Week One

Day One (October 12):

Breakfast:
Two eggs scrambled with a 1/2 an avocado and cherry tomatoes
Two slices of Trader Joe's uncured apple smoked bacon (there are three in the pic, but I only ate two)

Lunch:
Salad with apples, carrots, almonds, broccoli and shredded chicken on top with a homemade viniagrette
I think I saved that half a pear for later

Snack:
Unsalted almonds and coconut flakes

And coffee- black with coconut milk (looks kinda gross and definitely not as good as my latte)

Dinner:
Grass-fed angus burger (Trader Joe's)
Steamed broccoli with clarified butter
Baked sweet potato with clarified butter

Day Two:

Breakfast:
Two eggs
Sweet potato hash browns
Two Applegate turkey sausage














Snack during church:
Unsalted almonds and coconut flakes

Lunch:

Same salad as yesterday (forgot to take a picture!)

Pre-run snack:
Half of this Larabar

Post-run snack:
A couple slices of uncured ham, carrots and olives
La Croix orange (yummy drink with no sweeteners, but fixes that sweet craving anyway)

Dinner:
Taco turkey (just ground turkey with taco seasoning)
Cauliflower rice (much better than I expected it to be!)
Cubed butternut squash

"Dessert":
Clementine orange

Chai black tea with coconut milk

Day three:

Breakfast:
Same as yesterday

Lunch:
My apple, carrot, almond, broccoli salad with viniagrette
Sliced chicken
Half a pear (which I think I saved for later...)

Coffee- clack with coconut milk

Dinner:
Salmon
Kazakh salad (cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, olive oil, fresh dill and salt)
Swiss chard

Salted almonds and coconut flakes

Day Four:

Breakfast:
Sweet potato hash
One egg
3 oz uncured ham steak
Spinach
Salsa
Pomegranate seeds

Not sure why these pictures are upside down, and I don't know how to fix it- they were correct with I uploaded them...



Snack- apparently one egg wasn't enough for breakfast
Almonds and coconut flakes

Lunch:
Apple, carrot, almond, broccoli salad
Avocado
Chicken slices
Grapes

Dinner:
"Tortilla" soup (a kinda modified version of this)

Snack at Bible study:
Sliced apples with pumpkin almond dip- so yummy, and I didn't take any pictures and I didn't count how many I had! I'll post a sorta recipe ... sometime.
Then I had chai with coconut milk and more apples after.

Day Five:

Breakfast:

Sweet potato hash with uncured ham steak cubes, spinach, bell peppers, salsa wrapped in 1 whole egg, 2 egg whites scrambled but cooked flat- no stirring (kind of an omlet, or breakfast burrito)
Grapes

Trying to mix it up a bit, but it's really the same thing as every other day...

Lunch:
My Kakazh salad
Sliced chicken breast
2 hard-boiled egg whites (yolks are yuck!)

Snack:
The other 1/2 of my Larabar from the other day

Dinner
My same apple, almond, carrot, broccoli salad (I didn't eat all of it)
Sliced chicken breast
Some pomegranate seeds

Snack after church:
About 4 apple slices with my yummy pumpkin spice dip

Day Six:

Breakfast:
Sweet potato hash with 2 eggs, and spinach
3 pieces of Trader Joe's uncured apple smoked bacon (that stuff is sooo yummy!)

Lunch:
Egg drop soup with kale (recipe- but, I didn't have celery or green onions, so I used a tiny bit of onion, and added some frozen, chopped kale)

Snack:
Grapes

and:
Homemade coconut Larabar (recipe)- they look weird, but taste yummy!

Dinner:
Kazakh salad
Cubed, baked sweet potatoes with garlic salt and rosemary
Bison burger (Trader Joe's)

Day Seven:

Breakfast:
Sweet potato hash
One egg and two egg whites
3 oz uncured ham steak
Spinach
Salsa


What else??

Lunch:
Egg drop soup with kale
Taco beef

Weird lunch, but I'm trying to use what's in my fridge, ok??

Snack:
Apple with pumpkin spice dip

I was seriously dragging today- this felt like coffee! I was so energized about 20 minutes after this snack!!

Other snack:
<--- A handful of these. So good!!! 















Dinner:
Taco soup a friend made- basically I ate the chicken and tomatoes from it
Baked sweet potato with clarified butter

I was watching my friend's kids, and forgot to take a picture! 

Snack:
A small handful of coconut flakes


They were eating ice cream bars... Coconut flakes are yummy, but don't quite compare.












That's the end of week one! Yay!! 

I feel very tired, but after reading this timeline of how you'll feel during each period, at least I know it's normal! I discovered that I maybe just need to add some more fruit or starchy veggies earlier in the day. It's been helping a little, and I haven't felt quite like I'm gonna collapse.

I still feel like I'm eating a lot of snacks, but I'm just hungry and tired and need a pick-me-up! I'll work on it some more during week two.