Whole30 Days 11-15

Hello! Here is a quick check-in on my eats these last few days!

     I had a lot of the same things, so I am not going to go and repeat those each day, I will focus more on the newer things I tried out.

     I had my usual over-easy eggs and hard-boiled eggs for breakfast each day, and occasionally for lunch/dinner. I made a delicious chicken salad adapted from the tuna salad I made a few days ago. It was rather tasty. I plan on making a big batch of both chicken and tuna salad this weekend.

Homemade Chicken Salad: ( I didn't measure anything, just did it by taste and texture)
Boiled chicken breast (grass-fed)
Homemade, olive oil mayo
Splash of apple cider vinegar
Crushed almonds
Diced celery
Salt & Pepper
Paprika
Hard-boiled egg
Dijon Mustard

     One night for dinner, I made a random mix of sauteed chicken, shrimp, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and served it over some fresh baby spinach. It was a quick and simple way to get my protein and veggies in.

     Valentine's Day was quite a challenge. So. many. sweets. everywhere! I wanted cookies, cupcakes, ice cream, etc. But I could not have a bite :( I had some left-over chicken salad and carrots for lunch, and was really ready to get home to the tasty dinner I was making. I ordered a 3lb, grass-fed, center cut shoulder roast and had it in the crock pot ALL DAY. Needless to say, when I walked in the house my mouth immediately started watering. It smelled heavenly. I didn't do anything special to it, just had it in there with onion, celery, carrot, salt, pepper, and fresh garlic and let it cook on low for about 8 hours, and then just turned it to warm the last house before I ate.

     Dave came over to celebrate our 5th Valentine's together, which I was happy about so I could share this delicious food with someone! I had the roast, and also made some baked sweet potato chunks and asparagus. My oh my, I don't normally brag on myself, but it was quite a delightful little meal if I do say so myself. Even Dave, who is not a fan of sweet potatoes, enjoyed it! Now, I am not going to lie and say I had no desire for a rich, delectable dessert, but I did refrain and caught up on some Modern Family to occupy my brain and sweet tooth.

     Today is officially the half-way mark for me. 15 days down. Overall, it has gone by pretty quickly, but there have been says (especially this week) that seem to go on forever. I was really hoping this sweet craving I am having would have subsided a little by now, but it has just intensified and really making things difficult. Hopefully I can stay strong and avoid the temptation of homemade cupcakes and cookies for 15 more days... not to mention Girl Scout Cookies!!!

     Headaches are still here, not as bad, but they haven't gone away either. Not sure if they will or not, either way, I really do feel better about how I am eating and plan to stick with it for the most part even after my 30 days are up. Given, I will still allow myself to eat sweets and peanut butter and cheese, I will just keep it to a minimum instead of 7 days a week.

Hope you all had a fabulous week and Valentine's Day. Have a great weekend, too!

Homemade Chicken Salad

Valentine's Dinner

Random chicken.shrimp, veggie mix over spinach

Monday Torture

This is what I have had to stare at. All day.
My willpower is nearing zero as the end of the day inches closer.
 I am hungry and needing a snack thanks to my 10:20 lunch schedule, but my normal fruit or veggie is in the refrigerator in the teacher's lounge.
I just need to make it about 10 more minutes. 10 more minutes of convincing myself they are not worth blowing the last 11 days of this Whole30!


I MUST GET OUT OF HERE!

Despite my usual fat kid instincts, I didn't have a single one 

Happy Monday, friends! Go enjoy a cookie (or 6) for me!

Whole30 Days 7-10

Hello all,
     I am back to write a quick post on some of my meals I have had in the last few days. Some new, some repeats, but nevertheless I am still holding strong!

Day 7
Meal 1: 2 eggs, clementine
Meal 2: leftover sautéed chicken, shrimp, and broccoli, carrots.

Snack: "You're the Top" Tuna Salad
Meal 3: 2 eggs, carrots, italian beef breakfast patties

Day 8
Meal 1: 1 hard boiled egg, Green Machine Naked Juice
Meal 2: 2 hard boiled eggs, pulled pork, and carrots
Meal 3: I really don't remember what I had, it was clearly nothing exciting or fancy!

Day 9
Meal 1: Crab Cake Benedict

Meal 2: Zucchini Chips, apple
Meal 3: New York strip, baked sweet potatoes, salad

Day 10 (I was busy today and DID NOT eat enough, plus I was out of eggs so breakfast was even less)
Meal 1:  1 hard boiled egg
Meal/Snack 2: Almonds, apple, clementine, Green Machine
Meal 3: Tuna salad adapted from the one above. I made it with tuna, crushed almonds, diced celery, 2 tbsp homemade mayo, a little dijon mustard, splash of apple cider vinegar, hard boiled egg, salt & pepper. DELICIOUS! Plus, it made enough to eat for lunch tomorrow.

My status: I'm still sleeping really well. I feel like I wake up a little more easily these days with a bit more energy, but nothing drastic. My headaches are still there, but much less intrusive into my daily activities. I have definitely lost some weight, not sure how much, but all of my clothes fit better and my stomach is a bit flatter than it normally is. I am debating weighing myself even though it says not to during the program. They tell you not to so that people don't lose motivation to keep going. However, I was never doing this program to primarily lose weight, that would just be an added bonus. So I am not going to quit because of that. I will let y'all know if I decide to weigh myself :)

Proud Moment(s): I have successfully been surrounded by cupcakes, chick-fil-a chicken biscuits, cookies, BBQ nachos, and peanut butter and have not given in at all. It was not easy, but I felt like it was a major accomplishment to literally not give into temptation even once! 

Hope you all have had an amazing weekend, and have an even better week.

May not look pretty, but my crab cakes were delish.

Crab Cake Benedict sans Hollandaise Sauce (that just didn't turn out for me)

My favorite discovery, zucchini chips (before)

Finished Baked Zucchini Chips

My version of "You're the Top" tuna salad