Day 28

Today is food-preparing day, so I did just that!  My mom and sister went grocery shopping yesterday, so today I was able to chop up some things and cook this afternoon.

I slept in, of course, so for lunch I had leftover kale, pepperoni and kielbasa soup, some blueberries, and a few red pepper slices with the last bit of walnut red pepper dip.

I made a new batch of walnut red pepper dip (seriously like this stuff!) with a jar of roasted red peppers this time.  I also hard boiled a dozen eggs.. sliced up a bag of radishes and a few red peppers... sliced up apples to dehydrate...made meatloaf (Everyday Paleo recipe)...cooked up bacon for salad toppings...and made mashed cauliflower.


Once the sun set, I headed out for my 7 mile run with Cooper.  I like running in the dark.  LOL   It feels more peaceful, plus there is no one around to watch me huff by or dogs out to distract Cooper.  I enjoy being able to focus on the run, while listening to my music or a podcast.  I've been listening to Robb Wolf's "The Paleo Solution" podcasts, which I'm finding are very beneficial to my learning about the paleo lifestyle, and are answering a lot of questions regarding eating meat, fats, vegetables, and avoiding dairy, legumes, wheat and also topics about fitness, etc.  Another benefit of running at night is the run doesn't seem quite so long because you can't really see that far out in front of you.  ;) 

Here is my run summary:   About two hours prior I ate two pieces of bacon and a hard boiled egg. Then ate a few dehydrated sweet potato chips right before I headed out to run. Energy level was good. Overall, I felt very good. Those weird pains in my left leg were gone. Legs felt strong up until around 4 miles, when my ankle start feeling a bit weak. Tried picking up my pace whenever I focused on it. Some slight pain on top of my left ankle around mile 5-6. Started feeling a blister forming on my left big toe very early on, which annoyed me a little bit. Overall, good run. Happy with it. Felt fueled!  Here is the link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/145788553


After my run, I went downstairs to the gym to stretch, foam roll, and do some core exercises for about 20 minutes.  Then I ate dinner.  I had a piece of my meatloaf with some "1g of sugar ketchup" (see pic), and about 3 oz of pot roast that mom made, along with some mashed cauliflower, and some roasted brussel sprouts with bacon pieces (another Everyday Paleo recipe).  Yummy!

For dessert, I am going to have half a grapefruit. 


Two days left!!!  Yay!  I'm so excited to be finishing this! I'm looking forward to celebrating on Wednesday.  ;)  


Have a great week everyone, it's gonna be another crazy warm one here in Cincinnati!  (I hope it snows a lot in February!!!!!!!!)