
Well, we’re half way through it. Our Whole30 is going very very well, and I can’t believe how quickly it is flying by. It was unfortunate that the first half of our month has been so boring. Don’t worry — this week will make up for it. Starting today!
First let’s go back to Day 14.
For breakfast I had two fried eggs, bacon, and a side of fermented cabbage and beets. Black coffee on the side.
I worked a half day at work, so I did not take any sort of lunch. Breakfast kept me satisfied until I got home around 6 pm. Upon making it home — Jason had started marinating some steaks and we had some Texas-style beef ribs on the grill as well. I have noticed that my meals have pretty much revolved around protein lately…and I haven’t been doing very well at including any greens or veggies. I’ll have to work on it. The steak was enjoyed all alone — and it was heavenly.
Then along came the ribs — with some greens.
Day 15 — my only day off this week; hence, grocery day! It has been awesome!
I was able to sleep in just a little today. I wanted to wake up early enough to go running at Veteran’s Park. Pre-run I ate half a grapefruit. I have missed grapefruit so much…I used to eat it every single day, years ago. I think we’ll be bringing the grapefruit back.
Jason and I ran two miles, and then decided to do another mile — barefoot. We walked most of it, but we have heard awesome things about running/walking barefoot. It is supposed to really help with knee pain that you experience when running a lot as well as help with posture. It did feel nice. We are becoming far too hippy-like I think. So I’ll have to work on that as well. haha.
We got home from our run and I decided to make us a great breakfast. My very first recipe from Practical Paleo — some awesome pumpkin pancakes! Now typically “pancakes” even paleo-like are not allowed during a Whole30 just because the goal is to go an entire month without those types of bread-like things that we so commonly wish for. I figured these were acceptable though because they didn’t have the typical almond meal or coconut flour; they were simply made with pure pumpkin, eggs, and some spices. We topped our pumpkin pancakes with a little coconut butter and had some bacon slices on the side. No syrup/sugar what so ever.
That breakfast kept me really full. Skipped lunch again… we went to the grocery store and when I came home I made some chicken thighs/legs in the oven to eat on through out the week.
Around 5 pm I made dinner — another new recipe from Practical Paleo! This one has been shared on her website already I believe. The recipe is called Citrus Macadamia Nut Sole, but I went a different direction with it. Macadamia nuts are far too expensive, so I opted for almonds. Sole was not available at our market, so I went with cod. Our fish was served with a big salad and was absolutely amazing.