cleanse - day three

day three of my cleanse went pretty good. i didn't have any negative feelings today really. i guess i feel i'm too far in now to give up! plus, i don't WANT to give up. it's only TEN days. and i only have SEVEN left. woohoo! ;)

i really like this clean eating - i feel great at the end of the day. not bloated or blah. i don't ever feel guilty for eating something awful - because i DON'T eat anything like that. it's actually nice. but i do miss certain things. and my mouth definitely DOES water when my kids are putting back the halloween candy. haha!

today was pretty much the same as the past two.
shake for breakfast
fizzy stick mid-day
shake for lunch
a few fit chews in between.

dinner was pretty simple today and i used this recipe and just tweaked a bit.
i didn't add honey, tomato paste or bacon. i also used chicken breasts instead of thighs.
it turned out really good. my whole family enjoyed! ;) i forgot to take pictures but you can imagine right! :) 

cleanse - day two

day two went pretty well. spirit was a little better and i felt some what more motivated to complete this cleanse. 

i even took my kids to chick fil a and resisted the urge to lick a french fry or sip a sweet tea. i drank my shake and water. blah - but results will pay off, right?

for dinner - i decided on spaghetti squash with homemade tomato sauce.

the spaghetti squash is pretty easy .. cut in half, bake at 400 for about 30-40 minutes. until you can peirce through with a fork. then i shred into 'pasta-like noodles' and saute in a pan with garlic, pepper and a tad of olive oil. easy peasy.

the tomato sauce - i never make it to my complete liking BUT it was tasty.

1 small yellow onion

1 pepper (or in my case - 4 from my garden)

1 tbsp garlic

couple tomatoes (i had about 4 from my garden and 2 from the store)

handful of spinach - chopped

4 baby bella mushrooms - chopped

couple leaves of fresh basil (i used a lot because i love it!)

tomato paste (if you want)

saute the onion, pepper and garlic until onion translucent. 

meanwhile, boil the tomatoes for 1-2 minutes. cool and peel skin. chop cup to your liking.

add to pan with onion/pepper mix. also add spinach, mushrooms and basil. 

cook low for as long as you like. add some tomato paste if you want your sauce thicker. 

spaghetti squash with tomato sauce

also with a gluten free, dairy free hamburger bun turned into 'garlic bread'.

it was great!

oatmeal junk

we were craving cookies in the Poag house this evening ... & I didn't have anything 'instant' - so I came up with these!

1 & 1/2 cups instant oats
1/2 sugar
3 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg

for the junk - add what you want! I added a handful of dried cranberries and a small handful of white chocolate chips (both of which I had hanging around in my cabinet - so you can add whatever you have lying around!)

drop by tablespoon fulls onto cookie sheet - bake 350 for 10 mins!

Yummmmm - kullen said 'they my favorite!' && hub gobbled them too' :)