Day 23 of New Year Strict Challenge

breakfast:none

Lunch:  dancing salsa chicken, salad, avocado, limejuice

semi-dinner: (long day at school) dancing salsa chicken, salad

Dinner (@9:30 when I finally got home) pot roast, mashed cauliflower, raw spinach topped with salsa

Days 22 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:  beef brisket wrapped in lettuce

Lunch:  Dancing Salsa chicken, raw spinach, 1/2 avocado

Dinner:  Steak, sauteed mushrooms & spinach

I wish I had eaten more veggies today.  I've been slacking lately.

Days 20 & 21 of New Year Strict Challenge

Day 20--SNOW DAY--yesterday, I got so caught up in everything I forgot to blog what i  ate

Breakfast:  muffin, a lot, lot of bacon

BF came to town this weekend and wanted hamburgers and fries for dinner.  I had a hamburger but all of my sides were quite different from his.  And actually my food seemed very very very tasty.  However, I had to fix a second plate b/c I had not eaten lunch b/c I was out running errands.  Also, I realize that hamburgers are a very very tasty form of protein.  Shame on me for not eating more of them--and its cheaper!

Dinner:  hamburger on a bed of lettuce topped with sauteed mushrooms & onions, salsa, avocado, roasted brussel sprouts.  Second plate:  roast beef on a bed of lettuce, topped with mushrooms & salsa & avocado.  I ate a whole avocado and for the 1st time every it seemed very rich and buttery.  Really tasty.

Day 21

Breakfast:  roast beef on a bed of lettuce, topped with mushrooms & salsa & avocado, bacon, banana muffin

Dinner:  Collard Greens and pork ribs and bbq beef brisket (went out with BF)

Desert while I watched BF eat red velvet cake:  bannana muffin w/almond butter.  The cake looked good but I didn't taste it, even though I was tempted.

Dinner was somewhat non paleo b/c I forgot to ask for bbq w/o sauce.  The ribs had a minimal amount of sauce but what was worse it that they were salty.  After I ate, I was headachy and it felt like the room was spinning.  BF made me lay down and rest for a while.  I did and felt somewhat better when I got up.  But can too much salt do that to a person?  Maybe it spiked my blood pressure or something.

Day 19 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:  none

Lunch:  3 slices of turkey, salad, banana apple muffin

Snack:  walnuts & raisins

Dinner:  crock pot roast beef & paleo bbq sauce, salad, brussel sprouts, mashed cauliflower, coconut milk

Day 18 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:  none

Lunch:  ribs, salad, steamed broccoli

Dinner:  salad, brussell sprouts, ribeye steak (1 lb steak)

Snack:  handful of cashews

Day 16 of New Year Strict Challenge

Breakfast:  none.  slept in late.

Lunch:  grilled chicken, romaine lettuce (supposed to be a salad, but I ate it like popcorn at a movie)  nuts & raisins

Dinner:  Salsa Dancing Chicken (made with stew beef.  it had to cook for much longer), mixed salad greens, half an avacado

Day 15 of New Year Strict Challenge

Day 15 is really hard.  I want candy. . . desperately craving something sweet.  I have half a bar of dark chocolate left over from before I started the strict challenge.  I want it sooooo bad right now.  Don't feel like I can think straight.  (wrote this earlier this afternoon)  I resisted and took a nap and did some other things and I feel good.

Breakfast:  2 banana apple muffins, 6 strips of bacon

Lunch:  salmon on a bed of fresh spinach & salsa, coconut milk

Snack:  handful of cashews

Dinner: Salsa Dancing Chicken (made w/chicken wings)  & salad greens & 1/2 avocado

I have decided to reduce the amount of nuts I am eating. Hoping that will progress my weight loss.  we'll see.  I still need some chocolate.