Does this happen to anyone else? Every year, not at the same time, I generally cannot be bothered with food. The act of chewing annoys me. The lack of ease of meals annoys me. I just cannot be bothered. This morning was no exception. I had no interest in cooking eggs so I drank a Rebbl and am going to eat an RX bar in a bit. I think I need to make some stuff ahead of time so I can just grab and go. What are your favorite grab and go meals? I know there are some in various Paleo cookbooks I own so when I move, I'll check it out and see what I can make ahead on Sundays and eat throughout the week with the intermixing of my new Primal Fuel by Primal Kitchen. Check it out! I'm super excited about it! I don't generally like protein powders but this one is recommended by one of the advocates for Paleo so I figure it'll be alright and a nice way to get protein when I just can't be bothered with eating.
I went ahead and got some no sugar added almond milk from Sprouts this morning so I will try the Primal Fuel tonight or tomorrow :)
Friday, May 20, 2016
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Becoming Strict with Paleo!
I've made the choice to become stricter with Paleo and while doing that I find myself actually not wanting to eat. Not because I am striking food but because I'm not hungry. That's new for me. Well not exactly new, this happens every few years. I've gone ahead and ordered some products to help my transition back into strict Paleo.
Check out Primal Kitchen! One of my close friends swears by the Chipotle mayo so that was purchased haha.
I ordered all my products through Thrive Market and I saved $40 and got TWO free gifts! Two mustards by Sir Kensington that we've wanted to try so I'm excited!
Also in the mail is Siete's Tortillas. I see them all over other blogs so I took that plunge and bought a case so I can freeze them and enjoy them this summer.
Pretty excited about my purchases! When I get them, I'll do some reviewing for you!
Until then, enjoy Thursday!
Check out Primal Kitchen! One of my close friends swears by the Chipotle mayo so that was purchased haha.
I ordered all my products through Thrive Market and I saved $40 and got TWO free gifts! Two mustards by Sir Kensington that we've wanted to try so I'm excited!
Also in the mail is Siete's Tortillas. I see them all over other blogs so I took that plunge and bought a case so I can freeze them and enjoy them this summer.
Pretty excited about my purchases! When I get them, I'll do some reviewing for you!
Until then, enjoy Thursday!
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Update on the intake of coffee
About an hour and a half after ingesting coffee, I threw up multiple times. Apparently, my body is literally rejecting coffee or maybe it's the creamer? Either way, I'm glad to not drink it again. I'm kind of surprised but thankful that I'm not doing anything today but reading because now I feel like crap.
No more coffee for me! Now we know!
No more coffee for me! Now we know!
How's it going?
hello blogger world!
It's a rainy Sunday morning here in Southern California and life has been busy. I started a reboot two weeks ago that failed this week due to SO many receptions at work. The end of the semester is so tough on my eating habits due to catering's amazing gluten free cookies. I have zero willpower against them. Most of all, they perfected the recipe in part because of me so I feel guilty not enjoying one. But I'm going to start the reboot again soon.
I didn't post about the reboot so here's a recap: Two weeks ago one of us decided they were going to partake in the 21-day superhero challenge and the other is going to do a whole 30 type deal but not so strict. This was a decision I made while in the grocery store two weekends ago. I was feeling very much like I need a reboot in terms of food and what better time than now? I bought the staples because that's easy. And I'm trying to not stress myself out by being super strict with myself while adhering to the rules of whole 30. The reboot is more about getting back on track than losing weight. I've been SUPER lax about my diet because PHD and hectic work/life. When I had my three hour class this past term, I indulged with frozen gluten free pizza. Well, I started seeing and feeling those effects. I really needed to cut out sugar and I started when I cut out coffee because I was adding refined sugar to my cups. But we now know I got off track and will start again soon!
