Primal Challenge Journal (DebFM)
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Sunday, 9/27
Rained all day & we were stuck inside.
B'fast: Sunday treat of almond pancakes w/ blueberry sauce, sausages & coffee w/ cream
IF'd lunch; wasn't hungry
Supper: primal meatloaft & mashed turnips with bacon. Those turnips rule! They were soooo good. The hub had 3 helpings!WOD: doggy walk in the rain. And, had on a pair of pants I haven't been able to wear for over a hear & even then they were tight. This time tons of extra leg room & the waist fit just fine! Woohoo!!!
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Monday 9/28...
Started the day with an evil body weight workout: 25 pushups, 35 squats, 15 Burpees, 15 stair jumps & 25 kettlebell swings. Used an 8# weight since I don't have a KB & that was pretty light but I couldn't manage both 8#'s. Hands aren't that big!! After lunch I did a doggie walk with the kidlets. Nice.
And, EXTRA BONUS, wore shorts I haven't been able to get into for YEARS now. Woohoo!!!! I was totally psyched!
Eats:
b'fast: scrambled eggs w/ cotswold cheese, sausage & coffee w/ cream (the Hub made brekkie. Whatta nice guy!)
Lunch: salad w/ turnky, ham, goat cheddar, lettuce & tahini dressing
Supper: sauteed beef & veggies w/ salsa & a little cheese
Afternoon coffee & cream.Posted 5 months ago # -
Weds. 9/30
B'fast: coffee w/ cream; scrambled w/ cheddar
lunch: leftover chicken curry w/ extra ghee and 1/4C cottage cheese
supper: kale w/ andouille sausage
snack: espresso w/ cream; 1 tbs almond butterWOD: weight training (arms), 25 squats & 15 pushups plus dog walkies.
Did the scale thing today and have lost 25#! Did a little happy dance & bought myself a nice polarfleece hoodie. Totally deserved it!
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Thurs Oct 1
HUGE cheat day since it was one of my kidlets' birthdays & we went out for sushi! YUM!
B'fast: bacon, coffee w/cream
Lunch: a little paneer, andouille sausage, 1 tbs almond butter
supper: SUSHI! woohoo! It was yummy, too. And I had this awesome shrimp salad thing with shrimp, cucumber, onion & seaweed. Very tastey. Even had a little plum wine. Totally didn't pig out, though. And no cake later (gluten intolerance). I did have a little ice cream but only a few bites. Just didn't taste as good as it used to. Soooooo sweet.Posted 5 months ago # -
Monday 5 Oct
Had a weekend-long reenactment with lots of rain (bad) and lots of meat (good!). Have to say, gained about 5 pounds from the sushi (water weight) and peed it all out on Saturday. Yuck! Hmm...sushi & mildly uncomfortable pants vs primal and comfy pants...
Weekend was lots of meat: bacon, sausage, venison, beef; bacon, sausage, cheese, German sausage & sauerkraut. Yup, that about sums up the whole weekend! :)
Today: eggs, bacon & cottage cheese + coffee w/ cream. Not sure about supper yet. Will figure out something primal - probably some kind of meat + kale (the world's *best* veggie!).
WOD: hauling very heavy wet canvas tent around so it dries; dragging around loads of wet linen reenactment clothes & hanging them on the line in all their heavy wetness. The dragging everything up the stairs to be put away. Ugh. Altho I get smart and iron them NOW so I won't have to do it next time.
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Oh wow. Plum wine? Interesting and tasty I'm sure!
Ohhh... cottage cheese. That sounds good. I haven't had it in ages. How do you do kale? I've always wanted to try it, but I'm intimidated by unusual veggies- lol.
Cool workout. ;)
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Hey Diana! I have two fave ways to make kale. #1 cook 4 - 6 slices of bacon nice & crispy; remove from pan. Chop a bunch of kale & put in pan w/ bacon fat, about 1/4 C water or broth & 1 TBS apple cider or herb vinegar. Cook until the kale turns an OD green color and is nice and tender. Serve w/ bacon crumbled on top. #2 way is the same but just using bacon fat I've saved from earlier in the day. Kale is also good with sliced, sauteed garlic or topped with gomasio (sp? - ground sesame seeds w/ garlic & sea salt). Even the picky 5 year-old eats it. :)
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Tues 10/6
Lazy, again today! Well, workout wise, anyway. Did the 2-doggie walk in the evening.
Brekkie: 3 bacon and 2 fried eggs & coffee w/ cream.
IF'd lunch
Supper: 2 bratwursts, homemade sauerkraut, & kale (cooked in bacon fat & chicken broth)
Snack: 2 tbs almond butter and coffee w/ cream
Actually did a FitDay breakdown: 162 g fat (80%!); 27 g carbs; 65 g protein.
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Ditto on the lazy workouts. It's hard sometimes to get (and stay) motivated.
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Good eats! Good workout!
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Thurs 10/7
WOD: dog walkies for about 1.5 miles and did my heavy lifting for the week with some heavy gardening (moving compost). I was out there for 3 hours doing that & a bunch of stuff. *Love* fall weather!Today: 2 sausages for brekkie & coffee w/ cream
Lunch: curried chicken salad & spinach (finally got around to making some mayo).
Supper: Leftover chicken made into chicken curry.Think I OD'd on the curry!
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Friday 10/8
Bacon & eggs w/ salsa; coffee w/ cream for breakfast.
