First of all, did you notice there is no weekly wrap 3? Yep....sorry about that. Life got a little crazy around here with swim lessons and then gutting a bathroom (you'll see more about that later).
So it's easier for me to do week 4 now because it's still fresh in my mind. I mean, I have to think back a pretty long way to remember what I had in week 3. I'm working on it and you will see it soon, I'm sure.
Monday was a typical Monday around here. We woke up later than we expected to, were a bit sluggish, but still managed to be okay. Breakfast was cereal for my son (his choice) and some fruit for me. In fact, breakfast this week was pretty much all cereal or fruit. We stick to easy around here, especially when we get lazy. Lunch for me was a salad because I finally found some awesome dressing. Seriously, I have been trying dressings (homemade, store bought) and just haven't found the dressing to make me eat as many salads as I would like. Insert this yummy Ranch Dressing! Seriously, this stuff is amazing and may be my new go-to ranch even when I'm not on the Whole30! Dinner was this Zoodle Dish. It was good, but just wasn't what I was looking for. I think the zoodles were just not done all the way and my zoodler is not the best at making noodles. It was a super quick meal and I feel like it would be a nice summer lunch; I just needed more for dinner.
I'm gonna skip over breakfast and lunch for the majority of the week since it was all the same (fruit for breakfast, salad for lunch) because I'm too lazy to type it over and over again.
Tuesday, we had this amazing Shrimp Fajita dish! I had mine over salad and the boys loved theirs in tortillas with lots of cheese and avocado. My favorite part of this meal was how quick it was to cook. I don't mind being in the kitchen, but my energy was running pretty low so a quick meal was awesome! And it made pretty good leftovers too!
My husband was off work on Wednesday so I decided it was the perfect time to cook up a meal that takes a little bit longer than usual. This is one of my favorite recipes so I knew it was going to be perfect and hit the spot. Seriously, these Greek Chicken Kebabs are the bomb! And you can't have kebabs without tzatziki sauce so I searched for a Whole30 compliant recipe for one. I found one and it wasn't terrible, but I still love mine made with Greek Yogurt more. If you want to try the paleo tzatziki sauce, you can find the recipe here.
It was back to just me and the kids on Thursday so I was glad to have a crockpot meal on the menu. We had this Creamy Southwest Chicken and some cauliflower rice. Let's talk about cauliflower rice for a second. I've made it with the food processor and I've heated it up in the microwave. I liked my fresh one better (probably because of all the coconut oil), but the frozen one you just heat up in the microwave was so easy and went great with this meal. Okay, back to the chicken. This recipe will make your house smell AMAZING the entire time it is cooking! Seriously, just cook it for the smell! But really it tasted amazing too and we were actually sad that we didn't have leftovers.
Friday was a little bit of a crazy day, but we made it work. Normal breakfast and lunch for the week and by the time dinner rolled around, I just didn't want to cook. Well, that wasn't going to work since I had pulled meat out of the freezer to cook. So, Meatballs it was. These weren't terrible, but probably aren't something I will make again. See, we have an aunt who makes amazing meatballs and these just don't even come close to comparing. They are pretty good reheated (as long as you store them in the sauce so they don't dry out) so they would make a great meal prep recipe.
Saturday, I woke up and had my fruit while the husband and son had their lovely sugar filled bowls of cereal. I'm not a huge cereal person anyway, but lately the cereal looks so yummy and I know it is because I haven't been eating much sugar. Lunch was easy as I made the family some grilled cheese sandwiches and I had a yummy salad (yay for finally finding some great dairy free ranch dressing) before heading off to a fun author visit (I'll make a post about that soon too) at the library. Dinner was not so good. Pizza. We spent most of the afternoon outside so by the time dinner rolled around, no one knew what they wanted. I ate less pizza than I would have a month ago so I'm calling that a win.
Sunday was a pretty off day for me. I didn't wind up eating breakfast in the morning because I was busy catching up on dishes, getting some stuff done around the house and just not focusing on eating. My stomach was giving me issues too because of the pizza the night before. I had a LaraBar while I was making the meal list for the LAST week of Whole 30 (woohoo!) and that kept me from being too hungry when I went to the grocery store. My husband has apparently been craving grilled food so dinner we had Bratwursts on the grill and I made Macaroni and Cheese. Yes, I had some mac and cheese, but I had plain Bratwurst so it kind of evened it out (if only in my mind).
And this brings me to a huge confession: I'm not really doing the Whole30 diet anymore. I was actually seeing less results eating on the Whole30 diet than I was seeing when I wasn't eating as clean as I should be. I know why this is, but I also know why I started the Whole30 and I knew that to get the results I wanted, I needed to make a few changes. So I've had some bread, sugar, soda, dairy, etc along the way, but I'm still happy with how clean my diet has been over the last few weeks.
Call me a failure if you want, but I see this as success. I've narrowed down a few foods that don't agree with me by cutting them out for just a couple weeks and I've tried a few new recipes. For me that is a huge win!
For those of you that were rooting for me to make it the whole 30 days, sorry. It just wasn't in the cards for right now. With two kids (one still breastfeeding) and the workouts that I have been doing, I had to listen to my body and cut it a little slack on the restrictions.
