*24* Day 21

BURN DAY

Breakfast

We were bad.  

We cheated.  

I was not feeling well at all and had my dear husband take me to urgent care. On the way home, we decided that we needed some comfort food.  We got Jethros brunch take out.  2 eggs over easy, and loaded hash browns (with smoked ham, bacon, sausage, and cheese).  I'm not going to lie…it was really good, and just what I needed.

After all of the temptation that I resisted on Friday, I felt guilty for succumbing to it now, with only 3 days to go.
But in my mind, we were pretty much done anyway, which is how I "justified" it. 

Mid Morning Snack

Carrots

Lunch

We ate lunch late and both fell asleep-so inadvertently skipped lunch 

Mid-Afternoon Snack

almonds/cashews

Dinner

Shrimp fried "rice"

Steamed Broccoli

Evening Snack

Carrots

Water Intake

Ok.  Not great.  I think it was somewhere between 50 and 75oz. I need to get better at keeping track of water intake on the weekend.

How I felt

I did not feel good at all today.  :(  

Honestly, I don't think our cheat breakfast helped either in the long-run, but it seemed great at the time. 

Just goes to show that Advocare has retrained my body to decide what it really likes and doesn't. 

*23* Day 20

REFUEL DAY

Breakfast

Whole wheat pancakes with sugar free syrup and fresh strawberries

yummy!

Mid Morning Snack

raw almonds and cashews

Lunch

Whole wheat pita pocket with chicken, honey mustard, spring greens, and cherry tomatoes. 

Fresh strawberries

It was really good!!

Mid-Afternoon Snack

almonds/cashews

Dinner

I'm writing this 5 days after the fact, so unfortunately, I don't remember

Evening Snack

Carrots

Water Intake

I did pretty well, but not as well as I do during the week. 

How I felt

We're in the home stretch! 

I felt really good.  Our day started out with some potentially really good news, so that only improved how I felt. 

*22* Day 19

BURN DAY

Breakfast

Vanilla MRS. 

Mid Morning Snack

Raw almonds and cashews

Lunch

Left over orange chicken and egg drop soup

Mid-Afternoon Snack

carrots and garlic hummus 

Sweet potato tortilla chips and sugar free salsa

Dinner

Portobella mushroom cap pizza

Evening Snack

handful of raw cashews

Water Intake

I drank pretty well throughout the day.  I had 2 bottles done by the end of the school day, plus my MRS.  I also had a glass at a Mexican restaurant, and a large bottle of smart water after that. 

How I felt

Tempted!

Today was really hard to resist treats.  I know I'm not supposed to have carbs today, but it's way better than what I could have.  Temptation was all around me today.  I was offered 2 birthday cupcakes by students, a spread of fruit tarts-cakes-popcorn-chips/salsa-and chocolate chip cookies in the teacher's lounge.  I went to a Mexican restaurant with coworkers after school and only had water.  Then I went to a holiday party being thrown by one of my bosses and only had water, carrots/hummus, and 2 small handfuls of sweet potato chips and no sugar salsa.  Considering the fact that had I not been on the challenge right now, I would have eaten EVERYTHING, I'd say a handful of okay-for-you sweet potato chips, I'd say I did pretty darn good!