by Trina Keathley

One more day, I know we can do this! Day 9 was just like most other days of the Reboot for me. I woke up to my alarm at 5:30am after about 7 hours of sleep. Sleep has not been one of my successes on this Reboot, but it hasn’t kept me down. After pushing snooze a few times, I get up and start off with my hot lemon water and making lunches for the kids. After making lunches for the kids and getting my daughter Sloan out of bed, it is time for breakfast.

Breakfast of Paleonola and Coconut Beverage

My usual breakfast has been egg whites with sausage. I made the recipe of Everyday Sausage last week, but it was time to change things up. I wanted crunchy cereal!  So with some help from fellow iGniter Olivia, she introduced me to Paleonola. Palenola with a little coconut beverage and an orange is a perfect breakfast.

After getting both kids out the door to school, it is off to workout. Today’s workout was Dance Fit with Betty. It was a great cardio workout with a little “Whip and Nae Nae.”  🙂

Lunch: a salad of lettuce, avocado, red bell peppers and turkey

During the Reboot, I strangely haven’t felt hungry. As I move along through the day, I have to remember to eat. I don’t feel hungry, but look down and it is coming up on lunch and I haven’t even had a snack. So today, I ate a snack at 12 and had lunch 2. Since I had to go to the grocery store before lunch, I decided to pick up some turkey and have a salad. A thick cut of deli turkey is nice to add to lettuce, avocado and red bell peppers.

Super Seed Chocolate Protein Bites

While at the store, I picked up the ingredients to make the Super Seed Chocolate Protein Bites from the Reboot recipe book. I was trying to have a healthy snack for this afternoon and for the kids when they get home from school, and I was hoping they would like them… or at least try them. Well, needless to say, they were a big hit!!  Not only with my kids, but with some fellow Rebooters (Jamie and Alice)! I texted them and told them they tasted like chocolate and they were by in an instant to taste and see. One small note, when I was purchasing the ingredients I purchased dark chocolate cacao nuts and was supposed to purchase cacao nibs. I don’t know if there was any harm in my mistake, but it sure helped us get through the afternoon and satisfy our sweet tooth!

Dinner: sirloin steak and baby broccoli

My belly would have been satisfied for a little bit, but dinner was around the corner. And my family loves meat!  So for dinner, I usually grill something grass-fed and add a vegetable. Tonight was a sirloin steak and baby broccoli.

This is the second time I have done the Reboot with iGnite, and I will say that the second time has been better than the first. This time I took Molly and Catherine’s advice to wean myself early from caffeine. I love to drink ice tea all day long, and I knew getting off of it was going to give me a big headache to start. It was the best decision!  This reboot has helped me accomplish my exact goal: to get myself back on track with eating better and taking care of my body.