Breakfast- smoothie - almond milk, almonds, kale, banana, frozen strawberries and raspberries, pecans
Egg with leftover sausage over kale
Snack @ Busch Stadium - pistachios, almonds, half an apple
Dinner- Chipolte
Strawberry slices with lite coconut milk
Pistachios
Sweet kiss organic decaf tea
Tuesday, May 27
Breakfast- banana with AB
4-5 raspberries
Sweet potato, egg, sausage casserole with spinach and mushrooms
Snack- pistachio and almond mix
Lunch- spaghetti squash pizza dish
Carrots
Apple
Dinner- spinach salad with grilled chicken slices, guacamole, boiled egg, tomatoes and oven baked sweet potatoes on the side
Wednesday, May 28
Breakfast- banana with AB
Iced coffee
Egg scramble with sausage, kale and sweet potato chips
Snack- apple with AB
Dinner- turkey burger with oven roasted sweet potato slices
This was less than ideal for a meal. It was late and I wanted something fast.
Thursday, May 29
Breakfast- banana with AB
Iced coffee
Sweet potato egg bake
Hard boiled egg
Snack- almonds and pistachios
Lunch- leftover spaghetti squash pizza bake, carrots
Snack- apple with cashew butter (new at Aldi!)
Dinner - pecan crusted chicken
Zucchini fries with paleo bloomin' onion sauce
Friday, May 30
Breakfast- 2 over easy eggs with sausage, kale and green pepper
Banana with AB
Iced coffee
Lunch- sweet potato
Chicken salad- sliced almonds, avocado, raisins, and apple slices
Dinner- tuna steaks on the grill with guacamole
Side spinach salad
Dessert -
Homemade ice cream (more like a fruit sorbet)- delicious!
Saturday, May 31
Breakfast- smoothies
Egg scramble (eggs, spinach, breakfast sausage)
*thats Liam's banana pancake in the background
Lunch- chicken salad with hard boiled egg, avocado, raisins, almond slices
Apple with AB
Dinner-we had a friend's birthday party and this was probably the hardest challenge because they had amazing, even healthy, food, but we still couldn't eat most of it.
We still filled up on salsa, veggies, guacamole, fruit like strawberries, pineapple, and mango. Grilled chicken drumsticks which had a ginger glaze
I "accidently" drank some sangria, but literally 2 sips and I already noticed the too sweetness of it.
And we left with 4 of these bad boys...
That's a tiramisu cupcake and it's huge. And we have 1 for each of us. And a red velvet for each of us as well. Gosh, these were hard to avoid.
Sunday, June 1
Breakfast- smoothies (with protein powder)
*our protein is casein free and comes derived from grass fed cows so we aren't really feeling bad about using some occasionally.
Snack- banana with cashew butter
Lunch- butternut squash chili with avocado (recipe: http://paleomg.com/butternut-squash-curry-chili/)
Plantain chips
Dessert - homemade ice cream (leftover) topped with almond slices and hazelnut slices
This week went pretty well, and I did finally come to terms with some of the food addictions/negative relationships I have with food. I realized that I finally don't feel the need to have a drink or sweet at night, and I want it to stay that way. Not because alcohol is wrong or bad, but that and sweets turned into a "reward" for running 10 miles in a day or spending an exhausting night with Liam. I got to where I thought I deserved those things. If I want them, I can have them, but I want to be more conscience of what and when I eat moving forward. Most people wouldn't think I have a bad relationship with food b/c it's not an outright noticeable addiction. But I'm not okay with it. I grew up thinking I was the overweight, chubby kid. I thought that not eating breakfast and only eating French fries and a yogurt meant I would lose weight (sidenote: I didn't). Overtime, my insecurities have manifested different ways (overexercising, small meals, etc). Some of them still rear their head today. However, eating well and eating much (with the Whole 30) has allowed me to give up some of the have to have sweets every day and the negative feeling I get after eating them. Ice cream is a great treat and I fully intend to eat 2 of those above cupcakes, but I don't need them every night. And shouldn't.
Going forward, we're excited to incorporate most of Whole 30 into the rest of our lives, with a few exceptions and truly conscious thought about what we do put into our bodies.
1 more week left!
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