realized he wasn’t game for the bug catching when his response was rather lack-luster but I was too busy planning where to rent pots and what to bring with us and how to dress kiddo so she’d stay warm to notice. I rushed through homework and off we went.
Only to wander around the seaport trying to find the rental place, and then to find out the tide had turned. The second the counter lady said that the best time to catch crabs was over till next slack tide (but we’ll still rent you pots, just want you to know), Hubby was saying No to the whole crab hunting thing. Which annoyed me to no end. Sheesh, stop the passive-aggressive crud and COMMUNICATE!
Which meant the rest of the day I was trying not to pout or throw a temper tantrum like a small child, but it was hard, I’d really been looking forward to throwing some pots out and watching the seals. And while we were running around town trying to find these places the gentle sea breeze had worked itself up to a nice strong freezing wind. We did walk on the sand for a little bit but kiddo was starting to turn into such a popsicle from the wind chill (even with three layers, such a cute little round puff-ball of fabric) that we finally gave it up and came home. We get to the coast so little it seemed like a wasted trip. Sighhhh…..
So, the day’s stats:
Breakfast
Couple almonds, some leftover parmesan chips, a stick of string cheese and a piece of sugar free candy…spaced out through the morning, (I was rushing around)
Lunch
Repeat of breakfast…just snacked all day long though all together I might have had 4 chips, half a cup of almonds and 2 packs of string cheese (oh, and 2 candies). I really should have eaten something because…
Supper
Low-carb home-made pizza (cauliflower crust, mozzarella, tomato sauce, belle pepper, pepperoni, Canadian bacon)
I inhaled at least one 12” pizza (made two since we were all a little hungrier than normal) plus the two or three glasses of wine that left me a little giddy and laughing at my childish behavior earlier. Felt silly but hey, I’m a stay at home mom that used to be a career woman and most of my friends are still on the career path (aka haven’t talked or returned emails since kiddo was born) so the few times I get out of the house with Hubby to help with baby are a blessing and a curse when I want to do something specific and can’t/don’t get to. Oh well, Hubby forgave me and I (somehow!!) managed to stay on the diet without succumbing to a chocolate binge. :)
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Day Four
Whoo-hoo energy! OK, I didn't leap out of bed and turn cartwheels but I didn't feel like I was covered in slow-drying cement either. And it's the weekend so Hubby is home, yeah!! I got a few minutes alone and took a looooong hot shower, between lots of girly bubblegum soap and the extra energy I felt like Superwoman by the time I was dressed. And he fed kiddo breakfast...what a sweetie!
So with all this energy I had to do something. After succumbing to 20 minutes of web surfing (what an addiction) I decided to go a little crazy with tonight's menu and try and duplicate our favorite dish from a local pub: Parmesan crusted halibut. I've never cooked fish so this could be challenging.
Once the crazy menu was completed we went shopping. I love having energy and drive while "hunting" I get so many crazy ideas. I even picked up some leeks and red chard (things I've never eaten) much to Hubby's dismay. Oh well, if I cover it in enough cheese or bacon grease he'll eat anything.
Didn't get much exercising done, unless you count carting kiddo around downtown to get to the fish store (which didn't have halibut) and then to the fancy-shmacy Whole Foods place (where I got lost in the bulk herbs drooling over all the possibilities and picked up some ground cardamon to make Butter Chicken with) to get two super expensive fillets.
Oh, and in the name of Grok we stopped by Bi-Mart and got our fishing and shellfish licenses. If the weather is good tomorrow we'll go hunting for real.
Lunch
Shirataki noodles mixed with herbs and sliced grilled chicken
Dinner
Parmesan crusted halibut with Red fried in bacon and roasted summer veggies (zucchini, crookneck squash, and carrots)
Unfortunately the halibut didn't turn out the way I was expecting. Instead of being light and flaky with a crunchy crust it was more like fish-n-chips. Crunchy yes, flaky yes, but in a fast food fried type way. Hmmmm. Hubby loved it and ate 3/4s of the fish and was raving about what he'd do with the rest. He was so happy with the fish he gagged down the chard with no complaints. It was ok, tasted like bacon to be honest. Kiddo loved it and ate all of her share and was snagging some of mine when I wasn't looking. The summer veggies were summer veggies, nothing exciting.
