The Utes won:
I had a delish, and admittedly over-the-top, “brunch” of two eggs with green onions cooked in ghee topped with guac from page 308 of The Whole30 with a sausage patty from page 162, brussels sprouts with salt + ghee and a tomato — I was hungry after barre, MMK?):
I completely nailed my Miss America viewing party outfit (thanks for the sneaky pics AND video (not included), Noelle):
Spotify radio, for the random win:
My house may or may not smell like this sweet potato that I may or may not have accidentally lit on fire in my microwave.
Don’t think I need to update you on how my “become a better cook” goal is going. Day six and the world is my oyster.
Starting to feel back to my normal after a weekend of Oktoberfest, brats and snickety snacks.Having yesterday and today off has made it an enjoyable and relaxed start to my September Whole30.
Today I think I did a good job of striving to achieve my complete plate goal. The last round I did, I tended to eat too much fruit and not enough veg.
Breakfast – RIGHT? Sausage patties (page 162 The Whole30), scrambled eggs made with ghee + green onions, homemade pico de gallo (with tomatoes my great aunt carol gave me!), cauli rice cooked in coconut oil + cilantro, half an avocado and half a peach with a la croix.
 Lunch – Shredded chicken breast over romaine with tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, carrots, purple onions and Whole30 ranch.
 Din – or the closet thing to a Cafe Rio salad I’ve had in a long time – pulled pork carnitas (page 254 The Whole30) over romaine with half an avocado, my leftover cauli rice and a crap ton of pico de gallo.
Today I went to barre, donated a bunch of stuff to D.I., hung out at my parents house, googled if iced green tea from starbucks was compliant, read 60 pages of a self-help book, watched Fundamentals of Caring on Netflix (I LOVED IT) and planned for a friend’s dinner happening tomorrow. 
Sending lots of love to my greatest fan tonight.
My dear friend Jes gifted me It Starts With Food for Christmas last year. She had done a round of Whole30 with her family in November and had told me a about it — I expressed interest in learning more so she gifted me the book. She told me that she and her family were starting another round on January 5th and that they’d be a support to me if I wanted to try it.
I decided that I wanted to do it. I wanted the change. I read (most) of It Starts With Food and The Whole30, I researched online A LOT about the rules and dos and don’t and on January 4th I was meal prepping for the week. Eeee! I won’t get you wrong, it was hard and scary to start. I’m not a particularly good cook, not a morning person so I rarely prepared breakfast, and I felt I was basically a huge wimp who’d been so lazy for such a long time that how in the hell would I be able to pull this off.
In the book, they say things that are actually hard to do: fight cancer, etc. and I really let that resonate with me. I work for a charity that raises money for children’s hospitals. These kids would do anything to be strong and healthy and here I am with a healthy body that I wasn’t being good to. I made the intention when starting to change the bad habits I’d grown accustomed to. I desired so deeply to understand my relationship with food and how I had used it as a comfort, punishment and pleasure.
Anywho, moving right along — meal prep + learning how to cook went really well (hahahahah):
I had some setbacks, just from being new, I accidentally ate pasta sauce with soybean oil in..for dinner, lunch and dinner over the course of three days. When I realized it..I was COMPLETELY crushed. I knew I had to start over. I seriously wanted to run to Wendy’s and eat my feelings (SUCH a wimp!) and I had only been on day four (better than being on day 22, amirite??!?). Realizing how OVER I was of running to food for comfort, I started day 1.2 the next day. Delicious dinner with soybean oil in it pictured below:
As the weeks went on, I felt more and more amazing and proud of myself:
I became a breakfast maker and eater:
And ate fancy dinners (without soybean oil!):
Even lou loved all my cooking (yes, even the brussels sprouts):
By day 30, I was feeling amazing. I had lost weight, but more importantly, I had gained a pride in myself that I’ve only experienced once before when I got a B+ in Math 1050 😉
Fast forward to today and I’ve lost 37.6 pounds. Whaaaaaaaat! More exciting than that, I have found a food freedom that allows me to feel good and continue to improve. With that said, I’m participating in Whole30 in September because I feel like I need a reset.
My goals for this round, as I mentioned in my previous post, are to:
become a better cook.
drink enough water.
eat a complete plate.
Good luck to all of those starting your Whole30 journey. Reminders if you’re feeling like continuing to be a wimp ass:
LOVE YOU,
yes, you.
B
Today I:
Woke up
Ate two hard-boiled eggs
Went to barre bootcamp
Stopped in at Old Navy (i need an intervention)
And bath & body works ($6 shower gel, amirite?)
Came home and snuggled pup; didn’t share my lunch with her
Deleted 17 gigs worth of videos off of my iPhoto
Went to trader joe’s & smith’s
Made sausage patties
Put together the spiciest pico de gallo known to man
Ate dinner
Watched a half episode of Narcos, season teux
Wrote down some goals
Kicked ass during day 1 of my second round of whole30.
This round I’m aiming to:
become a better cook.
drink enough water.
eat a complete plate.
So here’s to it! I’m stoked to be participating in the #septemberwhole30. Hope I won’t bore you (here’s looking at you, mom) with my whole30 posts this month. I made a few little cutesy affirmations for my phone to keep me motivated (ha!)
Also, the sausage patties I made are a gift from heaven.
Come over and try one (or three).
Also, join a ridiculous disaster of a whole30 Facebook group.