Health

End of Whole 30

Today was Day 30 of Whole 30 so Whole 30 is OFFICIALLY OVER (as of tomorrow)! From here I will be doing 80/20. I will be doing 80% healthy/better/whole 30 options & 20% that won’t necessarily be junk food but it will be the reintroduction of items that I cut out like dairy and bread. Don’t get me wrong, I’I’ve already decided not to reintroduce certain things back into my diet & decided to continue to make the whole 30 recipes & alternates that I loved.

If you’re interested in doing Whole 30 then I highly recommend meal planning and prepping. Once the spring semester started in the middle of Whole 30. I have night courses that are 3 hours and it takes me 45 minutes to an hour to get the school. Successfully implementing a simple mean and taking an RX Bar to class really helped. Also having Tessemae ranch packets on me helped if I wanted to grab grilled chicken salad from somewhere.

The biggest question I’ve been getting most is: is it worth it? I see Whole 30 as the opportunity to start fresh. You get into the habit of cooking and meal planning as well as lose the cravings for foods you know you shouldn’t be eating but want to anyways. I have lost 10 pounds and went 2 sizes down.

A lot of people have also called Whole 30 a fad diet, Whole 30 is only a “fad diet” if you go back to everything you were doing before. That’s all fad diets are. You can’t expect different results when you’re doing the same thing. So if you want to make a change then I do recommend Whole 30 to everyone. I did Whole 30 as a start to making better food decisions. Also, the more healthier I eat, the more active I am and want to be. I’ve been going on bike rides with Mera and I feel healthier overall.

If you want to make changes to your diet then I recommend Whole 30. The opening lines of the book state that “it’s not hard” & while it can be rough, it’s do-able and can help you eat and feel healthier.

Meals

Day Twenty

Breakfast

Breakfast Tacos

  • Egg Whites over easy // Whole Foods
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Salsa // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Flour Tortillas // Whole Foods
  • Coffee with French Vanilla Nut Pods & Collagen Peptides
Lunch

Grilled Skirt Steak from Tessemae’s Recipes with Fries

Dinner:

Bacon Spuds

  • Russet Potatoes with Olive Oil, Salt & Pepper
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Tessemae’s Everything Bagel Ranch // Tessemae’s or Amazon

Day Twenty One

Breakfast
Lunch:

Leftovers: Grilled Skirt Steak from Tessemae’s Recipes with Fries

Dinner:

Bacon Spuds

  • Russet Potatoes with Olive Oil, Salt & Pepper
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Tessemae’s Everything Bagel Ranch // Tessemae’s or Amazon

Day Twenty Two

Breakfast
Lunch:

Lemon Garlic Chicken & Asparagus from Tessemae’s Recipes for the chicken

Dinner:

Whole 30 Bacon Burger with fries & Garlic Aioli

Whole 30 Bacon Burger

Day Twenty Three

Breakfast Tacos

  • Egg Whites over easy // Whole Foods
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Salsa // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Flour Tortillas // Whole Foods
  • Coffee with French Vanilla Nut Pods & Collagen Peptides
Lunch:

McAllister’s Garden Salad

Dinner:

Bacon Spuds

  • Russet Potatoes with Olive Oil, Salt & Pepper
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Tessemae’s Everything Bagel Ranch // Tessemae’s or Amazon

Day Twenty Four

Breakfast

Breakfast Tacos

  • Egg Whites over easy // Whole Foods
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Salsa // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Flour Tortillas // Whole Foods
  • Coffee with French Vanilla Nut Pods & Collagen Peptides
Lunch:

Lemon Garlic Chicken & Asparagus from Tessemae’s Recipes for the chicken

Dinner:

Leftovers: Lemon Garlic Chicken & Asparagus from Tessemae’s Recipes for the chicken

Day Twenty Five

Breakfast
Lunch:

Spinach Tacos

Dinner:

Leftovers: Spinach Tacos

Almond Flour Tacos

Day Twenty Six

Breakfast
Lunch:

McAllister’s Garden Salad

Dinner:

Bacon Spuds

  • Russet Potatoes with Olive Oil, Salt & Pepper
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Tessemae’s Everything Bagel Ranch // Tessemae’s or Amazon

Day Twenty Seven

Breakfast
Lunch:

Herb-roasted Chicken with Tessemae’s Lemon Garlic & Vegetables, recipe from Whole 30 Slow Cooker Book

Dinner:

Leftovers: Herb-roasted Chicken with Tessemae’s Lemon Garlic & Vegetables, recipe from Whole 30 Slow Cooker Book

Day Twenty Eight

Breakfast

Breakfast Tacos

  • Egg Whites over easy // Whole Foods
  • Nature’s Rancher Bacon // Whole Foods or Target
  • Salsa // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Queso // Whole Foods
  • Siete Almond Flour Tortillas // Whole Foods
  • Coffee with French Vanilla Nut Pods & Collagen Peptides
Lunch:

Chipotle Whole 30 Bowl

Dinner:

McAllister’s Garden Salad

Day Twenty Nine

Breakfast
Lunch:

McAllister’s Garden Salad

Dinner:

Spaghetti with Zoodles

Spaghetti with Zoodles

Day Thirty

Breakfast
Lunch:

Rotisserie-Style Chicken from The from Whole 30 Slow Cooker Book

Dinner:

Leftovers: Rotisserie-Style Chicken from Whole 30 Slow Cooker Book

Rotisserie-Style Chicken