Day 15

Pre-workout – hard boiled egg, spoonful coconut butter

PWO – two turkey mini meatloaves, yam fries

Meal 1 – steak, brussels sprouts, banana with coconut butter

Meal 2 – chicken, beets and carrots with EVOO

Meal 3 – chicken, broccoli, baked sweet potato with coconut butter

The basis around the pre-workout meal is a a protein and a fat and post workout is an easily digestible protein, handful of starchy carb, with no fat.

Day 16

Midnight snack – Larabar

Pre-workout – hard boiled egg, celery with sunflower seed butter

PWO -bison smokie, yam fries

Meal 1 – salad beast with beets, carrots, tomatos and turkey meat loaf

Meal 2 – apple with sunflower seed butter and coconut butter

Meal 3 – pancakes – 1 tbsp sunflower seed butter, 1 banana, 1 egg topped with coconut butter and coconut flakes

I later realized while the pancakes are paleo, they aren’t Whole 30 approved. You aren’t allowed to ‘paleo-ify’ foods because it interferes with the ability to break the habit of sweet, bready foods.

Meal 4 – steak, broccoli

Day 17

midnight snack – Larabar

Pre-workout – hardboiled egg, celery & sunflower seed butter

PWO – bison smokie, yam

Meal 1 – chicken, broccoli

Meal 2 – salad beast with turkey meatloaf, half sweet potato with coconut manna

Meal 3 – bison burger, broccoli, half sweet potato with coconut manna

Day 18

Midnight snack – Larabar

Meal 1 – bacon, half sweet potato, berries with coconut milk (Valentine’s Day breakfast with Layne)

Meal 2 – bison smokie, beets and carrots and sweet potato chews from this recipe . They were fresh from the oven and I couldn’t resist.

Meal 3 – banana and trail mix

Meal 4 – pepper stuffed with mini turkey meatloaf

Meal 5 – bison burger, half sweet potato with coconut butter, green beans

I’m not feeling the best today. My stomach has been grumbly all day, and not in a hungry way. I feel a little irritable and I want pasta and chocolate again. I dunno if it’s from the plan, or because I’m not a Valentine’s Day fan and I’m seeking comfort food. I dunno. Feels like Day 5 all over again.

Day 19
Midnight snack – Larabar

Meal 1 – bison smokie, green beans, beets and carrots

Meal 2 – apple and sun butter

Meal 3 – chicken, beets and carrots, yam chews

Snack – Larabar on the way to groceries

Meal 4 – bison steak, roasted Brussels sprouts, baked yam with coconut manna cooked by Layne! This is a real treat!!

Day 20
Meal 1 – chicken smokie, Brussels sprouts, yam chews

Meal 2- banana with coconut manna

Meal 3 – Applewood Salmon Club from State and Main, minus the aoli and bread, with a side of mixed greens.

Meal 4 – I was totally lazy and had a couple pieces of pepperoni, handful raisins

Meal 5 – same as meal 1

10 more days to go!

Day 21
I’m feeling a little discouraged today. I don’t feel like I’m noticing so of the dramatic changes that a lot of people get on Whole 30. I haven’t noticed an improvement in skin, I still have gotten stomachaches, I don’t feel there’s been an increase in energy. Yes, I’ve gotten a couple comments that I’m looking thinner, and yes I may have dropped a couple pounds but weight loss wasn’t I timely my goal with this. I do feel better knowing I’m putting real, healthy food in my body and do want to continue eating this way for that reason alone.

Meal 1 – chicken smokie, baked sweet potato topped with coconut manna and macadamia nuts, banana

Meal 2 – brunch at ABC Country

Meal 3 – chicken, Brussels sprouts, beets and carrots.