LydiaL Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Started on April 1st but only discovered this sub-forum today so am posting 3 days at one time. In addition to doing the Whole 30, I want to limit the amount of nuts I'm eating. I plan to integrate them into meals but not have as a snack as I tend to overindulge. I don't have any plans to reduce the amount of coffee I'm drinking at this point, but maybe during a future Whole 30. Note: I have difficulty eating large lunches with a lot of protein as I often end up working through lunch and eating too much gives me digestive unhappiness. I also have a night class on Tuesdays after work which throws a wrench into the works nutrition wise. Any suggestions are welcome. Foods day 1 - 3 Day 1 Off to a shaky start due to staying up past bedtime at Bad Religion concert on Sunday night. Breakfast: French country pork sausage with Bubbies sauerkraut and diced apple. Coffee with 1 tbsp TK coconut milk. Upon arrival at work: Starbucks Americano with 1 tbsp coconut milk Lunch: Kabocha squash (mashed) with chopped mixed nuts Baked zucchini with olive oil cured olives Coffee with coconut milk Snack: banana Supper: Cold roast chicken (roasted with ghee and spices) Salad:mixed greens, carrots, cucumbers, Bubbies pickles with avocado oil and apple cider vinegrette Day 2 Breakfast: French country pork sausage, leftover roast chicken with salad and diced apple. Coffee with coconut milk Arrival at work: Americano with coconut milk Lunch: Same as day before Pre-class mini meal: carrot sticks, almond butter, banana After class snack: 2 hard boiled eggs, some dried apples and dates (to get blood sugar up quickly as I was anxious to get to bed and wanted to be able to sleep through the night without another bllod sugar dip) Day 3 Breakfast: Kabocha squash scrambled wtih 2 eggs cooked in coconut oil. Coffee with coconut milk Arrival at work: Americano with coconut milk Snack: mini cucumber slices marinated in umeboshi vinegar. Lunch: Squash and apple soup, 1/8 cup of mixed nuts. Mineola orange. Coffee with coconut milk. Supper: Sirloin steak pan fried in ghee, cooked carrots and brussels sprouts with the drippings from the steak pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabel Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 You drink way less coffee than I used to Good Luck with your Whole 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Thanks. So far, so good I have reduced my coffee intake from 4 to 3 cups a day. Not sure I will ever be able to cut it out completely as it would be unfair on anyone who has to deal with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Today I want to kill all the things. Hoping this will pass. It doesn't help that my upstairs neighbour: Mr. Stompy McBongos is practicing guitar and possible building furniture. I am hoping that an hour of DanceDance Revolution will make me feel cheerier. Today I ate Breakfast: mixed green salad with avocado, chopped Bubbies pickle, apple, 2 hard boiled eggs,avocado oil and apple cider vinegrette and 3/4 of a small can of waterpacked tuna (the other 1/4 went to the cat). Coffee with coconut milk. Arrival at work: Americano with coconut milk Snack:sliced mini cucumber marinated in umeboshi vinegar Lunch: Apple Squash soup, 1 tbsp almond butter, coffee with coconut milk Supper: Mixed green salad with dulse, kimchee and thinly sliced steak drizzled in avocado oil, 6 chesnuts (which I am finding mixed info about whether or not these are paleo compliant. I plan to have a glass of water with meyer lemon juice later on in the evening after playing DDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Day 5 Feeling slightly less cranky despite the construction crew jackhammering the sidewalk outside my work all day. Breakfast: Smoked Salmon, 1/2 an avocado, mini cucumber 2 hardboiled eggs, Bubbles dill pickle Skipped the breakfast coffee Arrival at work: Americano with coconut milk Snack: 2 kiwis, mini cucumber Lunch: Squash and apple soup. Americano (black) Supper: Filet Mignon panfried in ghee, purple baby carrots & brussels sprouts with ghee, drippings from the steak pan. 2 chopped up dates. Dessert: 1/4 cup of frozen blue berries with 2 tbsp coconut milk. - I don't normally eat dessert so I figured this would be ok as a one off. Truth be told what I am really craving is a martini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 7, 2013 Author Share Posted April 7, 2013 Happy for the weekend. Went to St. Lawrence Market on Friday after work at bought lots of expensive meat:filet mignon, a pheasant and the world's most expensive