22 February 2011

Another quickie

Not much Groking, but then, last week was a humdinger.  Kids were sick, then I was sick.  Didn't eat much of anything at all.  Didn't feel like it.  Papa Korg was Korging away though.  So we had a chat about the pop, and the chocolate, and the candy.  I should not have had him buy me the licorice... Yes, I wanted something "comforting" but he did buy a bit too much in the candy aisle.   Maybe this week now that things are getting back to "normal" things will go back to Primal eating.  (though I haven't swayed from it much at all, some candy... that's about it.)  I lost a bunch, though I expect to see some of it come back on now that I'm feeling better.

16 February 2011

Korg day? Try Korg WEEK!

Yeah, it wasn't so great.  The pot luck, taking my son out to Pizza Hut.  Anthony's pizza because the girls were getting sick and Sunday was a busy day.

As you can see from the numbers, I did lose.  Papa did not.  However, he did a LOT of cheating.  Not just with chocolate (my candy) but with candy filled with corn syrup.  And he's not understanding that even with sugar in the pop, it's still a bunch of calories.  So while it's a better sugar since it's not corn syrup, it's still not something he should drink a bunch of.   

It's good though.  I did make a primal dinner last night... Stuffed green peppers.  And instead of using rice with the meat, I used cauliflower.  It was ok.  I should have added a bit more of the pepper insides to the meat to give it just a bit more zing, but all and all it wasn't bad.

Dinner tonight was eggs and bacon since I dealt with sick kids all day.  Tomorrow, dinner will be something with chicken, cauliflower and broccoli and I might see what I can make for dessert that's more primal than not.  Red Korg ain't gonna like dessert.  It'll probably be cantaloupe and honey dew so that they don't get rotten.

Grapefruit for breakfast.  That's one of my new favorites.  And an apple.  And probably a banana.  I dunno though.  The last banana is still good so I might make a strawberry/banana smoothie with the frozen strawberries and the last banana. 

Anyway, off to bed.  Hurricane Korg and Princess Korg has gotten me sick. 
(this was written in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, but was intended for Tuesday night.)

10 February 2011

Keeping it real.

Well, today wasn't such a good Primal day.  I kept it as Primal as possible, but we had a pot-luck at Craig's company.  I admit, I ate two biscuits.  I skipped the chips and dip, the various breads, bagels and muffins.  The only fruit was strawberries, so I had those, and did have one that was covered in dark chocolate.  And some bacon.  I stayed away from the corn bread and the "breakfast casserole" since I didn't know what all was in it.  And I did eat one of my deviled eggs... didn't try the other because I'm not sure how they're made. 

Papa didn't do as well.  He had some of the various breads.  LOL  But then, I found out that he's cheated a bit more trying to knock out his ALC before today.  Almost killing himself in the process.  Up till 4am today and then up at 7 to get to work.  So yeah, I've forgiven him for eating the gummies.  Tonight, he had grapefruit, so that made up for it a bit.

He's just not getting the whole "corn syrup is made from... CORN!"  It's ok.  Eventually he'll get there.  As for me, aside from a bowel episode or two, my Crohn's seems to have calmed down more than normal.  I'm going to stay the course and see how it goes.  I'm sure that with all the inflammation in there that there has been some damage.  I like it to a cut... it will take a bit to heal. 

Well, that's about it.  Night all!

09 February 2011

Keeping it short

Tonight's dinner was spaghetti made with spaghetti squash.  It was good. 

Last night was weigh ins.  Both Papa and I lost 2.9 lbs.  (funny that we lost the same amount)  Otherwise, it's an early bed time for me.

Papa does need to learn to read labels... he bought some ice cream treats for us to have... made with corn syrup.  I allowed it for tonight, but told him when they're gone (and thankfully there's only a few in the box) that that's it.  No more.

Red Krog had a hard time with dinner.  He ate the meat sauce and left the squash.  Oh well.

07 February 2011

Hard day

I won't lie.  Today was hard.  Harder than when I started a week ago.

