Day three has been the hardest so far. Tonight we celebrated Jason’s birthday. With ice cream CAKE. With PIZZA. With a lot of things that sounded and smelled so good.
The day started out great! I woke up and drank a pint of water and my fat burning coffee and immediately did my squat challenge. Oh Em Gee! My legs were literally on fire. I was having trouble and then the most amazingly cute thing happened! My beautiful six year old daughter Adrian comes walking in the room that I’m in and asks “What are you doing?” I reply “I am doing squats and they are tough!” She says “Is this exercise?” Me “yes it is and I have 35 more to go!” She then looks at me with the biggest eyes and the most excitement says “Come on Mom, you got this!” It was the most motivation I have had in YEARS! She stood with me, counted for me and even tried a couple! How could you not finish with something this cute in your face?
It was the best feeling ever and made my squat challenge the easiest day so far.
After my squat challenge I put a nice big free range turkey in the oven so that I have a good source of meat for the week. I seasoned it beautifully and cooked it low and slow. The result was amazing!
Now it came time for my oldest son’s birthday party =/ What I have been dreading all day, not the “birthday” part of it… It is always a blessing and immediately uplifting to see your kids excited and happy! Now, this isn’t just any birthday this is his 13TH birthday! This is a milestone, he is now an adolescent! What I dreaded was smelling the pizza, seeing the ICE CREAM cake or what I like to now refer to as the devil. I knew I was up for a challenge and I did it. I FREAKING did it! I did NOT eat a single slice of pizza or cake! Not even a taste! NOTHING. I instead made sure all of the boys had what they needed and then made myself a paleo dinner with my turkey. It wasn’t my prettiest meal so far because I was kind of rushing so that I could eat and eat right! I know it was a challenge, but it was amazing to know that I had self control! To be able to not eat these things that were once a comfort to me feels amazing! This is just a prime example of MIND OVER MATTER! If you think it you can do it. You just have to have will power and believe in yourself. I told myself all day I was not eating that pizza or cake. I knew it would be a challenge but I prepared myself for it, and it made it that much easier. What a day! I still feel good from it!
On a side note, Facebook decided to suspend me because I reposted a “naked gardening day” picture. Of all the negative inappropriate things I see on Facebook! The NERVE of them! Oh well. Guess it serves me right, the man’s penis on the front of the picture was kind of disturbing. Anywho… below you will find meals from the day! Enjoy!
Best Breakfast this week!!! Everything on my plate today was organic! 3 eggs over medium, beet kale onion pan fried, avocado and raw baby yellow carrots. Everything except the carrots seasoned with kosher salt, black pepper, cumin and cayenne.
My Lunch! Soooo good! Made a “SuperMix Superfood salad” (baby kale, spinach, chards and beet tips) topped with 2 fried eggs in evoo. Dressing was homemade vinaigrette (red wine vinegar, evoo, cracked black pepper, raw honey, and kosher salt) avocado and yellow baby carrots on the side. Amazing! Not pictured, 2 meatballs leftover from dinner.
Kinda messy, but dinner! Turkey on bed of kale and spinach with avocado and yellow carrot. Same vinaigrette from lunch. Quite delicious!
And you know I have to show you the TURKEY!!! Looks gorgeous! You can just see the Sage leaves under the skin!!! YUMMMMMY!
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