Oh God... not again ;) This time, I wasn't even the instigator! Someone from my January Whole30 facebook support group posted that they were doing another round in April and next thing I know, the post is blowing up with "me too" comments and I started debating. I really don't want to commit to the prep work required, but who doesn't want to clean things up and look their best right before summer? We are headed down to TX to visit some friends at the end of the month, so instead of setting myself up for failure (and to make the challenge a little less daunting) I've decided to commit to a Whole24 beginning Monday March 30th and ending Wednesday April 22nd!
If you don't know what the Whole30 is all about go read this guest post I recently wrote for my hilarious blog friend Josie and go visit the Whole30 website!
If you don't know what the Whole30 is all about go read this guest post I recently wrote for my hilarious blog friend Josie and go visit the Whole30 website!
I'm in a much better starting place than last time when I was coming off a holiday bender of treats and booze. My diet has been part time Paleo and although I've consumed things like pizza, nachos, and oreos, I haven't let anything take me completely off track which was one of my goals for the year! I did gain back a few pounds in February, but I've been tracking my weight every morning for the past month and I've been pretty consistent. My weight has varied from 148 to 152, it goes up and down depending on my diet. I've noticed that I'm typically at the higher end on a Monday after eating out all weekend.
Thankfully that's a habit I'll be forced to ditch since eating out is so difficult during a Whole30. My gym just set up a partnership with Kettlebell Kitchen, a Paleo meal delivery service, so I may order a meal here or there if I'm looking for something that I don't have to cook. But otherwise I need to psych myself up to get busy in the kitchen. This week I'm mostly sticking with some tried and true favorites to make things as easy as possible. Here's what the first few days will look like:
Thankfully that's a habit I'll be forced to ditch since eating out is so difficult during a Whole30. My gym just set up a partnership with Kettlebell Kitchen, a Paleo meal delivery service, so I may order a meal here or there if I'm looking for something that I don't have to cook. But otherwise I need to psych myself up to get busy in the kitchen. This week I'm mostly sticking with some tried and true favorites to make things as easy as possible. Here's what the first few days will look like:
Monday
- Lunch: Leftover Mexican Chicken Soup from Against All Grain that I'll be making on Sunday
- Dinner: Paleo Shepherd's Pie
- Lunch: Leftover chicken fajitas that I'll be making on Sunday
- Dinner: Leftover Paleo Shepherd's Pie
- Lunch: Leftover Caramelized Italian Pork Chops with Sweet Onion Jam with roasted broccoli that I'm making Dave cook on Tuesday while I'm coaching
- Dinner: Salmon with sauteed spinach and applesauce
- Lunch: Leftover Mexican Chicken Soup
- Dinner: Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Mashed Cauliflower
- Lunch: Leftover Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Mashed Cauliflower
- Dinner: We're headed to a preseason Phillies game and I know I can bring my own food into the stadium, so I'm going to bring some chicken sausage with sauteed veggies and a sweet potato
- Brunch: Sweet Potato Hash with Fried Eggs
- Dinner: Planning a Paleo dinner date with a friend!
A little throwback Thursday action for you, 2 years ago today I was prepping for my first full Whole30 (I did a Whole21 in January) and wrote this How to Succeed During Your Whole30 post!
So who's going to join us? Come on, you know you want to!
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