If tomorrow is a nice day we'll have some excitement to share. I've never gone crabbing without my parents (and Hubby hasn't at all) so we'll see how much I remember. And I've never cooked a crab so it could be doubley-exciting. I'm thinking of going total Grok and building a campfire in the backyard to cook any bugs we catch.
So with all this energy I had to do something. After succumbing to 20 minutes of web surfing (what an addiction) I decided to go a little crazy with tonight's menu and try and duplicate our favorite dish from a local pub: Parmesan crusted halibut. I've never cooked fish so this could be challenging.
Once the crazy menu was completed we went shopping. I love having energy and drive while "hunting" I get so many crazy ideas. I even picked up some leeks and red chard (things I've never eaten) much to Hubby's dismay. Oh well, if I cover it in enough cheese or bacon grease he'll eat anything.
Didn't get much exercising done, unless you count carting kiddo around downtown to get to the fish store (which didn't have halibut) and then to the fancy-shmacy Whole Foods place (where I got lost in the bulk herbs drooling over all the possibilities and picked up some ground cardamon to make Butter Chicken with) to get two super expensive fillets.
Oh, and in the name of Grok we stopped by Bi-Mart and got our fishing and shellfish licenses. If the weather is good tomorrow we'll go hunting for real.
Breakfast
Parmesan chips snagged off the rack.
Lunch
Shirataki noodles mixed with herbs and sliced grilled chicken
Dinner
Parmesan crusted halibut with Red fried in bacon and roasted summer veggies (zucchini, crookneck squash, and carrots)
Unfortunately the halibut didn't turn out the way I was expecting. Instead of being light and flaky with a crunchy crust it was more like fish-n-chips. Crunchy yes, flaky yes, but in a fast food fried type way. Hmmmm. Hubby loved it and ate 3/4s of the fish and was raving about what he'd do with the rest. He was so happy with the fish he gagged down the chard with no complaints. It was ok, tasted like bacon to be honest. Kiddo loved it and ate all of her share and was snagging some of mine when I wasn't looking. The summer veggies were summer veggies, nothing exciting.
If tomorrow is a nice day we'll have some excitement to share. I've never gone crabbing without my parents (and Hubby hasn't at all) so we'll see how much I remember. And I've never cooked a crab so it could be doubley-exciting. I'm thinking of going total Grok and building a campfire in the backyard to cook any bugs we catch.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Day Three
Was I tired yesterday? Nahhhhhhh, compared to today I could have run a marathon, heck a TRIathalon. Grooooooooooan......must get out of bed, child demands it, musttttttt
It wasn't till late afternoon before I started to come out of the brain fog but I knew I had to be getting over the hump. By evening I was even able to string enough coherent sentences together to finish my homework and turn it in. I really should have cleaned the house but just didn't have the energy and, with a three day weekend coming up, figured I'd have plenty of non-baby time tomorrow to do it. So the place was a mess. Oh well.
Kiddo is getting a new tooth and ranges from grumpy to happy. She slept a little better (which means I got a little sleep) but seemed extra needy. Worked out good, spent a good portion of the day cuddling her and holding down the couch. It was a fairly dull day-which was about all I could handle.
Breakfast
Chicken sandwich (spicy mayo, oopsie roll, leftover baked chicken breast)
Lunch
Leftover grilled chicken thigh, raw carrots, and another chicken sandwich (for some reason I was starving)
Supper
Grilled hamburgers on oopsie rolls with Parmesan chips
I should point out right here I am a little confused on dairy products-are they part of the primal diet or not? I know I need to get the book but have to wait for payday and the library doesn't have a copy. Oh well, if it doesn't then maybe I'm a...prima-tarian....or...half-primal....or.....need a catchy phrase for some who is mostly primal but eats extra things (like a vegetarian eats chicken and fish but no red meat....or is that a vegan? So many darn titles for people!!!)
Snacks
4 or 6 Sugar-free candies (darn you hubby for buying these things!!!)
