January 10

Breakfast:

From the gym I was going to a play date in one of Dante's lesser discussed circles of hell so I brought my traveling breakfast of two hard boiled eggs and about a third of a sweet potato.

Once home from the casino like play date (what are they conditioning kids to like?) I had the 1 oz of leftover cabbage from last night and a couple carrots with natural sun butter (natural sun butter is unsweetened, the others have cane syrup as an added sweetener).

Lunch:

Cute, little coconut bread roast beef sandwiches. Anything slathered with garlicky aioli is delicious. I had aioli, mustard, avocado and tomato on the little bites. My oldest ate his in one gigantic bite.

Snack:

6 macadamia nuts
carrots with macadamia butter and with pecan butter
a dozen olives
post-workout sweet potato

I have realized that although I am not counting calories/fat/carbs/protein I still need to be aware of levels of consumption. Eating 3000 calories of a "clean" food will not help me lose weight. Everything in moderation.

Dinner:

Pork chops with sauteed apples and onions, sauerkraut, broccolette

My oldest requested pork chops with cranberries, so I made some thing close. I sauteed onions in ghee, then threw in skinned, sliced apples for a few minutes before putting the pork chops on the pan. The sauerkraut came from a jar and the broccolette was for the kids. Broccoli and sauerkraut...and we share one bathroom...

I had a few more macadamia nuts after dinner, I think I had about 10 today, better than the uncountable number in the past few days.

I have noticed I am leaning out and have a lot more muscle definition without the scale moving much. My time in the gym has increased so I am thinking I have gained a little muscle while losing some fat. We will see how I end up with my "lose 8 pounds" goal at the end of the month. I should add or change my goals to include get a muscle up.