It's not a fad diet, it's not some crazy scheme into shocking my body into weight loss (#tbh I don't even care if I lose weight on this), but simply to make me painfully aware of WHAT I am putting in my body.
No, I am not happy that I can't eat the fun, happy things I like. Yes, I am going to deeply miss sitting in Philter eating my egg and cheese sandwich and drinking a skinny mocha latte.
What I learned on my first day:
- There are a lot of crazies out there on Whole 30 message boards telling you what you can't have because you minced it the wrong way or put it in a blender or because it's not the correct vehicle to accept nutrients. Um... so here's the deal. If I can consume two cups of spinach, fruits, algae, natural protein and almond butter in one sitting by blending it in a cup, I'm gonna do it, because these are WHOLE FOODS. Blended. Bottom line you do you. If you're not exactly doing the Whole 30 based on the website rules, if you want to do Whole 30 + beer, WHO CARES? You do you-- because at least we're taking steps in the right direction to be aware of our eating, and we are hands-down healthier!
- You will have serious regrets. You will want a granola bar. You will want a few spoonfuls of frozen yogurt. You will want your diet tea/soda/coffee with cream. Push through, we only have 29 days left and WE CAN DO THIS.
- Be prepared to get hangry and prepare your loved ones for the same. Yikes.
Breakfast: Hardboiled eggs (2) + watermelon
Lunch: Naked green machine (highly contested, but I'm going to OK it for myself in emergency situations like road trips) + Raw Almonds
Dinner: Stuffed Portabella Mushrroms (Sautee minced garlic and handful of chopped onions, brown 1 lb. ground turkey, add 1 cup chopped various peppers -- add this mixture to cleaned, de-gilled portabella caps that are lightly coated in olive oil, spoon a few spoonfuls of natural, organic tomato sauce over top, and bake at 400 for 12 minutes)
How are you doing? What did you have to eat for today? Please feel free to share any recipes!! I am not good at cooking and need as much help as I can get. :(
I am totally making those mushrooms sometime! I usually just sautee the whole caps, which can get them really oily and slimy, so I definitely want to bake them.
ReplyDeleteI usually eat a massive breakfast but today I didn't feel so well (I usually work night shifts, and had to work a day shift today so I think my body was a little shocked) so today was a little light on food.
Breakfast: 1 banana and black coffee
Lunch: raw tomatoes and mushrooms, 1 pear, plain almonds.
Dinner: Pork chop with apples and onions (I made 4 servings so I have left overs for the week) Here's the recipe:
Preheat oven to 400.
Make a dry rub for pork chops with 1 tsp of each:
Cayenne
Cinnamon
Garlic
Paprika
Salt (which doesn't make sense to me that cooking with salt is ok on the Whole30 diet..)
Pepper
Start heating up a pan of a light layer of olive oil (I have an electric stove and had it up to medium heat)
Coat each side of the pork chop in a raw egg
Then coat each side with the dry rub mix
Place each pork chop in the oil for about 5 minutes a side.
Then place in the oven for about another 7 minutes to ensure its cooked all the way through
While the pork chops are in the oven, slice up some onions and apples (as many or as little as you want) and sautee them in the same frying pan that had the pork chops in it. It will soak up with rest of the flavor.
When the pork chops are done, and the onions and apples are browned to the way you like them, put a chop on a plate and top it with the onions and apples!
This was my first time making this recipe and trying a new combination of flavors. It wasn't too bad. I think I made a little too many onions for my preference.
So far day 1 went well!