Avocado Boats??

Anyone up for avocado boats now??????

We survived with out bread ..its a miracle:-)

Yeah, we had an "open meal" after the race and did paleo before and had not issues with energy.
We pack our breakfast and snacks...hard boiled eggs, nuts, and fruit..yum yum

Its so funny how everyone is so "carb carb carb" before long races but you find if you do it right and get enough of the right stuff you are fueled minus to uncomfortable bloating!

race day!

 run, run, run.........Slurge, slurge, slurge;) hahaha for real

Shely your meals the past couple days have sounded amazing!

Day 20 for Momma..

Breakfast: 3 eggs, clementine x 2
Lunch: Chicken, apples, onions brussels sprouts
Midafternoon snack: Leftover Seafood brodetto, raisins
Dinner: Shrimps, with dill and lemon, salad (romaine lettuce, olives, olive oil, vinegar, bacon bits, garlic salt)

...did lots of cooking this morning..nice to not do it rushed!

Yesterday...day 19...

Breakfast: 3 eggs, apples, mixed nuts
Lunch: Chicken with pinneapple, mixed nuts
Snack: Lara bar (with prednisone...hoping this finally can help clear up the inflammation in mommas lungs!)
Dinner: Seafood Bordetto from Olive Garden...super good, and totally Paleo. It was served in a tomato type broth with carrots, peppers, onions, scallops, talipia, shrimp and was so super super good! I also had the Olive Garden Salad

...today I'm crockpotting some chicken in chicken broth with apples and onions, celery flakes, 2 bay leaves, onion powder, salt, and then I place the onions in rings on top with just a hint of cinnamon...love it! MeMe made this for me one time when she was here and we enjoyed it so much and it tasted like home cooking. My goal is to not get the chicken dry so I will be checking it periodically (the temp of the chicken anyways). Love to use my crockpot too...so easy. Loving the weekend because I can seem to cook without as much stress...or rushing during the week! Its usually why I'm so good at getting my veggies in at the beginning of the week because I'm able to mass cook....and brussels sprouts are on my list to cook today as well.

Hope you guys kick *ss today at the trail run...thinking of you!

18 baby

B- 2 eggs w/ ¼ avocado & bowl of berries w/splash almond milk

S-Carrots

L-Turkey w/broccoli, onions, fig 

Dinner out in Kansas City!

18

Logging early b/c I am going to KC until later tomorrow and will not get a chance to blog!

Breakfast-Paleo Cereal (berries, nuts, almond milk)
Lunch-Ground turkey w/ marinara, asparagus, orange pepper, few avacado slices
D-Going to Ingredient in KC (and soon to be in Manhattan) where they make gourmet salads so I will probably have meat and greens!

Probably snack will be carrots and nuts

Then tomorrow me and 3 other girls will be racing a 10 mile trail run! We are packing our hardboiled eggs and fruit for breakfast and we will see how Paleo fuels us through this almost 2 hours trail race! And after the race it will be an OPEN MEAL as planned :-))

Day 18 or so I think...

Breakfast: 3 eggs, apples, clementine, olives, nuts
Lunch: spaghetti sauce with bison burger, home made sauce, salad (romaine lettuce, olives, olive oil, vinegar, bacon bits, garlic salt)
Dinner: Salmon tacos..with romain lettuce, avocado, about tbsp of mayo with lime juice...one of my most favorites!

...and I kind like logging food..really makes me realize how little Im getting or when I take in too much..usually not the case though...I might keep using this sight cause I'm going to go till about Matt gets home...it hold me accountable and the fact that I have to report it to someone...makes me not want to eat certain things cause I don't want to disappoint anyone..lol!

Seventeen

Breakfast-Egg & Egg whites (w/spinach, ava, tom) & strawberries
S-Carrots w/ almond butter
L-Turkey Salad
S-nuts
D-Squash w/turkey & marinara, roasted asparagus/onions/peppers

17

B- egg whites w/ guac & Paleo cereal(berries ,protein, nuts, almond milk)

L- spg squash w/ turkey &marinara  & Pumpkin almond butter mix

S-carrots, Shake w/ protein/strawberries/1/2 almond milk ½ water, nuts

D- squash w/turkey and baked veggies(onion, pepper, asparagus) & strawberries

my thoughts....

