Beth's Whole30 Log

[gobebeth]

To reiterate my intro from the May 1 Start thread:

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Hello, all! I am also on the May 1 train! My birthday is actually in the beginning of May, so I thought about waiting until after that, but I don't have any birthday plans and I want my birthday present to myself to be resetting my diet. I did a Whole30 a few years ago and felt great afterwards, but have since completely fallen off the bandwagon. I had a pretty hard year last year for a variety of reasons and have been dealing with some depression/anxiety issues, fatigue, headaches, and I gained about 20lbs... But I have just recently gotten a new job (and health insurance!), and I'm excited to kick off my "new year" with a commitment to improving my health! I'm spending the weekend prepping / shopping / planning. 

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I'm already writing down my log in my Bullet Journal, but I'll be posting my log and pictures here, too!

[gobebeth]

Day 1

Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, and chicken sausage), fruit salad (strawberry, raspberry, banana), tea

Snack: Larabar, a few almonds, green tea
Meal 2: Shepherd's Pie, pear, water (no I didn't eat the whole Shepherd's pie but I only have a pic from when after I cooked it, haha)

Snack: A few almonds, water
Meal 3: Chicken Chowder, half a banana
Snack: Cliff Kit's Organic Bar

 

I know I need to work on not snacking, but I'm so used to eating right when I get to work and having dessert after dinner... 

[gobebeth]

Found pics of my lunch and dinner from yesterday. Just now learning you can't edit posts indefinitely!

Lunch:

Dinner:

[gobebeth]

Day 2

7:30a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, and chicken sausage), fruit salad (strawberry, raspberry, banana), tea

10:30a - feeling hungry, but had some tea instead of a snack

12:00p - Meal 2: Shepherd's Pie (sweet potato, ground turkey, celery, carrot, onion) (wasn't too hungry but needed to be on a conference call for a while so ate before that happened)

5:30p - Meal 3: Chicken Chowder (chicken thighs and sweet potato in chicken broth with coconut milk and broccoli), banana, Hint Water (was hungry and excited to eat this meal!)

8:00p - Snack: Salmon Cake (was cooking these for the next day and am used to eating something after dinner, so let myself try one, lol)

[gobebeth]

Day 3

7:00a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, and chicken sausage), leftover salmon, fruit salad (strawberry, raspberry), tea

10:30a - right at this time feeling hungry again, but having tea helps

12:30p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes (salmon, sweet potato, egg, almond flour, etc), berries, carrots

2:30p - Snack: carrots, almonds, Larabar, tea

5:30p - Meal 3: Chicken Chowder (chicken thighs and sweet potato in chicken broth with coconut milk and broccoli)

[Strictlyspeaking]

11 minutes ago, gobebeth said:

Day 3

7:00a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, and chicken sausage), leftover salmon, fruit salad (strawberry, raspberry), tea

10:30a - right at this time feeling hungry again, but having tea helps

12:30p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes (salmon, sweet potato, egg, almond flour, etc), berries, carrots

2:30p - Snack: carrots, almonds, Larabar, tea

5:30p - Meal 3: Chicken Chowder (chicken thighs and sweet potato in chicken broth with coconut milk and broccoli)

How is the chicken chowder sounds really easy to make.

[gobebeth]

4 hours ago, Strictlyspeaking said:

How is the chicken chowder sounds really easy to make.

The Chicken Chowder is from the Whole30 30-Day Guide book! It's really delicious and not terribly hard, although I found it a little time-consuming to make, but I made a huge batch and put some in the freezer. You end up blending the broth, cooked broccoli, and coconut milk together to be the base. It's so delicious and filling. I highly recommend it!

[gobebeth]

Day 4

7:30a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, and chicken sausage), 1 pear, tea

10:30a - I think my brain is just used to snacking at this time. Just having tea instead is getting easier, though.

1:30p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes (salmon, sweet potato, egg, almond flour, etc), carrots, 1 pear
Had lunch later than usual because of an appointment, so I was VERY hungry, but I had packed an extra salmon cake and lots of carrots, and I actually felt really good afterward. And I was full until dinner, which was also later than usual.

7:30p - Meal 3: Chicken Chowder (chicken thighs and sweet potato in chicken broth with coconut milk and broccoli), La Croix

 

I didn't snack today! Part of that was just being busy, I think. I had a doctor's appointment during my usual lunch time, and also one after work. I didn't feel very great today, but still very motivated to keep going.