pork chop (actually wild boar). Looking forward to cooking the pheasant today. Saturday Breakfast: smoked salmon with apple, pickle and butter lettuce. With avocado oil/umeboshi vinegar. Coffee with coconut milk Mid morning: coffee with coconut milk Lunch: salad with sliced filet mignon, 1/2 avocado, kim chee, avocado oil. Supper: 2 medjool dates, 2 scotch eggs (using the recipe from Well Fed) cooked spinach, bubbies sauerkraut. Went out for drinks with friends. Didn't cave- had 3 soda waters with lime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 I think I went off the rails over the past 2 days due to "monthly" cravings. Didn't eat anything non-compliant but eating was all over the place and too many snacks. Also having to take extra strength tylenol in order to make it through the day. On a positive note, wanted something snacky on the way home, bought raw almonds instead of dark chocolate and have only eaten a few of them. Breakfast: 2 Scotch eggs,salad, coffee with coconut milk Mid morning: coffee with coconut milk Lunch: Stew made from sweet potatoes, parsnips, 1/2cup V8 juice, spices & french country pork sausages. So delicious. Supper: Roast pheasant with sliced roasted apples, green peas with ghee. 2 medjool dates, 1/4 cup shredded coconut. Lemon tea. Today Really did not have any appetite this morning. Breakfast: Scotch egg, coffee with coconut milk Mid morning: Americano with coconut milk Lunch: Zucchini basil soup, banana, coffee with coconut milk. After work snack: 10 raw almonds, 1/4 cup trail mix: pumpkin seeds, goji berries, raisins, raw cashews. Supper: Cold pheasant, jicama "home fries" from Well Fed- cooked in coconut oil with addition of green peas. (This is a great recipe although a bit time consuming because you have to cook the jicama in a slow cooker for at least 12 hours. I am not a huge fan of potato home fries, but I liked these a lot) Snack: 2 medjool dates, tbsp almond butter. I will try to straighten out the sporadic eating tomorrow, although a little concerned about supper as I have the final exam for my night course after work. At least its my last class until May 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Yesterday didn't plan my meals as well as I should have as I had the final exam for my night class and was a bit worked up about it. Day started off ok but sort of fell apart after lunch. Breakfast: Leftover sweet potato, sausage stew from Sunday. Didn't have coffee before leaving for work out of laziness. Arrival at work: Americano with coconut milk Lunch: Zucchini Basil soup, almonds. Coffee with coconut milk. Mini meal prior to exam: Banana, 2 dates, almonds. (Wanted to make sure my blood sugar didn't drop during my exam) Mini meal after getting home: 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Today no night class so was able to eat on schedule. Breakfast: leftover Jicama/green pea hash browns with cold pheasant. Coffee with coconut milk. The cat also had cold pheasant because she is a spoiled princess. Arrival at work: Americano with coconut milk Lunch: Banana, almonds, zucchini basic soup (in that order) coffee with coconut milk. Supper: mashed carrots & turnips, brussels sprouts, pan fried (in ghee) steak that was pretty disappointing. I am still hungry. Probably didn't eat enough disappointing steak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaL Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Last night's party went fine. Everyone enjoyed my guacamole and baba ganoush. I managed to find enough food to eat: turkey, asparagus, peas, raw veggies and almonds and only drank soda water. There were a lot of people I didn't know there who were mostly curious about the Paleo/Whole 30 thing so luckily I didn't feel too uncomfortable. Today For breakfast I had 3 steamed artichokes and banana pancakes (which is just banana, egg and cinnamon cooked in coconut oil - so actually a banana omelet. This is not a trigger food for me as I have been GF for about 12 years. No danger of going back to regular pancakes for me) I am running low on regular coffee so mixed my remaining coffee beans with decaf beans and had with coconut milk. This was a mistake.I am on my 3rd cup of "half-caff" and am extremely cranky due to lack of caffeine. Lunch: 2 dried figs, a bowl of cucumber soup (cucumber, avocado, spinach, apple, lemon juice, parsley) drizzled with olive oil. Pistachios. I have put some pork loin chops with squash, parsnips and carrots in the slow cooker for supper. Hopefully it will turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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