Day 21 Sugar Detox

Day 21 Sugar Detox

That's right...day 21! Amen to that. You know what i learned in this time...SEVERAL things. Here's a  little synopsis...

1. Sugar Detox will make you feel MAD...not angry mad, but WHERE'S the chocolate mad.

2. Too many foods have sugar in them...I don't mean just processed stuff because that is the obvious. I mean fruit, skyr, yogurt, some veggies...etc. Things that are essential to health.

3. Sugar Detox can be hard if you are gluten free, meat free, casein free, dairy free, etc. I know there is a book out there for the specific 21 DSD and it has recipes geared towards this (more Paleo), BUT I am not rich or looking to spend money to detox via a book. 

4. I ate foods that I would normally not eat to get nutrients in because of #3. That makes me sad :(

5. I honestly do not feel any different than I did 21 days ago. My belly still bloats (probably from my SIBO), I still feel like a sluggish snail (probably because I do more than I can handle), my moods are nuts (probably because I do more than I can handle), I'm tired/fatigued....same old same old.

6. I am not saying that I thought a sugar detox would FIX this and I am not saying that no one should ever do one...I am just saying I am usually pretty strict with my eating and I do not indulge very often, I have dietary restrictions so I feel this may have been good for someone else, but as for me....not really sure I had too much more to cut out. 

7. I made it to the end and now that it is over I do not feel I need to go off the deep end and eat all the sugary things in sight, BUT at least when I want something I know I can tine it down a notch and eat less than i did prior.

8. It's hard to stay on track when sugary things are all around you, your family is eating them and it seems everyone wants to offer you some.

9. Prep for this is essential...when I prepped I did better. Towards the end...I had not prepped much and it was a lot harder.

10. Doing a detox on a BUSY schedule is MURDER....I barely have time to take a crap in my every day life and then I just add more things to my schedule and phewwwww...overwhelmed....see #9.

BREAKFAST

Eggs and Bacon

* 2 eggs scrambled

* I only ate 1 slice of bacon (not a big fan of bacon, BUT my hubby is so we share)

LUNCH

This does NOT have a name...Leftovers

*Brown roce pasta

*Kale

*Mushrooms

*feta

*tomatoes

*pepper/salt

SUPPER

Chicken Sausage and Cabbage Stir Fry

*1 head of green cabbage chopped and sautéed with EVOO, pepper and a dash of sea salt

*organic chicken sausage with kale (I would not normally eat something like this) browned 

ENJOY:) 

Day 20 Sugar Detox

Day 20 Sugar Detox

BREAKFAST

Pancakes, Eggs and Bacon

*Farm Fresh Eggs with black pepper

*Bacon (Applegate uncured Sunday Bacon, no nitrates/nitrites, no Abx used, Casein free)

*Pancakes (no so pancake) see recipe below:

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 3 eggs

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine all ingredients in a bow
2. Pour batter onto griddle over medium heat. Cook until small bubbles form and then flip. SERVE!

LUNCH - did novae lunch, was not hungry! 

SUPPER

Pasta and Sautéed Veggies

*Brown Rice pasta with sundried tomato

*Sautéed broccoli, carrots, and brussel sprouts 

*1/2 tsp Terragon 

*1/2 tsp Parsley

*dash of black pepper

*dash of sea salt

Wasn't a bad day until after supper when I was playing Uno with the fam and they decided they need to have ice cream...FRENCH SILK ice cream. That is my all time favorite ice cream second to Mint Chocolate Chip....pretty sure I drooled while they ate it. My hubby even offered to throw his in the trash so I wouldn't have to see it...my daughter offered me some with a quick correction from my hubby "mommy doesn't want that"....she quickly said "yeah because it's not organic"....FAIL! 

ENJOY:)

Day 19 Sugar Detox

Day 19 Sugar Detox

BREAKFAST

Oatmeal

*Gluten free apple cinnamon oatmeal with flax and chia

LUNCH

This does not really have a name....?

*1/2 cup brown rice pasta

*1/2 cup steamed spinach

*1/4 cup sautéed mushrooms

*1/4 diced tomatoes

*1 TBSP feta cheese

SUPPER

Green Tipped Banana

Stating the obvious here. 

Not very hungry at supper time tonight. 

Today was FINE. I am more tired than anything....

ENJOY:)

Day 14 Sugar Detox

Day 14 Sugar Detox

Just going to call this the "eat like shit day"... Didn't crash out on the sugar, but definitely did not eat the things I would normally eat ALL IN ONE DAY.

BREAKFAST

Eggs and Bacon

*2 Farm fresh eggs

*I only at 1 piece of bacon

LUNCH

Homemade Tuna Helper

*see previous days for recipe

SUPPER

Cheese Pizza

*1 big fat slice of Gluten Filled cheese pizza

ENJOY:)      

UGHHHH, what a crappy day of food. Planning a better week.

