April 12

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Steel-cut oats made overnight in the rice cooker, strawberries, sliced almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna & cheese broiled on Ezekiel bread English muffin, sauteed zucchini & mushrooms seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, nutritional yeast; spinach with apples & strawberries; grapes

Breakfast - steel-cut oats, milk, strawberries, almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna melt, spinach salad, sauteed mushrooms & zucchini

April 9

Lemon Water

Breakfast - overnight oats (see recipe below)

Lunch - 

Dinner - 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats

Peanut butter banana toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Layer in order:
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup milk (I used coconut milk because i was all out of regular)
2 T peanut butter
1/2 T cocoa powder
1/4 t vanilla
2 T large 60% cacao chips (this makes it sweet enough - no sugar or honey necessary)
2 T chopped nuts

Store in fridge overnight.  Stir, microwave for 30 seconds, top with bananas

April 3 - Six Weeks

It was my goal to have no sugar or flour for six weeks.  I did it!  Results: I've lost some weight, I have more energy, my knee, hip, and IT band have felt way less pain than before.  All good things!  I'll allow myself an occasional bit of sugar or flour now.

Lemon water

Breakfast - sweet potato pancakes, oatmeal, bananas, dried blueberries, peanut butter

Bike ride to library and back

Protein shake with bananas and almonds

Lunch - Roasted veggies, turkey burgers, tomatoes, bell pepper, milk; yogurt mixed with chia jam

Dinner - mashed potatoes with marina sauce and meatball.  This was weird.  I won't do it again.  I'll do a different pasta substitute next time it's Italian night.  Slice of ham, green beans, bell pepper, tomatoes, milk.

Snack - strawberries, raspberries, nuts

Breakfast - sweet potato pancakes, oatmeal, fruit, PB

After-workout protein shake with banana and almonds

Lunch - Turkey burgers, roasted veggies, raw tomatoes and bell pepper

More lunch - yogurt mixed with chia jam

Day 10

March 1 Happy March!

6:00 lemon water

7:45 Old Fashioned Oats cooked in milk, topped with blackberries & a little stevia; fried egg

10:30 string cheese and dates

1:15 Butternut squash hash - sauteed squash (mostly pre-cooked in microwave), zucchini, onion, spinach, Jane's mixed-up salt, garlic salt, red pepper flakes (for my man); Sweet potato pancakes; Salmon fried in olive oil with Old Bay seasoning.  DDrPepper to wash down those spicy red pepper flakes.  ;-)

7:00 Dinner was a weird combination but I was lazy and eating alone anyway so I grabbed whatever.  Spaghetti squash.  Again.  I have got to buy a small one next time because it just made SO. Much.  I still have tons left.  Anyway... melted some mozzarella on it and added tomatoes.  Peanut butter toast. Raw veggies.  Postum/Pero.

7:45 2 Clementines

Breakfast - oatmeal & egg

Snack - string cheese and dates.  These go unbelievably well together!

Lunch - Salmon, Butternut Squash hash, Sweet Potato Pancakes

Dinner - kinda weird but oh well.
Spaghetti squash with cheese, PB toast, veggies, postum/pero.

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