Liquids
Ice water
A little whiskey over ice nightcap
Crystal light grapefruit thingy...way too sweet, won't have again
Exercise
Does snoring count?
It wasn't till late afternoon before I started to come out of the brain fog but I knew I had to be getting over the hump. By evening I was even able to string enough coherent sentences together to finish my homework and turn it in. I really should have cleaned the house but just didn't have the energy and, with a three day weekend coming up, figured I'd have plenty of non-baby time tomorrow to do it. So the place was a mess. Oh well.
Kiddo is getting a new tooth and ranges from grumpy to happy. She slept a little better (which means I got a little sleep) but seemed extra needy. Worked out good, spent a good portion of the day cuddling her and holding down the couch. It was a fairly dull day-which was about all I could handle.
Breakfast
Chicken sandwich (spicy mayo, oopsie roll, leftover baked chicken breast)
Lunch
Leftover grilled chicken thigh, raw carrots, and another chicken sandwich (for some reason I was starving)
Supper
Grilled hamburgers on oopsie rolls with Parmesan chips
I should point out right here I am a little confused on dairy products-are they part of the primal diet or not? I know I need to get the book but have to wait for payday and the library doesn't have a copy. Oh well, if it doesn't then maybe I'm a...prima-tarian....or...half-primal....or.....need a catchy phrase for some who is mostly primal but eats extra things (like a vegetarian eats chicken and fish but no red meat....or is that a vegan? So many darn titles for people!!!)
Snacks
4 or 6 Sugar-free candies (darn you hubby for buying these things!!!)
Liquids
Ice water
A little whiskey over ice nightcap
Crystal light grapefruit thingy...way too sweet, won't have again
Exercise
Does snoring count?
Friday, February 18, 2011
Day Two
The second day. Always the worse.
I woke up with ringing ears and that bright, burning ache which usually signals the start of an ear infection, plus a vague, all over ache. Ahhhhhhh, the wonderful switch from burning sugar energy to fat energy. I can almost hear all my internal gears grinding to a halt and switching over. Oh well, it only lasts a few days. Tomorrow will be better.
Spent most of the day in a slight fog, trying to roust myself off the couch to do....something...anything (besides crawl back in bed). Kiddo hadn't slept well the night before but you'd never know, she was everywhere and laughing like a loon. How does she have so much energy??
Watching her I ran up into a dilemma. I know sugar and heavily processed grains are bad (why else am I getting rid of it from MY diet?) but what do I do with kiddo? She only has 6 teeth and has trouble chewing meat (even crock pot stuff) and is iffy on veggies. Her usual diet has oatmeal, potatoes, carrots, dry cereals, and some bread....how do I replace those but still have food she can eat?
Hubby and I talked it over and thought up some ways around things (dicing meat into a fine meal for example...though not sure how she's going to like it since then it will be harder to pick up) and steaming veggies. How to replace cheerios though? That godsend when she suddenly decides she MUST EAT NOW and I have to prepare the meal first. A handful of cheerios and she is happy stacking, munching and throwing them at the dog and I get 5-15 minutes to throw a meal together. I wonder if dried veggies, sliced really really thin, would have the same crunch and dissolving ability as cheerios. Hmmmmmmm will have to think more on that one.
Otherwise the day went good. Hubby came home and cooked dinner (yeah!). By evening I was still exhausted and dragging but Day 2 is over.
Breakfast
Chicken sandwich with spicy mayo on an Oopsie roll.
Lunch
Grilled chicken thigh with raw baby carrots
Dinner
Chicken stuffed with provolone and prosciutto, roasted asparagus in olive oil and garlic
Liquids
Finished the Diet Cokes. Sigh...good-bye my red and silver friends!
Exercise
Lifted 3 pound hand weights for 5 minutes
6 twenty-foot wind sprints carrying 20 pound weight (translation: ran up and down the hallway-living-room-kitchen corridor carrying kiddo)
Mood
TIRED! Don't have the strength to snarl at anyone but if I did I'd be cranky. Looking forward to Day 5 when usually the energy comes back (or at least, always has the last few times I've done low-carb).
