WE DID IT!
Whole30 round #5 is in the books.
….BUT, I’m actually planning on continuing with Whole30 (minus a meal out with friends this weekend or the occasional get together.) This was our easiest round so far. In the past I’ve been guilty of getting to day 10 and then just making mashed potatoes or potato soup nearly every day after that 🙈 While I did have potatoes most days this round as well, I usually limited it to one serving a day. Being a strict vegetarian makes Whole30 pretty tricky and it’s easy to get into the habit of eating the same things over and over again or just going to your snack drawer and constantly filling up on compliant bars/nuts (which isn’t the point and also gets expensive!) I’m pretty proud of how many new recipes I tried this time- mostly thanks to the fact that we now have a dishwasher…to be honest.
Keeping track of EVERY single thing I consumed this time (I’m talking 2 Cashews got written down) helped me to be mindful of what I’m eating but it mainly made grocery shopping and choosing food each day much easier! When I would think “I don’t want another egg but what could I possibly eat?!” I would turn to my food diary and be reminded of other possibilities.
Day 1
-3 scrambled eggs with tomatoes
-1 package cooked carrots
-Watermelon
-1 Apple pie bar from Aldi
-1 hard boiled egg
-Ratatouille (onion, zucchini, squash, peppers, marinara sauce. Baked.)
-1/2 cup cashews
Day 2
-3 scrambled eggs
-Watermelon
-Skillet zucchini, green pepper, onion
-Cashews
-Roasted potatoes and green beans
-Hardboiled egg
-“Brownie”
Day 3
-Chipotle Salad with Cauliflower rice
-Hardboiled egg
-Watermelon
-“Brownie”
-Spaghetti squash with marinara sauce
Day 4
-3 Scrambled eggs
-Watermelon
-Zoe’s kitchen: roasted veggies and grilled potato salad
-Apple pie bar
-Cashews
-4 blueberry medallions
-1 Hardboiled egg
Day 5
-2.5 scrambled eggs
-2 blueberry medallions
-Banana, Egg, blueberry scramble on the skillet
-1/2 Cup Cashews
-Watermelon
Day 6
-Chipotle with guacamole and cauliflower rice (rice from home)
-Omelet with salsa and guacamole
-Cashews
-Blueberry pancake loaf
-Grapes
Day 7
-3 scrambled eggs
-Grapes
-Grilled potato salad from Zoe’s
-Apple pie bar
-Avocado and chips
-Apple
-Chips
Day 8
-3 scrambled eggs
-Grapes
-Spaghetti squash with marinara sauce
-Chips and Salsa
-Apple with Almond Butter
-1/2 Cup Cashews
Day 9
-2 Scrambled eggs, hash brown patty, grapes
-Cashews
-Apple
-Chips and guacamole
-Chips
-Green beans
Day 10
-2 hash browns and 3 scrambled eggs
-Watermelon
-Chips and Chipotle Guacamole (2)
-Hardboiled egg
Day 11
-2 hash browns
-2 scrambled eggs
-Coffee with nutpod
-half an apple
-Apple pie bar
-Chips (10)
-hard boiled egg
-tortilla chips (10)
-Green beans
-buffalo banana chips (5)
-Watermelon
Day 12 (4 months postpartum- reached pre pregnancy weight!)
