Whole30 - Day 2 or a Funny Thing Happened When Making a Latte

First of all, there were some adjustments to Day 1 - but still successfully whole30 style. I ended up going out to lunch with the girls. I got a tutto mare salad and I brought my own dressing with me - so no problem sticking to plan.

Dinner was eggs, bacon, sweet potato and turnip hashbrowns. My husband didn't want to eat the hashbrowns, so I had some left for breakfast this morning.

Yesterday, I was extremely hungry all day. Not sure why as I really had been satisfied since I semi-started this plan.

Breakfast - zucchini and sausage sauteed in coconut oil, eggs and the leftover hashbrowns. Lunch will be a salad at Subway - again I'll bring my own dressing. I get the chicken and bacon salad with all the veggies. Dinner - I put a turkey breast in the crockpot - so turkey and vegetables with a sweet potato most likely.

So here's what happened this morning. I decided to try to make a pumpkin spice latte from a recipe on the internet (http://coastalcavegirl.com/2011/08/29/pumpkin-spice-latte/). It was paleofied but called for honey, which I excluded. It also called for vanilla. I always have vanilla in the cabinet but couldn't find it for awhile. When I did find it and tried to pour it out, it was completely dried up - so no vanilla in my latte. The latte, by the way even without the vanilla. was pretty good. I bought some coffee on a Groupon (or something) for a place called CafeFit and it's weight reducing coffe - we'll see if it has any effect. The coffee was good!

That's today plan - did I mention that my mood seems to be more elevated since I started migrating to this plan? I smile alot anyway, but I seem to smile even more.

Whole30 - Day 1

Here we go. I've spent the past two weeks getting ready for Day 1 and come the morning of, I am totally unprepared. Went out last night and didn't get home in time to make homemade mayo - eggs and lemon must be at room temp - forgot to do that before we left the house. Luckily I made the avocado dressing (which is OK, not great) for my salad today.

Made the homemade mayo this morning after my 4 mile run and before heading off to work. Left the eggs and lemon sitting out overnight - hope that works out OK. Second attempt at homemade mayo - about the same result as the first. Still not pleased with the texture, but the fridge will usually thicken it up and we'll see. Then I can make the creamy italian dressing which isn't too bad.

Breakfast was leftover broccoli quiche from the Paleo cookbook without the cheese and a chicken/apple sausage. Also had a mixture of walnuts, almonds and macadamias. Have an apple for a mid morning snack. I should bring some almond butter to add to the apple as that would be really yummy.

Lunch is going to be a salad with black olives and tiny tomatoes using the avocado salad dressing that I made. Also will have two organic hotdogs and I brought along 3-4 protein bites that came from the Paleo cookbook. These taste a lot like a blueberry Lara bar.

I have a Lara bar in case I get hungry before dinner. Not sure what dinner will be but thinking maybe eggs, bacon and turnip hashbrowns. These are in the Paleo cookbook and look awesome.

Will check in later to report on the final parts of the day. Weighed myself this morning for a starting point for the 30 days.

Whole30 Challenge - Setting Up

I've been ramping up to start my Whole30 challenge on November 1. For the past two weeks I've been shopping and stocking up on acceptable items. It is really depressing to find that most things have a forbidden ingredient or two. Even "all-natural" products seem to add sugar or soy or an oil that does not work. The next piece of this is that when you do find something that works, it's really expensive.

I've been having a lot of fun cooking as I haven't done that since my kids were little. We basically always eat crap or go out and eat crap. At this point, I'm a solid 14 days into about a 98% Whole30. There's a couple of things that I know I'm going to miss - regular mayonnaise (although I made homemade, I'm not sold on it yet), Diet-Rite cola and dark chocolate. But cmon, it will only be for 30 days and then I can put those things back in and stay focused on primal eating. Already I haven't missed the dairy or the grains that much.

So hang onto your hats....I've got two days left before GO time. (BTW, I will also miss having a glass or two of wine.)