Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Round 2, Day 4: A Hash Obsession is Born

I woke up feeling completely disenchanted by this entire "clean eating" thing. The idea of having eggs for breakfast in any form or fashion was completely nauseating. Despite the fact that I went to bed on good terms with my healthy food, I was getting more and more disgruntled thinking about scrambling another stupid egg. I think I must have been inspired during my menu planning session last week because today's breakfast recipe was completely egg-less and didn't sound half bad. It was also very fortunate that my active toddler decided to be wide awake by 6am (or maybe I'm just trying to convince myself that I'm not totally mad about that). Since I had to leave to babysit at 8am, I actually had time to make this new breakfast dish.

OH. MY. GOODNESS. It was DELICIOUS. I'm seriously obsessed. Chicken and apples and shredded sweet potatoes and a bit of toasted walnuts... YUM. It was savory-sweet and full of flavor. I was actually surprised at how stinking good this thing is. What a breath of fresh air! Ok, so I'll admit that maybe I was so excited to get away from eggs for breakfast that it wasn't as good as I thought, but still, that little change in routine completely set the tone for the remainder of the day.

It was a great day.

My energy levels are starting to pick up (FINALLY!!!!) and I could have sworn the pants I was wearing needed to be tugged up a few times to stay on. Even if I'm not really changing physically, I have hit this unexpected turn in my emotional and mental health since I started this.

I went to the pool today. In a swimsuit. In front of a bunch of skinny people. And I didn't even care. I hardly thought about what I looked like in my bathing suit. I didn't wait until the very last second to change into my suit. I didn't spend all my time sucking in my stomach or sitting up awkwardly straight to make everything "spread out", I was absolutely comfortable in my own skin. I talked with friends and played with my crazy little water baby and didn't care if someone else didn't like the way I looked.

Besides, if they are focused just on the way I look, they obviously don't know how cool I am.

What I ate:

Breakfast: Melissa's Breakfast Hash (Seriously, people. Make this recipe. It's crazy good.)



Lunch: Leftover kale salad with sweet potatoes and a side of grapes

Dinner: W30-friendly hot dogs and potato salad made with homemade cilantro lime mayo.
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  1. UnknownJune 11, 2015 at 5:55 AM

    Ok the food sounds absolutely amazing. Wow. Yummy! Also, do you snack at all? What do you have? I've started studying the book, I wish it could go faster but I don't want to rush it. Sigh.

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    1. UnknownJune 11, 2015 at 5:59 AM

      Nope. No snacking. It explains why in the book. If you're hungry between meals, that means you aren't eating enough. Most of the time, snacking is just boredom or thirst. But if you are sincerely hungry, you can have a healthy snack. It's rare that I actually feel hungry between meals.

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    2. UnknownJune 11, 2015 at 6:00 AM

      Nope. No snacking. It explains why in the book. If you're hungry between meals, that means you aren't eating enough. Most of the time, snacking is just boredom or thirst. But if you are sincerely hungry, you can have a healthy snack. It's rare that I actually feel hungry between meals.

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    3. UnknownJune 11, 2015 at 6:00 AM

      Nope. No snacking. It explains why in the book. If you're hungry between meals, that means you aren't eating enough. Most of the time, snacking is just boredom or thirst. But if you are sincerely hungry, you can have a healthy snack. It's rare that I actually feel hungry between meals.

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