Days 7 & 8 Here I am!

Well, I am a bit off yet again, but there I am to catch up. It is not that I was bad or that I was avoiding this. I actually just was busy and tired.

I admittedly have not been great on the gluten free thing. Yesterday I had more gluten in the form of mini burger buns (work provided lunch) and a piece of dulce de leche cake which was for my birthday celebration at work. Yes, I gave in and had it. So back to my eating for yesterday. I had my usual smoothie (can you tell I like them in the mornings?). For lunch it was mini burgers at work. One was lamb, one veggie, one was turkey and oh yeah, I did have a 4th of beef. It was with some rice crackers (6) and some cheeses that were there also. Dinner was nice really healthy though. I made some chicken thighs (skinless) in red wine with fennel tops to season it.

For the sides I had some steamed spinach seasoned with some fennel powder, cumin and a little garlic salt. Also made some butternut squash and sprinkled some cinnamon on top (picture above). Oh, I did also have some hummus and rice crackers for a snack while waiting for Walter to come home. I didn't do the peanut butter like I did the day before. I was good :).

Today was not horrible. I had eggs with mushrooms and red peppers and some hash browns in the morning. For lunch I made some fresh burgers with some horseradish and smoked salt in them, topped with some blue cheese on a buttermilk bun. Yes, I know..more gluten. I was craving. I had 2 cups of coffee; one at work and one at home since I came home at 10am today. For dinner I attempted to make my mom's waffle recipe using gluten free flours and almond milk. I cannot say it was bad. I was actually surprised how they turned out. Good enough to have 2. One had syrup (and the real 100% maple kind, none of that high fructose corn syrup shit) and the other had organic strawberry jam. I added some "fried" eggs (3) to it. I basically sprayed a nonstick pan with PAM and cooked my eggs that way so they were kind of "fried". I drank water and have been pleasantly full since.

So, I have a problem with gluten. I guess when you cannot have something you want it even more. I have been eating it moderately with I am proud of. I am proud that I pulled the skin off the chicken when I cooked it last night and it was still delicious. I was proud that I did not eat out which meant I had better food and most likely better portions. I was even stopped by a second coworker today to be asked if I was losing weight because she saw my yesterday and was like "WOW'. So it was nice to see my efforts going. Tomorrow is a weigh in day. I will see how it goes. Last time I had lost 2.2 lbs. I am hoping to see more tomorrow, but fear my gluten and bad "pizza choice" might be my downfall this week. In the morning it will be known! Until then...good night.