Only 5 more days!
I'm starting to think more and more about life after the Whole30. There's no doubt that this experience has changed the way I think about food. How could it not? And while I'm looking forward to having some more freedom, that's more for the convenience of it then missing those foods- I don't even miss the texture of bread or crackers anymore. And I certainly don't miss feeling bloated, like I tried to eat cement mix or sleepy after meals. On the other hand, I DO miss the sociability of food- and drinks. It will be nice to be able to go out after a show, or grab dinner with a friend. And I AM looking forward to occasional ice cream. However, I have no desire to eat crappy versions of any of those treats. If I'm going to get ice cream, it's going to be the good stuff, you know? No more McDonalds soft serve that really doesn't taste like much.
Physically, I feel really good. It was a long long day today, but I didn't even feel like I needed a break from it. Now that it's bed time, I'm exhausted, but not until I stopped moving!
Meal 1: 2 egg omelet with green pepper, onion and mushroom, plus a spoonful of guacamole and a spoonful of salsa. (SO good. Looking forward to another one tomorrow!)
Meal 2: At momma's! She made mini meatloaves with turkey, beef, zucchini & carrot. They were delicious! Also a bunch of snap peas.
Meal 3: Hot Head Classic. Tonight was hard- I was working, and the school was providing pizza, which of course, is a definite no-no. But honestly, it didn't really look all that great, and my hot head bowl of compliant foods tastes like a treat, so it all worked out!
Tomorrow is crazy too, but hopefully it will be productive too. There's still a lot to do in this apartment, but I guess we'll get it out of the way eventually. Oh! And show 1/3 was tonight, so that's one out of the way- yay! On to numbers 2 and 3- hopefully they are just as smooth!
Until next time~
xoxo
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Whole30 Day 24: speeding into turn four
YOU GUYS. This was the last Friday of my whole30! I made a grocery list AND IT INCLUDES A CAN OF BLACK BEANS!
I really can't believe it.
Today was, really, a rather quiet day. Went to work, ran a few errands, came home, made some AWESOME dinner, walked my dog, watched a little tv, made a to do list for the weekend... (can we just say woof in advance, cause... yeah...) and bed early.
And then I found out one of my co workers is in labor, so that's pretty exciting!
So let's see. I feel pretty good. Solid, sustained energy, good mental clarity. I feel pretty strong- I did the kettlebell circuit tonight too and I'm really liking that. Might need to up reps soon!
However, I must admit that I am NOT being as productive as I would like! Definitely need to work on using my extra energy to get some work done! Ah well... I've made a good list for the weekend, so now we'll see if I can follow a schedule.
Today:
Meal 1: Breakfast nut porridge. I was out of hardboiled eggs, so I skipped that. And I was a little bit hungry at about 10:30, but I powered through until 12 when I had...
Meal 2: THE LAST OF THE CABBAGE ROLLS woo! And a grapefruit. I still think it's funny that I can now peel and eat a grapefruit like you do an orange. I grew up on those in FFA boxes at my grandparents... but sliced in half and COVERED in sugar.
Meal 3: Stay with me now... Mexican "meatza". So I was busily thinking fondly of mexican food, so I googled "whole30 mexican recipes" and this popped up. I had most of the ingredients on hand, so I went for it.
Here's what I did:
1 pound ground pork
2 teaspoonss chili powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
Garlic salt to taste
salsa
guacamole
green pepper
mushrooms
onion
lemon or lime juice
Mix the first set of ingredients together well. I used my hands, which was effective, but turned my hands orange. Divide the meat into two halves. Press each half into the bottom of a pie pan and bake at 400 for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, but leave oven on. Ditch the grease and let the meat crusts cool for a few more minutes while you finish your kettlebell circuit.
Remove crusts from pans and place on a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil. Spread a couple of large spoonfuls of salsa on each, and then top with thinly sliced veggies. Or fruit, I guess. ( I love pineapple on pizza. And burgers) Really, if you think it goes with tacos and would be good with meat... it's a go. REturn to oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes until the veggies get soft but not soggy.
Remove from oven, top with a squirt of citrus juice, some fresh cilantro if you're fancy, and a spoonful of guacamole. Eat up!
I thought this was pretty easy and very tasty- totally repeatable! It does make me feel a little like a bro-y frat boy or something... I mean, really... a MEAT CRUST?! But it is tasty... and I bet with some adjustments this would make a great italian style meatza too.
Until next time~
xoxo
I really can't believe it.
