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Breakfast: scrambled eggs and spinach, blackberries, and kiwi.

Lunch: Chicken and apple sausage, potatoes, olives, and carrot sticks

My half eaten lunch.

I also made ranch, cause I’m tired of dry food.

Dinner was at Osaka’s for my nephew’s birthday. I was pretty anxious but after some googling I decided to go with sashimi, which is rice less sushi. Basically, raw fish. It was yummy, and I didn’t have to worry about what it was cooked in. Paired it with a side salad. Not super filling, but enough.

After dinner was the biggest challenge since starting this thing. Chocolate birthday cake at my sis’s house. I now know how the dogs feel, watching with forlorn eyes while everyone else pigs out on some delicious treat. I ate my raspberries and cried.

I also noticed that my ear began to act up. A tiny bit of pulsing, and a lot of pressure. I think it was from the weather; we had some rain come through. Disappointing, cause I’d hoped Whole30 was helping with the ear.

One plus from the day: I got these for my nephew as a gag gift. Not Whole30 approved, so darn it, I couldn’t sample them.

I wonder if plain crickets are Whole30 approved?

We lost power on Friday night, so I wasn’t able to blog. Plus, I was exhausted.

Breakfast: Fried eggs, potatoes, berries.

Lunch: A dry salad cause I forgot to make dressing. Tuna. A pear.

And there were no forks at work. Eating salad with a spoon is a challenge.

Dinner: I was at the “I’m so tired I don’t care” stage. I nuked some hot dogs and potatoes and fried an egg. I ate a handful of spinach out of the bag and then finished with a banana.

I started my period on Friday, so my energy level was already low. Pair that along with cramps and I was in no mood for Whole30. I wanted bread and chocolate.

I also noticed my reflux was back with a vengeance. Again, I’m hoping this gets better soon.

I wish I had some witty words for today, but I just don’t. Here were my meals for today.

Breakfast: same as yesterday. Eggs, potatoes, and butternut squash. Hate to get in a rut, but I had butternut squash to finish.

Mid morning snack of strawberries and blackberries.

Lunch was the rest of my brussels sprout salad from yesterday. Protein was canned salmon. A pear.

Dinner was not so great. I made this recipe. I don’t know when I will learn that I am just not a pork fan. I try to mix up meals and every few months I’ll try pork again. Every time I’m not impressed. It’s got to be smothered in barbecue sauce to be tolerable, which isn’t an option on Whole30. So I ate dry pork, and I just couldn’t stomach much of it.

I made cauliflower rice, which we had last week and was pretty good. I found a bag of “riced cauliflower” at Trader Joes and figured it would save a step in prep. IT WAS NOT GOOD. If you’re going to make cauliflower rice, fresh is the way to go. I ate about three bites and was done.

And I was running out of veggies for the side. I had one zucchini, so I chopped it and sautéed it.

After dinner, I was still hungry so I ate a banana and then nuked a small potato. And I’m still hungry. No more pork for me.

We had a late night last night, so I didn’t get around to posting. Open mic comedy night, which means home close to 11:00 pm.

For breakfast, I had some produce to use up. I bought a bag of butternut squash at Trader Joe’s. I nuked it then poured some clarified butter on top. Eggs and potatoes to go with it, and some kiwi that I ended up taking as a snack for later.

Butternut breakfast

Lunch was a brussels sprout salad. I LOVE brussels sprouts. I never ate them as a kid because my dad hated them. I think I first had one at the age of 26. I thought they were pretty tasty and I learned that when they’re sautéed with a little salt and pepper, they are amazing. Crispy goodness.

When I saw a recipe for a brussels sprouts salad, I had to give it a shot. I found shredded brussels sprouts so that cut out a step. I left out the onion and dried cherries and threw in an avocado. I made the dressing with a fresh orange and lemon and it was pretty tasty. Forgot the orange zest. Threw out the peel. Oops. Tuna on the side for protein.

Brussels sprout yumminess

Afternoon snack of a pear and a few slices of prosciutto.

For dinner I had some leftover chicken soup. We were headed to Bird’s for comedy night. We usually split a burger and I gorge myself on a basketful of fries. Not exactly Whole30 compliant. I thought about trying to order the grouper sandwich minus the sandwich. But the only side options are fries and onion rings. I could have had grouper with a side of tomato but that didn’t sound filling. So I just ate before we went and watched Drew eat a burger. Super fun.

The other problem was no alcohol. Open mic comedy night can be sometimes painful. The not so great sets are easier to get through with a glass of hard cider. Some of those people just aren’t that funny when you’re sober. At least Drew still made me laugh.