Day 18

Hi every body! So I have to say that I really do not like this detox one bit. But for breakfest I had a smoothie and a roll. Then for lunch I had a hotdog and a smoothie. Then for dinner I had a hamburger and some tatter tots. If any of you would like to share stuff with me you can follow me on pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you to all of you who have been following my detox.

   LOVE ZOE :)

Day 17

Hi every body!!!!!!!!! So today I had a bad day because the detox is stressing me out! So for breakfest I had oat meal with syrup. Then for snack I had a fruit stick. Then for dinner I had healthy pancakes and sausage and a veggie thing. If you wish to share any thing with me you can follow me  on pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you to all of you who have been following my detox.

    LOVE ZOE :)

Day 16

Hi everybody!!!!!! I just want to start this blog off saying I'm am not in any way really likeing this detox but it doesn't mean you won't. So for breakfest I had two eggs and a small green juice that my mom buys. Then for snack I had a fruit stick. Then for dinner I had a peace of chicken, a small salad and some beets. If any of you would like to share any thing you can follow me on pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you to all of you who have been reading my posts!!!!!!!!

  LOVE ZOE :)

Day 15

Happy Tuesday every body!!!!!!!!!! Ok so for breakfest today I had a 2 yolk egg and some oatmeal. For snack I had some graps and a fruit stick. For lunch I had some veggies, two peaces of meat and a nut bar. Then for dinner I had meat loaf and a veggie mix and I had some almond milk chocolate milk. If any of you want to share or follow me on pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you to all of who have been following my posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        LOVE ZOE :) :) ;)

Day 14

Happy Monday every body!!!!!!!! So for breakfest today  had a egg but it turned out to be a 2 yolk egg and then I had a cup of green juice. Then for snack I had some graps and a fruit stick. Then for lunch I had some left over paleo jambalaya. For dinner I had stew and a cup of homemade almond milk chocolate milk. If you want to share or follow me on pintrist my name is ZKIndig. Thank you to all of you who have been following my posts!!!!!!

       LOVE ZOE :) :) ;)

Day 13

Hi every body I'm sorry this post is late but I vas very busy!!! Ok so for breakfest I had two eggs and a glass of homemade chocolate milk that is really good it is healthy but will give you that sugary goodness. Next for lunch I had a bacon burger NO BUN!!!!!!! Then for dinner I had paleo jambalaya and a cup of almond milk chocolate milk. If any of you would like to share stuff with me you can follow me on pintrist my pintrist name is ZKindig. Thank you so much to all of you who have been following my posts!!!!! 

      LOVE ZOE :) ;)

This is the jambalaya

Day 12

Hey everybody I hope you all had a great day!!!!!!!! Ok so for breakfest I had oatmeal with warm syrup. For lunch I had a handberger and apple slices. Then for dinner I had steak, a little bit of crab and a veggie mix and my mom made all of dinner so thank you mom!!!!!!!! If any of you would like to share stuff with me you can follow me on pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you to all of you who are following my detox. 

   Love Zoe ;)

Day 11

Hi every body!! Ok so for breakfest I 1 egg a a small cup of homemade chocolate milk. For snack I had a healthy chocolate peanut butter bar and a fruit smoothie. I did not really eat lunch because I had a late breakfest but I did drink water all day! Then for dinner I had fish sticks a peas. I hope you all are enjoying my 21 day auger detox and thank you all for following my posts!!!!!!!! If you would like to share any thing with me you can follow me on pintrist my name is ZKindig.

 Love Zoe ;)

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Day 8 

Hi every body. Ok so I'm am very sorry that this was posted late!!! 

Ok so for breakfast I had oat meal with warm maple syrup. For snack I had a fruit stick and all day I drank water.for lunch I had a slice of meat, a nut bar and a fruit cup.Then for dinner I had pork chops and roasted bacon brusselsprouts. If you would like to share any thing with me you can follow me on pintrist my name is ZKindig. 

   Love Zoe 

 

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Day 9 

 Happy  wedsday  every body!!!!!

For breakfast I had  oatmeal with warm syrup and a cup of green juice. 