Today was, really, a rather quiet day. Went to work, ran a few errands, came home, made some AWESOME dinner, walked my dog, watched a little tv, made a to do list for the weekend... (can we just say woof in advance, cause... yeah...) and bed early.
And then I found out one of my co workers is in labor, so that's pretty exciting!
So let's see. I feel pretty good. Solid, sustained energy, good mental clarity. I feel pretty strong- I did the kettlebell circuit tonight too and I'm really liking that. Might need to up reps soon!
However, I must admit that I am NOT being as productive as I would like! Definitely need to work on using my extra energy to get some work done! Ah well... I've made a good list for the weekend, so now we'll see if I can follow a schedule.
Today:
Meal 1: Breakfast nut porridge. I was out of hardboiled eggs, so I skipped that. And I was a little bit hungry at about 10:30, but I powered through until 12 when I had...
Meal 2: THE LAST OF THE CABBAGE ROLLS woo! And a grapefruit. I still think it's funny that I can now peel and eat a grapefruit like you do an orange. I grew up on those in FFA boxes at my grandparents... but sliced in half and COVERED in sugar.
Meal 3: Stay with me now... Mexican "meatza". So I was busily thinking fondly of mexican food, so I googled "whole30 mexican recipes" and this popped up. I had most of the ingredients on hand, so I went for it.
Here's what I did:
1 pound ground pork
2 teaspoonss chili powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
Garlic salt to taste
salsa
guacamole
green pepper
mushrooms
onion
lemon or lime juice
Mix the first set of ingredients together well. I used my hands, which was effective, but turned my hands orange. Divide the meat into two halves. Press each half into the bottom of a pie pan and bake at 400 for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, but leave oven on. Ditch the grease and let the meat crusts cool for a few more minutes while you finish your kettlebell circuit.
Remove crusts from pans and place on a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil. Spread a couple of large spoonfuls of salsa on each, and then top with thinly sliced veggies. Or fruit, I guess. ( I love pineapple on pizza. And burgers) Really, if you think it goes with tacos and would be good with meat... it's a go. REturn to oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes until the veggies get soft but not soggy.
Remove from oven, top with a squirt of citrus juice, some fresh cilantro if you're fancy, and a spoonful of guacamole. Eat up!
I thought this was pretty easy and very tasty- totally repeatable! It does make me feel a little like a bro-y frat boy or something... I mean, really... a MEAT CRUST?! But it is tasty... and I bet with some adjustments this would make a great italian style meatza too.
Until next time~
xoxo
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Whole30 Day 23: brake check
A week from now, we'll be all done! Pretty wild!
Today was really busy. Just kind of insane.
I felt pretty good today, all things considered. My early night let me get up a little early, so I made some more nut porridge for breakfast. So good!! I really want to get some raisins this weekend so the next batch can have some of those too. Work was fine- I'm trying really hard to work on focusing, and it is yielding some results.
After work, I stopped home. My landlord was here fixing the kitchen light... again. Hopefully it is fixed permanently this time! He was right in the middle of stuff though... so Penny and I got around and went off to my rehearsal, so it was another Hot head night for me. No complaints here! Rehearsal went very well, and we did a sing thru of the entire show, so that was pretty exciting!
And now it's bed time. Where does the time go?
Meal 1: cinnamon apple porridge and a hardboiled egg
Meal 2: baked sweet potato and a salad with mushrooms and olives and an egg
Meal 3: salad bowl from Hot head with pork, pico de gallo and guacamole
My skin is continuing to clear, which is pretty exciting. I feel strong and pretty energetic. I can't WAIT to weigh and measure myself next week! Which might be the first time I've EVER said that...
On the other hand, I'm also starting to dream about peanut butter next friday... and sushi for dinner on May 4... and a Whit's fix on the 7...
Until next time~
xoxo
Today was really busy. Just kind of insane.
I felt pretty good today, all things considered. My early night let me get up a little early, so I made some more nut porridge for breakfast. So good!! I really want to get some raisins this weekend so the next batch can have some of those too. Work was fine- I'm trying really hard to work on focusing, and it is yielding some results.
After work, I stopped home. My landlord was here fixing the kitchen light... again. Hopefully it is fixed permanently this time! He was right in the middle of stuff though... so Penny and I got around and went off to my rehearsal, so it was another Hot head night for me. No complaints here! Rehearsal went very well, and we did a sing thru of the entire show, so that was pretty exciting!
And now it's bed time. Where does the time go?
