Whole30 Week 1

It’s day 8 and I think I’m over the emotional hump of all of these changes. I still want a glass of wine at night or a bowl of rice, but I’m feeling beyond the absolute lamentation that they’re “off limits”.

Perhaps one of the best parts of this experiment is that it really forces a thoughtfulness about what I’m eating and putting into my food and as a result, I’ve broken out of some of the lunch or dinner ruts I had been in. Or, conversely found myself happily entrenched in some others (like breakfast – if you follow my Instagram you’ll know the egg and avocado habit is real).

Rather than day by day, I’ll give you a meal by meal of what I’ve been eating this week:

Breakfast:

Poach eggs with avocado (seriously. every. single. day.)

Lunch and Dinner:

Salmon (sous vide with ghee) with pan fried kale
Roasted Carrots and Onions
Pulled Chicken in coconut milk with tomatillo, chiles, cilantro, and lime
Steaks with roasted red potatoes
Roasted Chicken Thighs with Frank’s Red Hot
Whole Foods Italian Chicken Sausages with Peppers, Onions, and poached eggs
Tom Kha soup (recipe to follow)

Snacks:

Eggs: Boiled, Poached, Fried
LOTS of fruit: Berries, mango, bananas, apples
Plantain Chips
Pistachios in shell (take longer to eat)

Beverages:

Perrier and other sparkling water
Coffee, black and with cashew milk
Tea of all types
Lemon Water

I survived a baby shower for ShareABitOfLove without any food cheats (and man was it a fun day!). I did stray on the alcohol rule for one super salted champagne flute of ruby red margarita and I can’t say I’m a bit sorry. I also felt satisfied after one and moved back to my Perrier and coffee. We made all kinds of treats – deviled eggs (with my homemade mayo! I’ll post that later this week), bread free turkey meatball sliders, berry salads; it was delightful.

I’m headed back to Boston tomorrow, so I have one more day of farm fresh eggs and I plan to eat as many as possible. It’s Super Bowl Sunday. I have no doubt food will be a challenge but I’m determined.