For snack I had a fruit cup. For lunch I had some meat and a nut bar and a apple. Then for dinner I had stew which my mom made. Thank you too all of you that have been following my blog. If you would like to share any thing with me you can follow me on pintrist. My pintrist name is ZKindig.

 Love Zoe :)

Day 10

Day 10

Hi every body!!! I hope you all are having a great week! I am sorry that my other posts were posted late!!!!

Ok so for breakfast I had one egg a a small glass of green juice. For lunch I had peanut butter with apple slices, fruit cup, and a veggie blend. For dinner I had stew and a cup of almond milk with homemade chocolate milk mix which I will blog about. If you wish to share any thing with me you can follow me in pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you too all of you that have been following my blogs!!!!! 

Love Zoe :) 

Day 7

Hi and happy st. Patricks  day!! Ok so yes I know this will be posted late and I'm sorry. Ok so for breakfest my mom made eggs in a peace of bell pepper to look like a shamrock and I had a cup of green juice. For snack I had a fruit cup and a fruit stick. For lunch I had some meat, a nut bar, and a homemade healthy cupcake I made. Then for dinner I had corn beef and Irish patato soup.

If any you would like to share anything with me you can follow me on pintrist, my name is ZKindig.

Thank you to all of you who are following my blog posts.

  

      Love Zoe :) 

Berry smoothie

Hey guys today I wanted to share my fave smoothie with you. 

     What you will need 

  

   1. Any kind of frozen fruit you like (but it has to be frozen)

    2. Alomond milk or any milk you like

    3. And yogurt 

      So to make this all you need to do is in a blender put your fruit in (as much as you like). Then add milk ( cover berrys with milk ). Then add 2 tablespoons of yogurt. Bled intill smooth. And your done.

    I hope you injoy this and yea think you.

     Love Zoe

Day 6

Hi every body, hope you all had a awesome day. Because I did ! Ok so for breakfest I had a chocolate milk like I did yesterday ps it is super healthy. And I had some green grapes. For lunch I had a few peaces of lunch meat (I don't know how to spell their names ;?  ) . Then for dinner I had samion, spicy pateos and shrimp and scallope scapy. After dinner I made health chocolate cupcakes so look for a blog about that tomorrow. I am so happy because my mom told me that a lot of people were reading my posts and she said that most of you are friends with her on Facebook. If any of you want you can follow me on pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you all so much and I love you guys because you all

Are reading my posts.

       Love Zoe ; }

Day 5

Hi every body! I hope you all had fun today. For breakfest I had some green grapes and chocolate milk (homemade chocolate milk mix and almond milk). For lunch I had 2 eggs and.                 .  For dinner I had a hotdog and some grapes and some healthy chips. Then for a snack I had a mini cupcake I know I cheated sorry!!!!!!!!!! If you want you can follow me on  pintrist my name is ZKindig. Thank you . 

         Love Zoe 

Super yummy apple pie smoothie

             This smoothie is so yummy and super heathy! 

      

                 What you will need 

      

           1. 1 cup of full-fat coconut milk, canned or homemade 

           2. 1/2 cup of water

           3. 1 green or red apple, peeled,cored, and chopped

           4. 2 tablespoons almond butter

           5. 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

           6. 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 

           7. 2 dashes nutmeg, for garnish

          8. A small hand full of ice  (optional)

          9. 1 to 2 scoops 100% grassfed whey protein powder or other 100% single-ingredient protein powder (optional)

           Then purée all the ingredients in a blender until smooth.

     

     This is a great treat after a work out or any time!!!!!!!!!!

     Love Zoe

Day 4

Happy PI day!!!!!!!! Today was a awesome day for the detox. For breakfest I had oatmeal with warm syrup. For snack I had a fruit cup. For lunch I had 2 peaces of salami and I had some carrots. For dinner I had steak with salid and home made chocolate milk. 

           Thank you all so much for following my posts! ;) I hope you all are staying healthy through the flu season. If you wish to share any types of dishis you can follow me on pintrist, my pintrist name is ZKindig . Love you guys so much. 

