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Wine is back on the Menu!

 

All good things must come to an end… My husband and I have decided to end the Whole 30 a few days early. We gave it a great run! He ended up losing 23 pounds and I lost 11 pounds. That is more than enough for both of us. That is not why we have chosen to end it though. We have gotten some sad news from his family and he needs to go out-of-town for a few days. We had been so looking forward to eating together at a restaurant for the first time together since this started, so we will just be doing that a little early. I will not go crazy with the food (or alcohol) while he is gone and I don’t believe he will either.

I believe the Whole 30 or 27 in our case was a great way for us to get a jumpstart on a healthier lifestyle. We learned a ton about cooking with fresh ingredients, we tried new foods and we experimented a lot in the kitchen. We both have talked about doing a “Whole 7” or a “Whole 10” once a month or once every couple of months for fun and just as a smaller reset of our food habits.

I will not be spending hours in the kitchen cooking – so I can finally get together my favorite Whole 30 recipes. I will get that up this week!

I have also been working on my home office and plan on posting some before and after pictures of that which I am really excited about. The office before was always where we stuffed any random junk in to get out of the way before company came over – NOT anymore. It’s so peaceful in there now.

 

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Whole 30 Day 1

So, today is officially Day 1 of our Whole 30 challenge. Basically if you haven’t heard of Whole 30, you go 30 days without eating sugar (including alcohol!), dairy, legumes, and grains- it’s a complete diet overhaul. After the 30 days is up, you slowly reintroduce foods into your diet to see if they’ve had any effects on your digestive system and/or energy levels. The added bonus is hopefully a few pounds lost.

My 16 year old daughter, myself and my husband are all giving this a shot from today until February 1st. Yesterday, I washed and chopped a bunch of fresh fruit and vegetables and meal prepped two meals. I made a breakfast casserole that we are going to use as breakfast and lunch and a beef stew for dinner tonight that is in the crock pot right now.

For week one, we spent $204 on groceries which included 3 boxes of kcups and some staples like almond butter, ghee and various oils and vinegars. Also, tons of fresh produce! My goal is to start posting some of our favorite recipes, especially those that were a hit with everyone.

Tomorrow, there will be more breakfast casserole. Thank goodness for that. Dinner will be grilled chicken and asparagus. I’m thinking about some sort of coconut milk, banana and almond milk smoothie for breakfast or lunch tomorrow. Or maybe I’ll mix my coffee in with that somehow. I’m just not sure yet. The Whole 30 program really does not encourage smoothies or snacks, but I’m still getting the hang of this program, and I’m not used to eating three meals a day anyways. I’m much more of a coffee with creamer kind of person and that’s the only thing I’m struggling with so far today.

Any advice? Words of encouragement? Whole 30 family friendly recipes so that I’m not making two meals?