So week one had its ups and downs! We definitely found new family favorites along with NEVER make again dishes!
Some of the favorites:
-Crock Pot BBQ chicken
-lemon garlic fingerling potatoes
-peanut butter and raw honey sandwiches
-whole wheat raisin bread with cream cheese
-Black bean taco salad
-fruit and honey parfait
Not so favorite:
-zucchini muffins (going to try again with new recipe)
-homemade granola (Neil and I both liked it, but the kids did not like some of the seeds in it, going to try again without the pumpkin seeds and maybe add raisins to give it a sweet taste.)
All in all it was a good week. Some of the hardest days were when I had to work, so I had to pack lunches and snacks for the kids. It was hard sending them to grandma's and having to tell her that she could not take them to McDonald's or give them candy for a treat. Another difficult day was on Saturday when we had a family reunion and it was centered all around food. The kids actually did a great job making healthy choices and picking lots of fresh fruits and veggies. Luckily there was a bowl of fresh fruit and a big relish tray, however, as they were walking out of the house one of the aunts noticed that their plates mainly consisted of fruits and veggies she proceeded to dump half a bag of chips on to each of their plates. Payton looked at me horrified thinking he was going to get in trouble for "cheating". Once out of sight we were able to get rid of the dreaded chips. :) Just don't tell my grandma I threw away food!! I would never hear the end of that one! Even though we made good choices for the main dish it did not work out so well when it came to turning down the dessert! Oh well, the rest of the week was sugar free so a little on Saturday was better then every day all week.
One of the most noticeable differences this week was the change in regularity. To much info I know! The kids went from one "number two" a day to two or three. You could definitely tell that they were eating foods rich in fiber, vitamins and minerals that were doing good things for their little bodies.
As for the other part of our journey we were very successful, we went on a family walk on Tuesday and Thursday. The kids loved it and asked every night if we could go again. This is defiantly going to continue to be apart of our weekly routine!
I am so happy we made it through our first week and excited to continue on our journey!
Family walks are great! Sounds like you're almost ready to add an Anatolian to the family! ;-)
ReplyDeleteAs we prepared to cut out all processed foods, grains & sugars back in December, one thing that stuck with me was the concept of eating primally at least 80% of the time. You do the best you can, but give yourself a break sometimes to prevent binges or even out of consideration for others who don't make such wise food choices. Shoot for 100% compliance, but we happy with the 80%-don't beat yourself up. :-) We also learned to stop using the term "cheat" when it came to food choices, as the kids started telling people that daddy likes to cheat. :-)