DAY 20 MIDWAY Assessment

Well, we are half way done!
Things are back on track after this weekend, but I am still a bit worried about what to make each day for supper. I feel like this diet is heavy on meat, and hope that when we get to Phase 3 we can ease up and do more grains and beans.
I know you all will hate me but I've lost about 10lbs. It's not good, so I have to think of things that will give me more calories.
The kids are still doing well, but we are going to that "Junk Food Place" today. So we will get them back on track soon.
I found sprouted Ezekiel bread at the HFS so they are eating that for breakfast. I found a couple recipes to make it and in a week I will try it and post them if they turn out. Actually there aren't many different recipes for it out there (just God's!) so it should work!
I am bumping up my daily supplement of Cod Liver Oil and vitamin to 2x a day. By the way, the Garden Of Life Cod Liver Oil is very good. It's lemon/mint flavored and actually the mint is the only thing you taste. The oil is very light so after the first 2 days I really can't taste it and don't even need to force myself. It's not bad at all. It's important to do the CLO because of the Omega 3s and also a natural source of Vitamin A and D. Very important in the winter. Funny how our great-grandparents knew this...
Remind me we can't eat out this week because of last week...
Let's see, we still need to get our kids more CLO but they are eating their fish. I think Levi's arm bumps are almost gone!
Last night I made Shepards Pie without the mashed potatoes. It turned into a soup and the kids ate it!
The other problem I run into is that a lot of the recipes I find are for really good cuts of meat. Which is fine, but expensive. We had bought a 1/4 of a grass-fed organic cow this fall (very cost effective way to go). BUT you get a lot of ground burger, and obviously you only get a few steaks, a few roasts, and a lot of burger. Good meat, but not many burger recipes out there without carbs.
So we try to rotate, fish, chicken, meat, burger, chicken, burger, fish... You almost need a burger night every few days to make sure we don't end up with all burger!
No colds or flus so far. I'm not holding my breath, and maybe it's because it's been below zero here for 2 weeks and nothing can survive! We'll see!
I feel like I am not so weary each day, but am lacking motivation. I do hate winter tho (have I mentioned that yet?) Also, Willa is not catching on that she is supposed to be sleeping thru the night now.