Updated August 21, 2016
I’m two weeks in to Whole30 and I am going strong! Overall, I’m feeling great and still motivated to kick butt at this. I’m still documenting all of my meals, and of course I have to post them. If you missed, last week’s post, I encourage you to check it out!
Thoughts from the week:
- I still feel very focused on it, and I am not struggling at all as a whole. Yes, there are days where I want carbs and sweets. Most of the time I’ll eat fruit or a few nuts or something.
- This week, I tried to add in more vegetables and I think I did a decent job. I’ve said it before, but Greg and I aren’t huge meat eaters, so this has probably the biggest adjustment.
- I’m not sick of eggs. I actually ate eggs and egg whites all the time before Whole30.
- I’ve used my food processor more in the last two weeks than I did in the last year.
- I made some Whole30 mayo and it turned out great! Granted, we don’t really eat a lot of mayo. I made it for a potato salad, and I loved it.
- I’m not hungry and I’ve stopped thinking about food.
- This way of eating is becoming more natural and automatic to me.
Now, let’s get into what I ate the past seven days. Exciting times, people! And, of course, you get bad cell phone quality photos. I do not have time to whip out the DSLR and set up perfect lighting for these pics (even though I do love a well-lit photo… hahaha), so this is what you get.
Day 8
Breakfast: Eggs with pineapple, raspberries and strawberries, coffee with coconut milk
Lunch: Spinach salad, baby carrots with baba ganoush, grapes and mandarin oranges
Dinner: Buffalo chicken soup, Misty’s recipe
Day 9
Breakfast: Chia seed pudding, hard boiled egg, banana
Lunch: Tuna salad (canned tuna with half an avocado, dill, garlic powder, and lemon juice) atop a spinach salad
Dinner: Smoked sausage, cauliflower mash, potato salad (I made this recipe up and it turned out yummy!), mandarin orange
Day 10
Breakfast: Eggs with homemade salsa, mandarin orange, chia seed pudding with cinnamon and blueberries
Lunch: Leftover buffalo chicken soup
Dinner: Thai turkey meatballs atop zoodles and shredded carrots (I have this spiralizer and it’s amazing!)
Day 11
Breakfast: Eggs with homemade salsa, grapes, mandarins, chia seed pudding with cinnamon and blueberries
Lunch: Plantain chips, mashed avocado with lemon juice and garlic powder, mandarin orange, apple
Dinner: Homemade smoked pork, cauliflower mash, green beans, roasted sweet potatoes
Day 12
Breakfast: Egg muffins (prepped with turkey breakfast sausage and green/red bell pepper)
Lunch: Leftover thai turkey meatballs (I ate all the meatballs before I remembered to take a picture, haha)
Dinner: Went out to dinner with friends, got a compliant salad (don’t have a photo)
Day 13
Breakfast: Egg muffins, chia seed pudding with raspberries and cinnamon, coffee with coconut milk
Lunch: Big spinach salad with banana
Dinner: Beef stew with spinach salad
Day 14
Breakfast: Egg muffins, chia seed pudding with blueberries, coffee with coconut milk and cinnamon
Lunch: Leftover beef stew
Dinner: Homemade smoked turkey, roasted potatoes, broccoli, and cauliflower mash
I’m hoping to try even more new things next week! Looking forward to pushing through and having another great week!
You’re becoming a full fledged carnivore!
I know, this is crazy! That’s been the biggest adjustment for me. I’ve been realizing that I was eating a LOT of beans and quinoa. Not that those things are bad, but maybe I needed to switch things up.
Look at you, keep it up girl! That buffalo chicken soup looks divine. I’ll be adding that to my list for next week.
Thank you so much for the encouragement!! The soup was super yummy and fulfilling – definitely give it a try!!
Go team!
Love you!
Honestly Whole 30 makes the most sense to me because it’s so “easy” to know what to eat… basically nothing! Ha, I kid… I kid. I am back on Whole 30 again and LOVE the paleo mayo I found on Amazon instead of making my own. I could probably eat the entire jar. I also searched whole 30 in food on Amazon and found a set of these dressings that is really helping me. Balsamic, ketchup, etc. All whole 30 approved!!
I need to look for those dressings! Thanks for the tip!
I feel you on the meat… it’s the part I struggle with too. I feel like I’m eating two dinners a day sometimes. I actually thought about finding another way to get my protein in via the vegetarian whole 30, but they caution that it isn’t the same as a whole 30… but an adaptation.
My goal for next week is less sweet and regular potatoes.
I wish I saw this buffalo chicken soup recipe before I just froze all of the bone broth I made yesterday in 1 cup and ice cube quantities!
Yeah, I looked at the vegetarian whole30. It sounds interesting but definitely not the same. I think after we’re done, we will probably add back in beans and quinoa as a protein source to break up the meat, but I really love the fresh, good food we’re eating! Def try that soup if you get a chance!!
Sounds like you are doing great! The Buffalo chicken soup sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing!