We Wish You a Cleaner Christmas...And a Primal New Year! page

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Ah Christmas - the time of year when cookies and candy abound. Healthier snacks like clementines are a cute decoration, the exception instead of the rule. Next year, my resolution is going to be to live as primal as possible. In preparation for that, I'm challenging myself from today forward to take on the primal lifestyle once again. I did it during Lent with great success - lost 15lbs, woke up before my alarm clock every day, had a ton more energy.

I'll try to post a food log every day to keep myself accountable. The biggest challenges for me are 1) eating enough good calories (preparing lunches for work is the hard one) 2) avoiding sweets

12/1
B - Apple, Banana, Coconut Milk with Shredded Nuts (Almond, Pecan, Coconut, Flaxseed)
S - Carrots, Apple Slices, Almond Butter, Small Candy Cane (like I said - sweet tooth)
L - Butternut Squash Soup, Apple Pie Larabar

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Welcome! Mind if I tag along to see how you are doing?

Just remember this, don't beat yourself up if you backslide. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and continue in the right direction once again.

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Hey honeybuns - so I didn't do quite what I set out to, but I'm back again! I would love to have you along for the ride =)

Here goes for today:

B: 1/2 Apple, Banana, Strawberries, Coconut Milk, Shredded Nuts (flax, almond, pecan, walnut, pumpkin, sunflower)
S: 1/2 apple with almond butter, dried apples, dried plums, dried apricots, sunflower kernels, brazil nuts
L: stir fry beef, carrots, onion, bell pepper, juice of: 1 beet, 2 apples, 1 carrot
D: paleo beanless beef chili
Des: frozen berries

[honeybuns]

Got something else for you to try.

Get some unsweetened coconut flakes and toast them in the oven. Oh, my! I can even see having a bowl of these with heavy cream for breakfast!!

Looks like you are heavy to fruits and light on veggies. See if you can find a way to switch it up.

Too cool that you are in Seattle. I was raised in Bothell and now live in Aberdeen!

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Yum! Thanks for the idea - I'll have to try that sometime!!

The weekend has been healthy as well. So far so good on this latest round of clean eating.

4/1
Brunch - Egg, Sausage, Spinach, Onion cups
Snack - Banana
Dinner - Paleo Jambalaya (no rice)
Dessert - frozen berries

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Keeping it up. Drinking a concoction - 1 dandelion root tea bag, 2 T lemon juice 1 T cranberry juice, 60 oz water

B: Egg, Sausage, Spinach, Onion cups
S: 2 carrots, 3 dried apricots, .25 cup dried apples, 2 T sunflower seed kernels, 5 brazil nuts, 1 banana
L: Paleo Beanless Chili
D: Turkey, Quinoa (cheating, I know), Zucchini, Bell Pepper, Onion cups

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Too cool that you are in Seattle. I was raised in Bothell and now live in Aberdeen!

PS - Nice =) Whenever I hear Aberdeen I always think of Scotland.

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Tuesday 4-3
B: 3/4 Apple, Banana, 2 Strawberries, Coconut Milk, nut mix topper (pecans, walnuts, almonds, flax, pumpkin, sunflower raw kernels)
L: Turkey Veggie Meatloaf Cups
S: Carrots, sunflower kernels, dried apricots, brazil nuts, 1/4 apple with almond butter
D: Chicken, Spinach, Strawberries, Avocado, Olive Oil Salad

Wednesday 4-4
B: 3/4 Apple, Banana, 2 Strawberries, Coconut Milk, nut mix topper (pecans, walnuts, almonds, flax, pumpkin, sunflower raw kernels)
L: Turkey Veggie Meatloaf Cups
S: Carrots, sunflower kernels, dried apricots, brazil nuts, 1/4 apple with almond butter
D: Ham and Fried Egg, Banana

Thursday 4-5
B: Egg, Sausage, Spinach, Onion cups
L: Turkey Veggie Meatloaf Cups
S: Brazil Nuts, Raw Sunflower Kernels, Dried Plums, 1 Apple
D: Chicken, Spinach, Avocado, Olive Oil Salad

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Ok let's see...

Saturday 4-7
B: Egg and Ham
S: banana almond muffin
L: Slow Cooker Lamb, Parsnip, Turnip, Carrot, Beet stew
D: thai cashew chicken with bell peppers, onions, bamboo, sweet chili

Sunday 4-8
Brunch: Muscatel grapes; bell pepper, sausage, bacon, mushroom frittata; strawberry, pineapple, blueberry fruit salad, banana almond muffins
D: baked sweet potato, pork sausages, warm carrot and broccoli salad, cold salad with carrots

Monday 4-9
B: Egg, Sausage, Spinach, Onion cups
L: Pork Sausage
S: dried apricot, dried plum, coconut flakes, hazelnuts, brazil nuts
D: spaghetti squash and clams with pesto sauce, one plum

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Yikes - missed a week. Ah well.

Monday 4/16
B: Egg and Bacon, Fried
S: Pecan Pie Larabar, Dried Apricots, Brazil Nuts, Hazlenuts, Coconut Flakes
L: Beef Butternut Squash Soup
D: Beet, Frise, Pecan Salad, Pork Cheeks with Apple Compote, (Polenta, Limoncello Lemonade drink - cheat), Strawberry Rhubarb Sorbet

Tuesday 4/17
B: Almond Meal & Egg porridge
S: Cashew Cookie Larabar, 1/2 Pear
L: leftover chicken with ginger sauce, beanless chili (wheat thins - cheat)
D: Grapes, Banana, Steak, lettuce w/ vinaigrette, curried carrots & squash salad, midori sour