Whole30

I have attempted the Whole30 a few times.  I get to about day 4 or so, start feeling better and fall off the wagon.  A few day's later I'm dragging, tired all the time, and achy/stiff in the mornings.  This time WILL be different!  I have no idea how much I currently weigh.  The weight loss isn't what I'm striving for.  I'm striving for health, energy, and hormonal balance. Here we go :)

DAY 1
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs over sauteed Kale, sliced avocado.  2 cups of coffee with full fat coconut milk (Canned only!!  The other has lots of junk in it.) and pumpkin pie spice (yummy!).
Meal 2 ~ Snacked on a few organic grapes while I made our children's lunches. Sweet potato with coconut butter, leftover chicken, salad with red wine vinegar.
Meal 3 ~ Crock pot pork and cabbage over zucchini noodles, salad with spring mix greens, green peppers, avocado, shredded carrot and red wine vinegar.

DAY 2
Meal 1~ Two fried eggs over sauteed Kale, green peppers and onions, sliced avocado. 2 cups of coffee with coconut milk and pumpkin pie spice.
Meal 2 ~ Leftover crock pot pork over zucchini noodles.
Meal 3 ~ Chicken, gravy, cauliflower, sweet potato with coconut butter.  ~ I cooked the chicken in a large stew pan with a small amount of broth on the bottom, carrots, onions and spices.  When the chicken was done, but before it was falling apart, I removed it and put it in the oven at 400 degrees to brown the skin. I then blended the drippings, broth and veggies to create a yummy gravy.  The veggies thickened it nicely :)  Next time I'll use an immersion blender.

DAY 3
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs with a side of sauteed kale and sliced avocado. 1 1/2 cups of black coffee.
Meal 2 ~ Leftover chicken and gravy, 1/2 sweet potato with coconut butter and cauliflower.
Meal 3 ~ Pizza salad (spring mix greens, homemade sausage, olives, red peppers and mushrooms)
I drank lots of water today. I feel like crap today!  I have a headache that is about to do me in for the day. >:/

DAY 4
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, sauteed kale and sliced avocado. 2 cups of coffee with coconut milk/pumpkin pie spice.
Meal 2 ~ Leftover chicken and gravy, mashed sweet potato with coconut butter.
Meal 3 ~ Baked chicken thighs w/homemade all season salt (1 Tbs. salt, 1 tsp. paprika, 1 tsp. onion powder and 1 tsp. garlic powder), mashed sweet potato with coconut butter and cinnamon mixed in and topped w/ toasted almonds, green beans and water.

DAY 5
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, small amount of sauteed kale and some homemade cereal :) ~ handful of raw sunflower seeds and slivered almonds toasted, 1/2 apple chopped into small cubes. Used full fat coconut milk with cinnamon... DELISH!  Just what I was needing :)
Meal 2 ~ Tuna salad over a bed of baby romaine greens.  Used this mayo....
Meal 3 ~ Hamburger (no bun), coleslaw (homemade mayo, cole slaw, shredded carrots, 1 juliened apple)
Lots of water.  Feeling better today!  No headache and no stiffness.

DAY 6
Meal 1 ~ (2) Scrambled eggs with red peppers and onions rolled in a lettuce wrap, a few almonds and 2 cups coffee with coconut milk.
Meal 2 ~ Meatballs with homemade marinara sauce, leftover coleslaw, more almonds and water.
Meal 3 ~ Dined out :)  Applebee's: House Sirloin with grilled onions and a side of fruit.  I always have to ask for a dairy free allergy menu d/t dairy allergies in our home... so that worked out well!
Craving sweets today!

DAY 7
Meal 1 ~ Two cups of coffee with full fat coconut milk. I was still so full  from last nights super that I wasn't hungry for breakfast. I finally started to feel hungry around 11.
Meal 2 ~ Two fried eggs (in light olive oil), sauteed kale and thinly slice onions, 2 cups of coffee with full fat coconut milk.
Meal 3 ~ Chocolate Chili, red pepper "scoops" (cut up red pepper into large chunks and used as a "scoop" for a crunch factor with my chili). Next time add peppers directly to meal when sauteing onions, use celery sticks for crunch factor, and serve with guacamole...
No cravings today!! Today I was full of energy, no stiffness, no headache ~  just felt like dancing. Overall great day.

DAY 8
Meal 1 ~ Two boiled eggs, sliced strawberries in coconut milk.
Meal 2 ~ Mashed sweet potato topped with leftover chocolate chili
Meal 3 ~ Baked chicken with homemade all-season salt, steamed broccoli and cauliflower

DAY 9
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, sliced strawberries w/ toasted sunflower seeds and almonds in coconut milk.
Meal 2 ~ Leftover baked chicken, broccoli and cauliflower
Meal 3 ~ Pork chops (bought a pork loin, on sale, and sliced it into chops); carrot coins and garden green beans

DAY 10
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, leftover carrot coins and garden green beans, sliced strawberries in full fat coconut milk and 2 cups of coffee, also with full fat coconut milk.
Meal 2 ~ Leftover pork chop, carrot coins and garden green beans, mashed sweet potato w/coconut butter, toasted sunflower seeds and almonds.
Meal 3 ~ SB & J turkey burger (no bun), sweet potato fries, kale chips (delicious meal :) )

DAY 11
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, 2 cups of coffee with pumpkin pie spice coconut milk
Meal 2 ~ Leftover turkey burgers, mashed sweet potato
Meal 3 ~ Zucchini noodle spaghetti w/ homemade spaghetti sauce, broccoli
Today I didn't have much of an appetite.  I actually had to force myself to eat! I did a little research on the Whole 30 Forum and concluded that I probably wasn't consuming enough carbs.  So, I will attempt to increase my intake of dense carb vegetables :)

DAY 12 (Thanksgiving)
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, sweet potato hashbrowns, steamed kale
Meal 2 ~ I had a few almonds/cashews... we were having an early Thanksgiving meal, so I didn't want to fill up on lunch.
Meal 3 ~ Don't ask :)
My appetite was definitely back today!  I actually woke up very hungry.  Thanksgiving meal was not all Whole30 approved. However, it was all dairy and gluten free. All but the pies and sweet potato casserole were grain/sugar free.

DAY 13
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, sweet potato's, 2 cups of coffee w/coconut milk. This time I removed the separated cream from the coconut milk and kept it separated for coffee creamer.
Meal 2 ~ Turkey Day leftovers.
Meal 3 ~ Turkey soup (I used 2 turkey legs to make the broth, chopped up turkey, carrots, celery and onions.)

DAY 14
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, 2 Cups of kale, 2 cups of coffee w/coconut milk.
Meal 2 ~  Leftover over turkey, gravy, peas and green beans.  Yep, tired of turkey! Time for a change :)
Meal 3 ~ Creamed chicken (whole, organic, humanely raised chicken, roasted with carrots and onions. When it was done I removed all the chicken from the bones. I pureed the carrots,onions and broth for the "cream". Then I stirred this all together.), mashed sweet potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower.

DAY 15
Meal 1 ~ Two fried eggs, 1 Cup of kale, 1 Cup of broccoli/cauliflower combo, 2 cups of coffee.
Meal 2 ~ Handful of nuts (we were having a birthday party with an early meal :) )
Meal 3 ~ Rachel's Meat Lovers Chili (this is delicious!), salad

DAY 16-30
A repeat of the first 15 days ~ simple, easy, perfect :)