April 7

Lemon Water

Breakfast - egg, sauteed mushrooms topped with feta and basil, roasted sweet potatoes, avocado with Jane's mixed-up salt and red pepper flakes, tomatoes

Lunch - leftover Mongolian bbq, avocado, sf carnation with milk

Dinner 1. sweet potato pancakes, dave's breakfast with yogurt, chia, pear, hemp, peanut butter, and this new Daily Boost trail mix that's super good

Dinner 2. Gyudon (sugary so I didn't eat much) - rice, thin sliced beef, onions, soy-sugar-ginger sauce; clementines

Day 21 Fancy beets

March 12

Breakfast - yogurt nut bowl with apples and bananas, peanut butter, chia, hempseed, stevia
Lunch - boiled egg, grapefruit picked today, sweet potatoes,brussels sprouts, red onion, fancy beet salad with bleu cheese (recipe below)
Dinner - n N Out cheeseburger protein style minus the sauce, diet coke.  Not bad without the bun, though I noticed the burger was really salty.  ???  
Came home and ate roasted cauliflower, roasted broccoli, and quinoa, 3 clementines
SF hot chocolate

Breakfast - yogurt nut bowl

Lunch - boiled egg, grapefruit picked today,
sweet potatoes,brussels sprouts, red onion, fancy beet salad with bleu cheese

In N Out cheeseburger protein style minus the sauce, diet coke

Spiralized Beet and Blue Cheese Salad

Ingredients

2-3 large beets (about 2 pounds), peeled and spiralized using a 3mm blade

1 bunch green onion, thinly sliced into rounds

6 ounces firm blue cheese, crumbled, or more to taste

1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, or to taste

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 clove garlic, pushed through a garlic press

1/3 cup neutral oil, such as grapeseed

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Spread spiralized beets out in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.

Pour 1 to 2 tablespoons water over the top and then tightly cover the baking sheet with another sheet of aluminum foil.

Roast beets in the preheated oven until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven, drain any accumulated liquid, and cool completely.

Combine cooled beet noodles, green onion, blue cheese, and dill in a large bowl.

Whisk red wine vinegar, lemon juice, and garlic, together in a small bowl.

Slowly whisk oil into dressing until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Pour dressing over beets and toss salad to coat.

Day 20

March 11

Breakfast - Oat groats, dried blueberries, toasted almonds, cacao
Lunch - quinoa, cottage cheese, sweet potatoes, raw broccoli, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, carrots, bell pepper

Dinner - Mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, cornflake chicken (took the cornflake off before eating), fruit cup

SF hot chocolate

Breakfast - Oat groats, dried blueberries, toasted almonds, cacao

Lunch - quinoa, cottage cheese, sweet potatoes, raw veggies

Dinner part 1 - fruit cup.  Mom must be here for Sunday dinner :-)

Mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, cornflake chicken

Day 18

March 9

Breakfast - Greek yogurt, plain mixed nuts, peanut butter, apple, grapes, hempseed, chia seeds, stevia.  Thanks, Mom!

Lunch - Salad from Mangos restaurant - chicken, lettuce, cheese, tomato, avocado.  Chicken was gross and the salad was generally flavorless.  Won't try that again.  I didn't eat the taco bowl.

Dinner - avocado toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie, pero/postum

Super Satisfying breakfast invented by Dave, made by Mom.
Usually sweetened with honey but I threw a little stevia in there instead.

Mangos salad from Mangos restaurant Mesa.  Just no.

Dinner - more like a nighttime snack really - avocado toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie, pero/postum

Day 15

March 6

6:30 lemon water

8:00 peanut butter toast with bananas; berries; pero/postum

11:00 string cheese and four dates

Hike with Mom to the Petroglyphs in Hieroglyphic Canyon

1:30 chop spinach salad - bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, basil, italian dressing; peanut butter and sf jam sandwich on Ezekiel bread; clementine

3:15 DDPepper

4:00 dates, almonds, clementine

5:45 chili lime chicken, quinoa, roasted potatoes, butternut squash, brussels sprouts, milk

9:30 sf hot chocolate, cheese and jam toast

Picnic Lunch prep!

Chop spinach salad, peanut butter and sf jam on Ezekiel bread
Very satisfying on our hike!

