Days 22 and 23

So earlier today I was trying to remember what day I was on and I thought it was 21...and just now I saw it was 23!  Yay 23!  I'm pretty bad at posting these blogs everyday like I said I would.  But you'll probably just deal with it.  Especially because I posted all of my recipes on Sunday and I've basically been eating the same things since then.

Day 22 meals:

Breakfast:
2 egg cups
Organic blueberries
Black coffee

Lunch:
Chocolate chili

Dinner:
Spaghetti squash pizza pie
Plantain chips and salsa/guac

Day 23 meals:

Breakfast:
Banana
Black coffee

Lunch:
Spaghetti squash pizza pie

Pre-workout snack:
Baby carrots

Dinner:
Chocolate chili
Plantain chips and guac that I snacked on while I was waiting for the chili to heat up.

I realize that I eat plantains a lot.  In the same way.  Specifically baked into chips and used as a dipping vessel.  That's probably not that great for me.  I wonder what Sam would say.  Except I really, really like plantain chips and I like to dip crunchy things in salsa and guacamole.  So I guess I don't really care what Sam has to say about this.  What's new?

Whole 30 Day 21, aka 3 weeks in!

Hiya.  It's Sunday and I'm posting earlier than normal.  Mostly because I've felt super productive today and I wanted to keep that feeling going before I laze around on the couch for the rest of the night.  I was up and out of bed around 8am and to Meijer before 10.  The roads were still pretty hairy and I have decided I hate people who drive trucks because they barrel down the road like it isn't snowy and icy and make those of us in toy cars freak out.  Stupid trucks.  I wish I had one this winter.

Today I spent most of the day working and cooking, cooking and working.  I have a lot going on this week and knew that cooking would be pushed to the back burner so I prepared myself.  Plus I sucked last week with all my turkey tacos, Freshii, pistachio/coffee meals so I figured I'd throw out some recipes like a good little amateur blogger.

Because I've been cooking all day, I've been sort of snacking on things as they come out of the oven.  Ok, not sort of.  Definitely.  I started off with lunch that consisted of black coffee, a few ounces of leftover steak from last night, and about 5 leftover homemade sweet potato fries.  Then I made some homemade salsa and plantain chips. And I ate some.  Ooops.

Next, I made some chocolate chili that people on the Whole 30 forums rave about.  It's from the Well Fed cookbook and is also up on her website right here.  I know the whole unsweetened cocoa powder and chili combo sounds kinda weird but I'm telling you, the chili is amazeballs!  I should know, I ate about a quarter cup of it after I let it simmer for about 3.5 hours.  Yum!

Next I made Juli Bauer's Pizza Spaghetti Pie.  I've been reading good things about this and then after Whitney told me she loved it, I decided it was a perfect meal to have on hand this week.  To make mine, I substituted ground pork for the italian sausage as most pre-made sausage has sugar in it.  I then seasoned the sausage with oregano, garlic powder, red pepper flakes and italian seasoning.   I also added caramelized onions and baby portobellos that I sauteed in bacon fat.  I found some organic, sugar free pizza sauce at the store, too!  I tried a few bites of this when it came out of the oven too (obvi!) and for realzies, people are right about this one.  It's really, really good!

For some easy breakfasts, I made some egg muffins.  I took the leftover caramelized onions and mushrooms from the spaghetti pie, cooked up some bacon, and mixed it in with some eggs and coconut milk.  Whisk it all together and throw them into muffin tins at 350 degrees and boom! Breakfasts for the week!

To round it all out, I made another batch of DIY ghee from Nom Nom Paleo.  And now I'm feeling accomplished, full and ready to relax with some Sunday night tv.  Have an amazing week, everyone!

Whole 30 Day 19 & 20

Apparently I'm not great at weekend blogging.  I'm also not good at driving my teeny, tiny car in massive snow piles.  Worst car decision ever.  Until it's warm again and then I'll love my life.

Friday - I'm going to put it out there and say I did NOT eat well on Friday.  Meaning I didn't eat much at all which is NOT the point of a Whole 30.  This week has been a lot of quick food, leftovers, put together what I can kind of meals which isn't really helping you readers who keep telling me you want recipes.  I'm sorry for that - next week I'll be better.

Breakfast:
Banana
Pistachios
Black coffee

Lunch:
1/2 bottle of Evolution Organic V Juice

Dinner:
Leftover turkey tacos w/ plantains and guacamole

Saturday:

Breakfast:
Black coffee
Baby carrots

***I don't usually eat before Saturday morning WODs so this was pretty typical for me

Lunch:
Leftover turkey taco meat with guacamole

Dinner:
Steak
Baked sweet potato fries with homemade aioli
Salad

As a final note, I slept GREAT last night and had insane energy during this morning's WOD.  There was no lifting involved so I don't know how my strength situation is but in terms of hustle I really felt great!  I can't believe I'm 20 days down and 10 days to go.......it's incredible how simple it became when I just put my mind to it. I'm telling anyone who thinks they could never go 30 days with such "restriction" - you truly can.....just try it!

