The Viking Diet: Week 2

 

Week 2 of The Viking Diet started off just fine, but collapsed in a tragic manner. And the crimes of passion bled into the following week, which I will get to in my upcoming entry. Needless to say, I have sinned and horribly so. But in some small way I almost don't care. Firstly, it felt good, I think my mind needed the break from the dieting.  Secondly, my mother was in town and it was worth splurging on...well "junk food" is such a yucky term, I'll just call it an "inappropriate eating behavior".

But let's get to the second week of The Viking Diet so that you can see all the things I did.

Day 1:

Strawberries, a quarter cup of plain Greek yogurt, and a handful of walnuts for breakfast.

Lunch:

Very small, skinless, boneless (and of course 100% grass fed only) chicken breasts with sauteed onions in walnut oil, a little fresh thyme and served with peas.

Dinner was left over of the stew from the night before.

Day 2:

Same breakfast as the day before.

Same lunch as the day before

I neglected to take a picture of the final result of my dinner. Sauteed yellow onion in organic, unsalted butter, with some 100% grass fed ground beef, salt and fresh thyme, mushrooms, milk and peas all thrown in the pan together and cooked for approximately 10-15 minutes until it is fairly creamy and the meat is cooked through.

Day 3:

Same breakfast as the last two days.

Lunch was baby spinach with grilled chicken breast, honey crisp apple, walnuts and a garlic apple cider vinaigrette dressing on top

Dinner was sauteed spinach with butter, half and half and garlic, top with a small piece of cheese, and served with scrambled eggs

The next day, my mother was flying in for a visit, for her 70th birthday...so I got the place ready for her arrival.

Day 4:

Breakfast was strawberries and yogurt, but I didn't really eat much of it.








 

 Lunch was the same as the day before, minus the dressing.

Dinner was strips of steak with sauteed leeks, onions and mushrooms with peas on the side.

Day 5:

This is where the destruction of my diet started. It was now Friday, and while I was off to a good start in the morning, lunch is where everything fell apart. Breakfast was a sliced apple, with strawberries, some yogurt and walnuts. I wasn't even all that hungry after eating this for several hours.

So, each Friday the doctor whom I work with takes the staff out to lunch. I was waiting to take my cheat day for my mom's birthday, which was only three days away. However, this particular Friday, he ordered food in from a catering establishment.

I won't lie. I just really wanted to taste the food. Well, tasting turned in to full blown eating. I had two and a half pieces of chicken stuffed with cream cheese and spinach, and since I had a headache which I chalk up to not eating carbs, I allowed myself a plate of mashed potatoes. From there, my diet was pretty much ruined.

For dinner, I just had some leftover steak with the mushrooms, onions and peas.



Day 6

That morning I made myself some scrambled eggs and took them to work with me.

That afternoon, I was planning on taking my mom to a burger place I know of, and getting her a burger and planning to make myself something at home. By the time we got to the place I was starving and had decided to just simply throw in the towel. I had a double burger with fries on the side, and it was heavenly.

That evening, I made what I would have eaten anyway, but instead of just sticking the pot roast, with sauteed mushrooms and onions and peas on the side, I ate some baked rosemary, thyme potatoes as well. It was all so delicious. For dessert, I had a slice of some strawberry shortcake which a friend had gotten for my mom for her birthday.

Day 7

Breakfast was light. A few bites of some oatmeal and strawberries. But lunch, was once again one I didn't need. I took my mom out to a restaurant and we shared some flatbread as an appetizer, and then I had some fish tacos with fries and mayonnaise on the side.

After that, I tried to get back on course. For dinner, I made my mom and I some baked salmon with honey on top, some sauteed spinach with just butter and half and half, and on the side a spinach salad with a honey apple cider dressing, sliced apples and some walnuts.

I also had way more of that strawberry shortcake than I should have or needed - but like I said, my diet was out the window anyway, so I pretty much didn't care at that point.

Stay tuned for Week 3 of The Viking Diet...

"Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things" - Philippians 3:19