          

               Love Zoe 

21 Day Sugar Detox : Day 3

      

Today was a ok day I kind of was not feeling so hot. I had a headache, dizzy and nauseous. For breakfast I had oatmeal with 100% natural dark chocolate chips. For lunch I had 2 pieces of meat ( I forgot what kind). And I had 4 mini hot dogs and a fruit cup. For snack I had a nut mix. And all day I drank water!!! For dinner I had cabbage wrapped dumplings and for dessert I had raw pudding! 

Please follow me on pintrist ( my pintrist name is zkindig ). Thank all of you who are following my 21 day sugar detox!!!! Love you all so much for reading my posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

         Love Zoe 

21 Day Sugar Detox: Day 2

     

Today was a great day for the detox!!! For breakfast I had oatmeal with berries and a cup of juice ( aka hot apple cider). Then I did a 1 hour and 30 minute workout. For snack I had a apple pie  smoothie ( I'm going to do a separate blog post) . For lunch I had 2 pieces of ham and 6 carrots with hummus. For dinner I had 1 piece of chicken that my mom made and some plain white rice. Hope that all you guys are enjoying my posts so far!!!! And if any of wish to share any kinds of food please let me know, I really want to try some healthy sweets!!!!!!!!! You can follow me on pintrist ( my pintrist is zkindig) 

        Love Zoe     

"Hey Fatty on the track" you inspire me.

     I HATE derogatory terms like "fatty" but I love this Facebook post! Why? Because exercising when your heavy can be very intimidating. Every move looks awkward, feels very uncomfortable, and is often difficult to accomplish due to the fat being in the way; not to mention the possibility that my shirt or pants will move and my fat will hang out. That's why I hate exercising! However I love exercise because it makes me feel strong, confident, and healthy. I have never been a runner but I want to be. So I'm working on building up my body to be a runner. 

     There is woman in my neighborhood who could have easily been the woman in this post. She is much larger than I am yet every single day she pounds the pavement. I watch her dedication, her struggle, her commitment to improving her body. I feel like a slacker when I drive by her while shuffling my kids to their activities. She inspires me. If she can run then so can I. 

http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2014/03/to-the-fatty-running-on-the-track-this-afternoon-facebook-user-pens-surprising-message-to-overweight-runner

Zoe's 21 Day Sugar Detox : day 1

     Hey everybody, I'm Zoe and today I'm starting the 21 day sugar detox!!!!!!!! I know that I was supposed to start the detox yesterday but I forgot and I'm very sorry. So today for breakfast I ate oat meal with butter and warm maple syrup.  For snack I had a berry almond milk smoothie and a trail mix. Then for lunch I had a fruit cup, carrots, 2 mini crescent rolls with cheddar cheese and mini hot dogs ( I  know I cheated ). Lastly for dinner I had Paleo style beef stroganoff with miracle noodles and zucchini noodles.

      Thank you all for coming to  my moms blog to read my blog posts. The last day of the detox on April1, 2014. If you would like me to try any of foods or snacks please comment on this blog or you can share it on my moms Facebook or Pinterest pages please #Zoes21detox .

Thank you so much!!!!!!

                

           Love Zoe  

Fervently in Pursuit of Shepard's Pie

Few things say comfort foods to me like good ole Shepard's Pie. Of coarse you can find a perfectly suitable recipe on just about any recipe site. But I like to change things up so I'm sharing my most recent version - complete with 7 thumbs up! 

If you try this and like it please share below! 

 Fervently in pursuit of Shepard's pie

This makes a 9x13 inch pan worth

2lbs ground meat

6 celery sticks

5-6 small carrots

6 scallions

1 rutabaga

1cup of green beans

1cup peas

6 small potatoes

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter 

4 cloves garlic minced

 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1c cold water with

         1 tablespoon arrowroot powder

1 cup of bone broth 

[or 2 cups of cold bone broth]

1 6oz can of tomato paste

Steak seasoning, No Salt Seasoning/21 spice, granular kelp

Chop all the veggies, place 1/2 the rutabaga in a bowl with chopped potatoes. 

 Preheat oven to 350F

Sauté celery, carrots and 1/2 the rutabaga in 2T butter, Season to taste for 7-10 minutes. Add green beans, peas, onion/scallion, garlic and cook on low until beans are hot. I added a little kelp at this point.

Move veggies to 9x13" pan. 