I woke up with ringing ears and that bright, burning ache which usually signals the start of an ear infection, plus a vague, all over ache. Ahhhhhhh, the wonderful switch from burning sugar energy to fat energy. I can almost hear all my internal gears grinding to a halt and switching over. Oh well, it only lasts a few days. Tomorrow will be better.
Spent most of the day in a slight fog, trying to roust myself off the couch to do....something...anything (besides crawl back in bed). Kiddo hadn't slept well the night before but you'd never know, she was everywhere and laughing like a loon. How does she have so much energy??
Watching her I ran up into a dilemma. I know sugar and heavily processed grains are bad (why else am I getting rid of it from MY diet?) but what do I do with kiddo? She only has 6 teeth and has trouble chewing meat (even crock pot stuff) and is iffy on veggies. Her usual diet has oatmeal, potatoes, carrots, dry cereals, and some bread....how do I replace those but still have food she can eat?
Hubby and I talked it over and thought up some ways around things (dicing meat into a fine meal for example...though not sure how she's going to like it since then it will be harder to pick up) and steaming veggies. How to replace cheerios though? That godsend when she suddenly decides she MUST EAT NOW and I have to prepare the meal first. A handful of cheerios and she is happy stacking, munching and throwing them at the dog and I get 5-15 minutes to throw a meal together. I wonder if dried veggies, sliced really really thin, would have the same crunch and dissolving ability as cheerios. Hmmmmmmm will have to think more on that one.
Otherwise the day went good. Hubby came home and cooked dinner (yeah!). By evening I was still exhausted and dragging but Day 2 is over.
Breakfast
Chicken sandwich with spicy mayo on an Oopsie roll.
Lunch
Grilled chicken thigh with raw baby carrots
Dinner
Chicken stuffed with provolone and prosciutto, roasted asparagus in olive oil and garlic
Liquids
Finished the Diet Cokes. Sigh...good-bye my red and silver friends!
Exercise
Lifted 3 pound hand weights for 5 minutes
6 twenty-foot wind sprints carrying 20 pound weight (translation: ran up and down the hallway-living-room-kitchen corridor carrying kiddo)
Mood
TIRED! Don't have the strength to snarl at anyone but if I did I'd be cranky. Looking forward to Day 5 when usually the energy comes back (or at least, always has the last few times I've done low-carb).
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Another Year, Another Chance
Last year the weather turned so cold that the garden stopped growing. By August we had a bunch of zuccini but not much else. In December the three small pumpkins finally gave up and rotted, half green and half wanna-be orange. Check out the carrots:
Yep, that's one of the BIG carrots. Sighhhh....I got so discouraged I stopped blogging, stopped weeding, and just glared at the dark, cloudy sky as it rained, rained, rained.
BUT...IT'S A NEW YEAR!
I've already started some pepper seeds going under the BrightLight. Organic red and greens, plus some orange belles (couldn't get organic orange ones). It's been 10 days and no sign of a sprout and I am getting worried. Last year only one of these seeds sprouted (out of 24)-I had thought it was because of the cool weather. Hopefully it isn't the seeds, these organic things are expensive.
The garden is still in a state of ugliness. I never got around to "putting it to sleep" so it's basically a mud pit right now. Once the ground firms up I hope to get another 3 yards of composted steer manure to mix in and help break up the clay some more. I'd love to get a real fence up instead of that ugly road construction neon orange stuff but we'll see. Definitely will get the log borders settled in and hopefully the grapes planted this year so we can start getting table grapes. And there is still the chicken coop/run to build and chicks to get.
It's only February and we are busy! Here's to hoping for a more productive year. *fingers crossed*
Yep, that's one of the BIG carrots. Sighhhh....I got so discouraged I stopped blogging, stopped weeding, and just glared at the dark, cloudy sky as it rained, rained, rained.
BUT...IT'S A NEW YEAR!
I've already started some pepper seeds going under the BrightLight. Organic red and greens, plus some orange belles (couldn't get organic orange ones). It's been 10 days and no sign of a sprout and I am getting worried. Last year only one of these seeds sprouted (out of 24)-I had thought it was because of the cool weather. Hopefully it isn't the seeds, these organic things are expensive.