For lunch, salad w/ turkey & pecans, a little cotswold cheese & 1/2 a plum.
Snack: coffee w/ cream, coconut muffins (made 'em for the kiddies & had to taste 'em)
Supper: 2 filets of sole & sauteed leeks.Completely lazy today!
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Oh, what a slacker I was about updating over the weekend!
Sat.
Brekkie: almond pancakes, sausages & coffee w/ cream.
Lunch was more like a snack - some slices of hard sausage, a few walnuts & a couple slices of apple.
Supper: we went out for Thai. I had red curry w/ beef & extra steamed veg on the side subbed for the rice. It was really yummy. I made Sassy's no flour choco cake as it was the hub's birthday. Everyone loved it & I had a little piece.
WOD: pushups & squats.Sunday
brekkie: cheese omelet & sauteed garlic sausages; coffee w/ cream
snack: handful of walnuts & 1 slice hard sausage (had a craft fair)
supper: left over curry & a napa cabbage salad w/ shredded carrots & almond slices. I made an asian style dressing to go on it. One little slice of cake, too.WOD: carried cinder blocks like a quarter mile to hold my canopy down in the wind. Plus unloaded & loaded up the car. :)
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I love reading your journal. Your cooking sounds so yummy- especially the curry and asian stuff. I find it intimidating. I love your workouts too. Carrying cinder blocks is totally Primal!
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Amy
MemberHi.
I just clicked on your name and realized you are in MA too.
I am in north attleboro....not to far from you!!Great job with the eats and workouts. Keep it up!!
I have been slacking a bit on the workouts lately...I am blaming it on the change in weather :)!!Great website. Maybe I will take one of your classes. When are you having the winter herb class?
AMY
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Amy, thanks for the comments! I'm not doing any thing formal here this fall as I've not had enough interest. However, I'm doing a 2-hour workshop at Michaelmas Farm in November. Here's their website: http://www.michaelmasfarm.com/fall2009programs.html . I'll have the handout for that on my website after the class.
Since you live so close, if you'd like to do an informal one-on-one chat (well, with kids, too, as they're always here!) drop me an email. I can do an informal medicine-making class. I have to start stocking up for next year on the stuff that takes a year to brew.
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Lotso' curry goin' on around here! ;-)
I too am a cooking slacker. I just grill up a steak and eat.
Poor family is craving some variation.
I did vary it up for them last week. I bought some Chorizo and stuffed the pork chops with that wonderful stuff! Hubby said it's just the thing he needed, as he was starting to get bored. :-D
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Monday, 10/12
Brekkie: 2 fried eggs w/ salsa & cheese; coffee w/ cream. Really wished I had some bacon to go with the eggs!
Lunch: I think I IF'd lunch.
Snack: 2 TBS crunchy almond butter.
Supper: skirt steak & mashed celery root. The steak was really fatty & it's cold in the house so the fat congealed on the cold plate! yuck! I was nice & put hubby's plate in the oven. I guess we should turn on the heat soon!WOD: dog walkies with kids. And I cleaned out my clothes closet. Not really a workout but it sure was nice to say bye-bye to sizes XL, L, 16 & many of the 14's. Woohoo!
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Yay for cleaning out the closet! It feels so good to get rid of those sizes doesn't it? Especially when you know you'll never have to see them again. Congrats! :D
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Tues, 10/13
Got rid of more clothes. Man, that feels good!
Brekkie: 2 eggs scrambled w/ ham & cotswold cheese
Lunch: 2 pcs celery stuffed w/ almond butter, 2 turkey lunchmeat roll ups w/ mayo & pesto
Supper: kielbasa & kale
snack: coffee w/ creamWOD: pushups, squats, & upper body weight training. I will eventually have non-flabby arms!!!! :)
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Weds 10/14 & Thurs 10/15
Oh no, slacking on my journal! :PWeds.
Sausage & almond pancake; coffee w/ cream
Lunch: napa cabbage salad w/ chicken, almonds & sesame seeds
Supper: baked salmon & baked squash. Holy crap is squash sweet now! Damn! It's like candy!
Snack: 1 TBS almond butter
WOD: weights for the arms; dog walkies (it was friggin' cold!)Thurs
b'fast: leftover sausages & scrambled eggs; coffee w/ cream
Lunch/snack: 2 pcs ham lunchmeat & 1 slice cheese; apple
supper: country style pork ribs & baked squash. Oh so yummy & fatty - I could only eat one!Lazy day - went to a friends & had to help make meat stuffed bread (gack!). My friend is really heavy & just won't give up the grains. It's really sad! :(
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Sat 10/17
Brekkie: sauteed kielbasa, scrambled eggs, kale & roasted turnips; coffee w/ cream
Lunch: after that huge-o breakfast, I IF'd
Supper: lemon pepper haddock, sauteed red cabbage; lemon balm aperitif.
snack/dinner appetizer: a few pecans w/ cotswoldWOD: dog walkies, maybe some weights.
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cotswold?
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Sunday 10/18
It snowed here & it stuck. Ugh! Not yet!Brekkie: coconut/squash pancakes, sausages & sauteed apples; coffee w/ cream
Lunch: chorizo, onion & peppers sauteed
Supper: primal Jambalya, from PJAP's recipe. It was yummy & there's enough left for Monday.
Feels like I ate too much on Sun! Am ready for survival week.no workout, it was a cleaning, laundry & sewing kinda day.
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