Hey Shely, That’s exactly what me and Julie were talking about last night.  Its funny how once you get into a challenge and start off super motivated…can slowly shift into ‘I don’t really need to do this’.  From the start Julie and I did this in no way to lose weight (look at us)haha, but was purely for the challenge and committing to something I have never done before.   Like you said so much harder than being physically active (and cuz you have to encounter it atleast 3 times a day!), because it involves the mind and strongly formed habits.  That’s why it was so intriguing for me to take this one.  That’s exactly what I did before..went to food to fight off boredom, stress,.. etc like all women.  And this challenge has given me so much confidence and has seriously built myself efficacy bc I have had complete control of what I have been putting in my mouth. Not for 3 days or 10 but for the time I said I was going to take it on. Julie mentioned how you said how we have been so ridiculously strict… but its funny how when we set out to do this it did not at all seem that way..but bc we are sticking to it now it has turned into being anal. Haha Also after the next two days I will not at all be this strict but I will finish what I said I was going to do..ya know. I think it is exciting to complete something ….also I was super motivated to do something like this for a while.   Also Shely it is funny how you are so aware now of your thoughts.  I have had that happening in different habits in my life. I think it is crazy once you realize something and become so aware.  Also I feel that is the only way to change the thought process.  Its like you get the perspective of looking in from the outside. It is pretty funny what kind of thoughts and discussions (like what me and juls have talked about) and I guess you could say awareness this so called challenge has evoked.  Me and Julie also talked about how we cant wait to not log intake. The motivation behind that has been writing to you guys and if I were to ask a client to log I better be able to do it! But what I have really liked about it is kind of giving me an automatic sense of what to eat and how much.
anywho Im done!!!! :) Good job

My thoughts.....

I completely understand what you are feeling and refferring too even though like you said the way Diana and I are doing it is rare. I feel like we have to rememeber the feeling we started with on day one of the challenge. We felt motivated and confident just thinking of the thought that we could set out on a "short" challenge and know what ever tempted us we could has ourselves "I CAN and WILL survive "X" number of days until this challenge is over. I think challenges like this go beyond the diet but work more at the cognitive level. My college coach made a comment that has stuck with me forever and applies well in this exact situation. He said when you set out on a predetermined workout or distance you commit 100% to finishing is because if you make that chocie to walk or cheat or find an easy out right when it gets hard, you have opened that "door" or option for every difficult situation you ever face and the will and strength to overcome that feeling gets harder each and every time. I can say I have defininetly learned this the hard way just like he said. I am sharing something I am not proud of at all.....but in a PAC 10 race in the 800 m (last event) my sophmore year was so overwhelmed with the erge to stop and I literally "fake" triped so that I didnt have to finish. Ex 2, in the 2008 Olympic trials I made to chocie after a horrific preformance to not run in the last event (again 800) and my coach goes Julie if you do this you will always look for the easy way out. After that experience I made a promise to myself that I would never again do this because I could now see how that erge to cheat or not finish got to be the WAY EASIER chocie with each situation. OK, sorry this turned into a very long story but I thought you might be curious as to way I am so rstrict and how I totally understand the feeling you are talking about......

Day...what day is it??

Breakfast: 3 eggs, brocolli, mixed nuts
Lunch: spaghetti squash, homemade pasta sauce, bison burger, brocolli, nuts
Midafternoon snack: scallops, califlower, raisins, capers, almonds, mixed nuts
Dinner: spghetti squash, homemade pasta sauce, bison burger, black olives
Late night snack: black olives, grapes, cashews

...think Im never eating brocolli again...it really upsets my tummy...not good for those I sit in class with for over 2 hours...

I really wanted to cheat last night..mostly cause I just don't feel good, not because I'm craving anything. It is weird why I feel that way and I cannot completely figure out why I get that way...it could be cause I'm bored...it is what I'm use to. I've also read an article that stated that women have a hard time dieting sometimes because they don't have the confidence (self-efficacy...lol julie) and self-worth..mostly self worth this article hit on. So basically...women don't complete a diet or "cheat" because the don't feel good enough..and this is a reason ...or one of the reasons...they cheat...and I'm wondering if thats what I'm hitting on here. I say this because I'm justifying the fact that I don't really need to eat so strict..cause I know I can't get by on eating a little bit of junk and not gain weight However..I'm constantly having to take a look at why I want to achieve this and I'm constantly looking at the pros and cons (decisional balance...lol julie!!) and I usually end up not cheating. I'm doing so much better this time around with the Paleo challenge...even though I know its not "perfect." We all have to find what works for us when we do stuff like this. Last time I did this for 30 days I ended up eating pizza twice and a bag of oreos once...and I was constantly cheating with cheese...that was something I did not cut at when I did it last time. I have not done any of the above this time...and am very happy with that. Each time I do something like this I find that I can go a little more strict on myself...and I know that even if I don't..it is "OK" and that I don't need to be so hard on myself.

