Jumping Back On The Wagon

My eating ebbs and flows. One moment I will be eating relatively healthy and I can stay away from all the junk food, and the next minute I'm wolfing down brownies and cookies and ice cream.

My problem has never been weight {don't roll your eyes}. I have yet to have a child so I haven't had the experience of trying to bounce back from a birth, I haven't had severe weight issues growing up, and yes, I do have overweight family members. I don't feel "lucky" in not having this kind of issue because I have worked really hard over the years to be in shape. I run. Alot. Plain and simple. However, the issue that I DO have is how food makes me feel. Especially bad food.

I have been really lethargic lately. I don't have a lot of time to cook and I always feel less motivated to cook for just one person. The last 2 weeks have been incredibly hectic for me and I have slipped into that unforgiving pattern of relying heavily on junk food just to get sustenance. On Sunday's I usually cook a lot of food at once and have it in a container for the rest of the week, but being on a budget, I get the same food....every...week. Eventually boredom kicks in. So I usually go one whole month of eating well before the crash eventually comes. And when the crash comes--it's like my body hurts and gets sore and I'm tired and unmotivated. Then the headaches come.

I know this happens. Everytime I do this it happens and at the time I think "But this tastes sooooo good!!!" Like that makes me exempt from all the other times that those horrible symptoms kick in.

What is it about food that does this?

I keep looking around for Paleo recipes because I have tried some of those recipes and they are great but I never made the full commitment. I'm a dairy and carbs girl all the way and I have recently started phasing out the milk, but it becomes difficult when you have a mild frozen yogurt addiction. Carbs???? I love anything pasta and bread related. If I died, my idea of heaven is an Italian restaurant. I have also recently heard of "clean-eating". Now, I'm not really sure what that is...and it kind of sounds expensive....but I'm curious as to how people have fared on that kind of eating.

Any and all ideas, recipes, experience, etc. would be great to hear about. I know I'm not the only one that gets affected this way by food but then falls right back into those bad habits. Feel free to share!

For the Love of Cookies

I have a mild addiction to junk food. Cookies are also particularly comforting because my husband makes me batches of cookies and ships them to me. It's our way of staying connected since that was something we used to do together that we obviously can't now.

The twist is that I also like to remain reasonably healthy. If this seems like something you share in common, then you will want this recipe!

(I am aware of the highly unlikely fact that anyone will be visiting this page but if you DO stumble onto this page and if you DO love to bake, you are in luck!)

Vegan Chocolate Cookies

1/2 cup all purpose flour (I may substitute for almond flour)
1 small avocado
4 tbsp. applesauce
1/2 cup agave nectar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cornstarch (can't help it)
Chocolate chips
1 1/2 scoops protein powder (not necessary)

*Mix the avocado up really well so there are no clumps!
Bake at 375 for 10-12 mins.

Now, I have never personally made these but I know someone who has and they don't look the best, but they are amazing! I couldn't get enough! And I didn't feel half as guilty and I didn't feel nearly as lethargic as I normally do after eating cookies. I wish I had pictures.

It basically looks like a heap of chocolate.

I'm trying to get away from things like flour permanently and making the switch over to almond-based products but it has been slow. I cut out milk {except for my fro-yo because, lets face it, I can't stop} and provolone cheese on my sandwich and switched to almond milk for things that call for milk, but the flour problem is a little bit more tedious. I will eventually get there.

If anyone out there finds this and tries it, let me know what you think!