Meal 1: cinnamon apple porridge and a hardboiled egg
Meal 2: baked sweet potato and a salad with mushrooms and olives and an egg
Meal 3: salad bowl from Hot head with pork, pico de gallo and guacamole
My skin is continuing to clear, which is pretty exciting. I feel strong and pretty energetic. I can't WAIT to weigh and measure myself next week! Which might be the first time I've EVER said that...
On the other hand, I'm also starting to dream about peanut butter next friday... and sushi for dinner on May 4... and a Whit's fix on the 7...
Until next time~
xoxo
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Whole30 Day 22: White flag waving
It's the last week officially!
ok, so, REALLY, I'll be done a week from Friday. But I started on Wednesday, so it totally counts!
You ever have one of those days where you have so much to do you... go to bed.
Yeah, that's what I'm doing. It's 9 pm. Ask me how much I care.
It'll bite me- I'll deal with that then. Too tired to care tonight!
Other than tired (which is typically hormonal this time of the month for me) I feel really good. Just kind of wiped out tonight.
Also, sorry if this is WAY too much information for you with all my feeling this or that way stuff- but I'm trying to be as accurate as possible if people ARE interested!
Today was busy, but not as busy as it could have been, I'm sure! It got cold again- high of 50 today and in the 30's tonight- which I'm sure is not helping my energy levels. I got up, went to work, went to the high school for dress rehearsal, came home, walked PennyG, warmed up some more cabbage rolls (I really need some variety soon...) watched Once Upon a Time... and I'm done. Calling it a night. Here's to a more productive tomorrow!
Meal 1: 2 hardboiled eggs, grapefruit
Meal 2: cabbage rolls and strawberries
Meal 3: cabbage rolls (see what I mean about variety...?)
Have a good night, all!
Until next time~
xoxo
ok, so, REALLY, I'll be done a week from Friday. But I started on Wednesday, so it totally counts!
You ever have one of those days where you have so much to do you... go to bed.
Yeah, that's what I'm doing. It's 9 pm. Ask me how much I care.
It'll bite me- I'll deal with that then. Too tired to care tonight!
Other than tired (which is typically hormonal this time of the month for me) I feel really good. Just kind of wiped out tonight.
Also, sorry if this is WAY too much information for you with all my feeling this or that way stuff- but I'm trying to be as accurate as possible if people ARE interested!
Today was busy, but not as busy as it could have been, I'm sure! It got cold again- high of 50 today and in the 30's tonight- which I'm sure is not helping my energy levels. I got up, went to work, went to the high school for dress rehearsal, came home, walked PennyG, warmed up some more cabbage rolls (I really need some variety soon...) watched Once Upon a Time... and I'm done. Calling it a night. Here's to a more productive tomorrow!
Meal 1: 2 hardboiled eggs, grapefruit
Meal 2: cabbage rolls and strawberries
Meal 3: cabbage rolls (see what I mean about variety...?)
Have a good night, all!
Until next time~
xoxo
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Whole30 Day 21: Final lap!
Can you guys BELIEVE IT?! Yes, I'm probably going to start all of these posts with some exclamation of shock Every time I type the date into the title bar, I freak out all over again. THREE WHOLE WEEKS. Wow.
Today was a roller coaster, emotionally. I mean, I've run the whole gamut: contented, excited, scared, happy, pleased, frustrated, mildly angry, annoyed, furious, nostalgic, and utter sorrow. No wonder I'm wiped out. Don't we just love hormones?
As for physically, I feel better today, so maybe this diet (I hate that word, but you know what I mean) did help the PMS symptoms after all. I usually feel pretty yucky for about 1-3 days and any discomfort today was light and fleeting. I was really, really sleepy this afternoon, but that might have had to do with monotony at work too :)
Penny and I got up a little early this morning. I went to work, stopped at the high school to work on some things and came home. My landlord was trying to fix my kitchen lighting fixture and I had no way into my fridge, so I worked on costume research until he was done at about 8:00. I warmed up my cabbage rolls- very tasty! That's definitely a keeper recipe. I basically steamed the cabbage leaves off and sauteed up a bunch of vegetables and a pound of hamburger, rolled the meat mixture into the cabbage leaves and baked them at 325 for two hours. It made a lot, too. I may make another panful this weekend and freeze them all for simple meals on the go. Then I spent another hour on research before a night night walk with my best girl and now it's already bedtime. I only got about half of the things I needed to do done, but well, that's life sometimes. Especially when your landlord spends all evening "fixing" your kitchen light, but you go back in your kitchen an hour after he leaves and the thing won't turn on at all... no, I don't really want to do dishes by moonlight, athankyaverymuch!
