Heather Kent Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I finally bit the bullet and started Whole30 today after a few weeks of mental and pantry-stocking preparation. I am doing Whole30 primarily to snap out of bad habits, gain self control, and to gain more energy. I don't have many physical complaints except for pounds to lose, so I'm hoping to shed some weight, and any other NSV that come along would be wonderful. I did a lot of prepping for the week today (and a few days ago I made dump ranch and mayo). I baked about 10 boneless skinless chicken thighs, made some spaghetti sauce for spaghetti squash, and made mini meatloaf for the freezer. Day One: Meal 1: 2 Strips of compliant bacon. 3 scrambled eggs with chives and Frank's hot sauce, and kale from the garden cooked in bacon grease. Black coffee. Meal 2: Chipotle. Carnitas salad (just lettuce and 2 compliant salsas with the carnitas), I brought my own Dump Ranch for the salad. A few bites of orange. << I took a few bites of a compliant meat stick and the different things I was cooking>> Meal 3: 2 Grassfed Beef hot links, green beans, and a handful of olives and cherry tomatoes. I plan to have some hot tea in a little while. Edited to add how I am feeling: Feeling good - VERY sleepy and it's not even 8PM, but I had a super busy and late day yesterday so it might just be from that. No headaches or cravings right now. Day 1 is always easy, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churlygirl Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Good for you for doing a good bit of prepping. You really are tired in the beginning, and this is when you need already prepared foods the most! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 7 hours ago, Churlygirl said: Good for you for doing a good bit of prepping. You really are tired in the beginning, and this is when you need already prepared foods the most! Thank you! Good to know the sleepiness is all part of it. I'll take sleepiness over headaches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Day Two: Meal 1: Mushrooms, Bacon, Swiss chard from the garden with 3 fried eggs, and Frank's hot sauce. Black coffee. Meal 2: A big mixed salad with 2 chicken thighs I baked yesterday, cherry tomatoes, celery, small avocado, and dump ranch dressing with extra lemon juice. Small side of watermelon. This salad really hit the spot! Meal 3: Spaghetti squash with homemade red meat sauce, black olives on top. I am about to roast the squash seeds. Looking forward to that! Feeling: Good! Haven't felt deprived, no major complaints, just feeling sleepy. I wrote out a flexible meal plan for the whole week and that feels really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Day Three in the books. Meal 1: Mini Meatloaf cooked with eggs, mushrooms, and lots of kale. I didn't care for it, too much mushy. I think it would have been better with crispy potatoes. Meal 2: Leftover Spaghetti Squash with meat sauce, and a small slice of watermelon. Meal 3: Chicken salad on a mixed greens salad. SO DELICIOUS!!! I chopped up some of the chicken thighs that I cooked on Sunday, mixed it with some home made mayo and diced apples. On the salad I put avocado, tomatoes, and a home made vinegarette. (Oil, red wine vinegar, deli mustard, lemon, italian seasoning, S&P). YUM this was delicious. Feeling: Good! Not much different. I have to say: I'm really starting to taste the food more than I did before, and I hadn't even realized it. Everything tastes so good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayFal Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Thanks for posting your meals i like the idea of meat sauce/pasta sauce. Could you share the recipe? I have a crock pot I can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 12 hours ago, GrayFal said: Thanks for posting your meals i like the idea of meat sauce/pasta sauce. Could you share the recipe? I have a crock pot I can use. I don't have a recipe, but I'll tell you what I did: I sautéed some onions and cooked in ground beef, and added chopped mushrooms. Then I poured in a jar of Trader Joe's roasted garlic marinara sauce and a can of plain tomato sauce and added some italian seasoning. It was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayFal Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 58 minutes ago, Heather Kent said: I don't have a recipe, but I'll tell you what I did: I sautéed some onions and cooked in ground beef, and added chopped mushrooms. Then I poured in a jar of Trader Joe's roasted garlic marinara sauce and a can of plain tomato sauce and added some italian seasoning. It was great! Well that's easy! Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 I'm on day 5 already - I can't say it's going quickly! But so far so good. Day 4 meals yesterday: Meal 1: Sweet Potato, Chicken, Mushrooms and Kale cooked with a couple fried eggs on top. Meal 2: Same as the dinner before - SO amazingly delicious: Chicken salad (cut up chicken with mayo and apples), on top of a green salad with avocado, celery, tomatoes, and a vinegarette. (My favorite meal so far.) Meal 3: Grassfed hotlinks and a cauliflower puree/mash I was hungry later in the evening a few hours later and I had a beef jerky type meat stick from TJ's with hot tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 Day 5 Meals: Meal 1: Sweet potatoes, mushrooms and squash topped with 3 fried eggs. Meal 2: Salad with chicken, leftover hotlink, tomatoes, celery, and a few pieces of sweet potatoes with a homemade vinegarette. Meal 3: 3rd try for dinner (see below), and I ended up having breakfast for dinner. Potatoes, squash, and eggs with avocado and tomatoes. (Cold sweet potato makes a great salad topping! especially with a balsamic vinegarette dressing). Edited to add: I realized I had some potatoes with every mean which I avoid and which was not on purpose. I try not to have them every day, and only one meal if I do. The amount of sweet potatoes in lunch (and even breakfast) was pretty minimal. >> I have been doing a good job reading the labels on everything, the only thing so far that I totally forgot to check was the chicken and beef broth. Beef broth had sugar and chicken broth from trader joe's says canola and/or safflower oil. Such a disappointment. But anyways - everything else I have triple checked. SOMEHOW even though I checked several times, the trader joe's taco seasoning has sugar in it. Thankfully i noticed before I ate it, but not before I covered shrimp in it. (Too much to wash off). My plans for zoodles with shrimp turned into sausages and cauliflower rice, which didn't sound appealing, so I made breakfast for dinner. Geez louise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Day 6: Meal 1: I cooked up a small amount of left-over potatoes, a "mini meat loaf", chard, and a jalapeño and topped it with two fried eggs. Meal 2: 3 Deviled eggs, a side salad, and some cucumbers and peppers Snack: About 3 hours after lunch, I had some banana and a meat stick Meal 3: Garlic Lemon Shrimp on Zoodles and now I plan to have some hot tea. I'm feeling pretty good still! I think being tired is the biggest side affect I have noticed, but I also feel like I have more energy as well. Like a sleepy-motivated Lots of meal planning for next week going on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Your meal plan sounds amazing I'm new to this and so I'm following the plan from the whole 30 book so far so good though im struggling to find things like suitable bacon being in England there isn't a whole foods near me any suggestions guys ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 21 hours ago, Dougie said: Your meal plan sounds amazing I'm new to this and so I'm following the plan from the whole 30 book so far so good though im struggling to find things like suitable bacon being in England there isn't a whole foods near me any suggestions guys ?? I only know of one from "Sprouts" grocery store near us. Do you know of any butchers in your general area? Good luck finding some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 Day 7: Meal 1: Sweet potatoes, sausage, and leftover zoodles with fried eggs. Meal 2: I took some food with me because we were out visiting my sister and her new baby(!). Everyone else ate Thai Food (my favorite), I packed a salad with a hard boiled egg and vinegarette, a lara bar and meat stick. Meal 3: THIS MEAL WAS INCREDIBLE: My grandpa gave me a big filet of salmon he caught on a recent fishing trip to Alaska. I baked that with some potatoes and green beans. I made a sauce on the side that was mayo+lemon+time, it was fantastic on the fish and the potatoes. It was almost sour-creamy. Looking forward to making this again! I had to have a snack 5 hours later because I am up late. I had a hard boiled egg and a pear with hot tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Wow, I didn't realize I forgot to log yesterdays meals... Let me see if I can remember: Day 8: Meal 1: Lightly cooked shredded cabbage with a handful of leftover potato pieces and apple chicken sausage chopped up and all mixed together. Salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. This was DELICIOUS! Meal 2: Chipotle - Carnitas salad, brought my own dressing. Meal 3: Trader Joes pre-cooked grassfed beef roast with a salad on the side I threw together: Tomato, cucumber, avocado, kalamata olives, a little bit of diced mint leaves and my vinegairette. yum! I had a small snack later in the evening of raw cashews and hot tea. Day 9: Meal 1: Scrambled eggs with bits of bacon and chicken, and a side of kale chips. Meal 2: A big bowl of raw shredded cabbage with chicken, diced apples, grapes, and a vinegaratte. DEFINITELY making this again! Meal 3: Precooked herb crusted lamb ribs from Trader Joes, potatoes, and green beans. I had a side of dipping