Day Eleven

Breakfast:  Banana

Lunch:  Leftover Beef & Vegetable Soup.

Dinner:  Sausage and Roasted Peppers

Snacks:  Black Tea and 5 baked Lemon Pepper wings from Taco Mac

Burn:  No burn

Reflection:  Well, today was rather uneventful.  Nothing was super yummy.  I had no cravings.  I didn't try to get creative with my food.  I think I'm in the grove of this diet.

Day Ten

Brunch: Taters and Eggs with bacon.

Snack:  Peach

Dinner:  Beef Vegetable Soup with Cabbage.  I used this recipe and loved it (would be best with corn and maybe some pasta and definitely with some cornbread!).

Burn:  No burn

Reflection:  Sleeping in so late is such a help when it comes to preparing and eating meals.  I am not hungry all of the time, and when I am, I don't freak out and cheat.  I just make a meal and eat.  The biggest part is believing that you aren't really hungry when you get a craving for something.

Day Nine

Breakfast/Lunch: Taters and eggs with bacon!

Dinner:  Cabbage and Keilbasa with shrimp! 

Snacks: Peach

Burn: No burn 

Reflection:  We are still sleeping in so late, that two meals a day is all we are doing. I know it's not the rule, but it is so much better than how we used to live. I'm rarely hungry, but still miss the tastes of many foods. 

Day Eight

Breakfast/Lunch: (I slept in so late) Home fries, fried egg and bacon.

Dinner:  Beef tacos with salsa and guacamole wrapped in butter lettuce leaves.

Snacks:  No snacks

Burn: No burn

Reflection:  I made Rusty check my weight again, and he told me I lost a little over 1 pound on our trip.  I tried to get creative and try this new thing people are doing in Paleo.  I put 1 tbsp of butter and 1 tbsp of coconut oil in a blender with some chi tea.  It did kind of sweeten it, but there is no substitute for sugar!

Day Seven

Breakfast:  Peach, Beef Jerky, Pistachios.

Lunch:  I was with elephants!!!

Dinner:  We stopped by a Mexican restaurant on the way home. We ordered fajitas and guacamole. Below is the impressive picture of what we let sit on our table without touching!  That's progress ;)

Snacks:  No snacks 

Burn:  No burn.

Reflection:  Distractions are powerful!!  We spent the day with elephants!!!

// Riding Roxy //

 

Day Six

Breakfast:  None

Lunch:  None

Dinner:  since we were driving all day, we held out for an amazing dinner at Sunset Grille in St Augustine, Fl. We ordered Seared Scallops and Ahi Seared Tuna for an appetizer.  I have never tasted something better than that Ahi Seared Tuna in the ginger sauce.  I ordered 12 shrimp, blackened and grilled with a baked potato and slaw. So full!!

Snack:  Jerkey, Almonds and an Iced Black Tea

Burn:  None

Reflection:  Well, the fact is, I didn't follow rules today and eat when I was supposed to eat.  Also, I didn't get hungry until we sat down for dinner.  I'm blaming traveling for my inconsistency.  I also weighed this morning and didn't look. Rusty reported to me that I have lost more weight (percentage wise) than he has, and I am well on my way to seeing the 120s again by the end of this journey!!

 

Day Five

Breakfast:  1/2 of a fajita chicken two ddd omelet made from our fajita dinner leftovers.  I had 2 pieces of bacon and 1/2 of an avocado.

Lunch:  Unfortunately, or fortunately, I slept through lunch. 

Dinner:  Grilled pork chop, tomato, pistachios and cucumber salad with my homemade mayo. Also, roasted potatoes!  It was a great day yesterday when Rusty sent me this text screenshot of the Whole 30 Facebook page:

Snacks:  Peach and pistachios

Burn:  No burn 

Reflection:  In order to keep me sane and positive, I have embraced stopping eating when I am full and not choking down the rest of something.  This keeps me more positive about eating what I'm eating!  I am also dying to step on the scale, but I want to wait the full 30 days and see a huge difference.