Today is day one of no coffee. It hurts so much more than I thought it would.
I still feel like crap and I still don't know why. I decided that after three days of feeling like utter hell, I'd give up my coffee and see if that helped. I expected it to be worse before it got better, but I wasn't prepared for this. I think I'll be going to sleep as soon as the kids do.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Day...umm...
I just made the most kickass coconut curry!! My gosh, it's amazing! I'm so freaking excited!
Coconut Curry Shrimp
1-2 tablespoons of olive oil
bag of frozen shrimp
broccoli
baby carrots
3 mushrooms (it was all I had)
can of coconut milk
tablespoon curry powder
Coat a large saute pan (one with a lid) in olive oil. Add broccoli and carrots and let cook on medium low for a few minutes. Add the frozen shrimp and can of coconut milk. Cover and bring to a simmer.
I let it cook down for 10 minutes or so, stirring occasionally. Then I made a little hole in the middle with just coconut milk and added the curry powder and swirled it around, trying to only integrate it into the milk and not get it on the vegetables.
Cover and let it cook down on low heat for ten or so more minutes. Slice up mushrooms, add them to pot and cook for five more minutes. As long as you don't burn the vegetables at the start, and remember to lower the heat, it's impossible to mess up this meal!
This is by FAR the best coconut curry I've made (and I've made a lot of coconut curry). If you cook the vegetables down enough, the broccoli splits a bit and the sauce ends up tasting like a curry broccoli cheese soup. So freaking good.
The single best part about this meal is that BOTH kids are on their third bowl!!
Coconut Curry Shrimp
1-2 tablespoons of olive oil
bag of frozen shrimp
broccoli
baby carrots
3 mushrooms (it was all I had)
can of coconut milk
tablespoon curry powder
Coat a large saute pan (one with a lid) in olive oil. Add broccoli and carrots and let cook on medium low for a few minutes. Add the frozen shrimp and can of coconut milk. Cover and bring to a simmer.
I let it cook down for 10 minutes or so, stirring occasionally. Then I made a little hole in the middle with just coconut milk and added the curry powder and swirled it around, trying to only integrate it into the milk and not get it on the vegetables.
Cover and let it cook down on low heat for ten or so more minutes. Slice up mushrooms, add them to pot and cook for five more minutes. As long as you don't burn the vegetables at the start, and remember to lower the heat, it's impossible to mess up this meal!
This is by FAR the best coconut curry I've made (and I've made a lot of coconut curry). If you cook the vegetables down enough, the broccoli splits a bit and the sauce ends up tasting like a curry broccoli cheese soup. So freaking good.
The single best part about this meal is that BOTH kids are on their third bowl!!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Life's little pleasures are so worth it.
Today I had this
and holy hell was it good.
I only had one cup. I have no remorse about this.
and holy hell was it good.
I only had one cup. I have no remorse about this.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
An early November update.
Today I made my own sunflower butter. I don't know why I hadn't thought of this before. The things that I couldn't pinpoint that I didn't love about Sunbutter were realized. Sunbutter has sugar added to it, which I had not noted. While I love the savory, buttery taste of Sunbutter, the sweetness was always odd to me. The sunflower butter I made today (with roasted with no salt sunflower seeds) had all the savory with no sweet. I added about a tablespoon of melted coconut oil just to help out with the consistency and I love it!!
Everything else Paleo has been going very well. I've stopped eating fruit except a serving once or twice a week and dairy is limited to heavy whipping cream in my coffee, which I have taken to drinking again, but hope to eliminate or at least minimize soon (the coffee and the cream). I sometimes still eat raw goat milk cheese too. I've stopped being concerned with my carbs because I just don't consume enough carby things to have them rack up. I can stay between 50-100 grams to satisfy my weight loss needs, but normally I stay below 50. I've been concentrating more on making sure I get enough protein daily. I've started logging my food at fitday.com and it's been really helpful. So far I see to be pretty on par.
I tried pork rinds for the first time the other day. They were so good...for like ten minutes. Then that greasy, processed food feel shrouded me and I felt sick for a few hours. I was thinking that I had just had too many (less than a dozen) and that perhaps just 3-5 would be better. I had three the next day and within ten minutes I again had that greasy mouth feeling. I guess pork rinds are not for me. I'm okay with that. I'm glad I tried them. I will probably use them again as an ingredient instead of a snack (for the crunchy factor) and see if I have the same side effects.
Halloween was thankfully very easy for me. I am not tempted by conventional candy. I decided many months ago that HFCS and partially hydrogenated oils are completely off limits and it doesn't even faze me anymore, odd as that seems. So far I've limited The Girl's candy to one a day and Allergy Boy doesn't care about candy because he's never been allowed to eat it anyway. I'm hoping Thanksgiving and Christmas prove to be as easy, or at least not too hard.
I'm still taking Natural Calm daily and have been slowly increasing my dosage. I've had good results and haven't had any leg pain in over two weeks. It's also helped with sleeping at night. I am working toward 8-9 hours a night. Some nights it's only six hours, but that's a lot better than what I had been doing.
I've also starting doing bodyweight workouts daily again. It feels good to be productive and I can already feel a difference in my muscle composition. It's only Wednesday, but so far, all things considered, the week has been pretty good.
Everything else Paleo has been going very well. I've stopped eating fruit except a serving once or twice a week and dairy is limited to heavy whipping cream in my coffee, which I have taken to drinking again, but hope to eliminate or at least minimize soon (the coffee and the cream). I sometimes still eat raw goat milk cheese too. I've stopped being concerned with my carbs because I just don't consume enough carby things to have them rack up. I can stay between 50-100 grams to satisfy my weight loss needs, but normally I stay below 50. I've been concentrating more on making sure I get enough protein daily. I've started logging my food at fitday.com and it's been really helpful. So far I see to be pretty on par.
I tried pork rinds for the first time the other day. They were so good...for like ten minutes. Then that greasy, processed food feel shrouded me and I felt sick for a few hours. I was thinking that I had just had too many (less than a dozen) and that perhaps just 3-5 would be better. I had three the next day and within ten minutes I again had that greasy mouth feeling. I guess pork rinds are not for me. I'm okay with that. I'm glad I tried them. I will probably use them again as an ingredient instead of a snack (for the crunchy factor) and see if I have the same side effects.
Halloween was thankfully very easy for me. I am not tempted by conventional candy. I decided many months ago that HFCS and partially hydrogenated oils are completely off limits and it doesn't even faze me anymore, odd as that seems. So far I've limited The Girl's candy to one a day and Allergy Boy doesn't care about candy because he's never been allowed to eat it anyway. I'm hoping Thanksgiving and Christmas prove to be as easy, or at least not too hard.
I'm still taking Natural Calm daily and have been slowly increasing my dosage. I've had good results and haven't had any leg pain in over two weeks. It's also helped with sleeping at night. I am working toward 8-9 hours a night. Some nights it's only six hours, but that's a lot better than what I had been doing.
I've also starting doing bodyweight workouts daily again. It feels good to be productive and I can already feel a difference in my muscle composition. It's only Wednesday, but so far, all things considered, the week has been pretty good.
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