It started off by getting woke up at 6:30 and because of the hurricane, I am not able to snooze with her around.  She gets into way too much trouble.  So I had only about 5 hours of sleep.  I will say, I do not feel overly tired though I'm a crabby abby tonight.  I attribute that to a healthier way of eating.  Most times I'd be so tired my head would hurt and my eyes would burn.  Today I don't feel that at all.

However.... As for a food day, even though I had success of staying away from grains, I did have a hard time with the dark chocolate M&Ms.  I should not have purchased them.  I should have left them at the misery.  But I thought... Dark Chocolate.. I can eat a few.  Today I had a few more than a few. 

The hardest part though... I went to an expo put on by the Housing people... and they had yummy looking sub sandwiches.  I did well though, and didn't have any.  As I went around to the meager tables (it was a really sad expo...) I came across a cup cake lady, who had samples!  And I didn't grab one.  The Tupperware lady had chips and salsa.  Those that know me know I love tortilla chips (or corn chips, or corn anything!)  I stayed away from that and even had a bit of a convo with them telling them about my Primal eating.  Tonight... because I didn't care for the stew (just not enough flavor for me...) I reallllly wanted a piece of bread with syrup.  I didn't eat it.  So while I didn't eat the grains, I did eat some bad M&Ms, didn't drink enough water and basically sucked all day.  Wait... I did have two eggs, on the go, and did have a romaine sandwich.  So I guess today wasn't a total loss.

I am going to go to bed earlier than normal... but it's hard to do when the hurricane has been Daddy's girl and Daddy is working on fixing the 'burban.  So, I hope it's not too much longer and we can go to bed. 

I do wish today wasn't the hard day and Wednesday would be since tomorrow is official weight day... and after eating the M&Ms and the tiny can of sliced olives (I don't think that's Primal... hmmm, crap), I may have too much sodium, which makes me retain water.  Ah, oh well.  I can't complain.  I *have lost weight and I *do feel better.  Like I said, I've been up since 6:30am and am not just plain exhausted.  Normally by now, I'd have crashed on the couch. 

06 February 2011

Shopping day

Whew, who knew that eating healthy was so damned expensive!!?!?  Seriously!?!  I spent $322 for a basket of food that.. if it was junk would have cost me $225-250.  I bought fresh fruits and veggies.  Some frozen non-breaded fish for the Papa Korg.  Yogurts, orange juice.  I stayed on the perimeter of the misery with just a few things from the middle.

So tonight's dinner is stew.  I bought some stew meat, and used a left over steak.  Added 2 or 3 parsnips.  Added a rutabaga (I hope, could have been a turnip... I'll have to google it).  A few leaves of cabbage, some onion (not much cause it's an uber strong onion). and some carrots.  Then a bit of pepper and salt and some beef broth.

I can't shop without eating though.  I got very weak doing it.  so when I came home I ate an apple, a banana, a cheese stick and drank some water.  I'm going to have to go forage for something else here in a bit.

I bought a spaghetti squash. I am determined to try it for spaghetti dinner.  I also bought some zucchini so I can try the lasagna recipe.  I'm going to have fun juicing in the next couple of days, too since I got a pineapple and a couple different melons.  I also bought an avocado to try.  I don't like guacamole dip, but I'll TRY the avocado.  If I don't like it or if Papa doesn't like it I'll know not to buy it again.

And the meat.  Oh our freezer loves me again.  A bunch of steak, a bunch of chicken, two whole chickens and some ribs for Papa.  I'm thinking I'm going to love my crock pot for the rest of this winter!!

I asked Papa today how he's feeling with no grains.  He forgets sometimes that there's certain foods he can't have, but he said he feels great.  And he's full.  He doesn't feel hungry during the day.  And his jeans with the hole in the butt seem to fit him better.  So that's a plus.

Well, I'll update later on how the stew tastes.  And my unofficial weight was 211.5   That was on the scale upstairs and not the Wii Fit board.  I'll get an official weight on Tuesday night.  WOOT!

