Whole30 Day 10 - 1/3 Whole

It's day 10. I'm a third of the way in. I'm not missing any foods in terms of hunger, but I'm mentally obsessing about things I can't have right now, and probably should never have. Corn dogs? Seriously sub-conscience? That's a stupid craving!

I do have more energy and am sleeping more soundly. I slept all through the night for three nights now and it was wonderful. Then last night I woke up about three times, but that could have had more to do with the big storm we had than my dietary changes.

Lucky me, the storm knocked out the power at work so I got to work from home! PJ's on, laundry done, delicious hot breakfast! :)

Eggs with crispy prosciutto and burnt onions and a orange.

After more home working and then some working on the home I made some fish and grilled squash for a quick late-ish dinner

Mahi-Mahi with Lemon Pepper marinade

I've had some weird tingly feelings in my hands and a little bit in my feet for the past couple days so my doctor told me to take Benadryl and come see him on Monday. He said it's probably a pinched nerve, but I'm secretly hoping he'll say I have a potato chip deficiency! :)

The Benadryl knocked me out so I'm cutting this post right here.

See you on Day 11!

Whole 30 Day 7

One week down!!!!!!!!!

I'm feeling so good about making it through a whole-hearted, committed week on this challenge. Today was a bit rougher as far as food smells though. The office was emitting wonderful scents of kettle corn, warmed up sandwiches, and frozen pasta meals from the microwave. I don't even like kettle corn!!!

Lunch was delicious though. I had an asian inspired chop salad with chicken, cashews, and dried cherries on a bed of chopped romaine, bok choy, scallion, cabbage, and red pepper with a dressing I made from my homemade mayo and a jar of roasted red peppers. 

For dinner I made a pot roast in my slow cooker with onions and peppers. I coated it with some of the garlic spread I had leftover from my last middle eastern restaurant visit and let it slow simmer on low while I was at work. Unfortunately the garlic wasn't enough to flavor the meat and I forgot that I hate cooked peppers. :) I ended up dowsing the beef with mustard and had an orange for desert.

I might be able to salvage the rest of the roast as a stew or just freeze it for when I can have some potatoes. 

My headache today was proof positive that there was sugar or dairy in the omelet yesterday. Oh well, just have to carry on with a closer eye on ingredients.

Also, the secondary goal of this challenge is to lose some weight, but the Whole 30 guidelines say you should not weigh or measure except for before and after the program. I can say that my pants are starting to feel loose!

Also, I forgot to thank my friend Paige who's daily Facebook posts inspired me to try this myself. Thanks for firing it up girl!

On to the second quarter!

Whole30 Day 6

One more day down and one day closer to a successfully completed week on the Whole 30 challenge. I'm feeling pretty good and I think the physical reactions to change (fatigue, crankiness, headaches) are about over. The cravings should be next so I need to keep momentum!

The weekly breakfast outing was a bit difficult and I only realized later that I probably goofed when I ordered a bacon, tomato, and onion omelet. Not just that conventionally raised pork is discouraged during the challenge, but that omelets are usually made with milk or even pancake batter to make them fluffier... But it was good, so at least I know I'm not musing cheese. Also love that one of my faves has all the right fresh fruit in their fruit dish!

Dinner was leftovers from last night. Again, probably conventionally raised pork, so I got that out if the way, heh?

On to Day 7!