Day 50 Whole30

I know I probably shouldn't have weighed myself, since I am going for 60 days, but I couldn't resist. I also am starting a healthy eating spiritual challenge with some friends and family and we are supposed to weigh ourselves once a week. SO.... I weighed myself and I am down 20 lbs since day 1!! I feel SO GREAT!!

Also a Happy Halloween. Today I was driving in my car and starting giggling. I was giddy with the thought that I was not going to eat a single piece of Halloween candy! I usually raid the kids bags and take as many pieces as I want and then I stuff my face. This year I am excited to NOT eat any of their candy. :)

Day 31 Whole30

Day 31 Wednesday, October 12, 2016

AWWWW I don't know what to expect!

Woke up at 5 am. And weighed myself. I lost 13.6 pounds!!! Wow! I knew I was losing weight but I thought it might be around 5 pounds. 8.5 inches lost! (I took measurements day 1 of thihg, calf, bicep, waist...) So this total inches loss is all over.

Breakfast 2-egg scramble with veggies and salsa, and a banana. Lunch was left-over ratatouille. Yum Yum!

I am not ready to reintroduce any off plan foods yet. I feel so amazing! My digestion has improved immensely and that in and of itself is a miracle! My knees don't hurt anymore. My hands don't hurt. I have also quite taking my daily anti-inflammatory medicine. I am a little scared to eat "junk food". I have my mom coming into town soon and I think it will be easier to continue eating how I have been eating. My husband suggested I go for 60 days. So that is my plan.

Day 30 Whole30

Day 30 Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Woke up at 5 am. I had a 2-egg scramble with all the veggies and salsa. I did a new class at the gym and it kicked my butt!! It is called “Fierce” and it was FIERCE!! For lunch I ate the last 3 meatballs from last night. I also had a big salad with 2 hard-boiled eggs tomatoes carrots and grapes. I used my apple cider vinegar/oil dressing. Dinner was a new dish, Ratatouille.

I did it as a make it a meal option and added cooked turkey which I seasoned with salt & pepper, fresh garlic, onion and Italian seasoning. I used my homemade tomato sauce that I made a few weeks ago and had frozen. It was pretty tasty! Went to bed around 10 pm.

NOW WHAT?!?!? Stay tuned I will make a post soon about what is next in my plans.

Day 29 Whole30

Day 29 Monday, October 10, 2016

Got out of bed at 9 am… What a lazy gal I am! The kids have today off from school. Breakfast was 2-egg scramble with squash, bell pepper, mushrooms, spinach and salsa. I don’t know if I will ever get tired of eating that meal. :) Lunch was delicious sweet potato with the pork on top. I was out of limes so I tried a lemon squeezed on top. The lime is definitely better. I was feeling really bored and didn’t know what to make for dinner.

This is what the rest of the family had...

I was surprised with what I came up with. I made meatballs following the recipe for the Perfect burger.

I cooked the meatballs in a little mini muffin pan.

It was the perfect size meatball. I then sauteed some onions, mushrooms, and asparagus. Then I wilted a cup of spinach and put the veggies over that. I also ate the last sweet potato.

It was all so yummy and hit the spot. Went to bed around 11 pm. I need to get to bed earlier!

Day 28 Whole30

Day 28, Sunday, October 9, 2016

Woke up at 7 am. Today was fast Sunday for our church schedule. I did not have breakfast. I came home from church in a lot of pain from cramping so I ate some chicken over a salad and with salsa on top. I was then able to take some Motrin. I was super excited about dinner. Smelling it all day. I made the pork carnita’s meat in the crock-pot and we went over to a friends house and I introduced this yummy recipe to them. We put the meat over roasted sweet potatoes and squeezed lime juice over the top. So delicious! This is definitely a keeper recipe for our family. Went to bed about 10:30 pm.

Day 27 Whole30

Day 27 Saturday, October 8, 2016

Woke up around 8 am. Surprise, I started my menstrual cycle! Well, that is some relief there. Breakfast was the last of the spaghetti squash with the meat and tomato sauce and 2 fried eggs on top. Lunch was chicken breast an apple and some grapes. I am behind on journaling and I can not remember what I ate for dinner. Went to bed about 9 pm.

Day 26 Whole30

Day 26 Friday, October 7, 2016

Kids have no school today YAY!! Woke up around 8 am. I am feeling a lot better. 2-egg scramble with lots of veggies and salsa, grapes. Lunch was roast and potatoes. For dinner we packed sack dinners and went to a pumpkin patch play place. I had a container of lettuce that I put chopped chicken chicken on top with salsa and mayo. So it made a chicken salad of sorts. I also had some cut up veggies and a couple hard boiled eggs. It was a lovely day. Went to bed around 11:30 pm, late because Michaela was at a friends house.

