What I ate - Whole30 day 12

Last I was exhausted so I crawled into bed early, like 7:30pm early. It was nice to just lounge in bed. Woke up at 2:30am though, feeling hungry, but was luckily able to fall back asleep relatively quick, but man this is getting annoying! 

Breakfast

3 eggs
tomato
cucumber
carrots
sweet potato 
macadamia nuts

Lunch 

This is what I call the lazy girl lunch. Apparently I waited too long to eat and felt like I was going to vomit and/or pass out at the same time, it was not fun. So I ate an apple and some nuts then made myself some lunch.

Spinach salad 

tomato

cucumber

crab cakes on top (used this recipe without the bell peppers, worchestire sauce, 1/2 the mayo, and added more almond meal)

Dinner 

Smashed crab cakes

1 hard boiled egg

zucchini 

asparagus

broccoli 

cauliflower mash

apple

Today was a tough day, I wanted to eat everything I couldn't eat, even when I wasn't hungry. Cranky, sore, tired, and pregnant. Tried to eat apples with almond butter, turns out I don't like it, I'd still rather have peanut butter, any day of the week. (I think) Here's to hoping I make it through an entire night without waking up, other than for potty breaks, which are unavoidable. 

What I ate - Whole30 day 11

Today has been a whirlwind! Spent the day at the thrift store, grocery shopping and cooking, still have a little cooking to finish so hubby has dinner tomorrow. 

Breakfast

Egg bake
Cauliflower mash
Cucumber
Okra
Tomato
Cashews

Lunch

Spaghetti squash with homemade tomato sauce
1/4 lb burger
Spinach salad with tomato, cucumber, and homemade balsamic dressing
Handful of strawberries

Dinner (SO DELICIOUS)

1/4lb burger on a bed of spinach 
Tomato 
Pico
Avocado
Paleo mayo (recipe found here)
Cauliflower mash
Spaghetti squash
1/2 apple (decided not to eat the apple sauce and went for an actual apple instead)

I'm feeling good but a bit tired, otherwise, nothing to report. 

What I ate - Whole30 day 10

So yesterday was the beginning of week 23 for me and with that came a nice 3am wake up call this morning. And about 5 trips to the bathroom throughout the night, it was the worst. Turns out I may need to add more starchy vegetables to my meals, the 3am wakeup calls could be my body telling me that I need more carbs, or it's this stupid baby. Okay, so I totally love this parasite growing in my stomach but she's definitely making life a little some days. 

5am snack 

1/2 apple
banana

Breakfast

Egg bake
Hard boiled egg
Cucumber
Roma tomato
Sweet potato hash
2 slices of an apple

Snack

Hard Boiled egg

Cashews

Dinner

Spaghetti Squash

Homemade sauce using this recipe

Browned beef 

Apple

Cashews

I'm feeling good. Hubby's schedule this week makes dinner a little weird, I made tomorrow's dinner tonight, and will make Wednesday's dinner tomorrow. It's a little weird but it'll work. Thankfully, I've planned all our meals until day 30 so there isn't much thinking involved. 

What I ate - Whole30 day 9

This is the most dedicated to my blog I've been since I started writing it, but then again, I'm really dedicated to this Whole30 so it makes sense. Last night I dreamt about eating brownies with ice cream and eating a TON of other off program things. Maybe it had something to do with all the paleo treats I researched last night or it's just my subconscious trying to get me to cheat. Either way, it didn't happen in real life so I am still on track. Then this morning my sweet adorable Ace (see adorable photo)

decided that I wasn't to be sleeping anymore and spent almost 40 minutes whining at me until I finally gave in. This infuriated me. And now the two of them are curled up together in front of the space heater, happier than anything, SLEEPING, or at least resting quietly.

Really guys? REALLY!? At least breakfast was easy, although I think next time I'll add some more veggies to my plate, I just don't think the egg bake has enough. 

