Day 6 - Almost One Week Down!

Happy Saturday, friends! I'll confess: I slept in way later than usual. I must've needed it. I woke up when Rhuby, our 2 year old pup, woke up, but then went back to bed an hour later, and slept until 1130a. But, it's the weekend! So who cares?

I've been worried about being able to sustain through the weekend, especially since I'm going to the movies with a girlfriend tomorrow. But, I bought sunflower seeds, pecans, and pepitas, and I'll take those and accidentally leave them in my purse to resist delicious, delicious, horrible-for-you theater popcorn. Corn isn't on the plan, so I will resist the urge. Really, I told myself that I would have SweetTarts the next time I went to the movies. Mike and I saw the new Star Wars (no spoilers) on the Monday night before New Years, but ate dinner right before, so we didn't get popcorn. I had to get something, and when I went to the counter for SweetTarts, they didn't have any. I got sour Skittles instead. Not the same. I have been figuring that I would be in the theater next for our Valentine's Weekend Kick-Off Deadpool (Hubs' super favorite favorite comic character), but I forgot I have a date with my friend Amy to go see Sisters. I WILL treat myself to SweetTarts for Deadpool, but I past the 30-days, and in the reintroduction phase. I still have 24 days left, so that's very much in the future. It's nice to have one more thing to look forward to!

Last night's meatloaf was pretty good. The taste was great, but the texture was hard to get over. I realized that the texture reminded me of the vegan lentil loaf I made once during my stint as a vegetarian. It's denser than "real" meatloaf, but not bad.

I loved the Cauli Mash, but hubs was not the biggest fan, even after he added cheese. I feel like it was better than nothing. And I have to keep remind him/myself that this is temporary (20% complete!) I "burned" the brussels, but honestly, I like them extra crispy, so it really didn't bother me any.
The sauce on top of the mashed cauli is what was left in the bottom of the pan. I made two mini-loaves of meatloaf, so Mike and I shared one, and we have one leftover.

Also, I mentioned yesterday that I was reading mixed things about buying canned tomatoes, but I found this brand Pomi, and both the tomato sauce and chopped tomatoes have "tomatoes" as the only ingredient. I think that satisfies our requirements! I would trust any of their products to be safe for our purposes here. Check it: Pomi Company Website

I'm writing this at 3p on Saturday afternoon, and since I slept so late, I have only had the leftover Steak and Cauli Rice/Greens. And really, for some reason, I only wanted to eat the steak out of it. Who knows. I've also been SO thirsty today, and I'm not sure why. As of this moment, I've had 70 oz. of water, and I'm about to refill my glass. Can't be a bad thing, I suppose. So weird. I'm excited for chili, and I'm going to start it as soon as I'm done documenting this (my leftover meatloaf lunch is in the micro right now, too.)

Here's the what on plan for today:
Note: I do much better in the week when there is structure to my day. I eat weird on weekends.

Day 6 Menu:

Breakfast: Leftover Steak with Cauliflower "Rice" and greens. Picked the steak out and only ate that. Don't know why.

Snack: Hand full of seeds (sunflower/pepitas)

Lunch: Leftover Meatloaf from last night.

Dinner: This is a special treat for myself and hubs. I like for him to feel like he's not being punished. We will see if it works. Beans are always my favorite part of chili, but I think the extra meat will help:
Paleo Cornbread
Chili, adapted from this Food.com recipe, with these modifications:
     Use 1 lb lean ground beef, and 1 lb stew beef
     Add 1/2 c. diced celery and 1 diced zucchini to step #1
     Add 1 t. unsweetened cocoa in step #3**
     Simmer for about 2 hours. I will probably end up going longer.

**NOTE: caffeine has been shown to boost your sugar levels, and is not recommended for candida diets. This is the one, small area where I have given myself some leeway. I've reduced myself to ONE cup of coffee a day (But haven't had one today yet), so I don't feel like adding this tiny amount to the chili will hurt. In my head the supplements I'm taking make up for it.

I'll post the past week's menus and grocery list tomorrow! I'm going to make it Sunday dinner - Sunday lunch, since I go to the grocery on Sunday afternoon. I'll likely go on the way home from the movies tomorrow and I haven't even BEGUN to think about meals for next week yet! I'll likely get that figured out while chili simmers.