{WEEK THREE}
At the very beginning of this week I flew to DC to spend the weekend at the IJM conference. On the plane I made the decision I had been needing to make since I started Whole30. I knew all along this weekend was within the thirty days and I would want to enjoy wine with my meals, but up until the plane ride I hadn't decided what I would do.
I finally came to the conclusion that I have done very well on this, and haven't cheated hardly at all. I mean those gluten free crackers some how make it into my mouth at least 5 days a week, but besides that I've done awesome. I have also seen myself use discipline and not run to food as a comfort for my emotions during these days, and so I decided that I could enjoy the wine and not worry too much about it.
{DAY 15}
I have no idea what I ate today, but I do know that I did not cheat. 🙂
{DAY 16 – 19}
Okay so here's the deal with these dates. I was in DC and didn't keep track of my foods, but I can tell you this I did not eat one thing I wasn't supposed to. I think one time a piece of cheese snuck on to my beet, but it was not intentional. I passed up friend mac n cheese, pizza, truffle fries, grits, milk shakes, plus other amazing foods that I probably dreamed about at night after passing them up. Now, here's where I did cheat. Uh-oh here goes … wine.
I flew home from DC extremely proud of myself for not eating any of the foods I wasn't supposed to that were sitting all in front of me!
I told you guys I would be honest when I cheated, so I even took a picture of it so you would see the proof.
My wine + White House in the background!
{DAY 20}
Breakfast: scrambled eggs + sausage
Lunch: left overs. Last week before I left I made three freezer meals for our babysitter to have with the kids. I made chicken tacos, Hawaiian chicken, and BBQ chicken. I used recipes from this website: Jam Kat's Paleo This was SO EASY and I will for sure make these again. Perfect to have in the freezer for baseball game days (seems like every day around here lately) and would be great to take to a new mom after having a baby.
Dinner: Aaron made the most beautiful looking dinner with venison and veggies. Seriously, I could eat this every single night and be beyond happy!
Snacks: almonds
Workout: Body Pump
{DAY 21}
Breakfast: breakfast taco from Taco Cabana with no tortilla – this was a big test. I was all alone in the car and could have easily eaten it, but I didn't. I held out! And y'all know that TC has some great tortilla's!!!
Lunch: leftovers from the weekend
Dinner: Slow Cooker Beef & Cabbage Stew – I think I've made this before and love it. Only problem was that my mixed veggies had corn in them. Oopsie. Also instead of cabbage I used kale, so it should really be called slow cooker beef & kale stew.
Snacks: almonds, banana's with almond butter (which is my new most favorite thing in the world)
I was telling a friend recently that I'm super proud of how I have done so far. What I'm getting a bit concerned about is how will I sustain this after the 30 days is up. I realized on my trip to DC that I ate great food, had a great time, and don't feel like my weekend was any less because I didn't enjoy fried mac n' cheese, or grits, or calamari, or french fries. I didn't eat those and still had a great visit to DC. Can I sustain that? We shall see.
Nine more days friends. Nine more days.
I love that you gave a shout out to TC’s tortillas! Haha the other day my boyfriend and I were trying to remember where we ate amazing tortillas and then were stunned when we realized we were thinking about TC. It’s true, they’re so great. Congrats on rocking Whole 30 so far!!
Hi Jamie! My husband and I did Whole 30 a few months back and I’m still trying to fix Whole 30/Paleo meals. I get together with a few friends every month and we do the freezer crockpot meals where you just dump all the ingredients into a Ziploc and throw it into the freezer. I will email you the list of Paleo recipes and grocery list just in case you’d like to try. We liked all the recipes.