Whole30 for the record, first blog attempt, yada yada

We started Whole30 on Monday Jan 19 at noon.  For now, this a record of the meals we've eaten and hopefully a link to some recipes, for posterity, or maybe to help someone else. The first post is going to be a spew as it's been 5 days. 1/6 done!!

Day1-Monday
Lunch-Chipotle-for Mike and I, this will always be a salad, carnitas, all 3 salsas and we split the guacamole.
Dinner-chili with ground beef and veggies for us.  Casey can have beans, no meat in hers.  Lots of chili.

Day2-Tuesday
Breakfast-Frittata with onion, garlic, spinach and broccoli.
Lunch-out to lunch at Great Sage, roast potatoes with 2 sauces, buffalo broccoli salad with lime dill vinagrette, shared a smoothie with Casey-banana, peach, mango and spirulina.
Dinner-roast chicken/an orange (so I didn't get too full before going back to class then I bonked at cycling class as I didn't have enough fuel after cross-training)
After class snack-microwaved sweet potato with ghee and cinnamon and something else, lots of water

Day3-Wednesday
Breakfast-Proscuitto cups, strawberries, banana
Lunch-Potato soup, roast chicken  ( I basically use this recipe, use leeks instead of onions and and a whole30 approved oil, don't use escarole, use whole30 veggie broth or chicken broth and add chopped green chilis as the pototoes are cooking, can also add carrots)
Dinner-More potato soup, chicken, fruit, salad

Day4-Thursday
Breakfast-Frittata with onion, mushroom, garlic, spinach and broccoli topped with salsa.  orange, strawberries
Lunch-potato soup with crispy proscuitto
Dinner-Raw Pad Thai, modified dressing for whole30 (use almond butter and coconut aminos instead of soy sauce and don't put in maple syrup) with chicken (cubed, sauteed in coconut oil, salt and pepper, ginger and garlic)

Day5-Friday
Breakfast-Scrambled eggs with mushroom, onion and proscuitto, banana
Snack-small potato soup, almonds
Lunch-sweet potato mash with ghee and cinnamon, orange
Dinner-Raw Pad Thai (so yummy and I need more veggies), oven cooked chicken wings, drums, thighs

After dinner snack- another bowl of pad thai veggies with dressing

Snacks have been small amounts of dried fruit, a handful of almonds, an apple here and there, oranges and strawberries.  And I made sweet potato chews, roasted then sliced and roasted again sweet potatos coconut oil and cinnamon.  YUM!


Lots of water, and 2 cups of black coffee every day.  I love my coffee.  Oh, and when I say eggs in the morning, it's always 2 or 3 for one of us.

I had a headache Tuesday morning from overdoing it on the weekend, too much wine and sugar, probably knowing we were going into this.  But I have felt mostly good ever since, except for the lack of energy Tuesday when I sorely miscalculated the fuel needed for my 2 workouts.

We feel like we've been eating more decadently than ever, the fat makes up for the usual fillers.  Bread, pasta, beans, chickpeas, cheese etc. are replaced with avacados, proscuitto, eggs (with yolks), ghee and sweet potatoes.  What's not to like?

We've seemed to avoid the normal timeline of headaches and wanting to kill all the things.  We think it's because we eat fairly healthy normally, we don't rely on grains and sugars.  But I've also had lots of energy to cook and shop this week. Talk to me in a week or 2.  Speaking of shopping, this is really hard on the budget.  Very expensive to buy organic foods and the oils needed to do this.  Not for the budget-conscious in our opinion, but most likely very worth it for 30 days.  TBD.