And I just want to state, I am going to try to follow the Whole 30 program exactly but if something accidentally slips in that I’m not suppose to have, like I missed an ingredient on a label, I’m not going to freak out about it. Nobody is perfect, right?!
Also, I am no food blogger. I didn’t take the time to make the food on my plate “pretty” so sorry! 😉
Drank water all day.
What I ate:
Breakfast: Travis made breakfast for me this day. He made some over easy eggs, with strawberries and banana as a side dish.
Travis ate the strawberries and banana but made himself an egg in an avocado bowl.
Lunch: I made a salad with cucumbers, cauliflower, carrots, and red onions. Then Whole 30 approved (Tessemae’s Southwest Ranch) dressing on the side. Not a fan of the dressing. A little too spicy for a salad so I will definitely be attempting to make my own ranch dressing.
Dinner: We made zoodles (zucchini noodles) with Whole 30 approved sauce and chicken Italian meatballs.
Snacks: some almonds and pistachios
Drank water all day
Today was a little better in the hungry department. Breakfast lasted a lot longer for me today. I was ready for lunch but wasn’t like NEEDING it. I was ready for dinner and was feeling hungry but it wasn’t too bad. I did feel like dinner didn’t hold me very long and I was hungry only a couple hours after. That is when I snacked on the nuts.
Still just want a piece of chocolate but I have ignored it even though it would taste delicious. lol
Day 3: January 3rd
What I ate:
Breakfast: I just ate the leftover frittata from day 1 with some grapes and bacon. Travis made himself some egg white scrambled eggs with spinach and ham with strawberries and blueberries.
Lunch: We were busy finishing putting down tile in our master bathroom so lunch was skipped this day.
Dinner: Travis and I went out this night for our anniversary. We went to a Mexican restaurant and we split a fajita but ate it without the tortilla.
No snacks this day.
Drank water all day.
Today wasn’t too bad. Breakfast held me a while which was great since I ended up skipping lunch. Luckily, I haven’t had a headache yet from the lack of sugar. We really didn’t eat or drink THAT much sugar so hopefully I won’t get one. And after stating that… I STILL want that piece of chocolate. lol
Day 4: January 4th
What I ate:
Breakfast: Two sunny side eggs with home made hash browns with red pepper, onion, and bacon in them.
Lunch: 3 Grilled chicken tenders, 2 hard boiled eggs, and some cucumber slices.
Dinner: We made up our own little skillet meal- ground turkey with sliced egg plant, red pepper, and onion. Then sliced up some cantaloupe as a side.
Snacks: Pistachios
Drank water all day.
Pretty good day I guess. Food held me pretty well but was ready to eat when it was time for my next meal. I was super hungry not long after dinner though and that is when the pistachios came out. I have yet to feel the extra energy or perhaps I am just not noticing it. Not sure. Still no headache. Yay!
Day 5: January 5th
What I ate:
Breakfast: I made myself come scrambled eggs with spinach and red onion. Ate some left over hash browns from day 4 and then sliced a banana.
Lunch: Needing something super quick because I was working on some projects so I ate some 3 more grilled chicken tenders and 2 hard boiled eggs.
Dinner: Hamburger on lettuce bun with red onion. Homemade baked fries, and cucumber.
Snack: Banana sprinkled with cinnamon with some almond butter
Drank water all day
Pretty good day again. Meals held me pretty well. Sill have yet to notice if I have more energy or not. Don’t really feel like it. Still would LOVE chocolate. I’m not going to lie, I miss it! But I think we found the magical snack that will help curve that sweet tooth. The banana and cinnamon with almond butter was very delicious so that may be my go to snack when I am just dying for something sweet.
Day 6: January 6th
What I ate:
Breakfast: Strawberry banana smoothie made with almond milk.
Lunch: Lettuce wraps with turkey lunch meat, thinly sliced carrots, cucumbers, and red onions.
Dinner: Tacos with lettuce wraps and red onions.
Snacks: Hard Boiled Egg
Drank water all day other than when I had the smoothie.
Today was a rough day. It was the first day that Miss P went back to preschool so I was a little thrown off schedule wise. Travis made the smoothie while I was dropping her off at school so I drank that when I got home. I wanted to work out and get a shower in before I had to pick her back up so I decided not to eat anything else for breakfast. I was pretty hungry by the time I had to go get her from school. Got her home, gave the girls lunch, which I TOTALLY wanted a bite of their mac and cheese, but grabbed the hard boil egg to get something in my belly until I could eat after the girls went down for a nap. Put them down and I finally grabbed some lunch. It was really good but it didn’t hold me that long and was SO ready for dinner.
Not gonna lie- I even had a small melt down today around figuring out what I wanted to eat for lunch and totally wanted to give up. Arg!!! I was sluggish today and felt super tired. Need to figure out better breakfast for these days.
Day 7: January 7th
What I ate:
Breakfast: Simple scrambled eggs with grape, strawberries, and cantaloupe.
Lunch: Baked potato with Ghee topped with leftover taco meat from the night before, red onion, and homemade Ranch dressing. The carrots with ranch for dipping.
Dinner: Stuffed cabbage (ground beef, carrots, onion, garlic, pepper) with homemade tomato sauce, steamed yellow squash, mashed potatoes. This doesn’t look like a good meal but it was really good.
I made the Ranch dressing today. I was nervous about it but it was really good.
No snacks for the day.
Drank water all day.
The day overall was much better than yesterday in the hunger department. Today was a busy day so I went for the quick lunch and it was really good. Will probably do that again at some point. Dinner was very good and that is coming from someone that hated cabbage growing up. Miss S loved it, Miss P not so much. I am glad today was better than yesterday without another melt down. But even after all this time, I just want a piece of chocolate, or ice cream, or a cupcake, or ANYTHING! lol
Well, that is the recap for my first week on Whole 30. Praying I can make it the next 3. It really isn’t THAT hard but I am already tired of thinking about my food so much and having to study food labels like no other. But I guess the end result is what I am really going for! I got back into a good workout routine so hopefully that will help me out as well to get that end result. I am looking forward to seeing if I notice any improvement in my skin. I have fought acne my whole life and I hate it so I am hoping I will notice a change in that on top of the body changes. Also, looking forward to the day I feel a little more energy.
Today starts our week 2 so stay tuned for my Week 2 recap.
Natasha Mairs
January 8, 2015 at 7:37 pmloving your breakfasts!
Natasha x
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