UPDATE:  no stew for dinner.  Didn't cook it in time so that's tomorrow's dinner.  I'll have to think of something else... bacon and eggs probably!  LOL

04 February 2011

Challenging

Craig found some crackers in the suburban.  Yummy buttery goodness.  And as much as I wanted them, as my stomach growled at me, I didn't eat them.  I also stopped him from eating a Fig Newton by pointing out the wheat flour and corn syrup in it.  WOOT!

So today I didn't do so hot with eating again.  But, I had about 5 slices of bacon (really thin slices--walmart brand, they shrunk down a LOT) and some pepperoni slices. 

Since I have left over chicken in the fridge, I'm going to make a salad with shredded carrots and cheese, some cukes and throw some chicken in with it.  YUM.  I didn't buy more fruits because we were at FM and their crap is expensive, so I'll hit the misery tomorrow and get more fruit.  I still have some clementines I can eat since the childrens have eaten all the grapes, apples and bananas.

I found some Pepsi Throwback at FM.  While it's not Primal, I feel I can still have some.  it's made with sugar, not corn syrup, so I'm not getting the corn grains.  That's a good thing.  It's 150 calories, so I'll have to be sure to include that.  I do need more fuel, I can feel it.  So I need to eat more fruits for the sugars and some more veggies for the carbs.  I bought some green peppers to make stuffed green peppers.  Hubby was against it at 1st, but once I explained that you gut out the peppers and just stuff some beef in it (I'll add cauliflower instead of rice) and it just gets a bit of pepper taste, he was ok with it.

Not sure what to have for dessert today since I have no more berries for the frozen fruit we had last night (which was YUMMY).  I still need to write a list of things I need, though.

So, we're on day 3 of this, and I have avoided eating things that I consider comfort food.  I didn't order pizza and I didn't eat those crackers, or give in and go to Subway (even though Craig was like... Jared lost a bunch of weight eating Subway).  So, it was a challenging day, but I think I made it through it!

03 February 2011

Eh, just a quick update

Today was a day from H E double hockey sticks, and I came this close >< to ordering Dominoes cause I saw a commercial for it.  After all, pizza is a weakness for me.

So, for Miss Swan, here's a couple of pictures of Craig's sandwich.


Three pieces of lettuce, ham and cheese and mustard


Then the 3rd piece of lettuce acts as a 3rd slice of bread... and he added light mayo, onions and tomatoes



Put it all together and you have yourself a sandwich!  :)


Anyway, today I had chicken breast from last night, some Pepsi Max... no corn anything in it, but it does have Aspartame.  I do wish that I could find the Pepsi Throwback when it was made with Sugar.  

Dinner was roast in the crock pot (I like it better in the roaster in the oven...) and carrots and parsnips.  It was my 1st time eating parsnips, and they weren't too bad.  I can have them again, and if I boil them longer, I bet they'll be good in chicken soup, too.  Dessert tonight will be a mango/raspberry frozen thing I made with the juicer last night.  I'll also have a Hershey's Kiss or two, with almonds.  And I'm going to try to get to bed realllly early tonight since it seems I can't ever fall asleep on time, then sleep in and all hell breaks loose in the house.

02 February 2011

Score!

Today the man wanted something for lunch but he wasn't sure what.  I told him to make a sandwich using the romaine lettuce as bread.  You know what, he LIKED it.  He really LIKED it.  When I said "what's for dinner" he said, I'll just take another one of those sandwiches.  Really?  Score!

Though, tonight will be a combo of steak, chicken and ribs because of the freezer door being left open.  Chicken will probably be used for tomorrow's sandwiches.

I know I need to eat more.  I had Grapefruit with a sprinkle of sugar this morning.  well, around noon.  I'm getting hungry and this is my snacking hour.  There's some defrosted bacon, I could always make me some bacon and eggs.  I drank some water instead of grabbing a Pepsi.  So that's good.  :)

I keep editing.  I drank more water, ate some summer sausage and scrambled two eggs... I ate about 1.5 and the hurricane ate the rest.  A friend gave me a site with a TON of paleo recipes.  Can't wait to try some!!

