Challenge Day 7

Looking forward to having those grapes in this harvest basket soon!

Breakfast:
You guessed it, two eggs over-easy.  But my lovely husband also cut up some potatoes for me to saute in chicken fat so that I could have a side dish with my eggs today.

Love these potatoes on the side.

Lunch:
I spent all morning processing more tomatoes for my pantry.  I really didn't feel like preparing a meal so I had leftover chicken soup while I worked.  I also snacked on dehydrated eggplant. Since I was so busy this morning, I wasn't overly hungry and I felt satiated by the small meal.

Snack:
I picked one of the four remaining apples from our young tree today. I have intentionally held off on eating any this week in order to save them as a treat. Since it is day 7, I thought I had held off long enough! I even dipped my apple slices in maple syrup for an extra sweet kick.  It was yummy and well worth the wait!

Only 1 of our 4 young apple trees produced apples this year. 

I savored this one!

Dinner:
We had family over for dinner tonight and my husband spent a good amount of time preparing a really amazing ham. He even made a special glaze for the top.  My sister-in-law brought mashed cauliflower with cheese and bacon and my mother-in-law brought homemade apple sauce.  I will admit that I ate a bite of each (my only "cheat" all week!).  I can assure you, their dinner was awesome. I really felt badly for myself having to stick to plain chicken! I kept it simple again tonight by just reheating some leftover chicken from last night. I also had some corn on the cob as a side. My corn is all ready to be picked and processed, so we are eating our fill now before I freeze the rest.

Lots of corn to eat and process.

Summary:
I'm definitely sick of chicken.  But in every other way, I feel pretty amazing.  I realized today that since Challenge Day 2, I haven't really been hungry.  I feel satiated by my food choices and I'm excited to have found some new ways to eat the same foods.

Tomorrow, I will wrap up the Challenge with some final observations.  Thanks to all of you for following along! The blog has definitely help keep me accountable and gotten me excited for future endeavors too.