Breakfast

A serving of the egg bake

1 breakfast sausage 

Cauliflower mash

Cucumbers

1/2 an apple

Lunch

Leftover almond chicken

Carrots

Spinach salad with tomatoes and cucumbers with this balsamic dressing (without the sugar, obviously)

Handful of cashews

Banana

Dinner

Leftover almond chicken

Celery

Asparagus

Cucumber

Applesauce

Cashews

Apple slices

How I'm feeling? Good, tired from all the stuff I did this weekend but other than that, I'm good. Ready to start WODing again on Tuesday, which will make life feel more normal again. I finally got the kitchen organized and cleaned, which makes me REALLY happy and tonight I'm going to bed with a completely clean kitchen, which hasn't happened since we started the Whole30. I'm feeling so accomplished from this weekend it's awesome. Hubby doesn't report until late morning tomorrow, so I get to start my day with him, which I really enjoy but it's going to make for a lonely evening. Guess I'll have time to clean the bathrooms or bedroom. Ick. Hope you're all as motivated as I am still and if not, take it as you can because we can do this! 

What I ate - Whole30 day 8

Oh. Eeemmm. Geeeee! I've been a busy girl today and it's barely 1pm.

Breakfast - which hubby made for me, score! 

3 eggs
asparagus
1 roma tomato
cucumber
carrots 
guacamole

This was super delicious and gave me the amount of fuel I needed to get some cooking projects done. So far I've made homemade breakfast pork sausages and pork meatballs. I used this recipe and the only thing I'd change is the amount of thyme I added. 

 

 

Lunch - which my hubby also made, SCORE!

Leftover almond chicken
cauliflower mash
cauliflower, broccoli, & green beans
cucumber
applesauce
handful of cashews 

Then after lunch I made THIS! 

And THIS with the fat from the pork shoulder. It's been a good, but busy day. No photo because I don't know what I'm doing with it and it's still cooking, I think... Plus I don't have nearly the amount of fat that the recipe states I should have. It was worth a try either way, I'll let you know tomorrow if it worked. 

Dinner - which hubby made AGAIN. It's a GOOD DAY!

Taco salad - so yummy 

Currently working on a bowl of strawberries, cantaloupe, and apple slices. It just sounded delicious so I went for it.

Feeling super accomplished today and ready to finish my cooking prep tomorrow, which consists of baking sweet potato chips, hard boiling eggs, making paleo mayo, balsamic dressing, and cooking up my spaghetti squash. Oh and folding 4 loads of laundry, blech. Tonight I'm trying to find as many meal ideas as I can to fill up the rest of my 30 days since I know this motivation won't be here every day. 

What I ate - Whole30 day 7

It's really day 7???!! I can't believe it's already been a week, I mean it's been a long week but I'm feeling good! Although definitely getting sick of going to the store every other day and cooking 3 times a day but it's only 30 days and I can handle it. I'm getting bad at taking photos of my food but if that's the only thing I'm getting bad at, that's okay. 
This weekend other than making a bunch of stuff for the upcoming week, I will be searching for some crockpot recipes so I can have some make ahead meals. And flight training has annoyed me this week because we planned to have hubby make all meals on Saturday and Sunday but he has to fly most of the day on Saturday and I just can't ask him to do that now. Homie needs some rest! I am hoping that he'll elect to take down the Christmas lights though, so we can really get everything put away finally. 

Breakfast

3 eggs
carrots
cucumber 
tomatoes 
sweet potato hash
cantaloupe


I was bad, I didn't have lunch today, I was so busy today until after 4pm today and we were having dinner at 6:30 so eating lunch then wouldn't have made much sense so I had a banana. It held me over until we had a delicious dinner tonight. 

Dinner

Almond coated chicken
Cauliflower mash
Roasted brussel sprouts
Apple sauce 
A few pieces of cantaloupe

What I ate - Whole30 day 6

Day 6 is here and I feel like I'm coasting, a little worn out from not sleeping well last night and waking up early today, but I'll survive. 

Breakfast

3 scrambled eggs
cucumber
celery
carrots
cherry tomatoes
cauliflower mash
strawberries
cantaloupe
cashews

Lunch (forgot to take a photo)

3 hard boiled eggs

cucumber

carrots

cashews

cherry tomatoes

strawberries

Snack (forgot to take a photo)

1 Aidells sausage

1 roma tomato

homemade pico

guacamole

Dinner

Leftover taco salad

cantaloupe

How I'm feeling?? Tired and I just want ice cream. I'm not going to have any but honestly, I just want it. Just plain vanilla ice cream with some saunders hot fudge. I'd even settle for hersheys.