Since we have been in "exercise adherence" class I am constantly trying to find the skills that I use (cognitive and behavioral) to continually "adhere" to physical activity and nutrition. For me, nutrition is harder and I'm going through more of those processes...at least I'm more consciously aware of them than I am for physical activity. The thing that keeps me going is the fact that I'm modeling for Belle and I desperately want her to eat healthy and thats something I can control in her life and hopefully set some type of foundation that she will eventually go back to it in her life when she strays...I really want her to know the importance of it and how nutrition can effect our mood, sleep, performance..etc.

Anywho..those are just some random thoughts of Shely. I feel very aware of what I'm thinking and I constantly analyze myself to try and figure out why I do the things I do. Because of this...I think this strongly helps the clients I train because it makes them feel human....most people put trainers on a pedastool...but I'm "normal" just like the rest of my clients....

16 and only 2 more blogs to go!

B- Egg & egg white w/ spinach and tomato

L-turkey salad w/ avocado, tomato, grapes, balsamic & Shake-protein,.5 banana, almond butter

Snacks- orange, carrots

D-spg squash, homemade marinara, turkey balls ; Pumpkin w/cinnamon and dash of honey

16!!!

Really only 2 1/2 days because the official challenge ends after our 10 mile trail race on Saturday :-)

Breakfast-Eggs whites/paleo cereal
Lunch-Turkey Salad (normal mixture)
Dinner-Turkey Meat balls w/ spag squash & homemade tomato sauce
Dessert-Pumpkin puree & 2 strawberries

Snacks-Grapes, Carrots w/ Almond Butter, Clementine

15

B-Egg whites, brocc, dried apple
S-grapes w/nuts
L-1/2 ckn salad (normal mix), berries w/ splash almond mix
S-1/2 ckn w/ little squash
D-Turkey & lots brussel sprouts, few pistachios......I could have eaten the house out tonight!!!!!

Dessert-Clementine & 1/2 orange pepper

DP-15

B- egg whites w/ tomato 1/4 avocado; berries w/nuts
S-Apple w/almond butter, grapes
L-Chicken salad w/orange and almonds;cup spg squash
D-Turkey & Brussel sprouts
D-Berries w/almond milk

Day 17...

Breakfast: 3 eggs, blueberries, mixed nuts
Lunch: Baja Chipolte chicken with pinneapple
Snach: Mixed Nuts
Dinner: 12 wings, traditional

14 down!

B-egg & egg whites w/pepper & mushrooms

L- Berries mix w/ .5 banana, splash almond milk, crushed nuts & Chicken w/ veggie mix

Mid-day-Shake-protein, berries, and water

D-Spg & acorn squash w/chicken veggie combo

*Snacks throughout day- dried apple/orange, grapes, nuts, carrot YUM

I was pretty hungry today never really felt  content! I think the last couple days of workouts have burned up some fuel

Home Stretch of the Challenge...

I almost gave in and got some wine to drink while I was cooking...but I fought the erge and can have it all I want next week :-)

Breakfast-Eggs Whites(spinach & 1/4 avacado), Sliced Strawberries & bananas

Snack-Carrots & Clementine

Lunch-Ckn/Shrimp Salad (greens, pepper,crushed nuts, apple, dressing=balsamic/evoo)

Snack-Cereal (small bowl berries, nuts, Almond milk)

Dinner-Chicken and mixed veggies over acorn squash & grapes

Saturday after the 10 mile trail race..the challenge is over and modified Paleo continues...

Day 16...

Breakfast: 3 eggs, blueberries, brussel sprouts
Lunch: salad (romain lettuce, olives, EVOO, vinegar, bacon bits, garlic salt), scallops with califlower, raisins, capers, and almonds
Snack: grapes, clementine
Dinner: spaghetti squash with bison burger and homemade pasta sauce, salad (with all of the above ingredients)

Thirteen

B-Egg w/onion & peppers & Berries

Post run- snack portion of leftover chicken, peppers, & brusselsprout mixture

L-Paleo cereal (berries, ½ ban., almond milk, nuts) ; 2 carrots & almond butter

D- Basil/nut salmon & veggie medley

·         Snacked here and there on Dried Apples, orange, nuts, pepper, guac…….probably come up with fruit desert lata!!!!