Days 109-117: UP and DOWN

Once back from Thanksgiving I've been back to high protein, veggies, and BEANS! Hummus is my best friend these days as even opening a can of beans seems to take too much time and effort! We've been very busy with work and rehabbing a rental that we wanted to lease by January 1! When all margin in life goes, guess what? So does food prep! So the days of making dishes and sharing have gone by the way side and it's been every man for himself. I can tell you that has made it harder to stay on the diet and to eat well.

Yesterday I came unprepared for lunch and ended up eating a brownie for lunch! oh my, how far I've fallen! Well, the house is now completed and rented so no more excuses!!!

I have had some good days too. My wife and daughter are now eating along with me and that has helped to have another cook contributing to the meal offerings. This is a salad Deanna put together for us that we've eaten off of breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

Usually for breakfast I'm solid. I feel as though I singularly support the egg industry! Pulling some turkey sausage from the freezer is easy, and if we've made some bean and veggie salads ahead then grabbing a cup of that is easy as well. I made up the broccoli-bacon-slaw last week. That is definitely a winner for all - healthy and really tasty! I believe I've blogged that recipe in the past and if I was a really good blogger there would be a link (HERE) for it...but since life is full, you'll have to use your imagination! :-)

And finally, just so I don't disappoint my "Cheat Day" fan club, even though I've been cheating during the week, I somehow still feel that I deserve a major cheat on Saturdays! A few days ago that meant I started at Juicy-Os and had my fill of donuts, a skillet and pancakes. Christmas cookies were sprinkled through the day and a treat-filled Christmas celebration with my sister and her family. So no fears, I kicked that metabolism way up!