15 of 24

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!!



This is another day I was really afraid of cheating but after Saturday I really wanted to get back on track so I can see some true results on day 24. I started the morning great. I didn't get up in time to run, I could barely open my eyes after not being able to fall asleep last night (SUNDAY NIGHT FEELING) and some lingering sinus issues. I was planning to run with Nikki after school anyway so I wasn't too worried. I had my Spark and my pre-breakfast supplements 30 minutes before some eggs.

We were all up, dressed in green and ready to go by 10 after 7.....except Lost Little Lukie Lynn. He took an additional 8 minutes!!!! UGGGGH! He heard about it. I feel bad but SERIOUSLY!?!?!

Mid morning there were treats everywhere, in every lounge, staring me down and giving me puppy eyes. I took a bite of a green pecan chocolate chip muffin, a bite of a mint brownie and 2 bites of chocolate covered spicy cheetos. Grrrrrrrrrr. For SHAME.



For lunch I had 15 almonds, 2 whole carrots with hummus, and one of those chicken wings of Nikki's. YUM!!! That's on next month's menu for sure!


At 1:30 I did yoga for the first time since last Tuesday. It felt great!

After, my stomach began to growl and I ate a dozen more almonds. Wish I wouldn't have. I felt it when I ran afterward. 


To say the least, I was a bit festive today....

Maybe it was the impending blizzard....

At 3:30 Nikki and I headed off to do week two days 1&or2 of the C25K. Wouldn't you know this storm decided to drench us for the first 10 minutes of our run. Having a running buddy and being outside improved my pace and mile by 2 minutes (which is still about 2

minutes slower than my competitive walking pace, but I'll get there!) The sun was back out after we finished our 2.1 miles. As of right now there is a ferocious wind and sleet hitting the northwest wall of my house and bedroom window. 

Back to our run....My immense amount of snot in my head and chest right now had me huffing and puffing something fierce, then wouldn't you know, there's a constant incline in this town!! I SWEAR we ran up hill the ENTIRE WAY!!! Before we rounded 12th street off of Grant, I seriously felt like I was running in place with weights UNDER my shoes. Lifting them was begrudging. I'm not sure how much I slowed Nikki's pace, but I am grateful for the company, the push and the refreshment of the outdoors. 

As you might recall, Wayne put in a roast and called it an "Irish Roast". I decided I wanted to make this true and make a true Irish meal of it. I would have loved to have done Corned Beef or corned beef hash, but it is far too salty for the cleanse and I really need to suck it up. So, I adapted the recipe to fit my needs. The roast I sliced and made a beef gravy by adding cornstarch to some of the roast broth. Normally I would also put beef broth in, I shredded it and made beef sandwich sliders. I put a dash of Sweet Baby Ray's in, but again, SO. MUCH. SALT. so a dash was it. 


Here is a link to the original recipe I would have used....

Traditional Irish Meal:

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/st-patricks-day-beer-braised-beef-recipe-15175432?src=nl&mag=esq&list=nl_enl_fot_non_031513_beer-beef


I still wanted something truly traditional Irish so I decided to make this recipe, half it, and omit the salt...

Calcannon Recipe:

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/11196/colcannon-with-ham.aspx

Only this fell through as well since I had forgotten, Wayne used up the last of the cabbage. So instead I made kale chips. YUM. The Littles didn't like them too well, but Andy couldn't get enough and Wayne commended them. 

The boys and Wayne went to their last wrestling practice and I attempted to clean up some more laundry, leprechaun traps, sweep, clean the kitchen, round up lunches (Wayne ended up doing), and wrestling a very terrible almost two-year-old out of multiple endeavors. He pooped some very festive BRIGHT GREEN gooey  and very SMELLY poop which he decided to reach back into his diaper and check to make sure that was in fact what it was. When it came out almost frosting colored, I seen the hand making it's way toward the mouth just in time!!!! I'm a veteran at this one, one of his brothers had a very close call with a different shade of green poo

straight from the diaper that matched the frosting on the cake at the birthday party we were currently at. He didn't get his in his mouth either. Has none else suffered this same scenario???????

That was the entirety of my day. Listening to this storm roll in and wondering if I skip from Little House on the Prairie to The Long Winter, will it matter the gap? Will we finish it before the last snow? Sounds like a challenge to me!!!!

Saturday & Sunday Sabotage!!!

Sorry for the missing post yesterday. You didn’t miss much, I CHEATED CHEATED CHEATED and CHETED SOME MORE!!!!

The day started with hustling to get out the door to weigh ins in Sturgis for Regional Wrestling. I made a Spark and grabbed all my packs of supplements, which come in a nice strip, so it wasn’t hard.

