Lots of food- dinners at home +away

The beginning of the week was full of healing a sick Tuna.. Apparently his stomach isn’t really into table food-(even though it was just a couple bites) which we had shared with him on Sunday. Needless to say, it wasn’t fun! Poor little dude! He was left to eat plain white rice for a day and a half.

Thankfully we had more enjoyable meals

Cauliflower “rice” topped with two eggs over easy

And a monster glass of wine

It was the end of a box of wine (Bota Boxes are awesome BTW)  and James misjudged the amount that was left in there… I couldn’t finish it.. 

I woke up starved Tuesday and it was a banana dipped right into the almond butter kind of morning

 OOOMMMMM.. get in my belly

No utensils required

Followed by a 3 mile run before work. 

After the restaurant shift, I met with a client, ate dinner and went to Wholefoods for a little quiet time while I browsed. 

Wednesday started with a trip to Trader Joes to finish grocery shopping for the week ahead and I found some cranberry juice

 Mostly for James and partially for my first batch of water Kefir!

 Since this was the first batch it really isn’t potent or as active as it will be.. but it’s pretty easy and good so far.. I’ll keep you posted! 

James took a half day and so we headed out for a hike with Sammy (Tuna stayed home because he doesn’t have a name tag yet and we didn’t think he was ready to listen off leash)

 Such a beautiful day! We covered just under 5 miles in 1:52- and that included a 10 minute pit-stop to the last place Hydro swam.. We had a couple moments of sadness, a ceremonious tossing of a stick and  a couple of happy stories before we went on our way

 I miss you so freakin much Hydro :(

I got home and tossed together a quick packed dinner- Thank you food prep! I need to do this more.. it really makes my life so easy! (I had a client, followed by a yoga class)

Roasted veggies, sweet potato, hard boiled egg and 1/2 an avocado

I most definitely snacked on some Kerrygold cheese, and homemade guacamole + tortilla chips with a glass of wine- and then passed out! 

Did you have nice weather in your neck of the woods?! 

How did you enjoy it?!

Improvements in ADHD symptoms and the paleo-ish/ gluten free connection

Hey! What’s good? 

Oh you know, same old same old over here. 

Food

BIG cups of coffee- A lot 

Providence Bruins game last night- free tickets!

I LOVE hockey.. nothing says fun quite like a bunch of heads hitting plexiglass and men beating each other up. Super excited to go to another free game on Sunday!

Woke up to more snow

Headed to the gym for a training run- only 50 more to go… 

No seriously.

I tossed in 12 wide grip pull ups and 50 pushups- done and done. 

 The husband is working overtime today- I have no work due to mandatory vacation and it’s cold.. which means I really have nothing to do but play with makeup and take pictures of myself.

 (Your welcome for the laugh)

 I wish I knew why the best pictures are the ones with stupid looks on my face.. 

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So as you know I’ve been playing with a Paleo-ish, gluten free diet these last few weeks. Paleo-ish because I am still eating dairy since I only eat fish and eggs as protein sources (I’ve completely cut soy and all other legumes- sorry peanut butter.. I’ll always love you) . Overall I’ve been feeling pretty awesome.

Unexpectedly and totally by accident the lack of gluten and therefore less sugar/insulin in my system has been helping manage my ADHD symptoms. 

I noticed a difference after the first week but wasn’t sure if it was all in my head.. So I started googling. Countless articles popped up, but This one really resonated with me- and it is really worth a read if you or someone you know has ADD or ADHD.
Medication is helpful, but if you can achieve similar benefits without ingesting toxins, wouldn’t you?