Day 15: whole 30 challenge

Breakfast: ham boiled eggs and fruit
Snack: pomegranate and nuts
Lunch: salad and chicken soup
Dinner: chili with avocado and grapes

Day 14: whole 30 challenge

I'm really happy that I'm 2 weeks down.  Today was a little tricky.  When I sat down to eat my lunch I just couldn't.  I think I fixed myself one too many chicken salads.  So I went to the store and got some deli meat and pistachios instead.  The Boar's Head rosemary sundried tomato ham is my new favorite.

Breakfast- egg salad and fruit
Lunch- ham pistachios and fruit
Dinner- turkey meatballs and spaghetti squash and salad

Day 13: whole 30 challenge

Today I forgot my salad dressing at home :(  As a result my lunch was not feeling and I was so hungry all afternoon.

Breakfast- chicken soup and orange
Lunch: salad and pumpkin soup pomegranate and a piece of fruit leather
Dinner: fruit salad, summer squash, sweet potato and steak

Day 12: whole 30 challenge

Today's salad was the best ever!  I made my own avocado ranch dressing and I'm pretty sure I will never go back to Hidden Valley again.  The only downside to fresh dressing  is buying all the fresh herbs.  I'm not sure how it will go because I've never grown anything from seed before, but I started a little herb garden.  I'm really excited to see what grows.

Breakfast: butternut squash and soft boiled eggs With grapefruit
Lunch: salad and pumpkin soup
Dinner: chili and salad With pomegranate

Day 11: whole 30 challenge

Tonight I was hungry for a snack again before bed.  I reminded myself of a quote from the book it starts with food.  If you're not hungry enough to eat some steak then you're not really hungry, it's a.craving.   So I drink some chamomile tea instead and went to bed.

Breakfast: egg salad and an orange
Lunch: chicken salad and collard greens
Dinner: mixed nuts chicken soup and grapefruit

Day 10: whole 30 challenge

Today was the first time since I started the whole 30 that I went an eating binge.   It started with getting a smoothie.  Smoothies are technical no-no (kind of like pancakes)  Nick and I were out shopping and I decided I wanted a treat.  I ordered a smoothie that was mango, pineapple, ice and water.  Its actually really difficult to order a smoothie without added sugar.  At Tropical smoothie they use a lot of fruit concentrates with added sugar.  When I got home I kept eating.  I ate chicken salad and avocado for dinner.  Then I snacked on some pomegranate seeds.  Then I ate a piece of bacon, some mixed nuts, and grapes.  Needless to say I wasn't hungry for all that food and I woke up the next morning with a sour stomach.  It wasn't as bad as one of my normal eating binges but still a lesson learned.

Breakfast: fried eggs and sweet potato hash (this is becoming a weekend staple for us)
Lunch: seafood salad at my favorite Greek restaurant
Dinner: chicken salad and avocado

As I wrote what I ate for lunch it hit me that is probably where my eating binge started.  I did miss the feta cheese and pita bread.  I think that stirred up a case of "the wants".

Day 9: whole 30 challenge

Today was another stressful day at work and I found myself craving sweets.  Someone left a packet of French caramels in the lounge and it was very difficult not to try one.  After lunch I was sitting at the computer and snacking on mixed nuts and dried apricots when I wasn't hungry.  One of the good things about this diet is that food doesn't taste satisfying when I'm already full.  I ate a little bit too much but I stopped pretty fast.  When I came home I was exhausted and nothing sounded good for dinner.  I ended up taking a nap and felt renewed.  The deconstructed pizza meal that I had planned to make didn't even sound good so I made steak instead.  Tonight was the perfect example of how delicious simple food can be.  I grilled my steak in butter with seasoned salt.  The butternut squash was cooked in butter and salt.  The green beans were made with butter salt pepper and garlic.

Breakfast: Grapefruit, Bacon, fried eggs and spinach
Lunch: roast beef lettuce wrap, chicken broth, mixed nuts, dried apricots and a clementine
Dinner: steak, butternut squash and green beans