I'm still alive!

I had to laugh a little when I read my last post and saw that I apologized for not posting in 2 weeks.  Well, this time it's been about 3 weeks since my last post, so I have a lot to catch you up on!  However, I will post the past few weeks separately so you don't get stuck reading the longest blog ever!

Let's start with March 6th, shall we?  That evening I had dinner with a couple friends/co-workers who I chaperoned an alternative Spring Break trip with last year to New Orleans.  We had been talking about how much fun we had and how great the food was, so we decided to do a little Cajun cooking of our own.  I had found a  recipe for Paleo Gumbo, but the recipe was much too labor intensive for the amount of time I had, so I decided to go with a recipe that I had found for Paleo Cajun Meatloaf.  It was extremely easy to make and it's perfect for leftover meals since they are mini meatloaves made in a muffin tin.  See below.

 

Mmmmm....meat!!!

The recipe was extremely easy and the meatloaf was nice and moist! It was also quite spicy with the sauce that the recipe calls for! Also included in the dinner was Ratatouille (which happens to be paleo friendly) and then vegetable chips and homemade layered taco dip (those were not paleo friendly but I ate them anyway and they were delicious)! :) 

 Delicious Dinner

The weekend of the 9th and 10th, I judged a horse show back home so it was kind of hard not to cheat during the day, seeing that most horse show concession stand food isn't paleo friendly. However, each morning I had eggs and bacon for breakfast and had a paleo friendly meal out at restaurants. We went to Texas Roadhouse on Saturday night and I ordered a side salad, Filet Mignon, and unbuttered mixed veggies.  Then on Sunday night, we went to the Lafayette Brewing Company and I ordered a Cobb Salad (sans cheese) with their house balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

The weekend of the 9th and 10th was probably the worst that I've cheated on my diet up to this point, so I was somewhat worried that when I jumped back on the scale when I got home, I would have gained a couple extra pounds.  To my surprise, I came home and found out that I had lost a total of 20 lbs since Jan. 13th!!!  Woohoo!  The next week was my Spring Break, and since I had no plans to go anywhere this year, I invited my dad to come visit for the week and try out the paleo diet.  To read more about this exciting week with new recipes, check out the next post to come! :)