Days 27 and 28

The Oscars are tomorrow night, and I rarely, if ever, watch the movies nominated for Oscars. Unless forced. Which happens occasionally. I just watched The Martian, though, because I read the book, which was brilliant. Seriously, if you haven't read it, go now. Read it. The character of Mark Watney is a much more likable character in the book, which is saying something, because I adore Matt Damon. But you can't quite get in his head in the movie, since there is so much else going on, and he is a guy with a great sense of humor (Mark Watney, not Matt Damon, although I like to believe Mr. Damon and I would get along just fine, in stitches constantly.) Anyway, I still enjoyed the movie well enough.

If we are friends on Facebook, you know yesterday was a very good day. I went to boot camp in the morning, and we played musical chairs and kickball, and had a blast. I had a lot of energy all day, and my sister and her husband and my mom came over in the evening for a visit, which is always fun. I also had a very good weigh in. I will share results later this week, but it was good. (And yes, I know I'm not supposed to weigh in. I started out the program doing that, but it was such a pain in the arse having the printout in my book and not looking at it. I'm not eating sugar - I'm restricting myself enough. What can I say, I'm a freaking rebel.)
Today I did some kickboxing, and some baby snuggling, and some friend visiting, and some reading, and some napping with Finnegan, which is my favorite thing to do. These were very happy Saturday activities. Tomorrow is for volleyball, and hopefully some food prep. And even more hopefully, some time outside. It's supposed to be beautiful.

Day 27: banana, chicken fried cauliflower rice with spinach (not so good, need to play with that); chicken, carrots, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, plantain chips, salsa; hamburger, salad, fruit, brownie balls.

Day 28: berries, grapes, lemon LaraBar; chicken, more grapes, plantain chips, salsa; steak, potatoes with ghee and salt; brownie balls. Not nearly enough veggies today.

I have chicken in the crockpot right now, and I plan to make soup tomorrow. I have plenty of salad, and I'll have chicken. I would like to reintroduce beans on Tuesday; that is my first reintroduction food. I can't believe Monday is my last day. I have to be strong and do the slow reintroduction, though, I am not confident that my habits are changed enough to go completely off-plan, and I would like to see what foods affect me how. My body is my experiment - what fun!

"In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option, I'm gonna have to science the s**t out of this"

Days 25 & 26

You guys. Oh my gosh. I made up a batch of shredded chicken the other day, and last night I ate some with some hot sauce and my dump ranch and a buttload of veggies, while the rest of the family ate it with regular buffalo sauce. I was putting away all the food, and I dropped a small piece of the buffalo chicken, and I picked it up and ate it. I didn't even think about it. Guys, there's butter in that sauce.

I am not starting my 30 days over because of a tiny piece of chicken with an even tinier bit of butter. If I'm going to cheat, it's going to be on something good, darn it. So, I'm just sharing here for full disclosure, and because my husband and brother gave me a very hard time about it. Butter has accidentally been ingested. Other than that, I have now been fully compliant for 26 days. And, yes. It has gotten a lot easier. I was a little bummed this morning, because I was running really late and ended up shoving a banana and lemon LaraBar in my face instead of my beloved soup, and I kind of missed my soup. Also, I don't have any made up. Which I really need to do. I am still missing beans, and peanut butter, oh and cheese. I made up some brownie balls last night with walnuts, dates, and cocoa powder, and they are tasty, and rich enough that 2 with my tea are plenty. Yes, I realize that is a snack, but it is a lovely little snack.

Foooooood...

Day 1: Chicken, potato, spinach soup, grapes; chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions, grapes, lemon LaraBar; chicken, potatoes with ghee and salt, carrots, sugar snap peas.

Day 2: Banana, coffee with almond milk, lemon LaraBar; chicken, carrots, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, dump ranch, grapes; salad with chicken, balsamic vinaigrette, 2 brownie bites.

I am eating all of the chicken!

I've been a naughty, lazy girl this week. Feeling really sleepy and gross, and I only made it to boot camp on Monday, but I will be going tomorrow and Saturday. So don't judge me!

Okay, gotta go.

Days 23 and 24

I don't blog about politics. It is something I have said several times over - I don't keep abreast of the political issues well enough to argue my point, and there are so many people with views similar to mine who say what I want to say so much better.

That said...that said! I don't even want to start on the current presidential race, but my sweet, adopted home state has taken a turn for the crazy, and after listening to the news the afternoon, (What?! My audiobook ended, and I had nothing else to listen to!) I came home irritated. Bevins is a tool, and McConnell is acting more and more like a petulant child. "I don't like the President, so I'm just not going to do my job. Wah."

And they were working on the road off my exit, so I sat at the exit for 15 minutes trying to get home.
I may have arrived home grouchy.

Let's talk Whole30.

This is a very...craving-heavy time for me, and I had a severe hankering for grapes last night. Unfortunately, grapes are not in season, and they are very expensive. I bought a small carton of them, but I gobbled them down. These are the habits I am trying to end. Apparently, you can binge just as much on fruit as you can on white cheddar popcorn.

Yesterday I went out to eat twice - not so easy. I had a new employee start yesterday, and we always take the new employee out to lunch, so we went out with the rest of the admin staff. We tried to go to Max & Erma's, because they have a large menu, and I had scoped it out earlier. Of course, they had closed, so we had to walk across to Buca di Beppo. You know what is hard to find at an Italian restaurant? Oh yeah, food that is Whole30 compliant!. I ordered the apple gorgonzola salad, no dressing, no cheese, added chicken, and used balsamic vinegar and oil. It was fine. Not spectacular, but fine. Then, for dinner, we went out for a friend's birthday dinner, and I suggested BJ's Brewhouse, which has a huge menu. Sirloin steak, roasted brussel sprouts and roasted asparagus - delicious. I kind of wanted to cry when one of my eating companions ordered the triple chocolate pizookie (which, admittedly, I recommended). Oh, and I had soup for breakfast.

