Day 8 (Tuesday)
B'fast: apple and almond butter
Lunch: brussel sprout, sweet potato and bacon (click here for recipe)
Dinner: Chicken Salad (I used leftover rotisserie chicken, grapes, onion, cucumbers and a little bit of
mayo.
Confession... I tried making my own mayo tonight that is "approved" for Whole 30.. BUT...it was a flop so I did squirt a little regular mayo in there..shoot me!
Day 9 (Wednesday)
B'fast: protein muffins (click here for recipe) and a clementine
Lunch: protein muffins (again..I know..but I was hungry and I'm ok with eating the same thing a couple times)
Dinner: Shrimp, Zucchini and Tomatoes (click here for recipe)
*this is as yummy as it looks and would have been even better over pasta...I'm just saying
Day 10 (Thursday)
No pic b/c it was nothing interesting...just a recycle of yesterday's meals
B'fast: protein muffins with salsa
Lunch: shrimp/zucchini/tomatoes
Dinner: shrimp/zucchini/tomatoes
Day 11 (Friday)
B'fast: banana and almond butter
*I am very careful with eating bananas b/c they are so high in sugar. It was a tough workout day today, so I decided I would burn it off & would probably need the sugar for energy
Lunch: chicken salad with canned chicken, grapes, avocado, and cucumber (mayo again)
Snack: salad, mushrooms, boiled egg, tomato, cucumber, almonds with avocado dressing
*can't find the recipe for the dressing...I just mashed up an avocado, squeezed half a lime, little bit of garlic and salt
Dinner: grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, sweet potato chips, sautéed mushrooms
I was hungry today. Not sure why...but I do try and have protein whenever I do eat so it helps me stay full longer.
Day 12 (Saturday)
B'fast: protein muffins and salsa
Snack: grapes, trail mix
Lunch: lettuce wrap, turkey, avocado, tomato
Dinner: steak, sweet potato, salad (at Outback Steakhouse)
*we had family in town this weekend. We even went to a fall festival where there were all kinds of tempting food and ways to cheat. I planned ahead, brought my snack and just ate when I got home.
And because of that..when we went out to eat tonight...guess who was sportin her PRE-BABY jeans...woop woop! Today is a day I felt like the sacrifice was worth it and helped give me the encouragement to continue!
Day 13 (Sunday)
B'fast: sausage and sautéed squash, mushroom, onion and spinach
Lunch: steak leftovers (from outback)
Dinner: grilled chicken leftovers from Fri night
Day 14 (Monday)
B'fast: apple, almond butter, sausage
Lunch: egg salad on a lettuce wrap with fresh tomato (from my garden) and grapes
Dinner: pork tenderloin stuffed with garlic and rosemary with green beans
Notes from this week:
My meals weren't as interesting this week because Justin was out of town, so I just cycled through my food until it was gone. I tried keeping things more simple since I was here solo with the boys.
It got REAL about Monday. I was starting to really want something sweet and was just feeling like this whole thing is dumb. I have made a commitment and I'm going to keep it to the best of my ability. Halfway done.
I did see some real progress this week, with getting into my old jeans. I wouldn't say I'm feeling AMAZING yet (with my energy levels). But part of that may be because both my boys haven't been sleeping very good. It's like they talk to each other before bed b/c one night Briggs wakes up, the next night it's Parker...I don't get it?!?!
I am sticking to the diet as closely as I possibly can. I have swapped out real mayo a couple times and I did eat some dressing on my salad at outback but other than that, I've walked the strait and narrow. I will say, the things I have "cheated" on haven't been anything I struggle with. It's just been a little of something to make whatever it is more edible. One thing I definitely won't be doing is eating sweets. I'm committed to the plan especially in the things I struggle with.
Until next time...
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