It's snowing AGAIN! Tuesday, 9 Feb

Alright, no excuses for not updating my blog - goodness knows I haven't been working. Actually I did go to work for a few hours today, even though Base was closed. I had 3 trips planned for this week, none of which are going to happen. Guess next week is going to be BUSY!

I think I need to get better about having 5-6 actual MEALS, vice 3 meals and 2 or 3 snacks. I thought I was doing good eating multiple times a day but when I really thought about what I was eating each time (and looking at Elton's blog) I realized some of my "meals" were not MEALS but more like snacks. Plus I am going to try to get more protein. Goal this week is to make those changes. I did have my cheat meal during the Super Bowl and boy did I know it - my stomach really hurt and my body let me know it was not happy with what I ate. :-) Yet another lesson learned.

Last night's dinner didn't come out like I hoped, but that's ok I'll work on it and see if I can improve it. One thing I really love about this Paleo Challenge is the opportunity to create new things in the kitchen. I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen so it has been fun coming up with recipes using only Paleo ingredients. Tonight was pulled pork, cooked in the crock pot. I put it on a bed of lettuce and added some avocado, pico de gallo, and black olives. Tomorrow is chicken curry - perfect cold weather food. OH, I also made homemade beef jerky. It's not bad, but I'm going to work on it. I've also discovered that roasted pumpkin seeds are very yummy. I buy the raw organic pumpkin seeds at Wegman's and roast them in the oven.

Overall I feel really good though. Workouts are going well and aside from my hunger issue things are going great. Off to make a Paleo smoothie - ice, coconut milk and berries. I'll let you know how it comes out.