I have the best 2 year old in the world. (And now that I have said something, he is going to change…) For about 2 weeks now, getting up has been so hard. Mr. Z has been great though. He either plays in the bedroom, his play room, or in the bed. This morning he brought me a pair of scissors, as I still laid in bed at 8.45 unable to actually get myself out of the bed. Then he asked me to “come here! I need Life.” So I got up, put the scissors away, and gave him a bowl of cereal, and got back in bed. A few minutes later I hear his dishes clank in the sink and he comes running in saying, “I snuggle you!”. After some snuggles and giggles, I finally am awake enough to function.
I used to be a morning person. When will that come back?
Food Log: Breakfast: Since I got up so late, I just had a smoothie, GGS.
Breakfast whole30 day 17, plus my supplements encouraged by my doctor
Mr. Z, The Smoothie thief
Lunch: Kalua Pork, guac, sour cream, lettuce
Lunch Whole30 day 17
Dinner: Spaghetti and meat sauce, with zoddles
Dinner whole30 day 17
Snack: Carrots and apples with sunbutter at the outdoor movie
Last night as I thought about how I am halfway done, about how I am taking charge of my life. I started looking through the Finished steps. And then decided, I shouldn’t focus too much on the next step until maybe day 25.
Also, in the last few days I have had lots of friends comment on “how skinny” I am looking. I really want to step on that scale, to see if I have lost. Staying strong and not stepping on.
I switched to having a smoothie for breakfast, because I have a supplement that my doctor wants me to take, and I had been taking it in water. Which was making me want to throw up, she suggested putting it in juice. So now I just throw it in with my greens, and no more gagging it down.
Food Log:
Breakfast: GGS, 1 hard boiled egg (Mr. Wonderful took the other one for a snack the other day, and we were running out the door, so 1 was better than no protein)
I did a great job of catching up after I got back, but then life happened. The 15th is anniversary of my mom’s death and I have been trying to keep busy.
Monday July 13 Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, GGS Lunch: Coop turkey lettuce wrap sandwich with tomato, cucumbers, red onion, and avocado (I asked lots questions, and everything was whole30 approved)
Lunch Whole30 day 13
Dinner: sloppy joes, zoodles, sweet potatoes fries, and paleo ketchup
Dinner whole30 day 13
Tuesday July 14 Breakfast: woke up late and skipped it Lunch: romaine and sloppy joe stuff Snack: apple and sunbutter, I only got half, Mr. Z “shared” with me. Dinner: enchilada casserole from A Girl Worth Saving’s cookbook. I used my spiralizer, since I don’t have a mandolin to make long zucchini noodles. I just pulled the zucchini across the flat blade as if it was a mandolin. Used the left over enchilada sauce from last week, and left over chicken from some other meals. It was delish! We also had it with steamed carrots and some paleo sour cream.
Wednesday, July 15th Breakfast: GGS, Prosciutto, and 2 eggs scrambled Lunch: Left over enchilada casserole Dinner: Pork chops with mushroom gravy and green beans, Mr. Wonderful, who is not a steak or pork chop fan, said, that this was the best pork chop he ever had and that I can make it again!
I was able to do basic food logs on my wordpress app on my phone, now that we are home I will edit and post them for you.
Friday, July 10th- The bridesmaids got together and had lunch with the bride and got mani/pedis
Breakfast: Glowing Green Smoothie from Kimberly Synder (it is heavy on the greens, but I love it), 2 eggs in evoo. At a friend’s house for the weekend, and I was able to bring my blender and not have to eat out every meal.
Breakfast whole30 day 10
Lunch: We went to Red Robin and after asking a billion questions I had a very bland , hamburger patty (no seasoning) with a side salad (no dressing).
Lunch Whole30 day 10
Dinner: I forgot at take a picture, but I made Nom Nom paleo’s Chicken Prosciutto Involtini and some marinara. I had some zucchini with it, while everyone else had pasta.
Saturday, July 11-Wedding day!
Breakfast: GGS, 2 eggs with two slices of prosciutto
Lunch: romaine, kalua pork, cucumbers, fruit kabobs. I also snacked on fruit kabobs throughout the reception. All the food looked so good! And I got put in charge of cutting the cake, good thing I don’t really like cake or frosting!
Dinner: My friends husband made stir fry for dinner and for me, he made me a safe stir fry! It was spicy, and delicious! He was great and would ask about every ingredient.
Dinner whole30 day 11
Snack: lots of late eating this weekend, kalua pork, and cucumbers.
On the road, heading straight to Seattle for a baseball game. Packed a cooler of, frozen kalua pork from yesterday, cucumbers, carrots, oranges, bananas, olives, epic bars, and cashews.
I also brought my blender, so I can make green smoothies for breakfast.
I will stick on plan.
Food log:
Breakfast: leftover smoothie from yesterday, and a little of a bit of sausage.
Lunch: oranges, banana, turkey epic bar, cucumbers, and olives.
