Questions about meal template compliancy, and coffee

[bbuoy10]

I like to mix my food, so I have a few go-to dishes that I'm not sure are compliant per the template. The first is a scramble that I usually eat for breakfast. (I started making this before I saw the template.)

2 eggs

Approx a palm- to slightly less than palm-sized piece of baked boneless, skinless chicken breast (chopped)

Approx 4 tbs of salsa (compliant)

1/2 avocado

I mix the cooked chicken and raw eggs and microwave them for abt 2.5 minutes. Then I add the salsa and avocado. Is this too much protein? Should I add more veggies, like chopped spinach?

I also had a cup of coffee with approx 1/4 cup of coconut milk with this breakfast. Is that too much fat (with the avocado)? Also, my coffee is flavored (coconut mocha), and the ingredients are arabica coffee and natural and artificial favors. I saw in an earlier post that another person was advised their flavored coffee (same ingredients, diff flavor) was compliant. But I've seen conflicting answers to this question. My coffee isn't sweet and I don't add any sweeteners.

As for meals, I have a similar question abt ground beef/turkey and veggie stir-fry dishes. How do I determine how much I should eat since my protein and veggies are mixed?

Thanks.

[bbuoy10]

I just saw the pinned topic on eggs, and it seems that my egg + chicken is okay for breakfast. Plus I saw a great tip abt using your leftovers as a mini-meal. That's perfect as I'm finding it difficult to make it all the way to dinner without starving. Still not sure abt my other questions.

[Tina R]

You should add more veggies to your meals, 4 tbs of salsa isn't enough. Avocado is considered a fat not a vegetable. For the stir fry if you make one serving then make sure you include 1 palm size portion of ground beef and 2-3 cups of veggies. If you are making multiple servings then you might want to cook twice as many veggies as meat. That should give you close to the meal planning template per serving. The amount of coconut milk is ok, see how it works for you and weather you need to reduce your fat or not. Your coffee is ok but natural flavors are in the gray area because you don't know what is in it. You can decide if you want to continue drinking this coffee during your whole30. Good Luck!

[GoJo09]

I just saw the pinned topic on eggs, and it seems that my egg + chicken is okay for breakfast. Plus I saw a great tip abt using your leftovers as a mini-meal. That's perfect as I'm finding it difficult to make it all the way to dinner without starving. Still not sure abt my other questions.

 

You do mean between lunch and dinner without eating, right? You're not going all the way between breakfast and dinner with no lunch?

[ultrarunnergirl]

You want to eat 1 - 3 cups of veggies at each meal, so definitely up that amount with your Meal 1. Spinach or broccoli both sound like they'd be great with your chicken, egg and salsa dish.

 

Get rid of that coffee with the artificial flavors. Natural flavors are allowed on your Whole30, though even that may contain things that really are not good for you. Artificial flavors are some nasty stuff. Here are a few articles on employees who worked with the artificial flavorings getting very sick:

 

http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2013/04/30/flavored-java-coffee-bean-workers-and-deadly-lung-disease/

 

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/02/the-dark-side-of-flavored-coffee-how-flavored-coffee-is-made.html

 

https://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib10142010.html

 

This is not stuff you want to expose yourself to on a regular basis!