Whole 30 Day 18

Sorry I forgot to post last night.  But I think you'll forgive me...mostly because these posts are becoming boring and uneducational and I kinda doubt many of you continue to read them. But I committed to writing them, so I'm going to finish out.  So....sorrynotsorry.


Two major things I noticed today.  First of all, in the Whole 30 book, It Starts With Food, they discuss the natural rhythm of your body and your hormones and how they automatically help put you on a schedule. Your body is supposed to be tired at night and awake in the morning.  Your hunger is supposed to wane throughout the day (not withstanding outside forces like workouts, etc.) and ramp up when you get out of bed.  That hasn't happened with me in a very long time, on both counts.  The past two days, however, I've noticed that about 20-30 minutes after waking up, my stomach growls and I want breakfast.  Before doing the Whole 30, I could go all morning on minimal nutrition and be generally ok; in fact, many times the thought of food right away made me feel nauseous.  On the sleep front, I fell asleep fairly easily last night at a decent time and woke up this morning more awake than I have in awhile.  Not to say I wanted to jump out of bed and do a jig, but I can see the slow changes occurring and the move in a positive direction.

The second thing that happened was during my mani lunch (who needs food when you got shellac?).  Anyway, my mani/pedi diva Chris looked at me and said, "You're glowing."  Now, this may sound crazy but many, many people have reported that a side effect of the Whole 30 is this exact comment. I'm not kidding - read the forums.  I personally don't think I look any different but it can't be a coincidence, can it? 


So, those are my Day 18 (posted on Day 19) revelations for you.


Breakfast:
Eggs
Organic raspberries
Black coffee


Snack (I was kinda hungry today):
Raw mixed nuts
Baby carrots


Lunch:
Leftover spaghetti squash with marinara


Dinner:
Turkey tacos with cauliflower tortilla
plantain chips with salsa and guac


Activity:
Boxing

Whole 30 Day 17

Breakfast:
scrambled eggs
organic raspberries
black coffee

Lunch - I had a professional lunch today with the bar association so I made due with what was offered:
chicken breast
asparagus
baby carrots

Snack:
raw mixed nuts
banana

Dinner:
leftover spaghetti squash from last night

Activity:
I didn't make it to the gym because I worked pick up at the coop tonight.

Whole 30 Day 16

I literally have nothing to say today.  Not that I've been saying much lately anyway.  Soooo....ummm....let's see.  Juan Pablo kept a few girls last night on the Bachelor that he totally should have dissed and dismissed.  And that show is way predictable.  Jake agrees.  Like we didn't know that JP (that's gonna be my new nickname for him) and Chelsie were going to have their first kiss while hanging upside down after bungee jumping.  Le duh.  Also, getting an unexpected flower delivery at your office makes you smile every time you look at them.  No matter what anyone says, every girl loves flowers.  Annnnnnnnd I'm mad at winter because it's put me three weeks behind on my house.  Boo to you, winter!

Breakfast:
Black coffee
Banana

I admit I've been pretty shitty about breakfast this week.  I didn't plan well enough and I've been lazy. Don't follow my example.

Lunch:
I might have went to Freshii again.  Ok, I definately did.  Whatever.  I created my own bowl with spinach, avocado, tomatoes, olives, green onions, mushrooms and half steak/half chicken.  I topped it with olive oil and lemon juice. It was filling and got me through the rest of the day.

Pre-workout snack:
Baby carrots for some quick carbs

Dinner:
Spaghetti squash with ground beef and marinara sauce

Activity:
Boxing

Anxiety:
Remaining at a steady low.

Sleep:
Same.  I like that once I fall asleep, I sleep through the night. I hate that I still feel tired when I wake up.  I don't know what that's about.  Where the hell is the Tiger Blood these Whole 30ers rave about???

Day 15 - Halfway Bitches!

Well that was kinda a crass blog title.  Oh well.  I keep forgetting to blog these days.  Like right now - I'm laying on my couch watching The Bachelor with Jake and then I realize that it's almost 10 and I still haven't done it.  I would fail at being a full-time blogger.  F+

Breakfast:
Black coffee
Banana
Raw organic nuts

Lunch:
Cobb salad from Freshii.  I really liked Freshii because they were totally cool with me taking a bunch of stuff out of the salad (cheese, corn, dressing) and adding a bunch of stuff in (olives, avocado, chicken). I brought some Tessamae's Lemonette dressing to the office to use on my salad and I stayed right on script.

Dinner:
Leftover turkey tacos on cauliflower tortillas
1/2 plantain with guac and salsa

Activity:
Decided to put my big girl pants on today and realize that, at least right now, I'm going to have to reduce some of the weight on my lifts while I'm eating this way.  Hit to the pride but I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and realize that not everything can be achieved at once.  Right now the focus is on the Whole 30 and not PR'ing on my lifts.  And I'm ok with that.  I swear.

Strength:

3 sets of 6/7 front squat/back squat at 95 pounds

WOD:

7 minutes of burpees followed immediately by 3 minutes of muscle-ups

Anxiety:

Low

Sleep:

Better but still tired.  Still waiting for this to turn around any time now...

So I'm halfway done!!!!!  I can't believe it. It feels like forever and like yesterday all at once.   Now if I could just get better about remembering to blog...