Day 10 Sugar Detox

Day 10 Sugar Detox 

Today's the day I shall call this the "half way hump". Just 11 more days. 

Todays has been good. As per the usual....INSANELY busy. 

Lets just talk about this busy. I wake up at 5am...cook meals for the day (esp if I did not cook the day prior)...shower, get dressed, inbetween all that I have to wake up my teenager approx 10,000 times while yelling at the dogs to quit barking outside for fear they will wake up the neighbors. Then I pack said meals, put my face on, brush my hair and teeth. Teeth alone takes about 15-20 minutes because of the twinkly metal I have in there...I mean have you ever had to floss with braces...YIKES. Start the car so I don't freeze to death because there's not much meat on this little body to keep it warm and definitely not enough fur. Wake up the teenager 10,000 more time and pray at least one of them gets her out of bed. *kiss kiss* and truck it off to work...hopefully missing all the red lights and traffic. Get to work...STRESS OUT ALL DAY....ahhhh the nurse life. Leave work to go to school. ONLY to realize you have no idea which floor of the parking garage you parked on today because....you went in so early and was still half asleep. Arrive at school only to see all the parking spots are 8 million miles away. Learn a bunch of mumba jumba with a bunch of kids...there's the teenagers again. Drive home in the freezing cold car in the dark...ugh. Get home to make some dinner for myself because no offense to my hubby, BUT Dominos is not my idea of dinner. Then sit down to blog only to find I am soon freakin tired and had such a busy day that I missed LUNCH pics. Guess what...time to start this shindig all over again tomorrow. LORD HELP ME NOW.

BREAKFAST

Hard Boiled Eggs

* 2 farm fresh eggs hard boiled

LUNCH - did not get the chance to get the pic...see above.

* Keto Salmon Louisiana style 

* 1/2 cup cooked brown rice pasta 

* 1 pat grass feb irish butter (kerrygold)

* steamed kale

* 1 medium avocado

Supper

Stuffed Sweet Potato

Leftovers from last night...see day 9 for recipe. SORRY for the cruddy pic....

SNACKS

Today I had some shelled pistacios and a Sigis Berry and Acai Icelandic Skyr

ENJOY:)

Day 9 Sugar Detox

Day 9 Sugar Detox

Today wasn't too bad of a day considering AGAIN, the busy-ness of the day. Hoping for a pleasant tomorrow as well.  

BREAKFAST

2 Hard Boiled Eggs 

* 2 farm fresh hard boiled eggs

LUNCH

Pasta e Fagioli Soup

*Please see day 6 for Recipe....this was the last of the soup so....Guess I have to go back to making lunch again....UGH

SUPPER

Stuffed Baked Sweet Potato 

* Wrap with aluminum foil 1 medium sweet potato baked in the oven for 1 hr and 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Remove when "soft"and let cool for 5 minutes. Unwrap and STUFF that yummy creation with whatever your heart desires. 

My heart desired:

*1/4 cup chickpeas

*2 tsp feta cheese

*1/4 cup kale steamed

*1 cup steamed broccoli

ENJOY:)

Day 8 Sugar Detox

Day 8 Sugar Detox

Today was an easy day because I was so busy/distracted. Not to mention when the menses is in town for the week...I have little to no appetite. 

BREAKFAST

2 Hard Boiled Eggs

Pretty simplistic...*2 farm fresh eggs

LUNCH

Homemade Pasta e Fagioli

See Day 6 Blog post for Recipe.

SUPPER

Leftover Salmon, Cauliflower Rice and Avocado

See Day 7 Blog post for recipe. *add 1 medium Avocado

ENJOY:) 

Day 7 Sugar Detox

Day 7 Sugar Detox

BREAKFAST

Skillet Scrambled Eggs, Onions, Peppers and Potatoes

Breakfast was out this am...pretty simplistic. 

*2 eggs scrambled

*green peppers

*onions

*cubed potatoes

*topped with shredded cheese

LUNCH

Homemade Pasta e Fagioli Soup

*see Day 6 Sugar Detox for recipe

SUPPER

Almond Crusted Salmon with Cauliflower "fried" Rice

*4 oz wild caught sockeye salmon baked at 350 for 15 minutes (will be topped with the below 1st)

TOPPED with:

*1 tsp chopped parsley

*1/4 tsp sea salt

*1/4 tsp black pepper

*1 TBSP shredded almonds

*fresh squeezed lemon (1/2)

For the Cauliflower "fried" Rice:
*coat the "frying" pan with 2 TBSP coconut oil
*1 head cauliflower chopped (can use a food processor if you have one) dumped in the pan
Add in:
*2 TBSP parsley
*2 tsp sea salt
*2 tsp black pepper
*fresh squeezed lemon (1/2)
*2 tsp terragon
Cook for about 10-12 minutes (or until softened and browning) on medium/low heat, let cool and serve.

ABSOLUTELY YUMMY.

