21DSD: Day 7 Cheater Cheater Cookie Eater!

Officially one week through this detox! Woohoo!! And yes, as the title suggests, I cheated today. But I don't feel guilty. It was a thoroughly pre-planed, strategic cheat, if there is such a thing. My hubby starts some training tomorrow, and it's become somewhat of a tradition to make him chocolate chip cookies to take with him. So today I made chocolate chip cookies. I allowed myself three bites: one miniscule bite of the butter & sugar combo, one small bite of the finished batter, and one bite of a cookie. The bites of batter maybe equaled 1/2 tsp together, and the bite of cookie was about 1/4 of the cookie. But seriously....what is better than homemade chocolate chip cookie dough, and fresh cookies hot out of the oven?!? I just can't resist my own treats because I know how good they are haha! And Mom if you're reading this, they turned out perfect and not flat like the issues you've been having lately. ;)

Today was absolutely gorgeous!! It was finally warm enough outside to take Rachael out and play, and the neighbor's kids were out too, so she was having lots of fun. We broke out sidewalk chalk for the first time, but I colored more with the neighbor's kids than Rachael. She was more interested in her little toddler slide from last fall, and eating dirt. We played until lunch, then she took a nap and I made cookies and did some crafty stuff with glitter. More info on that later...for now it's hush hush for an upcoming event. ;) I also worked a little on some crochet. After her nap we were able to go to the park for the first time this year too...it's going to be a fun, dirty summer for that kid! Even though she doesn't like stuff on her hands lol. We headed to the store after the park to pick up some steaks for dinner to throw on the grill for the first time this season too! Lots of "firsts" for the warmer months of the year today....just wish I could have had a nice chilled glass of Pinot Grigio to go with it! ;)

Besides the small cookie cheat, I did well with my meals today. I'm going to go backwards because dinner was awesome and when I share the link the first picture in the blog is automatically selected, and dinner needs to be the one on the link tonight. Here they are:

Dinner: Delicious grilled steak with a seasoned rub made by Weber. I think it was the Chicago blend (shout out to Alisha and Tim in Chi-Town!). I checked the ingredients, no sugar. It's pretty tasty! My awesome hubby is my grill master, and 100% responsible for this deliciousness. It was served with a dish I found on Pinterest....Deconstructed Spaghetti Squash Carbonara. It was my first time poaching eggs today....and dang I'm good! They turned out great! (Okay the blog had good instructions, I lucked out they were accurate!) The only thing I changed with her recipe was I added some mushrooms and didn't have chia seeds. Here is the blog link: http://popularpaleo.com/2013/05/15/deconstructed-spaghetti-squash-carbonara-paleo-style/ Oh yeah, I would also like to point out I did NOT eat that entire steak. I ate about 2/3 of it and saving the rest for breakfast tomorrow for steak and eggs. :)

Snack: a green apple with almond butter

Lunch: leftover italian sausage and peppers, and a string cheese

Breakfast: a scrambled omelet with deli meat turkey, spinach, green onion, and mushrooms, topped with pea shoots, parmesan cheese and cherry tomatoes. I also had a cup of jasmine green tea.

I am so glad that warmer weather is finally here...I just hope it stays!! I see many walks and much park time in my future this summer. Oh and I will be getting back to exercising tomorrow! I'm finally feeling all back to normal so it's time to step it up with the exercise again. ;)

That's it for today....time to clean up toddler toys and head upstairs for bedtime stories. G'night!