Dinner: New York steak, salt and pepper, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers. We stopped at a little dinner before the baseball game. The server was very helpful at helping me find something compliant.
Dinner whole30 day 9
Snack: carrots, beef epic bar, olives, and oranges. It is hard not to eat when everyone on else is.
I didn’t want to get up. I am grumpy. It’s hot. It’s also that time of the month. And I want to just feed my carb and sugar “dragon”. I want to give up, and just say, well I gave it 7 days.
No, motivational turn today, I just am going to push through.
Week two menu made, grocery list is made. And a plan for our trip this weekend. We leave Thursday, drive across the desert, straight into Seattle for a baseball game with my family, last minute wedding prep Friday, wedding Saturday, and then we drive back Sunday.
I am a little nervous. We are staying a friend of mine from college house. She is gluten-free and understands what I am trying to do. I am planning on bringing stuff to eat, and then to make sack lunches and dinners for the day before we head out for family stuff.
This is the only huge hurdle I think I will have, and I know that it is recommended to not do a Whole30 when traveling, but I didn’t want to wait. I just felt like I was making up excuses. And if I actually have to eat this way for the rest of my life, I better get used to traveling. (I know I won’t have to eat this way, I will be able to have paleo breads, but still.)
Food Log: Day 6
Breakfast: Overnight breakfast Casserole
Lunch: homemade pork sausage, homemade pasta sauce, zoodles from my new spiralizer!
Woke up this morning and my whole body aches, like when you’re sick. I don’t feel sick, just extremely tired, and sore. Thanks body.
Didn’t get a chance to post yesterday, and maybe I will just do weekends together, I don’t know, we will just see how it goes.
Day 4: 4th of July
We had a busy day of parties.
Breakfast: We went to a church activity, and I brought a whole30 compliant breakfast. No picture, but yummy! I made Against All Grain’s Overnight Breakfast Casserole, from her Meals Made Simple book.
Lunch: We joined up with all of the local in-laws at McDonald’s to have lunch with Mr. Wonderful’s Grandpa. It was fun, the cousins played, family chatted, and I brought my lunch. Chicken salad, lettuce, and some yellow bell pepper strips.
Dinner: We had a little picnic inside. I had made us a fun patriotic dessert, Whole30 style, sweet potato fries, and some hamburgers. I had mine with some bbq sauce from yesterday and guacamole over a bed of spinach.
Dinner, Whole30, Day 4Dessert, Whole30, Day 4
My fitness pal says I was under my calorie goal, but I might of miss-reported the amount of fruit I at with my toddler.
Day 5:
Like I said earlier, today is Fast Sunday. I chose to fast today for breakfast and lunch.
After church, I had a small lunch. We then went to Palouse to visit Grandpa, and had dinner at the in-laws. I had already started dinner, before he had planned to go, so we took one of my favorite paleo dishes. I think this was my first paleo meals I made, roasted chicken with paleo gravy, also from Meals Made Simple.
Late Lunch: of orange bell peppers, green beans, and some chicken salad
Snack: half a leftover hamburger with green beans and bbq sauce.
Snack: Apple with roasted carrots. Mr. Wonderful decided to watch a movie at his parents, and I getting hungry, so I ate the rest of the leftover carrots and an apple.
I don’t fast normally, and I think on top of this, it was probably a poor choice. I feel like over all I ate more today, that I would have had I not chosen to fast.
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Day 3! Today is Mr. Wonderful’s birthday, and it was an uneventful day. He went camping last night so he could go sailing early, before it got too hot out. So we started our day a little later than planned.
Also, according to the Whole30 timeline, I should be feeling the “hangover” or the “kill all the things” stage. Not sure what a hangover is, since I have never consumed alcohol before. But this morning, oi! Even after breakfast I was hangry. Feeling good now, and hopefully it can carry over to tomorrow.
Food Log:
Breakfast: Smokey Sweet Potato Hash Browns (I could eat these every day for the rest of my life!!) Bacon, eggs (I hate running eggs, and will only eat scrambled or hard boiled), and green beans.
Breakfast Whole30 Day 3
Lunch: Chicken Salad over some lettuce and half a bell pepper.
Lunch Whole30 Day 3
Dinner: Mr. Wonderful requested “real” mashed potatoes. I don’t really like potatoes so we don’t normally have them. He also wanted to smoke something. but it has been so hot, we decided to just grill some chicken instead.
Mr. Wonderful grilling dinner
Homemade Whole30 compliant BBQ sauce, grilled some chicken with it, green beans, mashed red potatoes, and some strawberries for dessert.
Dinner Whole30 Day 3
Tomorrow is a busy day, starting with a church breakfast. So tonight, I made a slow cooker breakfast casserole to cook while we sleep. Extra work, just to stay on track. But it serves 6 so now I have breakfast for the next 6 days, win win!!
Staying under my calorie goal, and not feeling light headed and fatigued like I did last month. Not sure if it is the supplements recommended from my doctor, or whole30.
