Recipe Monday... and so much more

Wow... the week is over. I'm talking about last week. What a week it was. I think I was up past 1am every day last week. When you're waking up at 7:30ish to start your day that's just not enough sleep. That said Munchkins party was a HUGE success. She's thrilled, that was our goal. So I'm happy. Here are some pics from her big day. Once I have them uploaded, I'll share the link for her party on catchmyparty.com too.

The weekend was filled with the party then a snow storm and then throw into that a middle of the night bath for poor Mr. Berkley who got sick through the night (the whole house smelt like poop, and my parents were visiting, so not good.) I finally had him cleaned up and I heard coughing, then thought it didn't sound right. Sure enough littlest munchkins was throwing up. so I spent the morning tending to him. Needless to say I was exhausted and don't feel so well myself today. Just trying to rest and get focused.

So... this is week 4 of carb cycling. That means carb week. I'm following Chris Powell's carb cycling plan using the Vemma Bode app. My husband and I both like it. It works with our lives and we're seeing results. That said, I'm looking for more. I wanted to join an online group or forum or something, only to find out that Chris Powell's site closed and a new EWL (Extreme Weight Loss) site would be launching in the fall of 2015. But what about now? My journey starts NOW. So I turned to pinterest as I do for most things and started reading about Jamie Eason. Her plan I think would tie in really well with the carb cycling we're doing. It's all about eating clean which we're doing and her focus is on building muscle to burn fat. So I'm going to put the running on hold and start her 12 week progam while using the Vemma Bode carb cycling plan. It won't change much, other than my workouts.

I'm also making changes to my frequency of posting. Meal plans still need to be completed. So that's a given. It will be posted between Friday and Mondays. Recipes will be posted as I try them and no longer fixed to a day so I'll be changing the label for that. Results will continue on Thursday and I'm keeping motivation Tuesday because I need that. I'll make adjustments as needed, but need to make this work with my busy schedule (and current lack of a laptop... typing a long post on my tablet just isn't as fun as it may seem.)

So meal plan...

Friday (High Carb)

Breakfast - Orange juice protein smoothie
Snack - Pepperoni sticks, cauliflower and almonds

Lunch - Turkey chili with zuchini noodles
Supper - pita chips with hummus and veggies
Snack - Yogurt with peanut butter and a banana

Saturday (High carb)

Breakfast - Orange juice smoothie
Lunch - (I didn't eat... I KNOW bad!)

Snack - 1 fruit kabob and a small slice of cake

Supper - Chicken stir fry with brown rice - I had another small slice of cake for dessert
Snack - I didn't eat a snack

Sunday (High carb)

Breakfast - Didn't eat
Lunch - Orange juice protein smoothie

Snack - fruit

Supper - Roasted veggies with organic pasta sauce, baked chicken and 1 cup of whole wheat spaghetti
Snack -  Didn't eat a snack

Monday (High carb)

Breakfast - Orange juice protein smoothie

Lunch - Protein waffles (Recipe below - SO good!)

Protein waffles
2 eggs
1 banana
1/2 scoop protein powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1.5 tsp wow butter
Blend in blender
Pour into waffle iron, this recipe can make 3 small waffles

Snack - Turkey pepperoni with sliced cantaloupe
Supper - Chicken Fajitas

Snack - coffee protein smoothie  

Tuesday (High carb)

Breakfast - Coffee protein smoothie 

Snack - Protein waffles

Lunch - Chicken stir fry with brown rice

Supper -  Roasted veggies with organic pasta sauce, baked chicken and 1 cup of whole wheat spaghetti
Snack - yogurt with high fibre cereal

Wednesday (High carb)

Breakfast - Coffee protein smoothie 
Lunch - Pita chips, hummus and veggies

Snack - Fruit protein smoothie

Supper -  sweet & sour meatballs with rice
Snack - yogurt with wowbutter

Thursday (Reward day)

Breakfast - Orange juice protein smoothie
Snack - chicken salad

Lunch - turkey pepperoni stick, veggies and hummus
Supper -  Calzones
Snack - Yogurt with wowbutter

Recipe Monday

So I don't have any what I'll call legit recipes to share today. I have a few concoctions I came up with myself that I can't live without that I'd like to share with you.

My staple, go to drink in the morning. To get this creamy you need to use Coconut milk (I use Silk True Coconut) and you need to blend for like 3-4 minutes straight. I also use Lean fit Complete green Proteing powder. I'm not a fan of protein powders...this stuff... I LOVE.

The other is a new found combination that I should have tried ages ago! 1/4 cup of plain or vanilla greek yogurt with a TBSP of peanut butter (Wow Butter for me since I have a peanut allergy). This is sooo yummy. Seriously, I can't wait to have it again tomorrow!

I also took a picture of all of my meals today. I work a strange shift so most of my meals I eat from containers. It's tough when you're eating healthy and need to pack 4 of your 5 meals. So here were my meals today....

The shake above was my breakfast.

Morning Snack

(I changed this from the menu, I had 1 cup cottage cheese, cucumbers, grape tomatoes and 6 almonds with a little balsamic vinegar. So good!)

Lunch

(This got changed too, when I noticed we had leftovers. It's the kung pao pork from the other night. Hey... that's a recipe we tried! I'll get the link and share/review it)

So the next "snack" was really my supper, it's just how the timing worked out.

(Chicken parmesan with zuchini noodles. YUM)

Last, I had my greek peanut butter yogurt with some leftover roasted brussel sprouts. (Not together!)

I also got to the gym today. I completed day 1 week 2 of couch potato to 5K. I'm not exactly a couch potato. I could have probably moved to week 3, but I decided to start at week 2. No need to rush things, right? Here's the below chart I'm using from couch potato to 5k from Fitbody HQ

I guess that's today. I feel really good today. I feel like I got a handle. I'm making myself a rewards chart, I want set rewards for reaching 5lbs lost. None food/drink related rewards. Like hair cut, or manicure, or I dunno... I'll come up with stuff. Actually, that might be my motivation Tuesday post...

Rainy Days...

It's been raining for 5 days now. I'm sick of it! It's expected to continue for a few more days too. That said, it's October and our grass is still beautiful bright green. Impressive for East Coast Canadian fall!

Today is playgroup day. So it was a quick breakfast. We had our Mango shake again, except today I added a little bit of pineapple and some of it's juice. Sooo good.

I forgot to have my morning snack, I meant to grab it as we walked out the door for playgroup but I forgot. I remembered Buddy's bottle and Pumpkin's drink so 2 out of 3 not bad. Morning snacks are almost always 15 almonds and .5 oz of raisins. Mmm. I actually have some cranberries in the dehydrator right now. Hoping that maybe I can have those for a snack instead of the raisins. Let's hope they turn out.

I just finished a fantastic lunch. There's something you should know about me. I LOVE salad. Seriously... LOVE. Not the rinky dinky bed of greens with a half of a cup of dressing. No way. I love a veggie filled, heaping bowl/plate of salad. Filled with cheese and nuts and chicken.... This might sound like too much, but for a lunch it's perfect, as long as you weigh everything out.

Today's salad had 2 cups of spinach, 1/2 cup yellow pepper, 1/2 cup cucumber, 15g feta, 15 almonds (my missed snack from this morning), 3 oz of chicken and 2 TBSP light ranch dressing. SO yummy.  I could eat this EVERY day!

Tonight, because of the weather, I think I'm going to make a chicken chilli. Mmmmmm. I can't wait!