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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