Dinner.  Delicious but very boring to look at. Quinoa, chicken, potatoes, butternut squash, brussels

Day 14

March 5

6:30 lemon water

7:00 Breakfast - avocado egg toast, clementine, pero/postum

12:00 Diet Coke

2:00 Lunch - chili lime chicken, quinoa, chop salad, sweet potato, raw veggies, milk, clementine

6:30 Dinner - Baked Potato Bar - russet potato, stagg chili, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, tomato, cheese, milk

9:00 sf hot chocolate

Breakfast - avocado egg toast, clementine, pero/postum

Lunch - chili lime chicken, quinoa, chop salad, sweet potato, raw veggies

154.9

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.

155.6

Day 9 Nutritional Yeast

February 28

6:30 lemon water

8:00 Ezekiel English muffin avocado toast and peanut butter toast with berries and chia seeds, pero/postum in milk

12:00 Cottage cheese topped with pineapple and blueberries.  Cucumber, baby bell pepper.  Zoodles sauteed in butter and garlic, mixed with black beans and some Nutritional Yeast.  The Nutritional Yeast gave it a cheesy flavor.  I'm pondering all the other uses for it...

4:00 Clementine, blueberries, 3 dates, string cheese.  Wow, dates and string cheese are really good together.

Pilates

6:30 Homemade pizza - ham, pineapple, mozzarella, marina sauce, basil, tomatoes with spaghetti squash on the bottom instead of a crust.  I just heated it all up together (minus basil and tomato) and it was surprisingly a great combination.  I will definitely make that again.  Milk to drink.

7:45 Handful of trailmix at the church (mixed nuts and raisins)

10:30 sf hot chocolate

Breakfast - Avocado toast and peanut butter toast with berries and chia, pero/postum

Lunch - zoodles and black beans, cottage cheese & fruit

Dinner - pizza with a spaghetti squash "crust" :-)

156.8

Day 5

February 24

6:45 lemon water
Clean the church
8:45 McDonald's egg and bacon, small o.j.
9:45 hot milk w/ postum and pero

11:30 20 oz water

1:00 spinach, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, brussels sprouts, shrimp sauteed in butter and Old Bay seasoning, diet coke

4:00 1/3  slice Ezekiel English muffin with peanut butter, grapes

7:00 zoodles (zucchini noodles) and mushrooms sauteed in butter and garlic, topped with tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, apple slices, milk.  I snacked on raw veggies as I cooked, so I wasn't very hungry by time we ate. Those zoodles were sure good, though!  I want to get me a spiralizer.

9:00 hot chocolate (no sugar added) made with milk

Lunch

Dinner.  Zoodles!

158.4

Day 2 I discovered Ezekiel Bread

February 21 

Breakfast: Carnation
egg, sweet potato pancakes, avocado, o.j.

Lunch: spaghetti squash, marinara, cubed chicken, avocado, olives
no sugar added tapioca pudding

Snack: trail mix (nuts and raisins)
two handfuls nearly naked popcorn

Dinner: roasted veggies, 1/2 Ezekiel English muffin with natural peanut butter (organic, no sugar added), glass of milk

Ezekiel bread is made with sprouted wheat so it contains no flour.  Booyah.  It's definitely different from regular bread, but satisfying when you want some toast.  Even Andrew doesn't mind it.

160.0 lbs

Choosing Balance

Inspired by Pey on Choosing_Balance on Instagram, I've been making healthier meals lately.  Here a few of my attempts.  This is before I started no-sugar/no-flour, so some of this does not work with that plan.

Avocado, chicken, spaghetti squash, marina, parmesan, olives

Avocado toast, yogurt, granola, berries

oat groats, blueberries, sliced almonds

Andrew's lunch: brown rice with lentils, yogurt, blueberries, almonds

wheat crackers, baby belle, avocado, spinach, tomato, cucumber, mango salsa

yogurt, granola, berries

sweet potatoes, spinach, onions, tomato, avocado

tangerine juice from the next-door neighbor.  HEAVEN

sweet potato, avocado, chicken/veggie stir-fry, mango salsa

tomato, brown rice/quinoa, avocado, bell pepper, baby belle cheese

yogurt and berries on Dave's Killer Bread, avocado, fried egg

Roasting veggies for the week

Roasting veggies for the week