Whole30 day 2

What I've learned during my multiple Whole30's, is that it is really important to make enough food. Especially for leftovers, so you always have lunch the next day. Work, for me, is the hardest place to stay compliant. Looking at a computer all day, reading documents all day, being bored or irritated, makes it really easy for me to just sit at my desk and snack all day long or go to the grocery store for some sugar. I am definitely a person who eats when they are bored, and the Whole30 keeps that in check, as you're not allowed to just eat to eat. My partner tends to eat more than I do, which is totally fine, but I've learned that sometimes I have to triple (or quadruple) the recipe in order for me to have lunch the next day, especially during the week. Going to Whole Foods for lunch is sometimes torture, especially because sometimes I just want to eat that chicken pot pie casserole or get a piece of cake, so I try to always bring a lunch with me to work. There are times, of course, where this doesn't work, and the further I get into my Whole30, the easier it is for me to stick with the salad bar and not even look at anything else.




The first couple of days are hard for me. My sleep is a little wonky, and my cravings for sweets is really engrained. I love sweets--I could give up chips forever if it meant I could eat all the sweet things. And what's important to me is that I know I am addicted to sugar--I get it now! I grew up in a family of women where sweets are ok to eat for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner. For Christmas day, we always had coffee and devoured a 5 lbs. box of See's candy. It was a tradition! I do occasionally indulge in a few pieces of See's candy when it becomes available in Flagstaff (after Thanksgiving), but I don't go out buying a 5 lbs. box for myself anymore.




I was living the Whole30 life 90% of the time before we left for Scotland. It was the fittest I'd ever been--33 mile bike rides were hard mentally, but not physically, I had muscle definition for the first time in my thighs, and I just felt amazing! I was happy and slept well! Then we went to Scotland and the UK for 6 weeks, and I fully experienced all the yumminess that is the UK. I ate a lot of sticky toffee pudding, and bread, and cheese, and it was 100% worth it. But then we came back from the UK and I didn't stop eating that way. It became winter time and French toast casseroles were all I wanted to eat. And I for sure set the date for January 31, and over-indulged right before the 31st.


So my meals were a lot of leftovers, with the exception of dinner!


Meal 1: Leek, bacon, and pablano frittata
Meal 2: Buffalo Chicken Slides
Meal 3: Orange Chicken meatballs

The meatballs were delicious, but for the first time during my Whole30, I don't have much of an appetite. I always thought it was weird that people had days that they just weren't hungry. Perhaps because I've always done a Whole30 in the spring/summer, so I am constantly riding my bikes so I feel like I am ALWAYS hungry. But I had one meat ball and a few green beans.