The Whole 30: Week 2 - I Am Stronger Than a Stupid Little Marshmallow Chick

I am on the 14th day of The Whole 30!  This week has been much better than the headache-ridden week 1. I have stuck to the plan and not strayed once, even while at a birthday party where the cookies looked delicious, and while being surrounded by Easter candy. It was tempting while I was stuffing plastic eggs with jelly beans, Cadbury mini-eggs, and especially Reese's eggs.  I LOVE Reese's, but I realized I am stronger than a candy egg and  sugary marshmallow bunny or chick, so I wasn't going to give in.  Besides, I like my Peeps stale, and the ones we have are fresh in a package, so I wouldn't have enjoyed them anyway.


So this week I have felt really great.  No headaches.  At no point did I feel extremely hungry.  I guess what they say about eating sugary junk is true, it doesn't hold you over long.  On The Whole 30, you really have no choice but to eat a lot of protein, which definitely keeps me full longer. 


Some of the foods I have made this week:


Sweet Potato chips:  Ok, so they are not exactly the texture of chips, but they are delicious.  I thinly slice a sweet potato, make a mixture of sea salt, cumin, and chili powder, and olive oil.  Then I toss the sweet potatoes in it and bake them for about 20ish minutes. 

For lunch I have been making "chicken salad"  which is actually just grilled chicken mixed with mashed avocado.  It's pretty delicious.  I eat it in a lettuce wrap.

Dinner is a bit more difficult.  Although my husband is supportive in the sense that he too probably wants me to lose weight and he will say things like "good job,"  he is not supportive enough to completely change his ways and eat what I am eating.  It pisses me off how he can manage to eat junk, drink beer, and stay so skinny. Sometimes, I want to reach across the dinner table and throat punch him, but I don't.  So when it comes to dinner, most nights I am making two meals.  I try really hard to make it where we have the same meat, but different sides.  Or I try to get creative.  Last night my husband and daughter wanted tacos.  I know I can't eat the tortilla, refried beans, cheese, or packaged seasoning.  I decided to make myself a taco substitute.  I found a Whole 30 acceptable recipe on-line for seasoning.  I ate it on a lettuce wrap with avocado.  It was not really amazing.  Tacos are meant to be cheesy and with a tortilla.  I will not likely make my faux tacos again. One night last week, we were having burgers.  My skinny ass husband loves cheeseburgers and could eat them 4 nights a week.  I too had a burger, but my bun was a lettuce wrap.  Instead of cheese, I grilled a slice of pineapple to put on it.  I also put bacon on it.  Instead of fries, I had roasted parsnips. It was absolutely delicious.  I plan to make it again one night this week. 



I can't believe that I am almost at the halfway point.  I weigh in again tomorrow, hoping for a loss.