Hamburger Patties with Roasted Carrots

I do believe this diet is going to get the best of us.  I am hungry most of the time and my husband feels like he's starving to death.  There are no fillers, so your body never registers as full.  We fill like we're "missing something".  It gets better over time but never completely goes away. 

 

Every night I hear, "I'm starving".  This was our dinner tonight.  Roasted carrots, which I love and my husband chokes down.  All I do is cut them up, put them in a plastic baggy.  Add some olive oil, salt and pepper, then throw them in the oven till they're tender.  @400. 

 

So Good!

 

 

 The main course is a simple hamburger patty.  No bun and no condiments.  I mix in pepper (I used red and jalapeno's) and onion, a little bit of garlic powder and a dash of milk (if I have it).  Not on the diet and Worcestershire sauce makes it in as well, not tonight.

 Fry them up in a pan and they're an easy, tasty dinner.  Cheese is a treat.  I think dairy causes my husband some problems (he deals with migraines) so we are trying to cut back on that as well.  We did add some cottage cheese and pears to complete the meal.

It was very good, just no fillers.  You eat, finish everything and really just want a handful of chips.  That's awful, but true!

 

The patties are wonderful if you have deer meat as well.  Tomorrow, pork tenderloin and sweet potato (for me, he hates sweet potato, I'll have to figure out something else for him).   To make the pork tenderloin compatible with our diet I'll have to leave out the BBQ sauce, no condiments allowed. 

Clean Eating Adventures Begin Again.....

If you know my husband, you know that he is a meat and potatoes type of guy.  He has gone so far as to try and ban chicken and pork from the house.  Yep, he actually tried that!

Years ago we went on a no sugar diet to try and help him with migraines.  We both believe food is the culprit but we cannot, for the life of us, figure out what exactly bothers him.  The no sugar sent us both into major withdrawals, amazing how sugar can do that, but after a week (and one day we like to call "hell day") we were amazed at how great we felt.  Loads of energy, no aches and pains, just an overall good feeling. 

Even knowing the difference it makes, the diet is hard to stick to.  It is way too easy to slip back into old habits, which we inevitably do.  Once again, my husband has declared its time to go back and try the diet again.  He told me I can't go overboard (which I tend to do) but that we need to do better. 

Here we go again. 

Here's a great beginner's guide to what we'll be trying to do.  I will be sharing recipes as we go and updating you along the way on how things are going.  If you have any good recipes or are attempting to "clean up" your eating habits as well feel free to share your experiences. 

http://getfitmamas.com/getting-clean/