Whole30 Day 11 and My Introduction to Zoodles

Ok, ok yesterday got a little hairy, but I promise it's safe to come out now.  I have officially retired my crabby pants (for the time being, anyway). I have also started reading It Starts With Food, the book that started the Whole 30 and the device that provides the in-depth information on how Whole 30 got started and why it's amazing for your health and well-being.  A little forewarning:  I have been highlighting the hell out of that thing so be prepared for some tidbits to start making their way into these posts.  Yay for education!

Breakfast:
Same ol', same ol'

Lunch:
Leftover fajita beef topped with salsa and guacamole
1 cauliflower tortilla

Pre-workout:
1/2 piece of green chicken

Dinner:
Zoodles!!!  So this dinner was legit thrown together in 15 minutes with what I had in the house. No pre-planning or recipes - just flying by the seat of my pants.

I started by spiral slicing one zucchini.  If you don't have a spiral slicer (I REALLY love kitchen gadgets) you can make the zoodles with a julienne slicer, a mandolin or a plain old knife!

I'm so glad I don't have a food blog where I'm required to take good pictures. 

After the zoodles were sliced, I threw them in a bowl and microwaved them for 2.5 minutes.  Watch these carefully because you don't want your zoodles to get soggy.   They're best when they still have a bite and a crunch to them.  By the way, I really like saying zoodles. When you take them out of the microwave, place them in a strainer over a bowl and slightly salt them and let them sit.  The salt will allow the zoodles to drain some of their liquid. Zoodles!

Next, I sliced up some shallots and garlic and sauteed them in some olive oil.  Once they started to become fragrant, I added halved cherry tomatoes and cooked until they started to wilt.  Then I threw in a bag of Trader Joe's langostino tails that I had in the freezer.  Some salt and pepper, a few minutes on the heat and it was right as rain.  I tossed it with the zoodles and topped with purple sea salt and Trader Joe's lemon olive oil and there you have it...zoodles!!!

Sleep:

I slept about 8 hours last night.  I could have slept more.  I am finding that the more "good" sleep I'm getting, the more I need.  I'm hoping that in the coming weeks, my body will start overcoming my long history of bad sleep and start feeling rested.

Activity:

Boxing.

Anxiety:

Very low.

Additional note:

Today, for the first time, I started feeling "not bloated."  To be honest, I never thought I felt bloated before at all but like many people who cut out grains start to realize, I apparently did.  My body just feels "clean"....I can't really describe it much better than that but something is definitely going on.

Hope everyone else's Day 11 went as well as mine.  Until tomorrow...