Day 25 Whole30

Day 25 Thursday, October 6, 2016

Woke up about 5:10 am. I had a good night’s sleep. For breakfast 2-egg scramble with veggies and salsa. Lunch was spaghetti squash and a chicken breast. I also ate some orange slices and grapes. My doctors appointment went well. I was actually feeling better today than yesterday. When the Medical Assistant was weighing me I told him I could not see my weight and he laughed and said OK turn and face backwards then. After he had done my vitals and asked me to explain what was going on. I could hear him in the next room telling my Dr what we had discussed. I almost laughed out loud when he told her that I had changed my diet recently and I had asked not to see my weight on the scale. He then told her “She doesn’t seem real weird or anything…” LOL He must think I am a little weird in some way… LOL The Dr could not see anything really pointing to cold, sinus, ear infections. She thinks I may be clenching and grinding my teeth at night, which a dentist has told me before. I have a dentist appointment next week so I am going to bring it up there and see what they have to say. She prescribed me a muscle relaxant to help me relax and maybe help the pain subside.  I also talked to the Dr about the possibility of my extreme diet change messing with my menstrual cycle. Disclaimer: I have my tubes tied. I am 2 weeks late on my cycle. I have never been this late and not been pregnant. She did not think it would be possible for me to be pregnant. She ordered a lab test to check for pregnancy. She said it is likely due to the change in my eating and I might totally skip this month.  Dinner was boring... spaghetti squash with chicken breast. I took my muscle relaxant and went bed around 9:30 pm.

Day 24 Whole30

Day 24 Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Woke up at 5 am. 2-egg scramble with veggies and salsa. Lunch was spaghetti squash and tomato meat sauce.  I have been feeling so yucky today with jaw and behind my ear pain. I made a dr appointment for tomorrow.  I knew I needed a good healthy meal so I made some perfect seared chicken breasts. Perfect roasted potatoes, some broccoli, and green salad. I ended up making a big bed of greens on my plate and put the shredded chicken over the top. I ate the potatoes and the broccoli on the side. I made a basic vinaigrette, using apple cider vinegar and olive oil, with salt & pepper and some Italian spices.


It was a different dressing. I am not a fan of vinaigrette anyway, but I was tired of the ranch I had made. It was good enough. I went to bed about 8:45 pm It has been a long day with a lot of pain on the left side of my face.

Day 23 Whole30

Day 23 Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Woke up at 5 am. Breakfast was a 2-egg scramble with veggies and fresh salsa!! :) Lunch was leftover mashed potatoes, gravy, roast and roasted veggies (carrots, butternut squash and onions) Dinner was spaghetti squash with tomato sauce. This is the sauce that I used tonight. It is from ALDI (one of my favorite grocery stores) and it was quit tasty, and whole 30 compliant!

and ground beef. I also ate a banana. Super yummy! I was drooling a little bit over my families dinner. They went to Chipotle (like Cafe Rio) to support their school fundraiser night at the restaurant. Went to bed around 10:30 pm.

Day 22 Whole30

Day 22 Monday, October 3, 2016

Woke up at 5 am. Breakfast was 3-egg scramble with veggies, sadly without salsa. I was out. :( Lunch was the salad with the canned chicken, ranch and salsa over a big bed of leafy green lettuce, arugula and spinach. Topped with cashews. Dinner was taco salad. I had bought the salsa so that was my dressing on my salad. Lettuce, cooked ground beef, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Tasty! Went to be about 9:30 pm. The timeline in the book says I might be getting bored by week three. I feel like my eating is pretty boring, but I am still super excited about the way I am feeling. They suggest trying some new recipes this week. I hope to try Melissa's chicken hash sometime this week. The picture in the book looks yummy!

Day 21 Whole30

Day 21 Sunday, October 2, 2016

Woke about around 8:15 am. I am really feeling sore today!!! I had a 3-egg scramble with veggies and salsa. I also ate a banana. PS here is the salsa that I buy and eat on pretty much anything.

I buy it at Sam's club. I think we went through this entire container in one week! We all like it.

For lunch I had a big plate of salad greens covered in canned chicken that I had mixed with the last of my homemade ranch and the last of my salsa. I also put some cashews and half an avocado on top. It was really tasty. I had some green grapes. Dinner was delicious. We had a roast with butternut squash, carrots and onions in the crock pot. We mashed some potatoes and I took out my portion before Greg added the milk and butter… ;) I had made a gravy from the broth in the crock pot and it was really tasty. Also had a green salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and salt & pepper. Went to bed around 10 pm.

Day 20 Whole30

Day 20 Saturday, October 1, 2016

Woke at 8:30 am. Breakfast 3-egg scramble with veggies and salsa. I don’t remember what I had for lunch. Lol sorry!  Dinner time was while we were at a friends house for a spouse social. I knew there would be lots of yummy looking snacks there, so I brought a salad from my book. Roasted beet, orange, and avocado salad.

It was OK, although the beets are not fun to work with. They stain everything they touch and they taste a bit like gritty dirt. I don’t think I will do beets again…. When we got home from the get together I ate 2 hard-boiled eggs with salsa. Went to bed about 10 pm.

Day 19 Whole30

Day 19 Friday, September 30, 2016

Woke up at 5 am. Breakfast 3-egg scramble with veggies and fresh salsa. I went to the Y and did a new class. Body pump! I am so tired and my muscles are shaky!! It hurt so good!!! Lunch Pork chop and canned green beans, 2 hard-boiled eggs with salsa. After lunch I went golfing with Greg on his day off. It was fun and relaxing. I only lost 3 balls in 18 holes. :) For dinner I had a big green salad with veggies I put my homemade ranch and some salsa on it, and some salmon with lemon squeezed over it. Oh I also had some green grapes. They were super sweet and delicious. I think I will be feeling sore tomorrow! Went to bed around 9:45 pm