Day Nine

Ooops - I have definitely been a bit useless over the past two days! To be fair, I started back at work and haven't really had the time to be blogging, but I have found five minutes to fill you in on what I have been eating and how I have been feeling!

Food has been quite similar - a lot of chicken, a lot of vegetables, stupid amounts of almond butter (so much so that I have to give myself a ban again tomorrow - I don't know what I'm going to do!), and heaps of carrot sticks! Herbal tea consumption has also been rather extreme! Exercise has been steady as well - Sunday was my day off (I really needed it!), and since then I have done a spin class, a seven kilometre run (four of the ks were interval training), and some boxing.

A great breakfast that I had yesterday, and that I have ready for tomorrow, is a Paleo Mocha Frappo, which I found on the 21 DSD Facebook page, with a link to Paleo Parents. This has been a delicious pick me up to start off the day - not only giving me my caffeine fix, but I also got to go and buy a pretty pink cup for it!

http://paleoparents.com/2011/paleo-mocha-frappo-a-guest-post-for-life-as-a-plate/

As you can see, I REALLY enjoyed that drink, and my pretty pink cup. It helped me get through the initial depression that hits on the first day of term after the school holidays.

I also started packing my lunch properly! Now that I am back at work, I have to be very prepared! I have Monday and tomorrow's lunches down below (today's was identical to yesterday).

Monday (and Tuesday's) lunch. Crustless quiche with salad, coconut muffin, carrot sticks and almonds.

Tomorrow's lunch - Zucchini pancakes (leftover from tonight's dinner), carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, coconut muffin and almonds.

I swear the best part of this detox has been the awesome new containers!

I am feeling good, energy levels are generally high, and being at work has made my cravings a lot easier as we all eat pretty healthy. I miss chocolate and wine most of all, and watching my boyfriend eat an entire caramel slice has been depressing.

12 days to go!