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I honestly never get bored. I have more projects taht i want to do than I am doing it.  but - if I don't feel like doing any "cores": or work - I cook. I find recipes that are great for me and taht my SO can also enjoy and cook. I cook very yummy food.. bake "cookies" and protein snacks for me (no sugar or grain added) Then I portion and freeze (I often use vacuum bags to not get freezer burn or use jars or glass containers) 

I bought a large freezer - so I can do that.  

i.e. i take 1 cup of almond butter -3 eggs, 1/4 cup of unsweet coconut or almond milk then add 1/2 cup of shredded coconut mixed with 1/4 cup protein powder 1 tsp of baking powder, add stevia to taste and or other flavoring (vanilla or orange ..). if it is too thin - I may add a 1 tsp or so of ground chia seeds or more protein powder....  if it is too thick - I add more water or the "milk" or an extra egg..

I bake that in either muffin pan or shallow muffin top baking sheet.. or if the mixture is thick I bake them as "cookies" on a cookie sheets.  ( i.e. i like hrd type cookies  - I may add some nuts or more coconut flakes) 

Using same concept - but not using stevia or sweet proteins - i add salt - caraway seeds., other spices and made my own "bread like"  large muffins. 

I make beef or pork or other low carb stews and portion and save for when I just want to reheat my food.  Same with meat spaghetti sauce.  or making low carb meatloaf or meatballs.  Making low carb mushroom sauce- soup - that I can use later to just dump on my meat like someone would canned creamy soup of mushroom (i.e. dump taht on top of chicken and yu have a great chicken in 4 hours in crock pot of in 30 min in a pressure cooker)

the possibilities are endless. 

I use many low carb paleo recipes sides - i.e. againstallgrain.com or "nam nam paleo".. or even eggface blog. 

Being on a diet can be fun... get creative. 

Did good yesterday EVEN through the Christmas party! Stuck to just a salad. Enjoyed the company enough that didn't need to eat pizza or have a drink to have fun (now if I can get this lucky during the "family" and work Christmas party's!). As for today, unfortunately my plans that were going to keep me busy fell through :( So short of a lot of house cleaning that needs to be done before our Christmas party, I have nothing to keep me busy!! Worried? Yes, but honestly I am so happy with how well I have been doing over the past week that I am hoping I won't cave! I WON'T cave is what I mean ;) After my coffee this morning I'm running a few little errands and then coming home turning on some music and let the cleaning/dancing begin! 

I WISH my husband would eat vegetables!  He thinks they're nasty and I have to twist his arm to get him to eat them.  I love vegetables, but hate making big complicated healthy meals for just myself.   My son is ASD and has texture issues, he will at least try things but is usually unhappy about it.   I actually just ordered an Instant Pot because the easier it is to make healthy stuff, the more likely it will be that I'll take the time to cook it and won't just go with the easy solution like pizza or mac n cheese!

Made it through day one of the three day's of hardest challenge!! Woo Woo! Through a roast in the crock pot in the morning so I didn't have to worry about dinner. LOVE the crock pot!! I have had healthy meals planned out and ready in the fridge but came dinner time talked myself out of cooking it :/ But if it is already made in the crock pot it has to be eaten! And I always seem to wake up with the most motivation so crock pots are the way to go for me. Having said that, I need to find more crock pot meal idea's so I'm always looking ;) Today is Christmas lunch party (no doubt pizza my FAVORITE will be served) UGH!!! But I'm hoping to stay strong! Not at a point yet that even in moderation carbs are a good idea! Need a minimum of 2 weeks of carb free eating. And even then, I'm typically a all or nothing kind of person so best to just avoid them as much as possible. Day number two, here I come.

Same thing with me! If it isn't in the house then I can TRY to talk myself out of going out and getting the bad food. Having in the kitchen is just too much of a temptation. And No One needs it so why buy it!