Sugar Detox - Days 8-9

I am so sick of eating chicken salads.  I feel like we just eat the same thing over and over again.  Maybe it's because for two days in a row we've eaten it for lunch and dinner.  The different spices were not enough.  It's annoying to have to grill the chicken and cut all the vegetables day in and day out.  And yesterday when I went to the small store near us, they had only two avocados, so we have to have half each in our salad, which was annoying. 

I was reading the article again, and I can't find where she made a big deal about it being lean meat.  Maybe I'm just tired and I'm overlooking it, but I think we are going to branch out into other meats, regardless.  We have some unopened deli ham in the fridge that says it has no sugar.  We used to buy ground turkey at a different store, so Cameron may go get some in the next few days.

This is the chicken taco salad I ate for lunch yesterday.  The homemade taco seasoning was pretty good, but it would've been so much better (different from our usual salad) with ground meat.  Also, I really missed sour cream.  I normally would have cheese and sour cream on my taco, but I only had one dairy for this meal, so I chose the cheddar cheese.  I bought some plain yogurt last night, so I will try it instead of the cheese whenever we eat the leftover taco chicken. 

This is a picture from my dinner out last night.  I ordered grilled chicken breast and a salad with lettuce, tomato, and cucumber.  It was functional with the diet, but so so boring.  The only redeeming value is that the tomatoes were really good.  I put oil, vinegar, and salt on the salad, and I even tried putting oil and salt on the chicken to add flavor.  It was very unsatisfying.  However, for "dessert" I had cranberry and mint tea, which was surprisingly good with no added sugar or honey.  After I got home, I ate some mixed nuts I picked up at the store, because dinner had no healthy fats.

Today for lunch we had the same Italian chicken salad.  However, it was really hot today, and we both ran in the park.  Cameron was mentioning that it was annoying that he couldn't drink Gatorade, so I had the idea to put apple slices in the salad, which was good and I think helped us recuperate from the heat.

The original plan was to have the taco salad for dinner, but it didn't happen.  I was running late for Bible study, so I got a salad from Subway.  It is really good to feel like I can order what I need to eat from Subway.  I got grilled chicken and they have avocado, so that was good.  Instead of sauce, I asked for oil, salt, and oregano.  It was pretty much exactly what we've been eating at home.  Maybe in the future, we can order Subway salads for delivery when we are in a hurry/tired/just don't feel like cooking.  We've been feeling really frustrated at not having any easy options, so it's nice to feel like we finally have one.  Cameron had asked me to pick him up a Subway salad on my way home, but it started raining really hard all the sudden, so I took a taxi and he ate an egg & cheese omelette.

So at this point, we're just feeling bored.  We may revisit our menu for the week to add some different meats.  But I am super excited about eating sweet potatoes tomorrow!