Making Chicken Breasts Better

Believe it or not, I'm not a huge fan of chicken breast meat. I find it rather dry and bland, I'd much rather have the thigh. Fortunately there is a primal friendly way to improve upon them.

This particular breast has been pounded thin, stuffed with broccoli and a bit of cream cheese, then wrapped in my favorite protein/fat source, bacon! It's really fast and simple, just put them in a baking dish, 400 degrees for about an hour, and enjoy:) Mmmm...everything is better with bacon.

Unfortunately I will have to wait a month to have this again. The Whole 30 does not allow cheese. Sob.

Update on Primal and A New Challenge!

So much has changed in my life since going Primal that it's hard to stop and try to explain things. I have had people asking me questions and expressing interest in trying it out, so I've been gently nudged to post more often. I will try! lol

First off, things are going well as far as eating primally. The whole family is on board right now and we have only had a few squabbles about not bringing sugar and junk into the house. My oldest son has had the hardest time here, he is the one who hates veggies and now seems to hate coconut. That can be a bit of a problem with this way of eating, but we are working on it.

Jesse is doing his best to live primally even though he is on the road five days a week. It's definitely more of a challenge for him, but he's determined to lose that last bit of belly flab and build more muscle. He prepares some foods to take with him and relies on salads and what he can find in the convenience stores to fill in the gaps. Much harder than I have it.

We are doing CrossFit now as a way to build muscle and move that fat along. I love all the variety and find that I can get an excellent workout done in less than 20 minutes a day. It really kicks my ass and makes me feel good though:) To that note I now have a weight set, jump rope, and pull-up bar in my house. We have more plans for equipment this summer. In addition, I try to walk as much as I can. Right now it's pretty icy and/or muddy on those roads, but I make no excuses.

My new pull-up bar, ignore the ceiling, yes it needs work, and no worries the bar is not in danger of ripping out.

I've been Primal for about 5 weeks with a total of 16lbs lost so far. My body is changing it's composition and adjusting to not having to process junk and I'm feeling good about continuing, but I have this strange need to challenge myself further all the time. So this is where the new challenge comes in.....

That's right, I'm cutting out even more, but the biggest change will be ditching the scale and avoiding that tape measure. I'm nothing if not obsessive about my size and the numbers, so for me this challenge will help me to stop focusing on the numbers and just enjoy the way my body is reshaping itself. It's also a good way to sort of re-set your diet and start over with a clean slate, so I challenge others to give it a try, no excuses. The Whole 30 does not allow excuses.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by!

Jenni

Ever Feel Trapped?

I love living up here most of the time, but when it's 40 below and you can't get outside it gets kind of old. Thus my happiness this week when the temps finally rose enough for some outside activity. First on my agenda was a nice long walk. The plan was to head to the north side of town and turn west, heading to the outskirts. All went as planned until I got to that last block and looked up to see this......... I realize it's kind of hard to see, but that's a big ass snow drift totally blocking the road there. Ok, fine, I'll just drop a block south and head west out that way. Well lookie there, another one!

This one is even bigger and more bad ass than the last one. Is someone trying to tell me something. Do I hear the strains of doom and gloom from the twilight zone era? I tried walking up to this one in hopes of scaling it, yeah, not gonna happen with out gear.

I did finally find my way out of town and got a nice walk in, but it sure wasn't the stroll I had planned.

Finally Warmed Up!

The weather has finally warmed enough to let the kids go out and play! I'm so happy, as are they of course;)

Hope you're having a nice spring in your part of the world!