Whole 30 – Day #30

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I Made it!!  How great is that?!  Definitely seeing differences…  Clothes are a little looser.  My hair is thicker and my swollen fingers aren’t as swollen!
All good!! 
Still going to go a few more days (or longer) until i have a plan for re-introduction.  I’ll probably not blog every day, but will post when I get into re-introduction…
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Breakfast:

  • Sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, Apple and spinach in coconut oil
Lunch:
  • Baked Sweet Potato
  • Ground Beef in Homemade BBQ Sauce
Dinner:
  • Taco Meat (Ground Beef, Ground Turkey, Tomato Sauce, Homemade Taco Seasoning)
  • Guacamole
  • Lettuce
  • Salsa

Whole 30 – Day #29

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Wow!  1 more day of this challenge… Today I ate a bunch of pistachios… still better than corn chips  But I don’t have this salt craving all figured out.
Breakfast:
  • Turkey Sausage
  • Banana, Blueberry, Raspberry, Walnuts, Coconut in Coconut  Milk
Lunch
  • Baked Sweet Potato
  • Ground Beef in Homemade BBQ Sauce
Dinner:
Exercise:
WINS:
  • Paleo Cranberry Sauce!
  • A really good workout…

Whole 30 – Day #28

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Yoga Today, even though I didn’t want to. But glad I did it!  I also took some time today to play video games with the kids.  It was a nice relaxing day!  We even celebrated birthdays (I did not have cake)
Breakfast:
  • Sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, Apple and spinach in coconut oil
Lunch:
  • Broiled peppers stuffed with ground beef, salsa, avocado, taco seasoning
Dinner:
  • Leftover shredded beef
  • Sautéed broccoli slaw, cherry tomatoes, spinach
WINS:
  • Did not even taste the birthday cake I made – apple sauce with brown sugar frosting
Exercise:
  • Yoga with Adriene (Day 12 of her 30 Days of Yoga Series)

Whole 30 – Day #27

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Still need to work on snacking on those nuts… But Still good.. It was a busy day.. lots of running around.
Breakfast:
  • Sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, Apple and spinach in coconut oil
Lunch:
  • Chipotle: Lettuce, Chipotle, Green Salsa, Mild Salsa (Tomatoes), Guacamole.
  • Clementine Oranges
Dinner:
  • Shredded Beef
  • Salad with OG-ish Dressing
WINS:
  • Chipotle… love… and compliant! wooooooo!

Whole 30 – Day #26

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I feel like the end of these 30 days is coming fast.  I am going to keep going though… Maybe 45 days.  I don’t feel like I have control of snacking… i still like snacking.  Nuts are my downfall…
Breakfast:
  • Turkey Sausage
  • Blueberries, Walnuts, Shredded Coconut in Coconut milk
Lunch:
  • Salad with OG-ish Dressing
  • Chicken (from Whole Foods Hot Line)
  • Garlic Dry Roasted Cashews
Dinner:
  • Paleo Asian Pork (from Whole Foods Hot Line)
  • Salad with OG-ish Dressing
WINS:
  • Fried plantains for Super Bowl next weekend…
  • Whole Foods Hot Line is awesome!

Whole 30 – Day #25

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Re-entry back to work.  It was a good day.  Yoga in the morning was a good stretch after all those steps yesterday…
So my favorite change in these past 30 days… baby hairs.. my hair was “re-generating” a LOT prior to this.. but now I have all these baby hairs filling in like I have little wispy bangs.  Those hairs make me smile!
Breakfast:
  • Sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, Apple and spinach in coconut oil
Lunch:
  • Baked Sweet Potato (I made an extra 2 days earlier) with coconut butter
  • Leftover Shredded Beef with Homemade Barbecue Sauce
Dinner:
  • Leftover Shredded Beef with Homemade Barbecue Sauce
  • Sautéed Broccoli Slaw, Tomatoes
  • Salad with OG-ish Dressing
Exercise:
  • Yoga with Adriene (Day 11 of her 30 Days of Yoga Series)

Whole 30 – Day #24

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I took the day off.  Went for a run and then cleaned my house.  My fitbit registered 18000 steps!  Wow… No wonder I was tired last night!
Breakfast:
  • Sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, Apple and spinach in coconut oil
Lunch: ( a reward because I had worked so hard)
  • Chipotle – salad with carnitas, tomatoes, green salsa, and guacamole.  YUMMMMM
Dinner:
  • Carne Asada with guacamole
  • Sautéed peppers, onions, tomatoes in olive oil
Exercise:
  • Running – 5K Runner (Week 3- Day 3)
  • Cleaning…

Whole 30 – Day #23

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I still feeling a little like a cold is coming on… But I am starting to wonder if it is just my body cleaning out as the inflammation comes down.  And my eyes, because that’s generally that’s what happens when I get a cold… more so than my nose. It’s weird I know…
Breakfast:
  • Sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, Apple and spinach in coconut oil
Lunch:
  • Porketta with Homemade Barbecue Sauce (from the freezer)
  • Butternut Squash Soup (from the freezer)
Dinner:
WIN:
  • Lunch from the Freezer!
  • Coconut Butter!
Exercise:

  • Yoga with Adriene (Day 10 of her 30 Days of Yoga Series – great 10 minutes of Sun Salutations!)

Whole 30 – Day #22

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Slow in getting up.  And I’m fighting a cold or something because my eyes have been kind of crusty in the morning…  but I dragged myself out of bed and got to they gym for a run… which felt great. Dinner plans are changing some because Charlie needs a haircut immediately after the haircut he attempted himself yesterday…  I’ve always been a menu planner, so this part isn’t too hard for me.  Just move around my meal plans from another day to accommodate a dinner that is faster to get on the table…
Breakfast:

  • Sweet potatoes, turkey sausage, Apple and spinach in coconut oil

Lunch:

  • Leftover Spaghetti Sauce
  • Over Sautéed Broccoli Slaw
  • Pistachios

Dinner:

  • Chicken thighs
  • Mashed potatoes (made with ghee)
  • Green beans

WINS:

  • Cooking dinner in the crockpot again!
  • Found pistachios (dry roasted) at Aldi’s! 

Exercise:

Whole 30 – Day #21

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My weekend alarm clock (Charlie) did not wake me up at the usual 7 am.  I was a bit surprised I didn’t wake up myself, because I went to bed before 10.  I must have been tired.  I did a bunch of food prep (put away broth I made overnight, breakfast sausage, and dinner in the crockpot) before heading to Rochester to see my parents.  Planning is turning out to be the biggest key in making these 30 days successful.
Breakfast:

  • Turkey Sausage
  • Blueberries, Walnuts, Shredded Coconut in Coconut milk – need to research if there is an Almond Milk that is compliant…
Lunch:
  • Panera Salad (romaine, avocado, turkey, tomatoes, bacon) with a squeeze of lemon instead of dressing.
Snack:
  • Clementine oranges
  • Macadamia Nuts
Dinner:
WIN:
  • New kid-friendly recipe!  Spaghetti Sauce
  • Delicious salad without salad dressing – apparently my tastes have shifted!  I did not feel like I was starving myself at all!
No Exercise, but I’m okay with that.