Breakfast: Switched it up. Wifey made kids and eggs (1 for me cooked in olive oil) and bacon before she left for work, and COFFEE like usual. Plus feeds the dogs. And I just wake the kids up and scoot them out the door. She is so much more awesome than me.
Lunch: 1 Egg fritatta around 11:30, and then leftover chicken curry with brocolli around 1:00pm. Didn't care for the chicken curry, not a curry fan, but as expensive as eating fresh/organic is, I won't waste the food.
Dinner: Burgers and asparagus! Mmmmm. Bought some Laura's lean beef, 8% fat, at Kroger the night before, no grass fed beef at Kroger, so settled for that. Topped the burger with sauteed onions and green peppers, slice of tomato and fresh guacomle. Not gonna lie, it would have been better with a bun and bbq sauce and messy fingers. But it was quite good. Hit the spot. I was in heaven, so I ate a second burger. The asparagus was good too. Both kids ate it, which suprised me.
Snacks: Carrots and banana. Was busy at work, and I think the cravings are going away, so I didn't have the urge to snack all day.
Random thoughts: If not mentioned before, cooking without preboxed food like noodle-roni , mac-n-cheeese orrice-a-roni(processed foods) is so much more time consuming. Before we would grab one of the above out of the pantry, and can of green beans or corn, and some type of fresh meat. Dinner is done in 20 minutes. Even something as simple as burgers with fresh toppings and asparagus is more work. Have to cut the toppings and asapargus. It really helps if you can prepare ahead of time, but that is tough. If you cut the food too early, like days ahead, some of the stuff goes bad. And after dinner and getting the kids to bed, the wife and I have to make meals for the lunch the next day for all 4 of us. Ok, mostly her.
On top of that, if you have kids, you understand, extracuricular activites. Thurday night schedule:
Kids get home at 4:05pm
Daughter has basketball from 5pm-6:30pm
Dinner at 6:45pm
Guitar lessons from 7:30pm-8:30pm for daughter and dad. Normally 8-9, but started early tonight.
Squeeze in homeworks. Luckily there wasn't much last night.
I guess my point is that eating Paleo, or even just fresh/organic if no interest in Paleo, is hard. But the results are awesome. I am writing this on Friday morning, start of day 6, and I am already down 7 lbs. Wife is already down 5 lbs. We both feel better, I'm sleeping better, even though I miss staying up late. Going to bed at 10 might be good, but I hate it. I enjoy being a night owl. But without caffeine and sugar I am ready to crash come 10pm.
By the way, my wife is awesome if you didn't pick that up. Without her, I wouldn't be doing this. She wants me to eat healthier and does alot more than me. Looking forward to Sunday and helping prepare next week's food.
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