sauce for the potatoes: Mayo, Lemon & dill. SO GOOD with potatoes. I plan to make a potato salad some day with this as the base. Feeling: I'm feeling good! Trying to keep things exciting so I made a meal plan for this week and have stocked up on all kinds of goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Day 10 Meal 1: Mushrooms, peppers, a small amount of cabbage mixed together with three eggs. This breakfast actually was smaller than usual and I ended up feeling hungry most of the day. Meal 2: I was on the go but packed a salad with chicken and other toppings with my vinegarette, mixed fruit, and a meat stick. Meal 3: Chicken salad on top of a green salad with avocado, tomatoes, and grapes. Also my vinegarette. Day 11 Meal 1: Because I had a smaller breakfast yesterday and felt hungrier all day, I decided to make a BIG breakfast today to see if it would help (it did!). I cooked some shredded brussel sprouts and mixed in a small handful of potatoes, 2 chicken sausages, and topped it with 2 friend eggs. I also drizzled a chili aioli I threw together: homemade mayo, chili powder, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne. AMAZING!! Meal 2: Chicken salad on top of green salad with avocado, tomato, and celery with vinegarette. Also a few strawberries and a meat stick. Meal 3: Spicy cabbage soup (ground beef, cabbage, tomato sauce, diced canned tomatoes, chicken broth, onion, lots of garlic, lots of red pepper flakes), also had a 1/2 of a small avocado. I'm feeling good! I feel less bloated. Grumpy at times. But overall I think I have more energy. I can't believe I'm over 1/3 of the way done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 Day 12 Meal 1: Cabbage, small handful of leftover potatoes, and bacon topped with fried eggs. Meal 2: Leftover Cabbage Soup Snack: Big handful of celery and an Epic meat bar Meal 3: Pork Chile Verde on scrambled eggs. Topped with cilantro and lime juice, it was quite good! It took a lot of time and didn't spread as far as I had hoped it would - there are 2 servings left over, I donated one to my husband's lunch (he is doing whole 30 about 50/50). This is the recipe I used: http://stupideasypaleo.com/2014/08/28/pork-chili-verde-paleo-whole30/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 Day 13: Meal 1: Cabbage, mushrooms, and mini meatloafs all mixed together with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. No eggs today! Meal 2: Leftover chile verde pork with avocado, and a salad on the side. Snack: Handful of cashews Meal 3: Roasted brussel sprouts and green beans (with bacon), apple chicken sausages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 I only have a few days left and I can't believe how many days in here I have missed. (I post a lot of meal pictures on instagram so I sometimes forget to post here too) There is too much to catch up on, but I have still been 100% compliant and really loving it! I'm feeling good, less bloated, the circles under my eyes are not as bad, and I can tell I have lost a little weight. I have been eating a lot of cabbage and sausages in various forms. Cabbage has been my favorite! I love to stir fry it with a handful of potatoes, sausage and eggs in the morning, or make a salad/slaw out of it for lunch. It's been delicious! I've made 4 batches of mayo - so versatile. I definitely can picture continuing this way of eating for a while. I am looking forward to a glass of wine, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 I only have a few days left and I can't believe how many days in here I have missed. (I post a lot of meal pictures on instagram so I sometimes forget to post here too) There is too much to catch up on, but I have still been 100% compliant and really loving it! I'm feeling good, less bloated, the circles under my eyes are not as bad, and I can tell I have lost a little weight. I have been eating a lot of cabbage and sausages in various forms. Cabbage has been my favorite! I love to stir fry it with a handful of potatoes, sausage and eggs in the morning, or make a salad/slaw out of it for lunch. It's been delicious! I've made 4 batches of mayo - so versatile. I definitely can picture continuing this way of eating for a while. I am looking forward to a glass of wine, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kent Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 It's my last day!! I plan to continue for the most part, but "reintroduce" wine this weekend. Meal 1: Sweet Potato, Kale, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon Meal 2: Shrimp with salad & avocado Meal 3: It's in the oven right now, but I'm making these baked buffalo chicken drumsticks with a salad on the side. http://www.thedefineddish.com/baked-buffalo-drumsticks/ I will try to give a little more informative update tomorrow, day 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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