The garden is still in a state of ugliness. I never got around to "putting it to sleep" so it's basically a mud pit right now. Once the ground firms up I hope to get another 3 yards of composted steer manure to mix in and help break up the clay some more. I'd love to get a real fence up instead of that ugly road construction neon orange stuff but we'll see. Definitely will get the log borders settled in and hopefully the grapes planted this year so we can start getting table grapes. And there is still the chicken coop/run to build and chicks to get.
It's only February and we are busy! Here's to hoping for a more productive year. *fingers crossed*
Day One
After a two week splurge of carbs it's back to meat, veggies, and more meat. During the two week hiatus I stumbled on the MDA (Mar's Daily Apple) website and decided to incorporate the primal diet with our low-carb diet mixture of Atkin's, South Beach, and common sense.
The Reason
I'm 29 years old and tired. I have constant back pain, migraines, and am always cranky. Ten months ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl who today is so close to walking is scary. Scary cause she's getting so big, and scary because I have no idea how to keep up with her in my current condition. To top it off, hubby wants another baby (so they are close in age) and I am seriously considering the idea. My major hang up: if I can't keep up with a 10 month old, how can I keep up with a running toddler and a newborn?
So, something has to change.
I've tried low-fat. I've tried calorie restriction. I've tried low-carb and had the best results that way (except for the inevitable lazy I-don't-wanna-cook-lets-get-pizza day that usually knocks me off the track. For the past two months I've been doing low-carb, kinda. Lots of cheat days, lots of skipped exercising. Not much weight loss or muscle gain.
Enter Primal.
Wandering the internet one day I stumbled on the MDA blog. It took four days to read all the posts but when I reached the end I had found a home. Growing up on a horse and cattle ranch our diet consisted mainly of what we could grow, raise, or hunt. Feeding cows, changing water lines, riding horses, hiking and tracking-all slow and steady activities, lots of lifting, lots of walking. And man was I skinny thing back then. Then I went to college and the draw of McDonald's, take-out Thai food, vending machines full of Snickers, sitting for long hours in classes and the library...well, they took their toll. Fast forward 10 years and all those good habits I learned as a kid are still just a memory, locked up behind a wall of fat, kicking and screaming to be turned free.
And Primal just might be the key.
It makes SENSE!! Meat and veggies, some fruit, no grains (that's gonna be a tough one) and lots of calm exercise. No demands for an hour at the gym, 5 days a week. Playtime even!
So, lets go PRIMAL.
Lunch
After skipping breakfast due to baby demands, lunch was a simple affair of cleaning out the fridge. Baby carrots, snap peas, and broccoli florets dipped into a veggie dipping sauce-thingy my parents gave us (lots of dill, heavy cream and mayo). A couple cocktail weenie's (needed to eat them up) on the side. Not the best primal meal but with our budget throwing out food is a no-no.
Supper
Whats more primal than ribs? Tearing meat off the bone with your teeth, getting BBQ sauce and charcoal in your eyebrows, oh yeah! While hubby was all metrosexual with his New York Strip that he'd splurged on, the kiddo and I got covered in grease and burned meat bits chopping on beef ribs (kiddo also had some grilled chicken since she only has a few teeth) and for the veggie was sauteed Brussels sprouts with bacon. Eating without utensils, licking meat juice off your arm...I could eat like this every night.
Snacks
No snacks today, what with one thing and another I didn't really get hungry till I started cooking dinner. Then it was hard to wait, so I probably should have snagged some leftover carrots from lunch.
Liquids
Awwwwwwwww the hard part of going Primal, giving up my Diet Coke. There were only 6 left in the case so I partook and enjoyed a few, mentally saying goodbye with each can. Once this box is gone no more!
Mood
Grumpy, tired, snappy. Stressed about school, kiddo hadn't slept well so I hadn't slept at all. House is a mess but all I want to do is curl up and sleep. Snarled at hubby countless times. Didn't exercise (bad Kaylee!) but did cook up some Oopsie rolls for tomorrow. Hand whipping egg whites till stiff should count as exercise!
