Month: October 2015

So, Mike and I are just trucking along here eating whole foods and acting like we’ve been doing it for years. I keep picking up the book, and reading and re-reading and learning more. I’m so intrigued by it all, that I bought the original book, It Starts with Food, and now I’m reading that too! This book explains more “why” about the program, and how the different foods that are eliminated for 30 days can affect your body. It’s an easy read, and I’m learning a lot.     The book, The Whole30, details different things that you might be feeling each day of your 30 day journey, and luckily, we both only experienced a slight headache a couple of days, and I’m not completely convinced that wasn’t weather or allergy related. I’m feeling energetic and I’m sleeping really well. Mike is sleeping hard and having a hard time […]

Yesterday morning, I was walking down the stairs from my bedroom with my phone in one hand, and what was left of my first cup of coffee in the other. I came down the carpeted stairs (in my super cozy socks), to the landing, where I turned to go down the last four steps. That’s when the back of my heel hit the edge of the step and down I went. Hard! My butt, back and head all hit each step as I slid down the stairs and landed hard on my butt on the hardwood. As I sat there wondering what in the heck had just happened, I realize that my phone flew across the floor, and my coffee cup was still in my hand? I immediately had a baseball size knot on my left butt cheek! Shortly after my mishap, I headed out the door to the dentist. As […]

We ate some great food yesterday and I spent most of the afternoon preparing for the next 7 days. I planned out the meals for the week, I had already done most of my shopping, so I spent the afternoon cooking. If you are going to do the whole30, I highly recommend planning at least one day a week where you can spend a few hours cooking a few things for the week. Really, no matter what kind of food you are eating, this is just a smart thing to do if you can fit it in to your week. Yesterday…… I roasted a large baking sheet full of veggies.   I made egg salad for a few of our lunches.   I made pork sausage using the recipe in the whole30 book for a few of our breakfast this week. I made extra and put those in the freezer.   I made […]

Another great day doing Whole30. My only real mistake was that I ate breakfast much later than usual, and ate dinner much earlier than usual, not really enough time to fit in 3 meals, so I had a small snack in between. I spent yesterday morning relaxing and reading on the couch. It was a cool morning out and it felt so good to open up some windows and let some fresh air in the house while curled up on the couch with a blanket and a cup of coffee. Speaking of coffee! On Whole30, you can drink coffee, but it can have no artificial flavorings, and come to find out, all of my favorite Dunkin Donuts flavored coffees, have artificial flavoring added. So, while shopping for coffee, I decided to buy some coffee beans. I haven’t bought coffee beans and used my grinder in a really long time, but I […]

I had time to cozy up on the couch this morning with my coffee and my pups and my laptop and blog, so I can tell you a little bit about how well the first 5 days of the Whole30 is going for Mike and I. I had been thinking about doing this for a while before deciding to take the plunge, but I am SO glad that we made the decision to do it together. I’ll be honest, this week has been a little overwhelming spending so much time shopping, planning, reading the book as a reference a lot (I don’t retain very well), chopping and dicing food, cooking food, doing dishes (running the dishwasher twice a day for two people) and packing lunches, but I’m sure this will all seem to be less and less work, and less overwhelming as the days go by and I become more organized. I’m still […]

Day 4 of the Whole30 was a learning experience. First, I’ve learned that if I can work in the food truck for three days in a row, and not even think about eating anything that isn’t a part of the Whole30 plan, then I can do this. Here’s the Crawfish Mac and Cheese that we served to a lot of people yesterday at a private event….. I know….RIGHT??   I also stopped to sneak a picture of our awesome Bahn Mi Pork sandwich!   We even had a vegetarian request yesterday, so I made her a cheese quesadilla topped with our broccoli slaw, salsa and aioli. I was successful and only ate my tuna salad that I brought and a few cucumber slices. The second thing I learned about myself yesterday was that Raw Cashews are apparently yet another trigger food for me. I like raw almonds, raw walnuts and raw […]

Day 3 went really well. I just keep reading and rereading this book. I was super confused about snacks. I’m a little more clear on it now. My goal will be to have Breakfast, Lunch, a Snack and Dinner.  I’ve got a lot going on right now it seems, but I plan to write each day what I am eating, then write a longer blog this weekend about how I feel physically and mentally. Here are yesterday’s eats… Breakfast I sautéed mushrooms and spinach in my clarified butter, then added one piece of pork sausage broken into small pieces, then added that to Scrambled Egg Whites, along with a Banana, Almond Butter and Black Coffee. You guys….Clarified Butter…..Yum.   Lunch A Burger at the food truck on a bed of mixed greens with red onions, cucumbers and mustard. Actually pretty darned tasty! Heck! Who needs to pack a lunch??   Snack Raw […]

Food With No Brakes….. That’s what they call it in the Whole30 book. Weight Watchers calls them Trigger Foods. I call them all sorts of things that I won’t repeat here on the blog. I’ve learned that I have several trigger foods and it’s best if I just don’t keep any of them in my house. I left my house just before 10:00 yesterday morning, and I forgot to take my packed meal to eat while working at the food truck. I ate pork at the food truck, which was “whole30 compliant”, along with a few cucumber slices. No problem. After working, I stopped in Whole Foods to search for a few items. As I passed by the “protein bar” isle, I remembered reading that the Larabar’s are Whole30 compliant. Well, some of them anyhow. I stopped and read labels, and found one that had all of the ingredients in it that I […]

Before I talk about day 1 of Whole30, let me just say that I love Weight Watchers. I love a challenge and I love an experiment and I am doing the Whole30 for several reasons, as listed in yesterday’s post. I will not be counting points during these 30 days, but I will still go to my Friday meetings, and I will always be a WW member. Now… Day 1 of Whole30 went really well. It was actually very easy. My husband said to me while eating dinner….”This is what we usually eat.” or something along those lines.  I said….”I know, I just don’t get to have my fancy coffees or my wine buzz!” That being said, I was busy from the time my feet hit the floor yesterday morning until I climbed into bed last night, and we had nothing on the social calendar last night. I would imagine 30 […]

Before I talk Whole30, here’s a little update of the last few days. I’ve been kinda busy. I had an awesome day spent with a friend on Thursday….doing a lot of relaxing and enjoying this view.   I had a full day on Friday that included working at the food truck, then watching the Royals game with a few friends at a sports bar. Saturday morning I participated in the Mustache Dash 5K with my friend, Rebecca!   We had a great time. She finished in 29:03, while I came in a little later at 40:01. Not bad for a girl that really does not like to run.    After running the 5K, I spent five hours on Saturday afternoon working on this seating area project in the front yard that I’m regretting starting, but determined to finish. I’m still not finished, but it’s making progress. Move mulch, place stones in dirt, moving mulch […]