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Day 28

Got up at 4 for a bike adventure and AccuWeather lied. I got caught out in a severe thunderstorm for two hours in the dark in the woods. Calories up for the holiday but I'm doing more celebrating tomorrow. Should be fun. I'm trying new recipes.

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Day 27

Halal cart style chicken over rice was an unexpected joy. Overchurned my ice cream and it was basically foam. Didn't get a ton of movement in because I had to take a half day to be a parent but hopefully will tomorrow! I'm glad to see the progress on the scale too. If I can hit day 100 and be under 175 I'll be so happy, and I'm on track!

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Day 26

I ran out of adult food so I had to tap into my kid food for dinner.

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Recipe: Healthy Fudgey Brownies

Ok i'm pretty happy with this recipe. They're the right consistency, but the flavor is maybe a little off and artificial because of the sweetener. I think if you had some kind of mix-in to offset it, it would help a lot. Honestly adding in chocolate chips would be a huge improvement. I'll keep experimenting. Only like 600cal and 36g of protein for the whole thing!

Dry:

1/2 cup unsweet cocoa powder

1 scoop chocolate whey protein

1/2 cup erythritol

2 tbsp flour (honestly could probably skip, maybe replace with 1tsp xanthan gum)

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

Wet:

3 tbsp melted butter

1/3 cup fat free greek yogurt

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine dry, mix. Add wet, mix. Put in a greased 8x8 pan. Bake at 325 for ~30 minutes (plus or minus 10 minutes for your pan type probably).

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Day 25

Tried a new sugar free protein brownie recipe. This one was actually pretty good. I need to keep experimenting I think though.

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Day 24

Ended up eating a brownie too. No adventure this morning but took a couple long walks.

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Day 23

ended the day with a 45 minute incline walk and a 15 minute jog to finish out the Witcher series. I'm gonna try to get up and eat breakfast in my tower if I can.

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Day 22

Pork ribs were on sale at the grocery store and I realized I'd never had them homemade before, and it'd been years since I had them at a BBQ place. They were unquestionably the best I've ever eaten. Steps and calorie burn was def way higher. My watch died this morning halfway through doing yard work and then I took my kids to the pool.

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Day 21

I can tell I'm behind on sleep... Makes it hard to stick with it...

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Day 20

Lots of movement today. Was super gross out this morning I ended up covered in mud from the trails.

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Day 19

Not pictured was another slice of that carrot cake, which fwiw tasted way better today. Hoping to get up early for a bike adventure so not stressing too much about being a little over on calories

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Day 18

new quest chips are pretty good. I did some Pilates today but otherwise didn't come close to hitting steps.

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Recipe: Protein Carrot Cake

So this is something I've wanted to figure out for a while. As is, it has around 200 calories per slice (8 slices total). Overall, I'd give it a 6/10. I think if I was gonna redo I'd add 1/4 cup applesauce (it's a little dry and bland), and replace 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt with 2oz of softened cream cheese (it was sweet but really yogurty, I think the cream cheese would balance it out more, maybe worth adding a bit of erythritol here too if u want)

Ingredients:

Wet:

1 cup shredded carrots

4 tbsp melted butter

1/3 cup milk

1/2 cup erythritol

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

Dry:

1 cup flour

1 scoop vanilla protein

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground clove

Frosting

3/4 cup fat free Greek yogurt

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup powder sugar

1/2 scoop vanilla protein

Pecans are optional but I like em

Combine wet ingredients, mix. Add solid ingredients, mix. Put in a greased 4x8 pan and bake at 350F for 30 minutes until you poke it and it comes out clean. I tented aluminum foil over it 15 minutes in so the top wouldn't burn. Remove from pan and allow to cool, the. Mix frosting ingredients and spread over the top. Store in fridge.

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Day 17

Had a fun bike adventure this morning. I ate a small breakfast at the top of my tower while I watched the sun rise. A doe came up to me on my hike but I yelled at her because I was scared lol. I think doing this once a week is good for my mental health but every time I do it I'm wiped out for like two days. I'm gonna try to force myself to get to and workout in the morning anyway.

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Day 16

Grills are underrated for cooking. Sweet potato is also underrated. No snack so double brownie

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Day 15

idk how to log everything I ate today. I was at a BBQ for hours and ppl just kept handing me food it was bad. Oatmeal protein pancakes with sugar free syrup as a pregame to make myself full only made me feel bloated and gross.

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Day 14

New protein bars were alright, not what I expected. Tomorrow will probably be crazy with a big BBQ im going to but I'll just focus on meat and vegetables and try my best to track since I can't properly measure.