Rest of Week 2 of Challenge - Round 2

A perfectly sweet watermelon is one of
my all-time favorite fruits!

Day #10 - Wednesday, September 28
Breakfast
Egg Bake
Banana

Lunch
Sushi - Mostly the riceless variety with cucumber wrap. I did have a roll with strawberry, crab, etc.

Dinner
Chicken uncured, no preservatives "hot dogs" w/lettuce wrap and tomatoes
Watermelon

Day #11 - Thursday, September 29
Breakfast
Egg Bake
Nectarine

Lunch
Chicken hot dog w/lettuce wrap and tomatoes
Banana

Dinner
Baked Salmon w/onions and peppers
I also cooked some pork tenderloin marinaded in natural orange juice, salsa, and ginger as well as chicken thighs. I sampled them both as part of dinner. Both cooked wonderfully in the pressure cooker!! Moist and tender. Mmmm
Watermelon
Larabar - cherry pie (dates, cherries, almonds)

Day #9 of Challenge - Round 2

Tuesday, September 27
Breakfast
Egg Bake

Lunch
Tuna salad w/lettuce wraps and salsa

Workout: 
Double under practice
Run 2.6 miles (To pet store and back), took about 30 min total including getting cat treats. :)

Dinner
Smoothie - banana, kale, frozen strawberries, primal fuel, flax seed meal
Chicken Hot dogs (not cured, etc) - wrapped in lettuce
Watermelon

Weekend #1 of Challenge - Round 2

This was one of my more successful weekends so far!
My favorite dish we made was a stir fry . I first cooked boneless, skinless chicken thighs in the pressure cooker. Then I stir fried onions, peppers, fresh green beans, red and green cabbage. We made a sauce out of (mostly) stock from the pressure cooker and tamarind concentrate. Delicious!

For the week we made:

• Tuna Salad - omega 3 flax mayo, lemon juice, hard boiled egg, spices
• Spaghetti Squash w/meat sauce 
• Baked Salmon
• Taco Egg bake - bacon, onion, pepper, homemade taco seasoning
• Plenty of fruits and veggies for snacking!

I still have a pork tenderloin and chicken thighs that need cooking. I plan to do that tonight or tomorrow! I will likely marinade the pork tenderloin prior to searing and baking it. 

Day #8, Monday, September 26

Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs

Turkey sausage patty

Lunch - Salad Bar

Giant salad - greens, tomato, jalapenos, grated beets, squash, carrot, chipotle dressing

Meatball soup

1/2 small sweet potato w/ bacon, chives and salsa

Dinner

Spaghetti Squash

Meat Sauce - beef, onion, pepper, spices, tomato sauce (no salt added)

Day #4 of Challenge - Round 2

Thursday, September 22
Breakfast
Sausage
Grapes
Banana

Lunch
Meatloaf w/hardcooked egg
Salad - greens, slaw, EVOO
Nectarine

Dinner - Event directly after work
Wraps - I had very little, and I removed the cheese. It was mostly turkey or ham.
1 mini cupcake

After I came home at 9pm I was still hungry, so I ate some tuna salad.

I think I'll suggest that they provide a veggie or fruit tray next time! It's relatively inexpensive to do yourself and not many people touch it. I'd be happy, though!

Day #3 of Challenge - Round 2

Tuna salad with nori wrap

Wednesday, September 21
Breakfast
Nectarine
Banana

Lunch
Meatloaf
2 Hard boiled eggs
Slaw

Workout - I practiced air squats with a dowel rod. I'm taking a step back to perfect my form and improve my flexibility before adding weight back. I also did press 45x5x3 and pullups with 2 blue bands and a pink band: 6,5,4 reps.

Dinner
Smoothie - banana, kale, frozen raspberries, flax seed meal, and primal fuel
Tuna Nori wrap
Slaw

Day #2 of Challenge - Round 2

Nori

Yesterday I prepared multiple dishes for the week:
Meatloaf - grass-fed beef, onion, carrot, parsley, cilantro, spices

Slaw - red & green cabbage, carrot, parsley, cilantro, lemon juice & zest, mustard & celery seed

Tuna Salad - tuna, hard boiled egg, mustard, chow chow (cabbage relish), dab of mayo, pepper, paprika

Last night the husband had a great idea to pick up some Nori on the way home. We generally use lettuce wraps as you've maybe seen in past posts, but Nori would be a great structurally sound AND delicious alternative. Nori is rather nutritious as well with about ¹⁄₃ protein and ¹⁄₃ dietary fiber. It contains high proportions of iodine, carotene, vitamins A, B and C, as well as significant amounts of calcium and iron. For those of you who are unaware of nori, it is a seaweed product that resembles paper. It is created much like paper, where seaweed is shredded and dried on a rack. It is most notably used as a wrapper for sushi rolls. I think tonight we will have tuna wraps for dinner; I'm looking forward to it!


Tuesday, September 21
Breakfast
Scramble
Grapes

Lunch
Salad - greens, chicken, hard boiled egg, sprouts, tomato, carrot, evoo, splash balsamic
Handful of nuts

Workout
Ran around 2.2 miles, not sure on time

Dinner
Smoothie - banana, kale, frozen raspberries, primal fuel, flaxseed meal
Meatloaf
Slaw

Day #1 of Challenge - Round 2

Amazing weather and view!

Now it is time to double my efforts!! We went to San Francisco last weekend and had an amazing time. We made no real effort to stick to paleo while we were there, so I'm even more ready for another challenge.
We have another vacation to Pennsylvania to visit family in 30 days, so it lines up perfectly!

Day 1, September 19
Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs

1 Sausage patty

Banana

Lunch
Salad - spring mix, chicken, jalapeno, onions, peppers, black beans, guacamole, ancho dressing
Handful of nuts

Workout - Ran solo 1.15 miles in 13:49, then ran with a friend 1.25 miles in 12:31. The weather outside was amazing, so it felt great to run again. I also did a few things in the weight room, a couple deadlifts, bench press, and ab wheel.

Dinner
Smoothie - nectarine, kale, frozen raspberries, flax meal, primal fuel
Scramble - eggs, onion, pepper, sausage, garlic, spices
Yogurt