Ok, so totals for the day:
One Grapefruit.  A handful of grapes.  A slice of a clementine.  LOTS of water (about 3 tall glasses, so roughly 50oz of water).  Two eggs.  Three slices of summer sausage.  About 4-6 oz of sirloin steak, grilled and grilled broccoli and cauliflower, about 2 servings worth.  I'm ready to pull out the juicer to show the kids and make them some apple juice.  :)  Definitely not enough to sustain a bird, however, I do feel full.  But, I'll have to work on eating a bit more throughout the day.  Tomorrow... who knows!  And I got the pineapple corer thingamabob from a friend (um, thingamabob did not come up as misspelled!  LOL!!)  so I won't fear the pineapple!  WOOT!

01 February 2011

Ok, somewhat starting

Well, we went shopping.  Papa Korg bought a new scroll saw.  That will make Papa Grok happy.  They can talk about their tools.  haha!   I bought a Jack LaLanne Juicer.  It really does make a lot of juice.  The apple I used might have been a bit softer than it should have been but such is life in the Great North.  I think with the pulp, unless I find a flour I can use for muffins (I'll have to look up the recipe again for something someone had done... a you tube vid... anyway...) I can roll out the pulp and stick it on the dehydrator.  Then I'll have fruit leather as well.  YUM

So, tonight I bought.... cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, parsnips, Romaine lettuce (for making sandwiches), light mayo (still Best Foods because let's face it, if it ain't Best Foods, it ain't mayo!), clementines for the kids, apples, oranges for Red cause he wants to use the citrus juicer I bought a while ago, and some grape fruit.  I can't wait to get a few more fruits to try the "breakfast" drink the juicer came with.  Pineapple is going to be one of them.  Damn, I wish I had the foresight to buy the pineapple cutter than Pampered Chef had.  Maybe they'll have it in their spring/summer line.  Hmm... Might have to hold a PC party soon.  We didn't buy the meat because it was too expensive at the wally world, so we'll try it at the misery.

Ok, so I'm going to step on the Wii Fit and weigh myself.  Remember, last winter, my unofficial weight topped off at *gasp* 257.  Ouch.  For someone that is 6'0 with small bone frame (had that measured one time, I'm not big boned, just tall), I should be at 165--though a few years ago I was at 180 and pretty happy with that.  I was nearly 100lbs over weight just one year ago.  Now, I've lost a bunch on my own, just by eating less, and trying to cut out the Pepsi.  Oh bubbles, how I love you. 

So... wait for it... wait for it... and my Wii Fit weight is:  Wow, that took a lot longer than planned.  Had to find batteries that worked and reset the board to the system.  Anyway, it's: 215.2   Overall I'm pretty OK with that, only because I know I've lost 40lbs.     Papa Korg is 257.3  He's not so happy with that.  So, there it is.  Next weigh in will be... oh whenever unless it's next week.

Payday

Ok, it's payday.  However, because it's a week day, I don't think we're going to be turning Grok this week.  I've got to pay bills, and it's been HELL the last couple of nights with lack of sleep in this household.  So, I think I'm going to wait until the tax return... should be in on the 4th.  I know we'll go shopping this weekend.  So I'll get all my yummy goodness of fruits and the ok goodness of veggies (I really hate veggies, I do, unless it's broccoli and cauliflower).  So, that's the plan.  I think, for the kids, they're going to keep the status quo.   They love cereal way too much right now to take that away.  And the main reason I'm doing this is because Craig is overweight and well... of course I am, too.  Although..... I think if I made CheyAnne a bacon and eggs breakfast I wouldn't hear "I'm hungry" a million times a day.  I think she's going through a growth spurt.

So, I'm not trying to put this off, but I am going to wait for the tax return.  After all... we do need to get the shelf built so the Hurricane doesn't ruin another cable box.