Day 22

Breakfast-

Shocker! Breaking the rules and went for a real breakfast this morning. Just testing a theory that the shake, while delicious, doesn't give me enough oomph in my runs. I had oatmeal, PB, 1/2 banana. 

And guess what? I had a pretty darn good 4.25 mile run this morning. So no telling if it was the breakfast or the rest day I took yesterday, but there it is.

Snack-

Lunch-

Chicken and white bean chili

Forgot to have snack. Again.

Dinner-

My last one! Boo!! 😭

Day 21

Nearing the end and suddenly I fall behind on my tracking here!

Breakfast-

And my usual grape spark. 

Morning snack, eaten a bit late-

Lunch-

I'm sure you've figured out I'll try anything once.  This is a cauliflower pizza casserole. Yeah. 

It was not terrible, not fantastic. It just, was.

Afternoon snack-

Dinner-

Evening-

Another weirdo thing I tried. This is a chocolate pudding made with avocados. It was not that great on its own, but with raspberries and banana on top, it was actually pretty good.

Torture:

My kids last day at current preschool is Friday (we move in a few weeks), and these are for the goodbye party in his classroom. Oh how I wish I could dive into them!

Day 20

Breakfast-

Morning snack, before gym-

Workout was some leg/butt strength training and then my favorite deep stretch yin yoga class.

For lunch, I had this white bean chicken chili. This was a swap I made with a friend for some of my vat of 16 bean soup. I believe the recipe is from the Advocare recipe pdf, but not positive. It was really good!

Afternoon snack-

I also had a Coffeecino made with plain almond milk.

Dinner. I will cry when I eat my last one! 

Unexplainable evening snack. A meal replacement shake is probably a bigger snack than I should have at night, but I was really wanting something sweet and filling. It hit the spot.

Day 19

If you turn your head, you can see what my favorite morning Spark flavor is. ;-)

Breakfast.  I love how even when I'm starving, this creamy milkshake actually fills me up.

I grabbed this to eat before my run, because it had been a few hours, but I didn't want anything heavy.

Set out for a run with a friend.  We ended up walking a lot of it, but we had good girlfriend talk time, so it's all good.  It ended up being 3.5 miles.

Afterwards, I snacked on a banana while prepping my spaghetti squash for my lunch.

The DIVINE spaghetti squash:

I used this recipe.  Really I didn't change much.  I brushed the squash with olive oil and sprinkled salt and pepper, and then roasted.  For the filling, I just mixed everything (except corn because I didn't have any) in the pan with the sauce, instead of reserving some sauce to the side.  And on top, I sprinkled the Go Veggie cheese I've been using.

I am no lying when I say, you must make this.  You simply must.

Afternoon snack:

I am not a fan of making 2 snacks a day a pre-packaged thing, and I already had one bar today, but I was in a rush of cleaning.  I realized I was about to skip snack again, and that has not been a good habit, so I grabbed one of these and ate it while vacuuming.

Dinner was lefteover 16 bean soup.  Still delicious!

Evening snack.  Haha, I attempted another one of the protein cakes. It was better than the last one, but still not perfect.  I have now made it my mission to perfect this thing though.

Day 18

I'm loving this combo for breakfast-

Morning snack on way to the gym-

Exercise- warm up on rower, then upper body weight workout with a friend.

Lunch-

Threw the rest of this casserole in the freezer. It is good, but I am tired of eating it.

Afternoon snack-

Coffeecino blended with almond milk and 1/2 scoop cinnamon protein powder

Dinner-

Delicious! Made this soup, only I substituted chicken for the ham. It was delicious, but again, it made too much. Lucky for me I have two neighbors willing to do some swapping!

Evening snack-

Day 17

After my usual Spark, Catalyst and first packet of supplements, I had my yummy breakfast-

Morning snack-

Had it at the gym. In the locker room. In my bathing suit. Haha!

Lunch-

More unstuffed cabbage casserole with rice. Yup, I am getting tired of eating it. It made too much for one person. 

Exercise- took my two little guys out for a walk in the stroller. We did about 3.75 miles and I walked quite slow. Legs still sore. Ugh.

Missed snack again this afternoon. :-( I know that breaks the rules, timing just sucked.

Dinner-

Was yummy. Turkey burger with a smidge of the salsa yogurt dressing and some avocado slices, on lettuce leaves; side of roasted sweet potato ribbons with rosemary and garlic; side of Brussels sprouts with a little balsamic glaze on top.

Snack:

So what's going on here is I made this "cake". It uses egg whites and protein powder, along with vanilla extract and cream of tartar. The description said it was like angel food cake consistency, which mine was not. Now this wasn't horrible by any means, and overall not a half bad way to feel like having a treat and getting in a bunch of protein. It was much better with 1/2 banana slices over it and would probably be great with berries on top. I don't know, this is definitely worth experimenting with I think.

Day 16

Breakfast-

I couldn't do it. I really only love my shakes blended with water and ice, but drinking it makes me cold and I was already freezing this morning. So, I broke my no coffee rule and brewed up a cup of hot decaf. I put it in the blender with a chocolate meal replacement shake. It actually was quite yummy and warmed me up.  I don't love it as much as my morning milkshake, but it hit the spot.

Snack on the go-

I had a doctors appointment to get my toe looked at finally (probably broken, but healing, and the joint is jammed. Nothing else to do for it). I actually remembered to pack a snack, so I ate this in the car after I left there, while out running errands.

Lunch-

Eating in progress. Chicken tortilla soup with avocado and Go Veggie cheese.

Afternoon snack-

This was so good. Tuna mixed with salsa, on top of cheddar magic pops, with a few blobs of guacamole (less than one of those wholly guacamole 100 calorie packs).

Exercise-

Well. My legs are broken from squats, lunges and deadlifts yesterday, yet I still wanted to try a short easy run. It wasn't good folks. I ended up doing 20 minutes on treadmill (some walking, some running), 12 minutes on elliptical,and another 10 running slow around the track. 

Dinner was late so I had a snack with it because I was staving.

Unstuffed cabbage casserole, carrots and some of this dressing:

It is dairy, but I don't care. 

Day 15

How to start the morning off right-

Spark and catalyst. Always!  I am a coffee addict and I'm telling you, I am loving my Spark.

Breakfast-

I decided to throw a packet of red pas worry rehydrate into my lemon shake this morning. Let me tell you, best idea ever! This combo was amazing and I will be so sad when I run out of these lemon shakes. 

Exercise- was supposed to run with a friend, but it was supplied to rain and since I'd have my two little ones in the stroller with me, I decided not to chance it. Instead I met another friend at the gym and she pretty much killed me. We did weights, and worked out legs and butt. Pretty much it's the end of the day right now and my legs are ridiculous.

Snack-

Two days in a row I forgot snack. Ugh. Must replenish my purse stash of bars.

Lunch-

Leftovers. Lemon pepper chicken, roasted sweet potato and cauliflower soup.

Afternoon snack

Got messed up. Had this Coffeecino with almond milk, but forgot to have another small snack. I was hungry, just busy with kids.

Dinner-

Chicken Tortilla soup with veggie cheese and avocado.

This is the recipe I used for the soup. I don't know who to give the credit to, it was written up in a group on FB. Be prepared to eat it all week, feed an army, and/or freeze some. It makes a lot!

Evening snack-

A bit more than usual because I was pretty damn hungry. 😜