Days 18 & 19 Primal Challenge

Day 18
7am: Omelet with 2 eggs & cream, filled with tomato, fresh basil and Egmont cheese
11am: Decaf Nepresso & 1 piece cashew & almond chocolate
2.30pm: 2 flax crackers with Camembert, bite of a pork & bacon sausage, primal chocolate chip cookie
7.30pm: Eye fillet with field mushrooms, spinach, red wine jus and hollandaise with hand cut chips
9pm: 1 x Piña Colada

Ok so the day started off super well and then I went out for a lovely dinner with my girlfriends and caved to the chips and then the piña colada! Challenge fail..

Day 19
10am: Decaf Flat White

12pm: 3 poached eggs, 3 strips bacon
3.30pm: piece carrot cake, piece fudge slice
8pm: 2 slices Lamb Rack, pork meatball, pork & pineapple skewer with satay, jamaican chicken bits, sweet potato, yam & salad
1 piece chilli & lime dark chocolate, coconut & mango ice smooze

I did cave again today for my nieces 2nd birthday with the homemade fudge-cake and carrot cake, other than that I ate fairly well! By no means the perfect weekend! Not so sure about my challenge, seems I've left it slide a little, although I've been a lot stricter than I probably would've been if I wasn't on the challenge! Sometimes I wish I could always be a primal ninja...maybe if I was concentrating on weight loss I would be!

Day 17 Primal Challenge 2012

7am: Scrambled eggs with cream, 3 strips of bacon, Decaf Nespresso, 2 pieces cashew & almond chocolate
2pm: 2 almond crackers with Camembert and smoked chicken, 2 primal chocolate chip cookies
6pm: Chicken & Pumpkin Salad with homemade aioli, a few frozen raspberries

I had such a busy work day today and that was a good thing, I needed to distract myself from the fact I'd been given some amazing cupcakes that were sitting in the kitchen, as much as I'm feeling super ninja right now they were playing on my mind, so I whipped up some Primal chocolate chip cookies, they took all of 15 minutes and it was nice to have as a small treat, I got M to take the cupcakes to work and give them away!

It was lovely to receive the cupcakes from my neighbour and perhaps if I wasn't on the challenge I might have caved, thankfully I'm feeling really good about all my choices lately that I didn't want to sabotage my efforts. So the chocolate chip cookies I made were so delicious and satisfied that sweet spot I was looking for since smelling the cupcakes kind of set me off!

Here's a link to the cookie recipe: http://www.mommypotamus.com/gaps-chocolate-cookie-bites/

Day 16 Primal Challenge

7am: 2 egg Omelet with cherry tomatoes and Egmont cheese
10.30am: Decaf Nespresso, 3 pieces cashew & almond chocolate
1pm: Mango Star tea, seafood chowder
6.30pm: Pesto beef burger patty http://primaljourney.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/pesto-beef-burger-patty.html topped with Camembert, salad with tomatoes, roasted red pepper and homemade mayo

Today was great, I went out to Empire for lunch with some friends, ordered the seafood chowder and it was amazing, I gave the bread away, I never find it that hard to resist. The sweet cakes in the cabinet didn't seem to have the same temptation that they usually do when I'm more laxed with primal, it seems that my strictness is having a positive effect on my future choices like it used to :-) My ninja primalness has returned!!

Pesto Beef Burger Patty

I know a lot of people miss burgers when they go primal, paleo or low carb! Here's a great burger patty that will get you salivating!!!

Serves 4

• 500gms Beef Mince
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup Pesto
• 1/4 cup Almond Flour
• Salt & Pepper

Combine all your ingredients in a bowl, divide into 4 and flatten into patties, fry patties for a few minutes each side and then pop in the oven (160C) for 6-8 minutes, then top with Camembert or any other cheese and grill for a minute to melt the cheese.

These patties stay together really well, are juicy, moist and really tasty!

Days 14 & 15 Primal Challenge 2012

7am: Decaf Nespresso, 2 egg omelet with cream filled with cherry tomatoes and Egmont cheese
1pm: Pork & Bacon Sausage with BBQ sauce, Decaf Nespresso, 2 pieces cashew & almond dark chocolate
7pm: 2 lamb chops, roast pumpkin salad with pine nuts, feta, roasted orange capsicum, tomatoes, drizzled with olive oil.  Raspberries & Greek yoghurt

Challenge is going great, feeling well and truly back in the swing of eating strict primal and it feels really good :)

7am: Decaf Nespresso, 5 strips of deep fried bacon! Yes deep fried in beef tallow, it's unreal, if you've never done this and your a bacon lover then you must!! 2 pieces cashew & almond dark chocolate

2pm: Decaf Nespresso

7.30pm: Creamy Pumpkin Soup, Fresh Tarakihi fish fillets coated with lemon pepper and fried in butter, drizzled with butter drippings and lemon juice

I had a feed of bacon for breakfast as I went to the dentist this morning to have my braces adjusted, I can't generally eat bacon for a few days because my teeth are too sensitive. So it's soft foods for a couple of days.

Stoked to wake up this morning and listen to the podcast over at Paleo Weight Loss Coach with Jedha interviewing me, I'm really pleased how the interview turned out :-)