Day 1 of 30

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I have a super, sweet blogging friend who just completed the Whole30 challenge.  I am so very proud of her.  If you want to read about her journey, click here.

Even before she started journaling about her challenge, I had found the website, read about it completely (at least twice) and had been toying with the idea of jumping into that same program.  When I read that Julie had taken the challenge and I thought I would just sit back and see how she did.  I know, a true friend would have jumped in with her, right?  I just needed time to wrap my brain around this way of living.

A few months ago I read Dr. Don Colbert’s book on Get Healthy through Detox and Fasting.  It made a lot of sense to me and I was successful with the 21 days. I seemed to have more energy and really enjoyed eating clean.  It’s a good short term program.

Nutrition: 

Breakfast

**egg and veggie frittata, banana, 1/3 avocado

*Snack

Green juice (celery, cucumber, kale, spinach, lime, papaya, pineapple

Lunch

Grilled chicken breast w/ sautéed spinach and ½ avocado

*Snack

Boiled egg, almonds

Dinner

Green salad w/ grilled chicken breast

Exercise:

Strength training w/ my trainer

Physical therapy

*Snacks are really not a part of the Whole30 but I have been used to eating 5 small meals and just didn’t believe I could do the “cold turkey” no snack thing today.  I have kept my snacks within the eating program and one of my goals will be to knock out one of the snacks per day.

**Egg and Veggie Frittata

1 egg yoke + 4 egg whites gently stirred

1 cup frozen mixed cauliflower, broccoli and carrots

1 TBS coconut oil

1 TBS chopped jalapeno pepper

1/3 cup cilantro

Salt and pepper to taste

Microwave the frozen veggies until they are not cold…10 or 15 seconds. Heat the coconut oil and sauté the veggies and jalapeno pepper about 5 minutes.  Add the eggs and cook on low heat, cover until eggs are almost cooked through, then add the cilantro.

Today has been a very busy day as I started my day at 4:10 and will not be back home again tonight until about 8:30. 

Day 1….check!