Eating real food, why is it so hard to look at french fries or an Italian sub and not walk away? Then make a better decision to eat something real like a chicken breast or a piece of steak? I have been having issues always choosing the correct thing to eat this week. I ate an Italian sub this week, and felt like I carried a brick in my gut for 15 hours. I noticed that my performance while doing my weekly sprints was affected. Even though I had extra carbs in my system, I felt like there was no gas in the tank. I also followed the next meal with french fries that were tossed in gluten and fried in shitty canola oil, I felt like I needed to take a shower after indulging in every one of those fries. That evening I didn’t sleep very well, actually it was only 5 hours and it wasn’t continuous sleep. Then throughout yesterday I felt bloated all day, and even though yesterday I made healthy meal choices (YAY), I don’t feel like I adsorbed any of the meals I ate because my intestines and body were stunned and still in the reaction phase by my bad choices and acting out like a two year old that didn’t get what it wanted. To be honest, my body didn’t get what it wanted so acting childish and throwing a tantrum was well deserved. I should have eaten the sweet potato mash, cauliflower, and grilled pork chops that I had every intention of preparing but failed to do so, and ate crap.

Well with the good and the bad, I will move on and try my best to eat the best food possible, and not be lazy about preparing and eating the food I worked hard to prepare and shop for.

TGIF: I woke up earlier this morning by 30 minutes and got on my spinning bike for 25 minutes and went for a leisurely ride while watching Netflix. Last night I made seasoned fingerling potatoes, broccoli, salt and pepper flank steak and chicken breasts. For breakfast-chicken sausage, different root veggies hash and hard cooked eggs. I will eat like I am suppose to today-and have success at my crossfit gym completing the Barbell Class to start the weekend on a more positive note.

Meatballs

I try to make meatballs every two weeks, they are relativity easy and are a great staple to have in the fridge to make many different meals, or just snack on.

Ingredients:
2 pounds of Ground Meat (I used Beef 85/15)
1 egg
2 tablespoons of parsley
1 tablespoon of cilantro
1 tablespoon of oregano
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of onion powder
1 tablespoon of Marjoram
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon of black pepper
¼ cup of Almond meal or coconut flour

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350
Place ground meat in a mixing bowl

Add the spices, flour/meal and egg to the mixing bowl

Using your hands mix all the ingredients together until all the ingredients are well blended
Roll the meat into 1 to 1 and ½ inch balls and place on the roasting rack

Place the meatballs into the oven for 45 minutes

Hint: I used a stainless steel pan with a raised rack and a silicone-baking sheet. I put the silicone-baking sheet under the raised rack to catch all the fat and drippings from the meat. This will make cleaning everything after the meatballs are finished much easier. Also, using the raised rack will make the meatballs crispy.