-1/3 Apple, blueberries, 2 scrambled eggs, 2 hash browns
-Peach
-pistachios
-hard boiled egg
-Cashews (3)
-Green beans
-Apple pie Bar
-Pumpkin Sweet Potato Soup
Day 13
-2 scrambled eggs
-cold brew with nut pods
-Zoe’s potato salad grilled
-Zoe’s side Greek Salad (no feta, substitute no pita add cucumbers)
-Chips and Guacamole
-Pumpkin sweet potato chili with salsa
-Watermelon
Day 14
-Pumpkin sweet potato chili with salsa
-Tortilla Chips and avocado
-Cashews
-Watermelon
-Pumpkin sweet potato chili with salsa
-1/4 cup iced coffee with nutpod
Day 15
-2 hash browns and 3 scrambled eggs
-Hot coffee with nutpods
-Pumpkin sweet potato chili with salsa
-Watermelon
-Cashews
-Hot coffee with nutpods
-Vegetable soup with 1/2 avocado
-3 peach muffins
Day 16
-pico with 3 scrambled eggs
-1 peach muffin
-cashews
-Vegetable soup with salsa
-Apple pie bar
Day 17
-Watermelon
-Hashbrowns with 2 scrambled eggs
-Vegetable soup with salsa
-cashews
-2 peach muffins
-Apple pie bar
-Vegetable soup with salsa
-Apple slices, 3 strawberries, grapes
-1 slice tomato, 1 piece lettuce
-QT unsweetened mango tea
-Watermelon
Day 18
-2 scrambled eggs with pico, hash browns, grapes and watermelon, peach muffin
-Iced coffee with nutpods
-Granny Smith Apple with almond butter
-2 Cashews
-vegetable soup with salsa
-egg roll in a bowl
-Watermelon
Day 19
-1/2 scrambled egg
-Watermelon
-5 Cashews
-Hashbrowns
-Iced coffee with nutpods
-hashbrowns
-1 potato
-Watermelon, grapes, strawberries
-Pumpkin sweet potato soup with salsa
-Blueberry mug cake
Day 20
-3 scrambled eggs
-Grilled potato salad, Greek salad
-Unsweetened tea flavored Zoe’s kitchen
-Iced coffee with nut pods
-Banana, almond butter brownies
-Pumpkin Sweet Potato Chili with Salsa
Day 21
-Biryani with potatoes and cauliflower rice
-Hot coffee with Nut-pods
-Apple Pie Bar
-Pumpkin Sweet Potato Chili
-Iced coffee with nut pods
-Hard boiled egg
-Homemade pickle
-Large honey crisp apple
-Pumpkin sweet potato chili
Day 22
-Hashbrowns and 3 Scrambled eggs
-Iced coffee with nut pods
-Pickle homemade
-boiled yellow potatoes with ghee
-3 Cashews
-Lettuce, taco cauliflower rice, tomatoes, avocado
-Watermelon
Day 23
-hashbrowns and 3 scrambled eggs
-Hot coffee with nut pods
-Watermelon
-3 pickles
-Apple Pie Bar
-Carrots in the crockpot
-Iced coffee with nut pods
Day 24
-Strawberries
-Iced coffee with nut pods
-Zoe’s kitchen green salad (no feta, no olives. Substitute cucumbers for pita.)
-Zoe’s kitchen grilled pasta salad
-Watermelon
-Sweet Potato toast with 2 scrambled eggs, grilled onion, tomatoes, 1/2 avocado
Day 25
-Iced coffee with nut pods
-Hashbrowns
-2 tablespoons white gravy
-2 scrambled eggs
-Apple Pie Bar
-3 Cashews
-Watermelon
-2 avocados with cauliflower chips
Day 26
-Iced coffee with nut pods (few sips)
-Strawberries
-Cashews (5)
-Hashbrowns with 2 fried eggs
-La croix
-Iced coffee with nut pods
-Zoeys Kitchen Greek side salad with no feta or olives. Substitute pita for extra cucumbers
-Zoeys kitchen grilled potato salad
Day 27
-Hashbrowns
-Portobello mushroom, pepper, onion fajita. Salad with salsa.
-unsweet tea
-Watermelon
-Guacamole with cauliflower chips
-Vegetable soup
-3 blueberry + raspberry medallions
Day 28
-3 blueberry + raspberry medallions
-vegetable soup
-Watermelon
-Iced coffee with nut pods
-vegetable soup
-2 blueberry + raspberry medallions
-Apple pie bar
-3 Cashews
-Chips and guacamole
Day 29
-Homemade Zoe’s kitchen potato’s
-Hot coffee with nut pods
-vegetable soup
-apple pie bar
-Tropical smoothie (peaches, banana, strawberry, ice, water)
-Watermelon
-Quiche with hash-brown crust
Day 30
-Quiche with hash brown crust
-Homemade Zoe’s kitchen grilled potato salad
-Tortilla chips
-Watermelon
-2 cups hot coffee with nut pods
-Roasted Pumpkin pie spice pecans
-Vegetable soup
-Tortilla chips
Since my husband is NOT a vegetarian I also made a few special things for him along the way- his favorite being buffalo wings for the first Football Saturday of the season.
If you want any recipes that you see in this post just let me know and I’ll send them to you!