On to the last week of "whole30" for me and I can't wait to share some yummy recipes with you.
So it's easier for me to do week 4 now because it's still fresh in my mind. I mean, I have to think back a pretty long way to remember what I had in week 3. I'm working on it and you will see it soon, I'm sure.
Monday was a typical Monday around here. We woke up later than we expected to, were a bit sluggish, but still managed to be okay. Breakfast was cereal for my son (his choice) and some fruit for me. In fact, breakfast this week was pretty much all cereal or fruit. We stick to easy around here, especially when we get lazy. Lunch for me was a salad because I finally found some awesome dressing. Seriously, I have been trying dressings (homemade, store bought) and just haven't found the dressing to make me eat as many salads as I would like. Insert this yummy Ranch Dressing! Seriously, this stuff is amazing and may be my new go-to ranch even when I'm not on the Whole30! Dinner was this Zoodle Dish. It was good, but just wasn't what I was looking for. I think the zoodles were just not done all the way and my zoodler is not the best at making noodles. It was a super quick meal and I feel like it would be a nice summer lunch; I just needed more for dinner.
I'm gonna skip over breakfast and lunch for the majority of the week since it was all the same (fruit for breakfast, salad for lunch) because I'm too lazy to type it over and over again.
Tuesday, we had this amazing Shrimp Fajita dish! I had mine over salad and the boys loved theirs in tortillas with lots of cheese and avocado. My favorite part of this meal was how quick it was to cook. I don't mind being in the kitchen, but my energy was running pretty low so a quick meal was awesome! And it made pretty good leftovers too!
My husband was off work on Wednesday so I decided it was the perfect time to cook up a meal that takes a little bit longer than usual. This is one of my favorite recipes so I knew it was going to be perfect and hit the spot. Seriously, these Greek Chicken Kebabs are the bomb! And you can't have kebabs without tzatziki sauce so I searched for a Whole30 compliant recipe for one. I found one and it wasn't terrible, but I still love mine made with Greek Yogurt more. If you want to try the paleo tzatziki sauce, you can find the recipe here.
It was back to just me and the kids on Thursday so I was glad to have a crockpot meal on the menu. We had this Creamy Southwest Chicken and some cauliflower rice. Let's talk about cauliflower rice for a second. I've made it with the food processor and I've heated it up in the microwave. I liked my fresh one better (probably because of all the coconut oil), but the frozen one you just heat up in the microwave was so easy and went great with this meal. Okay, back to the chicken. This recipe will make your house smell AMAZING the entire time it is cooking! Seriously, just cook it for the smell! But really it tasted amazing too and we were actually sad that we didn't have leftovers.
Friday was a little bit of a crazy day, but we made it work. Normal breakfast and lunch for the week and by the time dinner rolled around, I just didn't want to cook. Well, that wasn't going to work since I had pulled meat out of the freezer to cook. So, Meatballs it was. These weren't terrible, but probably aren't something I will make again. See, we have an aunt who makes amazing meatballs and these just don't even come close to comparing. They are pretty good reheated (as long as you store them in the sauce so they don't dry out) so they would make a great meal prep recipe.
Saturday, I woke up and had my fruit while the husband and son had their lovely sugar filled bowls of cereal. I'm not a huge cereal person anyway, but lately the cereal looks so yummy and I know it is because I haven't been eating much sugar. Lunch was easy as I made the family some grilled cheese sandwiches and I had a yummy salad (yay for finally finding some great dairy free ranch dressing) before heading off to a fun author visit (I'll make a post about that soon too) at the library. Dinner was not so good. Pizza. We spent most of the afternoon outside so by the time dinner rolled around, no one knew what they wanted. I ate less pizza than I would have a month ago so I'm calling that a win.
Sunday was a pretty off day for me. I didn't wind up eating breakfast in the morning because I was busy catching up on dishes, getting some stuff done around the house and just not focusing on eating. My stomach was giving me issues too because of the pizza the night before. I had a LaraBar while I was making the meal list for the LAST week of Whole 30 (woohoo!) and that kept me from being too hungry when I went to the grocery store. My husband has apparently been craving grilled food so dinner we had Bratwursts on the grill and I made Macaroni and Cheese. Yes, I had some mac and cheese, but I had plain Bratwurst so it kind of evened it out (if only in my mind).
And this brings me to a huge confession: I'm not really doing the Whole30 diet anymore. I was actually seeing less results eating on the Whole30 diet than I was seeing when I wasn't eating as clean as I should be. I know why this is, but I also know why I started the Whole30 and I knew that to get the results I wanted, I needed to make a few changes. So I've had some bread, sugar, soda, dairy, etc along the way, but I'm still happy with how clean my diet has been over the last few weeks.
Call me a failure if you want, but I see this as success. I've narrowed down a few foods that don't agree with me by cutting them out for just a couple weeks and I've tried a few new recipes. For me that is a huge win!
For those of you that were rooting for me to make it the whole 30 days, sorry. It just wasn't in the cards for right now. With two kids (one still breastfeeding) and the workouts that I have been doing, I had to listen to my body and cut it a little slack on the restrictions.
On to the last week of "whole30" for me and I can't wait to share some yummy recipes with you.
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