How many days has it been?

I've stopped counting the Paleo Challenge days. Not because it's getting easier (yet it is), and not because I want to approach this in a differnt way (see earlier post), but because I'm lazy and it's way too much work to keep track of the days.

I also haven't been blogging lately. Once again - because I'm lazy. My allergies have also kicked in and I have no energy. That's one thing I was hoping would change but to have my intake in food source dramatically change an allergy to pollen is a bit unrealistic. Oh well.

Here are reflections on the last week.

I stopped buying lunch meat and we're eatting "real" food AKA leftovers. At the beginning of the week it's easy because I can throw a chicken into the oven or a pot and have lunches for 2-3 days. Once Tuesday hits, taking the time to roast a chicken doesn't fit too well into the schedule.

Some of the alteratives is to cook some ground beef or turkey and season it with taco seasoning. I'll make enough for 2 meals and use one for lunches. Pack the seasoned ground meat with some lettuce, tomatoes or salsa, avocados or guac., olives, etc. and it's paleo tacos.

This recent hot weather is the perfect excuse to try out the paleo ice cream recipe I found. YUM! I made the base of it last night (it does take some time) and I threw it into the ice cream maker today-20 minutes later I had ice cream without cheating. It's not as smooth as traditional ice cream, and it wasn't as "coconutty" as I was hoping (have you tried the haupai ice cream in Hawaii?!?) but it was good for a first try and as a base for different flavors.

Some things I'm going to try is to add some coconut extract to boost the flavor. I also want to try a batch with cocoa powder.

And the frustration sets in....

It hasn't been just 2 weeks. Its been 45 days + 2 weeks.

I've seen changes, but those changes were in the first 45 days. Now...nothing. At least nothing that seems noticable so I'm feeling like I'm missing something. Not like I'm missing sugar or bread, but I'm missing the right formula. I don't have this dialed in correctly.

So for the next 7 days, I'm changing things up a bit. A little less protein AKA MEAT and more veggies. Why just 7 days? I'm going to keep a food journal and see how that goes.

Grilled peppers, eggplant and zucchini

Poached chicken for lunches

So for most of this afternoon, I've been grilling some veggies, toasting walnuts and poaching a chicken that will last us just 2 days. Yup-all that work for only 2 days of lunches. No lunch meat, even though we would get the humanley-raised free range, nitrate-free lunch meat from Whole Foods. I'll sure miss that convenience!

Now to start dinner. Did I hear takeout?