Jacque's Food Log Start: Aug 1st

[JacqueLee]

Day 1

1. 2 eggs scrambled, onions, peppers, mushrooms, spinach. Cooked in 1T evoo. 1 cup melon chunks.
2. ½ large seared chicken breast, cucumber, chopped veggie salad with avocado and evoo.
3. Ground venison in tomato/veggie sauce over spaghetti squash.

Observations/Thoughts:

Today went well, not really any cravings. Cooking better than usual so I’m actually fuller than I usually am with whatever I happened to throw together for lunch. Lots of water in today. Stomach was a little upset this morning but that was probably more to do with the liberal amounts of cucumber-lime vodka and BBQ chicken I had last night than anything I did this morning.

[JacqueLee]

Day 2

1. 2 eggs scrambled, onions, peppers, and spinach. Cooked in 1T evoo. 1 cup melon chunks.
2.  Lettuce with meat salad, 1T Greek Dressing.
3. Grilled shrimp and chicken kabobs, asparagus, and foil pack sweet potatoes with 1.5T Ghee.

Observations/Thoughts:

Slight headache in the afternoon, otherwise good. There was German chocolate cake at the office today, I never even looked twice at it. Yay me! (Let’s hope that willpower lasts another 28 days.)  I feel like I over ate at supper though. Also, I don’t like the Greek dressing. Got plenty of water. I know I should have more than 2 eggs in meal 1, but I can't seem to choke that many down. Maybe will experiment with adding different kinds of protein.

[JacqueLee]

Day 3

1. 2 hard-boiled eggs, ½ a grilled chicken breast, yellow pepper strips, ½ banana, a small handful of raw almonds. (A few bites of wilted spinach cooked in coconut oil, but that stuff was awful!)
2. Left over grilled shrimp and chicken kabobs, asparagus, and foil pack sweet potatoes with 1.5T Ghee
3. Slow cooker meal: Beef roast (browned in evoo), butternut squash, carrots, mushrooms, onion, beef broth. Broth thickened with a little almond flour after cooking.

Observations/Thoughts:

Today was good! I wasn’t hungry at all in between meals. Took a little willpower not to stop at the gas station for my routine iced coffee and snack on my afternoon drive back to the office. Overall I feel good, even after walking around the woods all day in 90 degree heat. I would say I feel better than I have in a while after work (which last week was me falling asleep trying to read the Whole30 book). Also, Almond flour does not work as well as regular flour to thicken gravy, but I am learning!

[JacqueLee]

Day 4

1.  Meat salad and a hard-boiled egg over baby spinach with homemade ranch, a peach and cup of Dirty Chia tea with coconut milk.
2.  ½ Chicken breast, meat salad in ½ a yellow pepper, sugar snap peas, 1 clementine orange.
3. Salmon with mango salsa and a pineapple spear, potatoes with ghee and chives, steamed broccoli.

Observations/Thoughts:

I was hungry this morning when I got up. Had to use up the meat salad I made on Sunday so had it for meal 1 and 2. I decided spinach salad and meat salad don’t make a good morning meal. Overall today went well. I did find myself looking longingly at the tortilla chips when I went past them in the grocery store, but managed to leave with only what I needed. Also had to use a little will power when the boys had ice cream tonight. My energy feels pretty stable and I haven’t noticed any negative side effects.

[JacqueLee]

Day 5

1. 3 eggs scrambled with onions, peppers, mushrooms and spinach, topped with a spoonful of avocado-cilantro spread.  Handful of blueberries.
2.  Seared chicken breast, leftover potatoes and broccoli.

Snack: Mango and closed fist of almonds. (Dinner was going to be late)

1. Grilled Steak, Cauliflower rice with ghee and garlic, sautéed green beans and mushrooms.

Observations/Thoughts:

I have been waking up more refreshed the last couple of days. I realized I haven’t eaten any Tums or Rolaids since I started which is awesome because I was eating them twice a day or more.

[JacqueLee]

Day 6

1.        Left over steak, green beans and mushrooms. 1 fried egg, zucchini and ½ an avocado.

2.        Leftover Beef Roast, butternut squash and cauliflower rice. ½ a mango.

3.       Pulled Pork with chipotle lime mayo and banana peppers, Sautéed Zucchini, Raw carrots, peppers and cauliflower.

Observations/Thoughts:

I think I am a little cranky today. I feel like I did well considering this was the first Saturday and things don’t always go as planned on the weekends. The Boys had my favorite pizza (roast veggie) for lunch which looked really good but it wasn’t very hard to resist. I think the fact that it is completely off limits helps me not “have just one piece…and then 2…and then 3”!