Cook potatoes and rutabaga. I cook mine in the microwave in a covered bowl with a cup or so of water. 

Brown and season the meat.

Place meat on top of veggies.

Deglaze the pan with balsamic vinegar then add the water and/or bone broth. Heat for 2 mins then stir in tomato paste. Heat 1 more minute. Pour/spread over meat.

Drain the water and Mash the potato/ rutabaga with 4T butter and a little milk if you like. Spread evenly over the meat. 

If you eat cheese, we add shredded cheddar at this point. 

Bake for 20 mins or until cheese is melted to your liking. 

* for ease of reading I omitted the word organic from the recipe. However, I used organic wherever possible. 

 If you like my recipe please share a link to my blog thanks

 

         

 

Fervently Pursues the 21Day Sugar Detox

     The 21day sugar detox is buzzing around the net these days and I was very curious to discover why. Since beginning my Paleo journey 3years ago, I have been on the look out for healthy alternatives to comfort and fun foods. While I believe that eating whole foods is essential to good health, I also believe that occasionally enjoying foods that have positive memories for us will help keep us balanced. In general my family likes to stick to an 80/20 approach to eating. However, if and whenever possible, I like to create those foods with better ingredients. For instance, does ice cream really need artificial  flavors and colors when we have cream, vanilla and sugar?  I am very skeptical of laboratory created flavor enhancers. 

     Another important component to enjoying comfort foods, especially if that means Doritos and diet coke (just for explanation- I don't like diet anything or soda for that matter) is defining just exactly what is meant by moderation. 

     Moderation: a controversial definition. 

 Moderation 

[The urban dictionary]. The ability to exercise self-control while enforcing one's will power to resist certain situations a person puts themselves in too often.

[merriam-webster]  a :  avoiding extremes of behavior or expression :  observing reasonable limits <a moderate drinker>

       When I read other people's passionate defense for consuming diet soda, I can't help but notice they always say something like "I limit myself to 1or 2 cans per day." Did you know that a serving of soda is actually about 6oz? That means that one 12oz can is 2 servings!!!! 2cans per day then is really 4servings -not so moderate now. If we then compare servings to the 16.9oz or 20oz bottles most Americans consume in place of cans, we are talking about nearly 3-4 servings in one bottle.  If we were talking about alcohol using the same language; I need my diet coke, I only drink 2cans per day, etc., most people would think this person may have a drinking problem. Additionally, the negative effects of consuming junk foods daily includes things like, diabetes, stroke, cancer, brain function and inflammation just to name a few. So you can see why it's important to limit intake of these foods. 

     The 21Day Sugar Detox was created by Diane Sanfilippo a Holistic Nutritionist at Balanced Bites 

{http://balancedbites.com/meet-the-team }; as a way for people to ease into a healthier lifestyle. 

     Last week while shopping at Costco I came upon the 21Day Sugar Detox cookbook. While looking through it my 12 year old daughter asked me about this cook book that has PANCAKES on the front! I've always taught my kids about the nutritional value of foods, and the lack there of in junk foods. I cook mostly paleo or whole foods for my kids for health reasons but, like I said before, we do occasionally enjoy some junks foods. My daughter loves to bake and make smoothies, and she has a passionate attachment to pancakes. So I proposed to her an experiment.  Follow the 21Day Sugar Detox and Blog about it! After thinking on it, and getting very excited over the recipes, she agreed. 

     Beginning on Monday March 10,2014, Zoe will be journaling her experiences every day. A couple times each week she will be making some of the recipes and sharing about here and on her vlog [cupcakebeauty01]on YouTube [http://youtu.be/oRHoaLnKKVU]

She would love to have you follow along and cheer her on, or journey with her!  

One important note: This is NOT A Diet!! 

She will not be restricting calories or consuming anything that is dangerous to her health. This is merely a fun experiment to add to her already well balanced diet and lifestyle. 

Portion and Moderation Links

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/eat-right/distortion.htm

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/eat-right/portion-distortion.htm

21day sugar detox 

Explanation

http://balancedbites.com/2013/12/faqs-all-about-the-21-day-sugar-detox-cookbook.html

Support

http://the21daysugardetox.com

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