This morning, after a night of friends, graduation, and some alcohol, I woke up feeling like this rainy day really needed some coffee. I've been without it for six weeks and I felt like I could try to reintroduce it into my system but not at the levels I was drinking it. I'm sitting here enjoying some cold brew with some coconut milk creamer. I have never had Califa cold brew so I thought I'd give it a go. Check it out! It's SUPER smooth and tastes perfect. My anxiety isn't spiked and I'm not even sure my heart rate is increased. When I introduced sugar while doing my reboot, it was obvious that I had had sugar because my heart rate was through the roof! Then I crashed. I'm pretty excited that this coffee hasn't spiked anything and I'm feeling good.
The cold brew is high quality and I think if I had tried something like dunkin donuts or starbucks, I would've been screwed. I'm glad I went with a high quality cold brew to try it out! The coconut milk creamer is by SO delicious and it is SO delicious. I forgot how yummy it is!
This is kind of the perfect Sunday. I'm listening to Alabama Shakes, drinking coffee, listening to the rain with a cat attacking me with love (literally he's biting me when I stop petting him).
I'm off to do some reading for class. :) Thanks for reading! I'll update again soon!
Hugs!
It's a rainy Sunday morning here in Southern California and life has been busy. I started a reboot two weeks ago that failed this week due to SO many receptions at work. The end of the semester is so tough on my eating habits due to catering's amazing gluten free cookies. I have zero willpower against them. Most of all, they perfected the recipe in part because of me so I feel guilty not enjoying one. But I'm going to start the reboot again soon.
I didn't post about the reboot so here's a recap: Two weeks ago one of us decided they were going to partake in the 21-day superhero challenge and the other is going to do a whole 30 type deal but not so strict. This was a decision I made while in the grocery store two weekends ago. I was feeling very much like I need a reboot in terms of food and what better time than now? I bought the staples because that's easy. And I'm trying to not stress myself out by being super strict with myself while adhering to the rules of whole 30. The reboot is more about getting back on track than losing weight. I've been SUPER lax about my diet because PHD and hectic work/life. When I had my three hour class this past term, I indulged with frozen gluten free pizza. Well, I started seeing and feeling those effects. I really needed to cut out sugar and I started when I cut out coffee because I was adding refined sugar to my cups. But we now know I got off track and will start again soon!
This morning, after a night of friends, graduation, and some alcohol, I woke up feeling like this rainy day really needed some coffee. I've been without it for six weeks and I felt like I could try to reintroduce it into my system but not at the levels I was drinking it. I'm sitting here enjoying some cold brew with some coconut milk creamer. I have never had Califa cold brew so I thought I'd give it a go. Check it out! It's SUPER smooth and tastes perfect. My anxiety isn't spiked and I'm not even sure my heart rate is increased. When I introduced sugar while doing my reboot, it was obvious that I had had sugar because my heart rate was through the roof! Then I crashed. I'm pretty excited that this coffee hasn't spiked anything and I'm feeling good.
The cold brew is high quality and I think if I had tried something like dunkin donuts or starbucks, I would've been screwed. I'm glad I went with a high quality cold brew to try it out! The coconut milk creamer is by SO delicious and it is SO delicious. I forgot how yummy it is!
This is kind of the perfect Sunday. I'm listening to Alabama Shakes, drinking coffee, listening to the rain with a cat attacking me with love (literally he's biting me when I stop petting him).
I'm off to do some reading for class. :) Thanks for reading! I'll update again soon!
Hugs!
Thursday, April 28, 2016
New Hair Product Alert!
