Whole30: Days 8-14

Day 8

What I ate:

Breakfast - banana, handful cashews, handful coconut flakes, spoonful of almond butter
Lunch - walnut-crusted pork tenderloin, pan-roasted sprouts & squash (both recipes from The Whole30 book)
Dinner - tilapia, mixed greens, avocado, pan-roasted sprouts & squash, sweet potato, apple
Dessert - walnuts, coconut flakes, blueberries, spoonful of almond butter

Comments: 

• Tired but again, not the "my eyes are burning-I don' know if I can stay awake past 2pm-someone get me a Venti anything pronto" tired
• Intense headache
• Thirstier than normal
• It was Teacher Appreciation Week but apparently the kids didn't get the memo that I was doing Whole30:

Day 9

What I ate:

Breakfast - banana
Lunch - sweet potato meatloaf (recipe from HealthEasy), apple
Dinner - egg scramble with mixed greens, 1 sausage patty (recipe from The Whole30 book), avocado, salsa, brussels sprouts

Comments:

• Was not hungry AT ALL when I woke up. Maybe due to the later "dessert" I had?!  
• Slept for 8 hours straight which only happens once in a blue moon

Day 10

What I ate:

Breakfast - banana, handful cashews, handful coconut flakes, spoonful of almond butter
Lunch - chicken zoodles with cauliflower sauce (recipe from J is for Judy), apple
Dinner - walnut-crusted pork tenderloin, mixed greens, brussels sprouts, apple

Comments:

• Woke up with a bloated yet rumbling stomach
• Pain behind my eyes and a headache to sit alongside it
• Come to find out, that pain behind my eye was due to cornea abrasion

Day 11

What I ate:

Breakfast - banana, handful cashews, handful coconut flakes, spoonful of almond butter
Lunch - sweet potato meatloaf, apple, Passionfruit La Croix
Dinner - tilapia, mixed greens, brussels sprouts, butternut squash

Comments:

• Energy like whoa!
• I was housesitting/babysitting for the night and upon request, I ordered and picked up Olive Garden for the girl. Torture is driving 20 minutes with this staring (and smelling amazing) next to you:

Another temptation relating to staying at the house was that I walked downstairs to the room I was sleeping in and look where my favorite candy decided to be...IN THE BIGGEST BAG EVER?! Ahh, you're killin' me smalls. 

Day 12

What I ate:

Breakfast - banana, handful cashews, handful coconut flakes, spoonful of almond butter
Lunch - tilapia, brussels sprouts, butternut squash
Dinner - chicken zoodles with cauliflower sauce, sweet potato

Comments:

• We had breakfast brought in at work - pastries, burritos, etc. - but surprisingly none of it looked appetizing to me! 

Day 13

What I ate:

Breakfast - banana
Lunch - turkey meatloaf, mixed greens, apple
Dinner - egg scramble with mixed greens, 1 sausage patty, avocado, salsa, butternut squash, Passionfruit La Croix

Comments:

• Don't feel as "puffy" as before I started Whole30
• Couldn't finish my morning coffee. Did hell freeze over? I think so. 

Day 14

What I ate:

Breakfast - banana, handful cashews, handful coconut flakes, spoonful of almond butter
Lunch - turkey meatloaf, apple, Passionfruit La Croix
Dinner - egg scramble with mixed greens, 1 ;alksdjflakjd, avocado, salsa, mixed berries

Comments:

• Ate the last of my sweet potato meatloaf. GUYS! This makes me sad. It is unbelievably delicious!
• Pants are too big. Is this what the Whole30 people call a "non-scale" victory?

Last thoughts: I can't believe I am almost halfway done! This already has me thinking what my eating habits will look like when day 30 is complete. If I can continue to feel this good, I'm thinking I may eat as Whole30 compliant as possible. Can't stop, won't stop!

In case you missed it: Days 1-7 recap