Week 2 on a Sugar Detox: Recap

This week was SO much better! I'm past the point of sugar highs and lows and even when I'm hungry, I'm not shaky and jittery. I'm just hungry! What a concept! I didn't realize what a slave I was to the sugar crashes. I'm sleeping better this week too. For months, I wasn't sleeping through the night. I don't know why that is. Well, for a month, I had the flu and a lingering cough that would wake me up a couple times a night. But even before that, I wasn't sleeping well. Now, I sleep through the night without interruption! I don't know if that is solely because of this sugar detox, but I'll take it! I didn't lose as much weight this week but that's ok. So far, I've lost about 8 pounds. I ate out a couple of times and while I chose restaurants where I could get food within my restrictions, I still ate more than I would have at home.  I tried a few new recipes this week as well. All of them were yummy! Meal recaps are below!

Day 8
Breakfast: Nothing, slept in
Lunch: Hamburger patty with cheese, spinach
Dinner: Almond Encrusted Pork Chop, Mashed Cauliflower, Salad

Day 9
Breakfast: Atkins Shake, Iced Plain Coffee
Lunch: Chipotle (1/2 serving brown rice, double chicken, fajita veggies, cheese, and lettuce)
Dinner: HuHot (stir fried chicken, veggies, pork, NY strip steak, chili/garlic oil)

Day 10
Breakfast: Brown Rice Cake, Almond Butter, Sliced Banana
Lunch: Salami, Turkey, Cheese
Dinner: Leftover Almond Pork Chop, Mashed Cauliflower, and Asparagus

Day 11
Breakfast: Atkins Shake
Lunch: Hamburger Patty and Iced Tea
Dinner: Kneaders Cafe (Chicken Ala Mondo Salad and Cream of Broccoli Soup)

Day 12
Breakfast: Atkins Shake and Iced Coffee
Lunch: Salami, Cheese, Green Salad
    Snack: Green Applesauce (made this in the crockpot. Yum!)
Dinner: Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon

Day 13
Breakfast: Sausage, Brown Rice Cake with Almond Butter and Banana
Lunch: Salad with turkey
Dinner: Chicken Vegetable Soup

Day 14! (Woohoo! 2/3 of the way there!)
Breakfast: Atkins Shake
Lunch: Lentil Curry Coconut Soup and Salad
Dinner: Pork Tenderloin, Mashed Cauliflower, Asparagus

• To recap: I feel GOOD! Like really good. It's enlightening to see that in only 2 weeks, how much food has an impact on the quality of my daily life. Now if only my skin would be better. I've never dealt with acne but I find its a bit uneven in tone and I've had this one painful pimple for like 10 days. Hopefully, that will improve this coming week! Fingers crossed!