Whole30 Day 17 - Dinner

Almond crusted garlic chicken

I adapted this recipe to fit into Whole30 guidelines.

Ingredients

2 teaspoons crushed garlic (I used jarred chopped garlic because it's what I had)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup almond crumbs (I took a handful of raw almonds and put them into the food processor until fine like bread crumbs. 1/4 cup was not enough and I ended up making more.)
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Warm the garlic and olive oil to blend the flavors. In a separate dish place the almond crumbs.. Dip the chicken breasts in the olive oil and garlic mixture, then into the almond crumbs. Place in a shallow baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until no longer pink and juices run clear.

This was pretty good! Next time I will process the almonds a little more and at some point I will try cashews too. You can taste the nuts, so don't try this if you don't like nuts!

The carrots I steamed and then sauteed in balsamic vinegar, broccoli is frozen steamed broccoli.

Chicken!

On my way home from Raleigh this morning, I ended up behind a chicken truck. *sadface*

Whole30 Day 17 - Lunch

Sweet potato and an uncured beef hotdog.

Not the best lunch, but I was rushing around and it was the easiest thing. I was starving, after having only a banana for breakfast and a few bites of a larabar in the car while I was doing my grocery shopping.

Hopefully dinner will be much better, I have some chicken thawing and hopefully I can find something tasty to do with it today after such wimpy morning and mid-day meals.

Whole30 Day 17 - Breakfast

Woke up with a sour stomach. I didn't feel 100% when I went to bed last night so I am not surprised I woke with an upset stomach. I am blaming the beef.

So today for breakfast I am having tea and a banana. I need to find other tea. Most of our teas that are Whole30 ok are caffeinated. I have been staying away from caffeine, but I don't care for the decaf teas we have in the house so I am having caffeinated tea. Hopefully it doesn't kick me in the ass in a few hours.

Whole30 Day 16 - Dinner

Leftover steak on a bed of romaine topped with natural green olives.

So I have been thinking today about where to shop tomorrow for groceries. I spent a lot of the last few days assuming I would go to Sam's. I figured my choices were, go the cheaper route, Sam's, where I can buy normal grocery store quality meat in bulk for cheaper. OR, keep going to Whole Foods and buy grass-fed/organic meat that is more expensive but much healthier. I think I started getting off-track from why I started doing this to begin with. Then I saw this video from a new blog I am reading.


This video helped me remember. So, I have decided to continue going to Whole Foods and buying the best quality meat I can find. I don't mind as much about buying produce locally, it's cheaper and I can find it at farmers markets soon. It's really expensive at Whole Foods. I am also going to stop eating beef except for maybe once a month. I am eating soooo much more beef than I ever have and I think it's possibly part of my issue with not losing weight. So I am going to be looking for fish, turkey, chicken and some pork and we'll see how the next 2 weeks goes.

Whole30 Day 16 - Lunch

I am eating down the leftovers so not very exciting food today.

Baked sweet potato and leftover slow cooker chicken.

Earlier I had some cashews and jumbo raisins and a handful of olives.

Whole30 Day 16 - Breakfast

Two eggs fried in pam spray.


Something has to change, because honestly I am getting depressed doing this. I know it isn't about weight, it is about being healthy. But I cannot help feeling down about all the work I am doing food-wise and not seeing those changes reflected on the scale in a positive way. I stopped tracking my food, I stopped worrying and started just eating. I don't know what the issue is. Lack of exercise? But you would think with 60+ pounds to lose, a little more would come off just from eating better. Right now I am in the process of GAINING back the 7 pounds I lost so far and it's really frustrating.

Maybe I need to make some diet changes? I never ate much beef before starting this, very little, like once a month if that. And now I am eating it a lot more often, multiple times a week. Seasoning steaks involves a lot of salt, and I think my salt consumption is WAY up too from where it was before Whole30, so that needs to cut back too. I feel very bloated every day.

When I started this I thought I would feel great and all that, but I honestly don't feel much different. I have noticed I have slept better in the last 2 nights, but it isn't enough to be a pattern to me. My skin is still breaking out, I am still wearing the same size pants and they aren't loose and I don't have extra energy.

I am feeling pretty down about this choice right now and am wondering if it is worth the time, effort and money I am putting into it.