Greetings faithful and loyal readers,
I have started using a new shampoo and conditioner at the suggestion of my hair stylist (Anny VanDriel--she's BOMB! check her out). I've been using their product, Milk for over a year and love it. But now they have a shampoo and conditioner. It's called NUDE and I absolutely love it. I've bene using it a week and my hair feels amazing. So I was curious if they were gluten free and turns out THEY ARE! They have a pretty incredible story: http://www.gmreverie.com/about/
Here are the products I use:
Milk, NUDE: Shampoo and Conditioner: http://www.gmreverie.com/shop/
They are pricey but they are worth it for the amazing outcome and quality ingredients in the product :)
Check it out :)
I have started using a new shampoo and conditioner at the suggestion of my hair stylist (Anny VanDriel--she's BOMB! check her out). I've been using their product, Milk for over a year and love it. But now they have a shampoo and conditioner. It's called NUDE and I absolutely love it. I've bene using it a week and my hair feels amazing. So I was curious if they were gluten free and turns out THEY ARE! They have a pretty incredible story: http://www.gmreverie.com/about/
Here are the products I use:
Milk, NUDE: Shampoo and Conditioner: http://www.gmreverie.com/shop/
They are pricey but they are worth it for the amazing outcome and quality ingredients in the product :)
Check it out :)
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Tea for everyone
So I'm almost a month into this 'no coffee' thing and as I've said before, it's been rough. Some days are easier than others but today a little package came in the mail from my cousin. She works at TeaPigs, selling tea and I got a nice little box of tea to try out.
This afternoon I'm sipping on 'melt away' a chocolate flake tea. It's really good and does taste like chocolate! When taking the sip, it smells like a chocolate shop. It's smooth in flavor and has no after-taste, which I love.
The box came with a wide variety of teas and I'm going to be sipping my way through and making note of which ones I like.
Stay tuned!
Updated 4/28:
I should note: look at ingredients of tea. I usually don't and am sorry I didn't. Some of the TeaPigs tea contains soy lectin or other things that I shouldn't be consuming. So some are not whole 30 and if you are allergic to soy like me, you stay away from those but I'll be testing the others I can try :)
This afternoon I'm sipping on 'melt away' a chocolate flake tea. It's really good and does taste like chocolate! When taking the sip, it smells like a chocolate shop. It's smooth in flavor and has no after-taste, which I love.
The box came with a wide variety of teas and I'm going to be sipping my way through and making note of which ones I like.
Stay tuned!
Updated 4/28:
I should note: look at ingredients of tea. I usually don't and am sorry I didn't. Some of the TeaPigs tea contains soy lectin or other things that I shouldn't be consuming. So some are not whole 30 and if you are allergic to soy like me, you stay away from those but I'll be testing the others I can try :)
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Are you a coffee drinker?
Someone asked me today "are you a coffee drink?" and I literally paused and said "no, tea." This girl has been coffee free for 18 days! But what does that REALLY mean? I do drink caffeine in the form of mate and Rebbl (see previous post!) and herbal teas containing caffeine. I am so happy to be coffee free. Though it's weird, I think it makes a huge difference, like I've said in previous posts.
Another huge difference is the way I workout. So as some people may know, I stopped working out almost altogether in February. Some would say it was my funk but I think I was at a moment where I needed more. And for the past week, I've been doing more. I've done a lot of what I learned in Barre, at home and combined some heavy weight lifting and A LOT of walking. I'm easing myself back into my fitness as to not hurt my back and to just do what I can/when I can.
I'm feeling pretty great about my choices lately and not beating myself up for anything that isn't deserving of my time. I'm not stressing about my body looking different because my mind is feeling great. I'll get to where ever I want to be and there is no need to rush or stress.
Taking one day at a time and really trying to break some of the addictions to food/drinks I have :)
Take a deep breath and exhale the peace of knowing you are just where you are suppose to be.
Another huge difference is the way I workout. So as some people may know, I stopped working out almost altogether in February. Some would say it was my funk but I think I was at a moment where I needed more. And for the past week, I've been doing more. I've done a lot of what I learned in Barre, at home and combined some heavy weight lifting and A LOT of walking. I'm easing myself back into my fitness as to not hurt my back and to just do what I can/when I can.
I'm feeling pretty great about my choices lately and not beating myself up for anything that isn't deserving of my time. I'm not stressing about my body looking different because my mind is feeling great. I'll get to where ever I want to be and there is no need to rush or stress.
Taking one day at a time and really trying to break some of the addictions to food/drinks I have :)
Take a deep breath and exhale the peace of knowing you are just where you are suppose to be.
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