Weight update

Today was weigh in day!!! I'm down another 3lbs which totals down 12lbs in three weeks!

Anti Candida cleanse Week 3

My menu for this week needed to have a little more flavor than last week.... Maddie and I almost broke down and ate a piece of delish looking chocolate cake.

Maddie and I are both down NINE pounds in TWO weeks!! That's motivation for both of us.

We still eat 3-5 eggs with an avocado for breakfast and for lunch salad with either last night's meat or sautéd veggies.

Most of the recipes are from Better Home and Gardens Eat Well Lose Weight just taking out one or two ingredients to make it 100% anti candida free!

Here are the dinners:

Grilled steak fajitas without the tortillas.

Stuffed zucchini( Maarten's recipe)

French onion chicken

Chicken kabobs

Lime marinated chicken

Steak salad with raspberries

Lemon chicken

Hamburgers

Maybe this is just the answer 

Great Anti Candida Recipes

Found this wonderful looking website with tasty foods. She mostly substitutes white flour with almond or coconut flour. Looks great!

Like recipes this apple crumble

http://candocandidadietfoodandrecipes.blogspot.co.uk/

Anti Candida Week 2- A Few Anti-Candida meals

Week 2 has been MUCH better and actually doable! I found having the berries were a lifesaver, I'm not sure I'd still be on the diet if it weren't for them. I am feeling a little tired and actually more symptoms of candida but Bizzy told me there is a low before a high, so I'm waiting for that. As of  July 18th I was down 5lbs which was super!

Here are are couple of meals I've made which were a success.

Baked eggplant for Friday

I sliced the eggplant (would slice them much thicker next time) soaked them in olive oil added thyme, basil, s&p, and baked them for about 20 minutes. I added salsa for extra taste

 Lemon Basil chicken

lemon juice, olive oil, basil, s&p, baked for 40 mins

 LOL Sunday, yes we ate guacamole for our "dinner snack"

3 avocados, 1 small tomato, lime, s&p, 1/4 onion, and a tad of garlic salt

 This was Maarten's wonderful concoction zucchini stuffed with ground beef 

 Michael loved this! I just lifted up the skin and added salsa and baked it

Trying this out!

I found this cleaning schedule which I think will really help me. I get overwhelmed when my house is a wreck but it seems like this schedule will evenly distribute the work throughout the week. 

Thank you Pinterest! 

I will let you girls know how it goes! 

Here it is also

Bath Towel Apron

Here are a few pictures of how I made the bath apron. I bought a medium size towel and 3/4 of a yard of fabric(I still have more left over). 

I used an apron to get a general idea where to cut.

I decided to venture out and try making my own bias tape, which was much simpler than I expected.

Because the towel was so think my designer (Michael) came up with the idea of sewing a piece of bias tape on either side

Way not as cute as my inspiration but hey it was the first try... Angela I didn't even tell you about the other gift which totally failed, but ended up with fabric for a cute skirt ;) 

Inspiration for the Day

When I was reading The Catholic Book of Character and Success this morning I came across this wonderful quote that I think can help us not only in our spiritual life but also overcoming anything such as sweets.

"Every time you got angry, the habit of anger increased, but every time you subdued and controlled your anger, the habit of self control grew greater within you. Every time you yielded to selfishness you became just a little more selfish, but each time you performed an act of generosity, you grew a little more generous... So every deed you do brings its own reward or punishment."