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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 […]

I’ve been eating out way too much this week, and I said that I would eat a healthy dinner at home last night, and I did. But…..I was out and about all day yesterday, and ate lunch at Chipotle. While I think I can make a pretty healthy choice at Chipotle, I added guac to my Bowl, and there was a ton of it! I scraped half of it off, then went back into that scraped off scoop and grabbed a couple of bites of it anyhow. I was gone for most of the day, then cooked dinner, then chatted with Mike about our days. When we sat down on the couch for the remainder of the evening a little after 8:00 pm, it was then that i was like….well crap! I completely forgot to take my walk today. So, I ate healthy food yesterday, but I ate too much […]

Yesterday was a quiet day. The weekend was busy enough, I was due for a quiet day. I worked helping prep food for the food truck for the lunches that are scheduled for the week. After that, I really wanted to cook something creative and tasty for dinner, but for some reason my dinner creativity just isn’t there lately, so I didn’t cook. I didn’t do any exercise. Except for getting out of bed first thing, my back did feel better yesterday from my little weekend tweak, but then all of a sudden STAB!! I’d feel a huge pain in the back, and that was super fun. The weather was cloudy and cold, which for some reason makes me want to wear cozy socks, sit by a fire, listen to music and sip on red wine. It also makes me want to take a bubble bath, listen to music and drink hot tea or […]

Mike left Thursday after work for a guys Golf Trip, and I had all sorts of things planned that I was going to get done. We had some landscape work done, and I had convinced myself that I could do a part of the project myself. Why? Why did I think that I could lay stepping stones and make a patio? I’m not sure why I thought that. Friday after working the Food Truck, I had planned to start, but Friday wore me out, so I decided to get started first thing Saturday morning. Saturday morning quickly turned into Saturday afternoon, and eventually I made it to the lawn and garden store, driving my neighbors pick up truck. I love trucks!! I finally found the stones that I wanted, and spent the next 30 minutes picking through the pile looking for the larger stones. It was like Jenga! With stones!! […]

I wasn’t able to go to my WW meeting yesterday morning, but I did weigh at home, and my scale said 171. My scale hasn’t said anything below 172 in a really really long time. Friday’s have been my most challenging day in the food and drink department for a long time. It could be because it’s the beginning of the weekend. It could be because I have a few friends that are always up for a drink and apps with me on Friday afternoons. It could be because I go to my WW meetings on Friday’s, and I get a whole new allotment of WW Weekly 49 points to dip into aside from my 26 daily points. It’s likely a combo of all of those things. I do know this. Friday’s and not overdoing can be a challenge. Breakfast yesterday, great. Lunch, not bad. I ate my yogurt that I took […]