The Stats
Height: 5'4
Age:29
Weight: 212.0
B: 46.5"
W: 47"
H: 47"
So...there's my first post on this journey. Will try and keep all the rest a little shorter. I am expecting a long, interesting, difficult-but-with-lots-of-rewards trip that will change my life for the better. Probably some melt downs, falling off the wagons, lazy days, and great days, up ahead. Let the journey begin!!
The Reason
I'm 29 years old and tired. I have constant back pain, migraines, and am always cranky. Ten months ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl who today is so close to walking is scary. Scary cause she's getting so big, and scary because I have no idea how to keep up with her in my current condition. To top it off, hubby wants another baby (so they are close in age) and I am seriously considering the idea. My major hang up: if I can't keep up with a 10 month old, how can I keep up with a running toddler and a newborn?
So, something has to change.
I've tried low-fat. I've tried calorie restriction. I've tried low-carb and had the best results that way (except for the inevitable lazy I-don't-wanna-cook-lets-get-pizza day that usually knocks me off the track. For the past two months I've been doing low-carb, kinda. Lots of cheat days, lots of skipped exercising. Not much weight loss or muscle gain.
Enter Primal.
Wandering the internet one day I stumbled on the MDA blog. It took four days to read all the posts but when I reached the end I had found a home. Growing up on a horse and cattle ranch our diet consisted mainly of what we could grow, raise, or hunt. Feeding cows, changing water lines, riding horses, hiking and tracking-all slow and steady activities, lots of lifting, lots of walking. And man was I skinny thing back then. Then I went to college and the draw of McDonald's, take-out Thai food, vending machines full of Snickers, sitting for long hours in classes and the library...well, they took their toll. Fast forward 10 years and all those good habits I learned as a kid are still just a memory, locked up behind a wall of fat, kicking and screaming to be turned free.
And Primal just might be the key.
It makes SENSE!! Meat and veggies, some fruit, no grains (that's gonna be a tough one) and lots of calm exercise. No demands for an hour at the gym, 5 days a week. Playtime even!
So, lets go PRIMAL.
Lunch
After skipping breakfast due to baby demands, lunch was a simple affair of cleaning out the fridge. Baby carrots, snap peas, and broccoli florets dipped into a veggie dipping sauce-thingy my parents gave us (lots of dill, heavy cream and mayo). A couple cocktail weenie's (needed to eat them up) on the side. Not the best primal meal but with our budget throwing out food is a no-no.
Supper
Whats more primal than ribs? Tearing meat off the bone with your teeth, getting BBQ sauce and charcoal in your eyebrows, oh yeah! While hubby was all metrosexual with his New York Strip that he'd splurged on, the kiddo and I got covered in grease and burned meat bits chopping on beef ribs (kiddo also had some grilled chicken since she only has a few teeth) and for the veggie was sauteed Brussels sprouts with bacon. Eating without utensils, licking meat juice off your arm...I could eat like this every night.
Snacks
No snacks today, what with one thing and another I didn't really get hungry till I started cooking dinner. Then it was hard to wait, so I probably should have snagged some leftover carrots from lunch.
Liquids
Awwwwwwwww the hard part of going Primal, giving up my Diet Coke. There were only 6 left in the case so I partook and enjoyed a few, mentally saying goodbye with each can. Once this box is gone no more!
Mood
Grumpy, tired, snappy. Stressed about school, kiddo hadn't slept well so I hadn't slept at all. House is a mess but all I want to do is curl up and sleep. Snarled at hubby countless times. Didn't exercise (bad Kaylee!) but did cook up some Oopsie rolls for tomorrow. Hand whipping egg whites till stiff should count as exercise!
The Stats
Height: 5'4
Age:29
Weight: 212.0
B: 46.5"
W: 47"
H: 47"
So...there's my first post on this journey. Will try and keep all the rest a little shorter. I am expecting a long, interesting, difficult-but-with-lots-of-rewards trip that will change my life for the better. Probably some melt downs, falling off the wagons, lazy days, and great days, up ahead. Let the journey begin!!
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