Friday 23 January 2015

Day Three and a Purchase

Today was definitely harder for me on the Whole30. I started off planning to make scrambled eggs with vegies for breakfast but didn't really feel like eggs again so I made a green smoothie instead with kale, banana, apple and a piece of mango that was leftover. It was divine! My almost 3 year old son loved it and my 4 year old wouldn't even try a sip as per usual. You're not really meant to have smoothies though but they aren't on the banned list it's just that you're meant to 'eat your food' not 'drink your food'. Excuse the sideways picture Blogger wasn't happening for me tonight!





I had the same salmon salad for lunch which was yum but I'm going to have to find something different for tomorrow. I'm not a huge fan of having the same meals day in day out.

Dinner was yum! It was the Savory Lotus Baked Curry Chicken I mentioned yesterday. Of course I didn't read the recipe until 3.30pm and then found out that I had to marinate the chicken for two hours. Needless to say that didn't happen and I also didn't have any coriander powder. It was delicious though and my boys both gobbled it up. I served it with cauliflower rice which they did not touch! Very frustrating but I'll keep trying. Here's the chicken in all it's marinating glory:


The most exciting part of my day was when this happened:


Isn't it lovely? I can't wait until it arrives. Whole30 you WILL help me fit into this dress :P


Thursday 22 January 2015

Whole 30

Well I would try and think of an excuse as to why I haven't blogged for so long but I don't really have one. I've fallen off the healthy home wagon many times throughout the past year and I've gotten to the point now where I've stacked on a few kilos and I just don't feel great. Enter the Whole30 program. I've seen this around the web for awhile now and been following recipes on Instagram but I've always felt that it was too strict for me and that I'd never be able to stick to it. Basically you have no dairy, sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, sulfites, msg etc for 30 days to strip your body of all the bad stuff then after the 30 days you slowly add each category back in (in a certain order) to see if you react to any.

Sounds tough? I though so but I'm on Day 2 now and I've really enjoyed the meals. Being the disorganised person I am, I also stopped meal planning ages ago so I came into this not knowing what I would be eating when which is a really bad idea but I've managed to survive and I'll be doing a meal plan very soon (so she says). The hardest thing for me to give up is cheese I think (even more than a cold beer on a summers day!). I could have sold my firstborn for a piece today.

So what have I been eating? ILots of meat, vegies and EGGS! Don't forget the eggs. That's my staple breakfast anyway along with cooked vegies so that hasn't changed. For lunches I've had chicken and salad and salmon and salad with a mayo based dressing (yes, paleo mayo is allowed when you make it yourself). Then at dinner time it's been roasted vegies with seasoned steak. Tomorroe night I'm branching out and making this Baked Curry Chicken with cauliflower 'rice'. 

Anyway I thought this blog would be a good way to keep me accountable on this journey and hopefully I'll stick to the Whole30 and blogging this time ;)

Until next time :)