[JacqueLee]

Day 7

1.       1 scrambled egg with left over pulled pork, salsa and ½ avocado. Left over zucchini and cauliflower rice.

2.        Bacon, lettuce, avocado wraps. Ceviche and some honeydew melon.

3.       Grilled chicken breast on garden greens with balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

Observations/Thoughts:

I felt rather accomplished today. I prepped a ton of food for this week. A double batch of ratatouille, a tuna meat salad, a double batch of butternut squash soup (which I am going to try out for meal 1 this week), and a corn and chopped veggie salad. I think my finger has a blister coming up from all the chopping but I am going into week 2 well prepared. I had a really strong craving for peanut butter cups today after watching a video of someone making a dessert with them on facebook. I think I have to skim past those kinda of things for now until the sugar dragon is better under control. Also, my face seems to be rather oily. Not sure if that is whole30 related of just the fact that it is the beginning of august and rather warm.

[ShannonM816]

You realize corn isn't allowed on whole30, right? It's a grain. It's mentioned specifically in the rules: http://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/

[JacqueLee]

I totally missed that! Thanks for letting me know! Corn is off the menu! Glad I have not put it in a meal yet.

[JacqueLee]

Day 8

1.        Butternut Squash soup with bacon crumbles, 1 ½ hard-boiled egg.

2.        Half a bell pepper filled with tuna salad and 1 peach.

3.       Fillet of northern pike grilled with avocado mayo and lemon-pepper, cauliflower rice, Salad with avocado and evoo.

Observations/Thoughts:

Week 2 here I come! At work today in the woods (I work in forestry so I’m out in the woods most the day) I swear I smelled Cheetos! I know it sounds weird, but it was like someone opened a fresh bag right there. I’m not even a huge fan of Cheetos. Also I had a dream about a juicy hamburger and donuts last night. I’m not sure what the hamburger was about because I can totally have that and have never been a big burger lover anyways, but the donuts I think that’s my sugar dragon! I didn’t even get to the donut…bummer.

[JacqueLee]

Day 9

1.        Butternut Squash soup with bacon crumbles, Left over fish.

2.        Ratatouille with sliced steak

3.       Pad Thai with zucchini noodles.

Observations/Thoughts:

I was hungry by 11am (eat meal 1 at 6:30am). First time I’ve been really hungry before noon since day 1. Going good so far. I can tell my pants are fitting better. Face still seems oily but I’m not breaking out any more than usual. I feel good.

[JacqueLee]

Day 10

1.        Butternut Squash soup with bacon crumbles, 1 hard-boiled egg and a cup of black coffee.

2.        Tuna salad in half a pepper, baby carrots, and a banana.

3.       Fish and shrimp in left over pad Thai sauce, ratatouille, fresh cucumber spears, and honeydew melon.

Observations/Thoughts:

I can already tell that this is going to be a game changer for me. I feel amazing, my body feels good, my ankles haven’t been swollen in over a week and I can tell I have lost weight. I don’t feel like I am on a diet, I feel like I am cooking healthy for myself and my family. I feel like my body is finally getting everything it needs and not all the crap I have been putting into it for the last decade or more.

[JacqueLee]

Day 11

1.        Butternut Squash soup with seared chicken breast and cucumber.

2.        Seared chicken breast, cucumber onion salad, green pepper slices.

3.       Country style ribs, zucchini noodles, sautéed brussel sprouts, and roasted butternut squash.

Observations/Thoughts:

I forgot to pack a fat with my lunch today. I could tell that I wasn’t as “satisfied” when I finished my meal as I have been lately. Also noticed more cravings than usual when I stopped at the grocery store for a few items on the way home from work. I let myself have a coconut water but left the other cravings behind in the store.

[JacqueLee]

Day 12

1.       Butternut squash soup, 1 ½ hard boiled egg

2.        Shrimp, beets, honeydew,

3.       Shrimp, beets, banana and almonds

 

Day 13

1.        Butternut squash soup, 2 scrambled eggs, honeydew melon

2.        Spaghetti squash with meat sauce, (left over ratatouille put through food processer and added to crushed tomatoes and seasoning.

3.       Meat sauce over zoodles, beets, watermelon.

Mango in evening.

[JacqueLee]

Still with it... Day 17 today. I have just been super busy and haven't felt the need to log food now that I am in a routine. I have a 4 day camping trip this weekend so I am busy prepping food for that. Still feel great. Skin isn't as oily as when I started. Sleeping great and I had to buy a new belt.