Whole30 Day 27

Three more days!!!

I feel a lit better today, but I'm still quite congested... Hopefully my voice will be ok by tomorrow morning...

Forgot to take a photo of my delicious gyro, onion, and tomato omelet this morning... It was amazing. 

We put together our table and chairs from yesterday's Ikea trip and spent time with Bryan's family over the house. Our furry niece, Emmy, got to try out our big puppy toilet/adventure land (i.e. Our backyard) and our human niece, Kora, got to get some good burps!

We stopped by to see my family for a couple hours and I practiced my song with my brother for the funeral tomorrow. 

Then we picked up my favorite meal!

We settled in with our plates of awesome Arabic food to watch the series finale of Breaking Bad!!!

Seriously dude! Three more days!!! I get to have cheese!!!

Day 28 comin' up!

Whole30 Day 30 - 3/3 = 1!!!

I did it!!! I freaking did it!!! Oh my gord!!! Holy flip flops!!!

Er mah gerd!

Here's the food stuff:

Breakfast - plum, cashews

Lunch- Lamb Stew on Sweet Potato

Looks like barf, tastes so, so good. :)

Dinner- Strawberry Chicken Salad from the local Greek place sans cheese

Super good!

The carpet got installed today, so we went to Ikea to get some more furniture. 

Just some paint to touch up and we're ready to get Bryan moved in!!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post where I announce how much I have lost in pounds and inches just by cutting out processed foods with more than four ingredients, all grains, sugar, fake sugar, and dairy for 30 days.

I know I'm excited! :)

Whole30 Day 29

Oh my gosh! Tomorrow is the last day of my first Whole30!!!

I had a tough time today as I had insane chocolate cravings. PMS is never fun, but it's even harder when cookies and chips are not allowed.

I was hungry this morning so I ate a banana and some raisins.

In true nearing-the-end-of-challenge form, I forgot to take a picture if my lunch. It looked a little like this (without the tortilla of course)

Philly steak and an egg cooked until just a little runny with salsa. So good you guys! I actually cooked the egg over the already cooked steak in the microwave at work. 2:45 was prefect for this slightly runny yolk and cooked white. Next time I'll add some avocado and maybe shredded lettuce.

Dinner tonight was not the traditional Tuesday night Middle Eastern of late. We worked on the house for a good couple hours and got Jimmy John's delivered before going to kick up our feet and watch some TV.

Sloppily put together Beach Club Unwich sans cheese and mayo plus a pickle for the win!!!

I'm ready for tomorrow and for the rest of my life looking at food in a completely different way. 

One more day!!!

Come on Day 30!

Whole30 Day 28

Day 28 was spent saying "see you later" to a wonderful man. My grandpa will be missed by so many who came out to pay respect and to honor his life. I am so lucky to have had such a selfless, caring, devoted example of unconditional love in my life.

The ceremony was beautiful. I got to honor him in song by closing the mass with "How Great Thou Art" and God gave me just enough clear nose time to do a decent job. 

There was a luncheon and I had a good sampling of turkey lunch meat, kielbasa and sauerkraut, olives, dill pickles, and some broasted chicken... I again neglected to take a photo.

After that, I headed home to catch up on some work and had some leftover chicken, and tuna with celery for dinner.

And a delicious orange and pear for dessert!

Back to welcome reality for a few days before flying to Portland for my cousin's wedding on Friday. Two days remain of my first Whole30 and I'm pretty darn proud of myself. I think I'll do this a couple times a year from now on.

Day 29, here I come!

Whole30 Day 26

Today was busy! Ikea, first viewing service for my grandpa, season opening of SNL...

I got my day started with some eggs, onions, and prosciutto.

Way too much prosciutto learned the hard way. Sadly, I ended up tossing about half of the topping because it was just too rich. The banana in the picture was fantastic though. Not many people know, but the flavor of bananas are perfect when the skin just starts to get brown spots. So sweet, but not yet mushy. I can't stand them when the skin is too yellow still. :)

Grabbed a small side salad from Wendy's for lunch and added some leftover chicken. Same ol', same ol'... Kinda gettin' antsy to add more variety to my diet.

There were a lot of tears today and sad faces and that was just at Ikea. Seriously though, I know dealing with the death of a friend or relative is an awkward time for everyone. It's just kind weird, because people have been dying since forever. You'd think we'd be used to it by now. 

Logic tells me he is free from pain and struggle, but my heart just misses him so much. No matter the fact that I did see him quite a bit and that he was a constant presence in my life, I just wish I had spent more time, had more birthdays, holidays, parties. I wish I could dance with him at my wedding. 

On to brighter things, 30 - 26 = 4

Four days remain until I begin the "reintroduction protocol"!!! Sounds all technical, but just means I take a few days to add things back one at a time to see if they are a part of my issues. Once completed, I will be on my way to an 80/20 paleo life. :)

On to Day 27

Whole30 Day 25

Wow. I would have posted this yesterday, but I was so sick I forgot to even eat dinner.

Again, there are no photos because of being sick and who wants to see a photo of cut up, nitrate free, hotdogs? 

I'm feeling a lot better this morning and will have a better post later today. By the way, FIVE DAYS LEFT!!! WOO HOO!!!

Whole30 Day 24

Stayed home sick today. It's a full blown sinus/cough nightmare. A lot was accomplished since I could monitor work stuff while working on the photo boards for my Grandpa's funeral.

They came out pretty good:

Being that I am sick, I made sure to take care if my nutrition even though I felt like eating was the last thing I wanted to do.

I just had some tuna and some cashews and Bryan brought me a salad and chicken. No pics of food, sorry.

I'm hoping I feel better tomorrow so I can get back to a little normalcy before the weekend ahead commences. Saturday and Sunday are viewings and Monday is the funeral. 

On the Whole30 front, all is well. I do have to complain that there are no cough syrups without corn syrup or sucralose. I'm hoping Benadryl is ok since I have to have something to knocke out in order to sleep. Of course I'd get sick with less than a week left.

Anywho, 6 more days. On to day 25