Day 23 & 24

Day 23

Breakfast: zucchini muffin & salami

Lunch: raw spinach topped with pot roast beef & pico

Snack: melon, nuts 

Dinner: Dinner at a jamaican style resturant.  Salmon on top of a dinner salad.  The salad had pumkin seeds on it.  I've got to do something about the way my friend and I socialize. . . we usually "break bread" and discuss and catch up.   We need to do more activities together.

I was going to eat paleo lasagna today but I dropped a plate and it cracked on the edge of the casserole dish.  My paleo lasagna was covered in glass bits.  Can you believe it?  I had to throw the WHOLE DISH away.  My feelings were hurt.


Day 24

Breakfast:  zucchini muffin, 2 slices of salami, 2 slices of bacon


Lunch/Dinner:

•  NY Strip
• Roasted Vegetable medley (tomatoes, squash, zucchini)
• Mashed Califlower

Snack:  

• Boiled egg (I can't believe I ate it with nothing else)
• Pecans

I hate that I've been eating pecans & fruit as snacks for the last couple of days.  The reality is that I need to go grocery shopping but I'm trying to hold off until next week.  I'm out of spinach, celery & bell peppers as well as other staples that are good for snacking.  Next time I shop, I will buy the spices to make the ranch dressing.  I have decided that on my big cook day, I will slice veggies and keep them in a baggie for easy snacking.  

Next week, I've got a couple of PD sessions. They provide lunch for us, but I think I still need to be prepared to take my own lunch.  Usually the company that does the training provides a make your own salad of some sort.   So, i think I'll be safe.  I just need to make sure that I take some "paleo" snacks and eat a substantial breakfast before leaving.

Today my blood pressure was taken 116/72!  I'll thrilled that its down.  THRILLED!!!!  I know its the rest and relaxation, but getting the exercise component in is key.  I was thinking about a trainer or something until I can be responsible for exercising on my own.  Sort of what J did to help me with Paleo, but I'll need someone IN PERSON to help me to navigate the gym.

I think I've got Paleo down and I LOVE it.  I feel free with it- a really good thing for me.  Honestly, I really only think about cookies & cake & ice cream when I see them.  Strangely my eyes are connected to what I think I want to eat. And now that I've been reading other Paleo sites, I believe this is something I can definitely do for life.  And it has really helped to watch movies like King Corn and Food, Inc. I realize how bad all that processed stuff is for the body. I hope the changes I make now can reverse the damage I've done over the last 30 years.
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Reason I went to the doctor again today:  plate glass in my foot that I couldn't remove.  I was reaching into the cabinet to get a plate for paleo lasagna.  The plate fell onto my casserole dish (full of my veggie/paleo lasagna) and shattered.  I thought I had cleaned up everything pretty well, but not before I stepped on a plate shard that was left the floor.   Lesson learned!  Always wear shoes.  Even in the house.