Today: chili, berries; roast with potatoes and carrots, grapes, LaraBar; roast (it was really good roast,) potatoes, bell pepper.

Yesterday I went to boot camp, today was a rest day.

This is the building next to mine. They are taking it down...it appears to be brick by brick. Sometimes, they make these horrible, metal on metal scraping sound. It would have been pretty cool if it had been imploded...

Okay, I'm going to take my grumpy butt to bed. Good night, my pumpkins.

Day 22

Have you ever watching Ridiculousness? Hosted by Rob Dyrdek (from Kettering, OH!), it's another non-music playing show on MTV; they find videos on the internet - people having horrible, painful skateboard failures, dancing and losing their pants, a lot of drunk people doing stupid things. I admit to being partial to the funny animal videos - who isn't? It is on often in this house - it is one of the few shows we all watch and laugh at. The segment that was on just now was way too bodily-function-centric, however, and I had to turn my head. I am too old for poop-jokes, people. Don't judge me, people. If that makes me boring, I don't want to be fun.

This is Rob Dyrdek. He does a lot of stuff. Including wear these dumb-ass looking, flat-brimmed hats. I hate those hats. Why do guys wear those hats. They look stupid.

So, today's food: chili, carrots, peppers, olives, dump ranch; berries, plantain chips, salsa; balsamic roast, roasted potatoes, carrots, & onions, kombucha. Right now I am drinking valerian tea.

No workout today. I slept late, spent way too much time ogling Instagram, and visited my mom briefly. Did a little laundry, a few dishes, but pretty much just lazed about all day. It was glorious.

I have a new employee starting tomorrow. Exciting. And a friend's birthday dinner to attend. Much more fun. Restaurant menus are tough on Whole 30, but this is a huge menu. If my gluten-free, vegan dad can find something to eat at this place, I should be able to, as well.

I have a lot of friends with birthdays today. You know what else was born on February 21? The first telephone book, in 1878. Good stuff, right?

Day 21

See that? That is Dewey's pizza. Half Edgar Allen Poe and half Ryan's Inferno. I went with my family, and I sat there with my glass of water, and I didn't eat any of it!

That's not to say I didn't want it. Oh, I did. But I held off. For you. For my sweet, adoring masses. And the fact that it would be embarrassing to come on here and say I gave up after 20 1/2 days and ate pizza.

Today's food: chicken, broccoli & cauliflower, olives, banana; chili; hamburger, grilled asparagus, potato with ghee and pink salt (oh, that was a yummy dinner.)

Workout: kickboxing, on the bags. It was good to punch something.

Today was gorgeous - sunny, 60's, beautiful, so we went car shopping. We drove several cars and bought none. Some day I'd like to go car shopping with no budget, wouldn't that be fun?

2017 Volvo s80. Oh yeah.

Days 19 and 20

Hey, lookie there, friends! My first crocus of the year! I planted these bad boys 10 years ago, and I have not killed...all of them.

Food for the last two days:
Thursday food: Chili, coffee with splash of almond milk; berries, chicken, broccoli and cauliflower, potatoes with ghee; more berries (really should lay off the berries), chicken, potato,spinach soup.

Friday food: Coffee with almond milk, chicken, potato, spinach soup, banana; broccoli and cauliflower, apple with almond butter, kombucha; chicken, potato spinach soup, orange.

Yesterday workout - boot camp, today workout - rest day. Very sore rest day :)

I just went to see Deadpool with the husband. I enjoyed it immensely. Definitely not for kids, especially not ten year old kids sitting in front of me. Not even for some adults. But good for me.

Happy weekending!

Days 17 and 18

Another "I was too sleepy to get on the computer again" day, yesterday. Last week was a lazy boot camp week, and I got out of the habit. I slept until 7:30AM Sunday AND Monday! Lazy lazy Missy.

So, yesterday I dragged my rear out of bed at 4:20 and went to boot camp. As is often the case the first day back after a break, I didn't sleep well Monday night, so boot camp was done on about 4 hours of sleep. I figured, oh, for sure I'd sleep well last night - NO. I did go this morning, as well, and my arms are very sore, and I will definitely sleep well tonight, darnit.

Tuesday food: Whole 30 chili; chicken, sweet potato, roasted broccoli and cauliflower, dump ranch, orange; chicken, red potatoes with ghee and pink salt, salad.

Wednesday food: chicken, sweet potato with ghee and cinnamon, berries; Whole 30 chili, broccoli and cauliflower, berries; chicken, broccoli and cauliflower, leftover potatoes and carrots, olives.

Workouts: Tabata style boot camp on Tuesday, strength boot camp today.

So much daily posting and too little sleep makes for a very uninteresting Missy. Sorry about that. I think I'd like to start taking a picture every day, although I fear they may all end up being of cats. This may happen. I'll think about it.

Also thinking about - some girlfriends and I are thinking of going for tattoos in April. I know, I promised myself a tattoo to celebrate 100 lbs lost when that happens, and that most certainly has not happened. Yet. But this is not that tattoo - I would very much like to get a semi-colon tattoo, to support my brothers and sisters in mental illness. If you have been living under a rock, and have not heard of the SemiColon Project, read about it here.

I'm thinking either this:

Or this:

on my right wrist.