Thirty Days of Whole 30 Meals

Whew! Finished! Who ever thought I could do Whole 30 for the entire duration? Not I, said the fly...

Anyway, here is a master list of the dinner meals I made during the challenge. We added vegetables and/or potatoes to most dishes each night.

1 - Portable Western Omelets
2 - Thai Chicken Soup
3 - Paleo Buffalo Chicken Nuggets
4 - Meatloaf Cupcakes
5 - Bora Bora Fireballs
6 - Leftovers
7 - Leftovers
8 - Apple-Bacon Stuffed Pork Chops
9 - Crock Pot Carnitas
10 - Avocado Stuffed Burgers
11 - Steak Salads
12 - Chocolate Chili
13 - Coconut Crusted Chicken Patties
14 - Crock Pot Brazilian Chicken Curry
15 - Loaded Turkey Stuffed Twice-Baked Potatoes
16 - Mexican Meatza
17 - Baked Mustard Lime Chicken
18 - Apple Dijon Burgers
19 - Crock Pot Turkey Breast
20 - Garbage Stir Fry with Curried Cabbage
21 - Italian Brunch Bake
22 - Hungarian Goulash
23 - Leftovers
24 - Repeat of Apple-Bacon Stuffed Pork Chops
25 - Repeat of Meatloaf Cupcakes
26 - White Chicken Chili
27 -
28 -
29 - Turkey Blueberry Breakfast Muffins
30 - Leftovers

Day 9 - What I Ate

Breakfast
I skipped because we were rushing around this morning trying to get Carter and I out the door for a work meeting. Ooops!

Lunch
2 eggs, a banana, and a slice of GF toast.

Dinner
Guacamole burgers and steamed green beans. I LOVED these! Aaron and Zoey are not huge fans of avocados, so they were not as onboard as I was, but I will definitely make these again.

Day 8 - What I Ate

Breakfast
2 poached eggs, leftover meatloaf cupcakes (I like them better reheated--I may have to make again!)

Lunch
Tuna with yellow mustard, dill pickle relish, and poached eggs. 

Dinner
Crockpot carnitas over romaine lettuce with salsa and guacamole

Snacks
Banana and a slice of gf toast with strawberries. 

Day 7 - What I Ate

Day 7 - Holy crap, I've made it this far!

I don't think I mentioned this on previous days, but I'm relaxing the Whole 30 rules just a teeny bit. I'm not eating dairy, gluten/grain, refined sugar, legumes, or artificial sweeteners, but I'm not going to freak out if something has some honey or agave or molasses in it. Or if I want a slice of unsweetened gluten-free toast. Or a coconut flour pancake (which I haven't made yet, but they are sounding mighty delicious!). But, I will use those "paleo bread" products very, very sparingly...

Breakfast
Bacon, eggs, and a banana

Lunch
2 Aidell's chicken sausages with yellow mustard. Dang, those things are good! I should really only eat one at a time, especially given how expensive they are, but nom nom nom. I was hungry.

Snacks
No snacks today. Busy working in my office!

Dinner
Apple-bacon stuffed pork chops and sauteed spinach with onions. Delicious!

Week 2 Meal Plan

Sunday - Apple and bacon stuffed pork chops, sauteed spinach and onions (yes, this was from last week, but we fended for ourselves last night instead of cooking)

Monday - Crock pot carnitas over salad

Tuesday - Avocado stuffed burgers, roasted red potatoes, green beans

Wednesday - Steak salad (just something I kind of made up - grilled steaks and red onions over greens with a vinaigrette dressing)

Thursday - Chocolate chili

Friday - Coconut crusted chicken patties, roasted carrots

Saturday - Crockpot Brazilian chicken curry

Day 6 - What I Ate

Today was tough! Not necessarily with making good food choices, but just thinking about sustaining this kind of lifestyle long-term. I go back to work in three weeks, and I'm SO afraid of falling flat on my face with being healthy once I go back and fall into my old habits. We are so rushed around in the mornings, that I never have/make time to cook breakfast. I can pack a lunch the night before when I pack Zoey's, but then dinner is another disaster. Who feels like cooking an elaborate meal after working all day and picking up kids from two different daycares/preschools, etc.? Ugh. Anyway, I got some good tips from friends, and I'm feeling better after whining about it.

Breakfast
A slice of gluten-free (and sweetener-free, which is hard to find!) toast with almond butter.

Lunch
A conglomeration of leftovers.

Snack
Banana

Dinner
Two Aidell's chicken apple sausages and yellow mustard. And another banana.

How I Feel
See above!

Day 5 - What I Ate

I know I'm supposed to stay off the scale, but I don't wanna. ;)  I'm down another pound today. Right or wrong, it's motivation to keep going!

Breakfast
Leftover bora bora fireballs. Those things are tasty!

Lunch
Bacon and eggs. I can tell it is almost grocery shopping day tomorrow! We are out of fruit and veggies, and I'm missing them. Will have to bulk up my shopping list a bit!

Dinner
Dinner today was a toughie. Aaron was out running errands and did dinner on his own, so the girls and I were left to our own devices. No way was I going to cook pad thai for myself and Zoey--and normally, we'd just run through the Subway or Wendy's drive-through on the way home. I reeeeeallly wanted to do that today. It's Friday, it's cold out, I've cooked and behaved all week. I deserve a treat/break, right? Wrong. This is the attitude that has gotten me where I am today--fat and out of shape. So, i ended up getting Subway for Zoey and I ate leftover meatloaf and meatballs. Blah!

Snacks
Didn't snack today--we are out of groceries! haha

How I Feel
Proud of myself for not going out to dinner tonight, but bummed because we didn't. Does that make any sense?