Whole30 week 4

I didn't realize that I didn't post this! Better late than never! Happy Wednesday! 

Day 21:

Breakfast: hash browns and scrambled eggs

Lunch: larabar

Snack: bananas, blueberries, and almonds

Dinner: baked chicken, potatoes, green beans, and onions

Day 22: 

Breakfast: bananas, blueberries, and almonds

Lunch: larabar and la croix

Dinner: butternut bisque

Day 23: 

Breakfast: chia seed pudding

Snack: apple and almonds

Dinner: sautéed chicken, roasted cabbage, and gnocchi (I made it myself so it was compliant!)

Day 24: 

Breakfast: chia seed pudding

Lunch: leftover roasted cabbage and sausage meatballs 

Dinner: chunked cantaloupe, fried eggs, and sweet potatoe medalions 

Day 25:

Breakfast: larabar

Lunch: steamed salmon and steamed veggies from ikea 

Snack: chia seed pudding 

Dinner (?): Apple 

Day 26: 

Breakfast: fried egg and hash browns 

Lunch: the last of the butternut bisque and some roasted pecans 

Dinner: sweet potatoe medalions and bacon

Day 27: 

Breakfast: Apple chicken sausage and fried apples and fried eggs. Apparently fried was beckoning me! Oh, and kombucha. I decided to keep drinking it this whole30. It has been so necessary and loaded with gut healing goodies! I felt like I would be foolish to not keep consuming it in my efforts to heal my gut! If you'd like a post all about kombucha, just let me know! 

Lunch: sautéed chicken, and rices cauliflower, with sautéed veggies

Dinner (late snack): chia seed pudding 

Day 28: 

Breakfast: chia seed pudding with pecans and kombucha 

Lunch: rices cauliflower and some ground turkey with spices. I needed easy because of some stomach issues. 

Dinner: dill lemon fish and roasted okra

Day 29: 

Breakfast: larabar and kombucha

Lunch: ground turkey fajitas in a jar

Dinner: venison stew

Day 30: 

Breakfast: larabar and kombucha

Lunch: roasted fish, and veggies

Dinner: I wasn't hungry

Things I learned from Whole30:

1. Getting rid of all this food isn't the "answer." There is so much more to nutrition than just getting rid of sugars and grains. That something isn't healthy just because it doesn't have things in it. Nutrition is getting to the roots of things, knowing what helps something else, and how to eat so that your body is best cared for.
2. My cravings never went away. So many people wrote saying that the cravings for grains and sugars was gone around day 20...mine seemed to intensify. I never didn't want one. I did, however, know what the repercussion would be so that was helpful to mentally be able to wrap my mind around that. 
3. You can still get constipated eating all this vegetation. If this is TMI just skip right over it. However, it was something I learned. I learned I wasn't balancing enough of the healthy fats with my fiber intake. The fiber was bulking up and the fat was enough to make it healthy, frequent, and normal. 
4. Food preparation is key. I loved being able to shop, cook, and store on Sunday night and then eat off of it all week. I wish I could do this all the time. It was perfect! 
5. I kept up with my kombucha intake. I know what my body would need and it is essentially sugar free and totally within bounds. 
6. I did feel more energized. I didn't realize that my body was being drained because of how hard it was working to digest food that needed so much effort.

So, here's to another Whole30. If you ask me if it was worth it I would say yes. Time and time again. Is it work. YES! But so worth it!