Days 3 & 4

What a challenging weekend! Day 3 started off great with paleo pancakes. They are so yummy! After breakfast and working out, we headed to my parents' place for a family get together/cookout. We specifically asked my mom (who is doing the Paleo plan as well) to make us some Paleo food. She didn't disappoint. :)

For lunch and supper, we ate hamburger patties (no buns) topped with tomatoes, lettuce and onions. Pretty tasty, but after the 3rd patty, not as tasty. Throughout the entire day, I ate 5 hamburger patties. It's just so hard to get that full feeling, so I just keep eating! Anyways, we also had cooked carrots and lots of watermelon to eat.

Much to the disappointment of my supportive family (ha! they were really trying to get us to eat some treats!!), we passed on all of the delicious desserts - peanut butter ice cream cake, brownies, cookies, Luke's homemade blueberry pie, and kettle corn! But it was so very, very hard!!

After everyone had left the party, Chad and I were left home alone for a bit. Still hungry, we cooked up half a dozen of eggs and ham as a snack.



Day 4 went fairly well. Lots of eating out...

I wake up at 6 a.m. and find Mom slaving away in the kitchen, preparing a Paleo lunch. She is an angel! After church, the whole family goes out for breakfast at a favorite restaurant. It was challenging picking out something suitable to eat. In the end, I ended up with a Western omelette (ham and veggies, no cheese) and fruit and Chad got a Western skillet which was similar to my order but also included potatoes. We had to give our pancakes away. So sad.

After breakfast, Chad and I went to the farmer's market with my mom. We loaded up with fresh veggies - tomatoes, broccoli, zucchini, a cucumber... and we found the most amazing Paleo acceptable food ever. Maple cream. We paid $6.50 for just a cup of the cream, but I think it was worth it. It's basically pure maple syrup in concentrated form. Lucky for us, it's an all natural sweet! Yum!!!!

For lunch, we had a chicken and cauliflower dish that my mom had made in the crockpot. It was good, though I think next time I'll tweak the recipe. Less cumin, more tomato sauce. Then we had watermelon and just a tiny taste of the highly coveted maple cream for dessert.

We went blackberry picking later. Very paleo-ish of us to tromp out into the woods and pick our food by hand. And the berries were very satisfying. We ended up with about 3/4 of an ice cream pail and we were invited to take it all home. So we did!

We ate again at 3 pm while playing cards with Luke, Sam and Dad. We each had a bowl of four bean soup. Technically beans aren't allowed on the Paleo plan, but this is one part we are not following. It was good soup!

After driving back home, we had company! Luke and Sam came over for a visit. We went to Applebee's for supper. Again, it was challenging ordering off of the menu (they couldn't find their gluten free menu or their nutrition guide), but we found something. I had a grilled chicken salad and Chad had grilled chicken covered with a spicy salsa. It was good, not super amazing, but good. Luke mentioned ice cream...and I almost died. I really really wanted ice cream. But we said no. I hope they enjoyed their ice cream!

It was a great weekend. Lots of fun with family. :)