[gobebeth]

Day 5

7:00a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, and chicken sausage), 1/2 avocado, tea

12:30p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes (salmon, sweet potato, egg, almond flour, etc), 1/2 avocado, carrots, 1 clementine

5:30p - Meal 3: Chicken Chowder (chicken thighs and sweet potato in chicken broth with coconut milk and broccoli), 1 clementine
Ate dinner earlier than usual because I had a date after work and wanted to eat beforehand.

11:00p - Snack: 1/2 apple, tea
My date offered me some tea and some fruit, and I was a little hungry.

1:00a - Snack: frozen grapes, Cliff Kit's Organic bar
When I got home from my date I was so tired (way past my bedtime!), but my roommate was still up and we ended up hanging out a little and snacking on some frozen grapes together.

 

It was a weird day schedule-wise, but I still did it. I wanted to snack all day, and I gave in at the end of the day. At least I stayed compliant. A little upset that my sleep schedule got thrown off, but it was my own fault.

[gobebeth]

Day 6 - My Birthday!

11:00a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, and chicken sausage), huge piece of salmon, La Croix, tea

6:00p - Meal 2: salmon, broccoli, garlic beets, lemon potatoes
I had my birthday dinner with some friends and we got food from a Greek place that had some great compliant choices.

7:00p - Snack: toasted coconut (unsweetened), roasted strawberries with a dash of (sulfite free) balsamic vinegar
My friend was so sweet to come up with a Whole30 compliant dessert when the original plan had been that she was going to make ice cream!

10:00p - Snack: frozen grapes, Cliff's Kit's Organic bar
Once again got home a little late and my roommate and I have discovered we LOVE frozen grapes!

 

Another weirdly scheduled day. I technically really only had 2 real meals because my breakfast was so late and so big. Need to work on eating sweets before bed, but it WAS my birthday, after all, so I'm choosing to go easy on myself about it this time.

[gobebeth]

Day 7

11:00a - Meal 1: scrambled eggs (with a little coconut milk, cooked in ghee), avocado, 2 salmon cakes

6:30p - Meal 2: frittata (with broccoli, sweet potato, yellow zucchini, mushrooms, spinach), mashed sweet potatoes (with coconut milk), roasted chicken thigh, carrots & guacamole

 

I woke up late and ate a big breakfast and wasn't hungry again until dinner time. Ate a big dinner comprised of some leftovers of stuff I'd been cooking throughout the day and couldn't fit into their respective tupperware containers, lol. Didn't realize until I was going to bed that I never ate a third meal, but I wasn't hungry..

[gobebeth]

Day 8

7:30a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, broccoli, mushroom, yellow zucchini), 1/2 avocado, berries, tea

1:00p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes w/ guacamole, carrots and egg salad, 2 clementines

8:00p - Meal 3: roasted chicken thighs, roasted veggies (sweet potato, broccoli, mushroom, yellow zucchini), carrots and guacamole, pear

[gobebeth]

Day 9

7:30a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, broccoli, mushroom, yellow zucchini), 1/2 avocado, berries, tea

11:00a - Snack: mini Larabar

12:30p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes, 1/2 avocado, clementines, Larabar

7:00p - Meal 3: carrots, egg salad, 1/2 avocado
I had a bad day and was feeling so lazy when I got back I didn't even want to microwave leftovers, ha.

[gobebeth]

Day 10

7:30a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, broccoli, mushroom, yellow zucchini), 1/2 avocado, berries, tea

12:30p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes, 1/2 avocado, carrots, clementine

8:30p - Meal 3: salmon, roasted veggies (sweet potato, broccoli, mushroom, yellow zucchini), pear
Didn't get home until much later than expected!!

[gobebeth]

Day 11

7:30a - Meal 1: Frittata (with sweet potato, spinach, broccoli, mushroom, yellow zucchini), salmon cakes, 1/2 avocado, tea

12:30p - Meal 2: Salmon Cakes w/ guacamole, 2 hard boiled eggs, fruit salad (berries and clementines)

3:30p - Snack: Cliff Kit's Organic bar

7:30p - Meal 3: chicken thighs, roasted veggies, pear