I took the 30 minute before breakfast pack on the way there. When we got there and set up and weighed in we were faced with choices…eat what we had packed for lunch for breakfast, leave and find somewhere halfway Max Phase friendly, or eat whatever the tournament was serving for breakfast.

For time and ease we decided to eat what the concessions had. It was donuts or biscuits and gravy. Wayne and I split a plate of B&G. ¾ boys got a donut and Andy had part of some B&G then Jake ate part of it, then eventually we actually threw some of it away!

By the way, Andy was over 3 pounds down from last Saturday just by what kind of meals we prepared and the fact we didn’t allow him seconds, even on meat, which we usually let him have more of. Him not being able to finish his B&G was a sign that he too is adjusting to smaller portions and better food choices. WIN!!!!

So….. that stuff felt thick on my bones. We had a late morning snack of veggies and humus and peanutbutter. The boys had some yogurt and string cheese and grandma brought them mm’s and fruit snacks. They get to eat something substancial after weigh ins, then a small bit of (usually NOT junk food- Grandma!! –prerogative) something after each match.

We got out of the tournament around 1:30pm and headed to one of the semi-non-fast food places in Sturgis…..Pizza Ranch. We chose it knowing there would be a salad bar. There was. It was yummy. Wayne and I both took large salads and a little fruit/veggies. BUT…then I cheated again….. I had a small slice of Buffalo Pizza, a cheese stick

dipped in marinara AND ranch and a ½ a cup of mashed potatoes with gravy. YUM!!!!! I may have been the only one who stopped there though. The rest got dessert. That was where I refrained….yay me!

I did burn a few calories throughout the day walking around the track, walking the stairs toting a toddler, a few other things. Probably nowhere close to what I took in at Pizza Ranch.

For supper we had…..wait for it, I know you’ll be surprised…..POPCORN! …..and then I CHEATED AGAIN…. And a spoonful of peanutbutter pie, a spoonful of peanutbutter, and a spoonful of ground burger. I was hungry.

 

I remembered all my supplements Saturday though.

SUNDAY 3/16  Day 14 of 24

This morning I was sooooo tired. I think I might have a sinus infection. Sickness strikes again before spring. I slept in until Wayne had breakfast ready around 8:30!!!! I didn’t take my 30 minute before breakfast. My scrambled egg and cheese bowl was incredible though.

 

After breakfast I finished cleaning Luke’s room and rearranging the furniture, putting the clothes away, sorting the toys, all of it.  I forgot to take a before picture, but here’s after…..

Lunch was all the veggies from last time’s Bountiful Basket that were going to rot soon, and some from this week’s basket….

Cabbage, spaghetti squash, carrots, celery, broccoli, and beef.

I topped it with balsamic vinegar. I could have done less of that. It was alright, but I prefer no broccoli and something about the spaghetti squash being in there made it a little off to me. I absolutely love when it’s carrots, celery and cabbage with beef, you wouldn’t think adding two more veggies would be so different?? I ate about half of it and took my supplements. Forgot the 30 before again though.

After lunch I worked on that laundry some more and started on this room….

Also known as Zach’s lair. I got all the clothes put away and started sorting the toys. Problem is there’s a large pile in there that really should go to my classroom but I never have enough hands for that. I also would like one more tall bookshelf to finish off a “wall” between his room and the bathroom. The basement is unfinished, which has never stopped me from utilizing it how I see fit. Currently there are 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a playroom, a small storage room, a large living room and my “office” area (AKA Kandi’s Craft Kingdom) behind the living room setup. That entire area used to be my Lil’ Broncs Learning Center and the playroom area was the living room. It still isn’t completely set up in the playroom due to “The Flood”. My goal is to downsize again and make a better system by the end of this summer.

I was starved by supper and really wanted this:

Which was what Nikki was making for supper. Some type of glazed wings. What I got was this:

A bowl of leftover chili and one last tiny slice of Peanutbutter Pie to finish it off.  The chili was good though.

I read the boys St. Patty’s day books as tradition and we made this year’s Leprechaun Traps….

The Leprechaun leaves little notes & trinkets
@ our house & big messes.

Then we watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. I really wanted to make popcorn, but I didn’t. Instead after getting the boys in bed and finding St. Patty’s attire, I had a stalk of celery with roasted red pepper hummus and the last bite I dipped in peanutbutter.

I am really battling hunger today. I can’t decide if it’s hormonal or if it’s because there is a roast for tomorrow’s supper in the crockpot (I KNOW!!! I argued we needed to do a traditional Irish Dish, but the answer I got was “This is an Irish Roast”). When there’s food in the crockpot and I continually smell it, I’m continually hungry. Whatever it be….I feel ravenous.

Tomorrow Nikki & I plan to get in a run TOGETHER OUTSIDE before this:  

    Hits!

Wish us Luck!!!!