MONDAY

Breakfast: Sunbutter, sliced bananas, and muscle milk

Snack/BF2:  half bagel with cream cheese

Lunch:  leftover capriotti’s turkey sub, carrots and orange

Dinner: TJ’s Chile Lime Chicken Burger over salad with pepper jack cheese, veggie patty (made by Mama Shallal)

Dessert:  Apple Pie

TUESDAY

Breakfast:  Green tea latte (2 scoops matcha powder + almond milk + stevia) & Almond Butter Banana Quesadilla

Lunch: (leftovers) TJ’s Chile Lime Chicken Burger over salad with pepper jack cheese, veggie patty (made by Mama Shallal)

Dinner:  3 Ingredient Cheesy Chicken Sausage and Brussel Sprouts

Dessert:  Apple Pie

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast:  Coffee (1/2 decaf) & 2 mini almond butter banana quesadillas

Lunch:  Chicken Avocado Salsa Verde salad sandwich with carrots

Dinner:  TJ’s mandarin orange chicken and green beans, brown rice

Dessert:  Apple pie and non fat vanilla frozen yogurt

THURSDAY

Breakfast:  Green Chile and Cheese DIY Frozen Breakfast Burrito & Strawberries

Lunch: 3 Ingredient Cheesy Chicken Sausage and Brussels Sprouts & veggie patty (made by Mama Shallal)

Dinner:  TJ’s mandarin orange chicken and green beans, brown rice & ½ TJ’s Salmon Burger

Dessert:  The last of the apple pie with non fat vanilla frozen yogurt

FRIDAY

Breakfast:  Coffee (1/2 decaf) & 2 mini almond butter banana quesadillas

Lunch:  1 ½ TJ’s salmon burgers over salad

Dinner:  The Groves Fish Fry I started with a glass of wine and then ordered grilled salmon, broccoli, and sweet potato fries. Once I was a couple of glasses of wine in the salmon didn’t look so good and Paul’s fried fish looked like a platter of gold.  He ended up eating most of my Salmon and I ate the second round of his fried fish (he got the endless plate) and I ate all my sweet potato fries.  Despite the online popularity, nobody in my family likes sweet potatoes so those are all mine. 

After dinner we ran tons of errands that ended with frozen yogurt… I was already in weekend mode though because I forgot to snap a picture. 

Current snacks I’m loving:

Muscle Milk Light & Cashew Clusters

Last Week’s Caffeine Cut Down Recap

 Here is how I did last week:

•  Sunday– none
• Monday– 12 ounce ½ decaf coffee + splash almond coconut blend milk (drank half)
• Tuesday– Green Tea Latte (2tsp green tea matcha powder + almond/coconut milk + stevia)
• Wednesday- 12 ounce ½ decaf coffee + splash almond coconut blend milk (drank half), heated up some green tea which ended up giving me the jitters

 

• Thursday- 12 ounce ¾ decaf coffee + splash almond coconut blend milk (drank half)

 

• Friday- Green Tea Latte (2tsp green tea matcha powder + almond/coconut milk + stevia)
• Saturday- 1 can Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper

 I’m estimating this weeks total somewhere around ~350mg.  Last week was probably around ~415mg.  Slowly but surely cutting back, I haven’t set a hard goal or anything, just to not be so dependent on it!

This week changes:

•  I no longer wake up thinking I HAVE to have coffee or caffeine. The habit/addiction is breaking down.

• The withdrawal symptoms are less noticeable.  Last week was just a slight headache or stuffy nose in the afternoon, this week just a bit of sluggishness here or there. 

• I have an increased sensitivity to caffeine.  It wasn’t long ago that 2 cups of coffee, plus tea would just make me feel normal. Now a bit of caffeine wakes me up like it is suppose too, too much makes me jittery. 

• I sleep better.  I sleep like a baby at night, I don’t toss, I don’t turn, and I don’t have any anxiety.  I have peaceful sleep, I’m out like a light till right before my alarm goes off.

• I’m having some trouble staying motivated.  Downside?  All that excess energy use to give me tons of motivation.  Now if I’m feeling sluggish I can’t turn to caffeine to give me a kick in the pants.  Instead, I look for a task that can somewhat easily be accomplished.  Once I’ve done that I’m in the swing of things and ready for the next thing.

  Just finished the second AM workout of the week now its time to jump in the shower, have a great day everyone!