Food log:
Meal 1: Cinnamon apple porridge and a boiled egg. So good.
Meal 2: salad with lettuce, mushrooms, fish filet, olives and lemon juice. some green grapes.
Meal 3: cabbage rolls: mine were cabbage, hamburger, onion, mushroom, green pepper & cucumber Very comforting and tasty.
Until next time~
xoxo
Today was a roller coaster, emotionally. I mean, I've run the whole gamut: contented, excited, scared, happy, pleased, frustrated, mildly angry, annoyed, furious, nostalgic, and utter sorrow. No wonder I'm wiped out. Don't we just love hormones?
As for physically, I feel better today, so maybe this diet (I hate that word, but you know what I mean) did help the PMS symptoms after all. I usually feel pretty yucky for about 1-3 days and any discomfort today was light and fleeting. I was really, really sleepy this afternoon, but that might have had to do with monotony at work too :)
Penny and I got up a little early this morning. I went to work, stopped at the high school to work on some things and came home. My landlord was trying to fix my kitchen lighting fixture and I had no way into my fridge, so I worked on costume research until he was done at about 8:00. I warmed up my cabbage rolls- very tasty! That's definitely a keeper recipe. I basically steamed the cabbage leaves off and sauteed up a bunch of vegetables and a pound of hamburger, rolled the meat mixture into the cabbage leaves and baked them at 325 for two hours. It made a lot, too. I may make another panful this weekend and freeze them all for simple meals on the go. Then I spent another hour on research before a night night walk with my best girl and now it's already bedtime. I only got about half of the things I needed to do done, but well, that's life sometimes. Especially when your landlord spends all evening "fixing" your kitchen light, but you go back in your kitchen an hour after he leaves and the thing won't turn on at all... no, I don't really want to do dishes by moonlight, athankyaverymuch!
Food log:
Meal 1: Cinnamon apple porridge and a boiled egg. So good.
Meal 2: salad with lettuce, mushrooms, fish filet, olives and lemon juice. some green grapes.
Meal 3: cabbage rolls: mine were cabbage, hamburger, onion, mushroom, green pepper & cucumber Very comforting and tasty.
Until next time~
xoxo
Monday, April 20, 2015
Whole30 Day 20: merge
Holy moly, it's only monday!! But hey, you guys!! You GUYS! We're TWO THIRDS of the way done! How did THAT happen??
This is the busiest week yet, and frankly, I'm not sure how we're going to get through it. It's tech at the high school, albeit a very minor one, and we're in three a week rehearsals for my show. Tomorrow I have final fittings at the high school, and then I have to do the research to make the design presentation for the Summer show. Oh, and somehow in there I'm supposed to remember to plan all my meals way in advance!
Luckily, it's week three, and I'm a pretty good meal planner!
OH! OhohohohohohOH! I tried a new breakfast recipe this morning! Well, actually I made it last night and ate it this morning. I'm not kidding- I never want to eat anything else for breakfast ever again!!! I got the recipe here, but I modified it quite a bit. Seriously, you simply must try it, regardless of whether you're grain free or not. It. Is. DIVINE. So good, in fact, that I'm willing to carve out some time tomorrow night to make another batch.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm not feeling so hot today, but I'm fairly sure it's hormonal and not nutrition related. I was hoping that the Whole30 would help with some of my PMS symptoms, but really, it's pretty much the same. Ah, well, I guess you can't have everything. I do have plenty of energy still, which is a bonus! Oh, and the weird patchy dry spots on my skin are almost all cleared up. My next skin goal is the little bumps on my arms and legs- and they do seem to be going!
okokok, food log:
Meal 1: Cinnamon apple porridge and a hardboiled egg (have you checked out that recipe yet? seriously, what are you waiting for?!) This also kept me really plenty full until 12:15 lunch- far longer than my smoothie and egg cup combo
Meal 2: cup of cabbage soup and a salad, with some purple grapes
Meal 3: leftover rainbow trout and sunchokes with some green grapes.
And that's about all for tonight, folks!
Until next time~
xoxox
This is the busiest week yet, and frankly, I'm not sure how we're going to get through it. It's tech at the high school, albeit a very minor one, and we're in three a week rehearsals for my show. Tomorrow I have final fittings at the high school, and then I have to do the research to make the design presentation for the Summer show. Oh, and somehow in there I'm supposed to remember to plan all my meals way in advance!
