Darlene Michaud

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What I Ate During My Memphis Vacation – I did not have a chance to do individual updates on what I ate while on vacation.  And I never even bothered to write stuff down.  However, I did try to take pics of my main meal each day.  I will do a break down to the best of my memory.

What Stayed the Same During My Trip – I stuck to only meat and animal products for the entire trip.  I ate meat and eggs and some cheese.

What Changed During My Trip – I grazed during my travel days.  I cooked meat for the plane rides and I ate when I could.  I normally do not graze at all and only eat full meals.  I also didn’t eat enough during my entire trip just because I was busy and exhausted. And not eating enough threw me off big time.  I felt sick.  Most of that is from lack of sleep and humidity, but I also think not eating enough decreased my energy.  I skipped coffee just because I was too lazy to make it.  I introduced milk (it’s allowed but not ideal) and have decided I’m going to keep up with that because I love milk.  Many find that it prohibits weight loss but I’m not trying to lose weight so I’m fine with that.  As long as it does not trigger cravings, I’m going to stick with it.  Of course, I still drink mainly water.

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Wednesday 1/11 – Day 56

This was the day before my trip so I was not able to update.   I can’t find the image for that day, but I know I ate only ZC and ate the same amounts as normal.

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Thursday 1/12 – Day 57

This was the day I flew to Memphis.  I ate the steak you see above.  I cut it into 4 pieces and bagged each separately.  I chewed on those like an animal.  I also had 2 hamburger patties and some scrambled eggs.  I ate everything during my travels, a little at a time, throughout the day.  This was a day that I grazed.  I also bought meat as soon as I landed in Memphis and ate some more meat that night. I think.  I’m not sure.  If I did, it was not much.  I was not hungry at all.  Oh, I think I might have just grabbed some cheese which is ZC, but cheese alone is not a meal.  Every meal should be mainly meat and cheese can be a side.

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Friday 1/13 – Day 58

I cooked the loveliness you see above which is sliced beef, ground beef, swiss cheese and chedder cheese. I ate only about half of that mix.  The cheese was a special touch that I needed to be able to at least scoff down some meat.  I was surprisingly bored with just meat. No appetite at all.   I think that is because I was away from home and out of my element.  I know I ate the rest of what was on that plate that night and I’m quite sure that was all.  Oh, and I drank some milk. Whole milk.  So good!

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Saturday 1/14 – Day 59

That day, for my main meal I ate beef slices, ground beef and a few pieces of smoked sausage.  Skylar was with me for lunch and she also chowed down on this with me.  I can’t remember what I had that night, but it was more of the same.  And milk (I had no cream at all during this trip because I never bought any).

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Sunday 1/15 – Day 60

I ate more of my sliced beef, ground beef and sausage mix.  As usual, I cooked all my meat in butter (real butter folks, not margarine. I’m shocked that some don’t know the difference).  Quite sure that was the night that I was just too sick of meat, so for dinner, I scrambled and ate 6 eggs.  Eggs are absolutely allowed on ZC but they really should be a side to meat.  But I was just not feeling it so I opted for just eggs which was certainly better than eating something not ZC.

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Monday 1/16 – Day 61

More of the same!  Beef and ground beef this time.  I’m quite sure I also cooked chicken but for some reason, I don’t see it on the plate.  It might be buried under there.  I know there was some chicken breast pieces in this mix.  And Skylar helped me devour this.  That night, Derrick and the kids had pizza and chicken wings.  I just ate more of my meat.  I did have one piece of Skylar’s pepperoni that she shared with me.  I could have had chicken wings, but just felt like eating beef.

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Tuesday 1/17 – Day 62

This was the day I flew back to Maine.  I cooked ground beef and small cuts of beef (no photo).  I brought that in a bag on the plane.  Not sure what security thinks when they see a big bag of meat, but they said nothing about it. lol  I grazed that day and was not really hungry.  I probably only ate a pound of meat total during my trip.  When I got home, I stopped at Roger’s to buy meat and I had a nice big meal before bed.  And some milk.

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Happy hump day everyone!

I got back from Memphis last night.  I was gone 6 days, 5 nights.  I have many things to say but will break it up into several daily chats.

First, I was HOT!!!  Constantly.  The only time I had relief was my very last night there.  It was windy and I opened both windows and cared not one tiny bit if Derrick or the kids were cold. lol  I slept with the windows open and let the window flow over me.  It was raining hard too, and since I was directly under the window, I could feel the rain on my face.  I’m now in love with being rained on while trying to sleep.  Oh, and I had a floor fan blowing directly on me too.  And I was on a couch, not bed, with no blanket.  Just the way I love it!

Since both windows were open, I could hear the train extra loud.  There is supposedly a busy train station near which I must visit next time I go.  I could hear trains and their lovely whistles blowing every 10 to 15 minutes.  That was a heavenly night!  Just wish the trains would go right by the house so I could feel the vibrations.  Sadly, I woke up that morning sweating to death.  The breeze had stopped and the temp went up. And with the morning traffic, I don’t hear the trains.

You can see all the videos we made while I was in Memphis!

Hello From Memphis – Quick Update
Tag Along with Me to Memphis
Skylar Tastes a Prune for the First Time (Skylar’s Channel)
Skylar and Mémère Draw without Looking (Skylar’s Channel)
Ride Along with Darlene and Skylar in Memphis – Wild Girls on the Loose!
Game Time with Fam (Jared’s Channel, Skylar’s brother)
Tag Along with Me Back to Maine

I’m so happy it waited to snow only after I got back!  I was worried that we’d get a storm and I’d come home to a foot of snow to shovel.  It only snowed a few inches last night, so I can handle that just fine.

I’m anxious to get back to business!  I should have a Youtube Earning Update later and hopefully something else.  Stay tuned and thank you so much for watching our vacation videos and for getting Skylar over 600 subbies!  She started my vacation at 536 subbies and now she’s well over 600.  She was so excited about that!  And she’s close to making her first $10 on Youtube which means she can add to her Shopkins collection 🙂

Have a happy Wednesday!  I’m happy to be back!

Darlene
XOXO

 

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