ENJOY:)

Day 6 Sugar Detox

Day 6 Sugar Detox

Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs and Bacon

*2 scrambled eggs with a dash of salt and black pepper

*2 strips of uncured bacon (I only ate one and gave the other to my hubby)

LUNCH

Confession time....I cleaned my house VERY THOROUGHLY and time got away from me so I did not eat lunch. Probably not the healthiest of ideas, BUT when I get busy I lose all track of time. 

Supper

Homemade Pasta e Fagioli Soup (Healthy Version)

*1 pound organic grass fed beef browned (you can use turkey burger as instead of beef)

*6 oz gluten free brown rice pasta shells (cooked el dante)

*1 cup chopped celery

*1 cup chopped carrot 

*1 small red onion chopped 

*1 small yellow onion chopped

*1 15oz can dark red kidney beans (Eden Organic has BPA free cans, rinse them)

*1 15oz can light red kidney beans (Eden Organic has BPA free cans, rinse them)

*1 15oz can cannellini Beans (Eden Organic has BPA free cans, rinse them)

*1 15oz can diced tomatoes (chop your own for better taste, I use organic canned)

*1 32oz "box" organic low sodium chicken broth (you can use beef)

*1 16oz jar of tomato sauce (I use organic)

*3 garlic cloves minced (home grown)

*2 tsp chopped oregano 

*2 tsp chopped cilantro (fresh is best)

*2 tsp shopped basil (fresh is best)

*2 tsp chopped thyme

*2 tsp parsley (fresh is best)

I cook in my crockpot for 2 hrs on high. I am sure you could serve with some sort of bread, BUT this is a sugar free challenge. Salt and pepper to taste when served.

DESSERT

Grain Free "Branola"

I got the recipe from    http://thepaleoprize.com/?p=2089 

For the 2 cups of nuts I used 1/2 cup Macadamia Nuts, 1 cup walnuts and 1/2 cup pecans (along with the 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds and almonds she calls for in the recipe)

Instead of a food processor (which I do not have), I used a baggy and a pan to "smash" the nuts to chopped size. 

I also added the 1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut and 2oz of raisins she states you can add. 

I was not sure how this would taste considering it is sugar free and the fact that my family is used to sugary treats for dessert BUT this stuff wine over like a bang with myself, hubby and daughter. It is 

soooooooo good. Make it, try it, share it....GIFT IT. 

Keeps in the fridge for 3-5 days.



ENJOY :)

Day 5 Sugar Detox

Day 5 Sugar Detox 

OKAY...so I am a big fat (hardly fat...but anyways) CHEATER today. 

Let's just get into a little TMI before I explain what I did. I have IBS-C (Irritable Bowel Syndrome - constipation)...I used to flip between IBS-C and D (diarrhea), but no longer. So ..most days I have to treat myself with prunes/prune juice, diet and water intake. SOMETIMES, none of this works, BUT I refuse to take any form of stool softener or laxatives. SO...I have found something that works for me (other than the above mentioned).  CHOCOLATE COVERED RAISINS....I'm telling you, works like a charm every time. Failure day, BUT I have pooped so...AMEN to that. To me it's a win!

BREAKFAST

Scrambled Eggs/Avocado

*3 farm fresh eggs scrambled

*1 medium avocado chopped

*dash of sea salt

*dash of black pepper

*1 TBSP parsley

LUNCH

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

I might have an addiction to works Cheddar Broccoli Soup. I checked the ingredient again today and was shocked to learn that today they added hot sauce. I mean....why? I have never heard of hot sauce in this kind of soup.Whatever works I guess...it tasted the same it did yesterday and the day before.

SUPPER

Salmon/Broccoli/Zucchini

Went out to eat with hubby to Ruby Tuesdays...I have to say it wasn't my salmon i make at home, but it wasn't too bad. 

ENJOY:)

Day 4 Sugar Detox

Day 4 Sugar Detox

Breakfast

Mason Jar Oats

*1/2 cup gluten free rolled oats

*1 1/5 TBSP chia seeds

*1 TBSP ground flaxseed

*2 TBSP unsweetened toasted coconut flakes

*2 TBSP raisins

*1/8 cup almond slivers

*1/8 chopped walnuts

*1 1/2 cup coconut milk

*1/2 green tipped banana chopped

Lunch

Broccoli Cheddar/Onion Soup

Good ole yummy "work soup" again today. Some days I just need a little to get me through...not to mention the time. I also had a whole medium avocado with my soup.

Supper

Stuffed Acorn Squash

*1 large acorn squash baked in the oven for 45 minutes (poke holes or you have an explosion)

*2 tsp cinnamon

*1 TBSP pumpkin seeds

*2 TBSP raisins

*1/4 granny smith apple (these are lowest sugar on the glycemic index of apples)

I did have a snack of Cashews as well today. Not too bad on the cravings although it is hard to see/hear other people eat sweets.


ENJOY :)