Luckily, it's week three, and I'm a pretty good meal planner!
OH! OhohohohohohOH! I tried a new breakfast recipe this morning! Well, actually I made it last night and ate it this morning. I'm not kidding- I never want to eat anything else for breakfast ever again!!! I got the recipe here, but I modified it quite a bit. Seriously, you simply must try it, regardless of whether you're grain free or not. It. Is. DIVINE. So good, in fact, that I'm willing to carve out some time tomorrow night to make another batch.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm not feeling so hot today, but I'm fairly sure it's hormonal and not nutrition related. I was hoping that the Whole30 would help with some of my PMS symptoms, but really, it's pretty much the same. Ah, well, I guess you can't have everything. I do have plenty of energy still, which is a bonus! Oh, and the weird patchy dry spots on my skin are almost all cleared up. My next skin goal is the little bumps on my arms and legs- and they do seem to be going!
okokok, food log:
Meal 1: Cinnamon apple porridge and a hardboiled egg (have you checked out that recipe yet? seriously, what are you waiting for?!) This also kept me really plenty full until 12:15 lunch- far longer than my smoothie and egg cup combo
Meal 2: cup of cabbage soup and a salad, with some purple grapes
Meal 3: leftover rainbow trout and sunchokes with some green grapes.
And that's about all for tonight, folks!
Until next time~
xoxox
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Whole30 Day 19: Fender bender
You guys. I'm so disappointed in myself. SO mad. But let me start from the beginning.
The weather is not very pretty today, but I had plenty of indoor work to do, so I didn't complain. Penelope and I slept until 8:30, went for a walk, had breakfast and I showered. Then I set about food prepping and cleaning up. I spent most of the day doing that, but then I changed, got my stuff rounded up and Penelope and I went to my rehearsal. I got into town (the theatre is about 30 minutes north of me) and realized I was hungry- I had thought I wasn't. So I stopped at Kroger and got some fresh fruit and veg at the salad bar. Decided I wanted a tonic water, and grabbed one with white grape flavor. Got to rehearsal, ate my snack, got halfway through rehearsal... my belly is feeling kind of weird. It's hard to describe. Not painful, exactly. Not bloated, exactly. Just uncomfortable. Then I realized: I FORGOT TO CHECK THE INGREDIENTS ON THE WATER!!!
Sure enough, the last ingredient on the bottle is Sucralose. I didn't even think about it! Tonic water my behind! That's soda at that point, y'all. I only drank a small amount of it, and of course didn't finish it. But doggone it! I was doing so well...
Other than that, though, I feel pretty good. Some digestional distress, but it's ladytime, so that's pretty normal for me.
Food log:
Meal 1: 2 fried eggs & grapefruit
Meal 2: leftover rainbow trout with sunchokes and grapes
Meal 3: hard boiled eggs, pinepple, strawberries, grapes, raspberries & blackberries and carrots (small amounts of each fruit!) And the dreaded "tonic" water. Bah.
Better luck tomorrow.
The weather is not very pretty today, but I had plenty of indoor work to do, so I didn't complain. Penelope and I slept until 8:30, went for a walk, had breakfast and I showered. Then I set about food prepping and cleaning up. I spent most of the day doing that, but then I changed, got my stuff rounded up and Penelope and I went to my rehearsal. I got into town (the theatre is about 30 minutes north of me) and realized I was hungry- I had thought I wasn't. So I stopped at Kroger and got some fresh fruit and veg at the salad bar. Decided I wanted a tonic water, and grabbed one with white grape flavor. Got to rehearsal, ate my snack, got halfway through rehearsal... my belly is feeling kind of weird. It's hard to describe. Not painful, exactly. Not bloated, exactly. Just uncomfortable. Then I realized: I FORGOT TO CHECK THE INGREDIENTS ON THE WATER!!!
Sure enough, the last ingredient on the bottle is Sucralose. I didn't even think about it! Tonic water my behind! That's soda at that point, y'all. I only drank a small amount of it, and of course didn't finish it. But doggone it! I was doing so well...
Other than that, though, I feel pretty good. Some digestional distress, but it's ladytime, so that's pretty normal for me.
Food log:
Meal 1: 2 fried eggs & grapefruit
Meal 2: leftover rainbow trout with sunchokes and grapes
Meal 3: hard boiled eggs, pinepple, strawberries, grapes, raspberries & blackberries and carrots (small amounts of each fruit!) And the dreaded "tonic" water. Bah.
Better luck tomorrow.
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