Whole 30: Week 1

Whole30: Week 1 is just about over. Temptation began immediately from Day 1. I had lunch at the Hyatt… need I say more? Whilst everyone’s plates were loaded with carb-filled goodies like vegetable rice, potato salad, casseroles and more, I was forced to be satisfied with green salad, grilled fish and baked leg of lamb. Forgetting about my grassy lunch for a second, I was so excited when I saw the creamy dessert… then I remembered, I couldn’t have any. I was so sad. But I stayed strong. Yay me!

Here are some other highlights:

1. Meal Plan? What meal plan? Remember the meal plan I posted last week? Yeah? Well, I didn’t stick to it. At all. I maintained a paleo diet throughout the week – probably ate too much fruit  and did not drink enough water (and I might have chewed gum a few times) but for the most part I stuck to the Whole30 guidelines. It’s just that I didn’t cook/eat what I said I would via the plan. Except for breakfast – my muffin tin eggs were delish and kept me full until lunchtime.

2. Paleo Mayo! I made my own Whole30 approved mayonnaise from scratch! I searched from East to West to find extra light tasting olive oil but found none, so I had to make my mayo with coconut oil. The coconut flavour was pretty strong but the consistency was really good. I’ll extend my search for extra-light tasting olive oil this week and try again. The initial consistency was excellent but since coconut oil is solid at room temp, by day two it was more like butter. Will try again this week, if I can find light-tasting olive oil.

3. Paleo ketchup. I made my own Whole30 approved tomato ketchup too! This one tasted more like Heinz tomato ketchup and I’m more of a Swiss ketchup kinda gal. Either way, it went well with my sweet potato “fries”.

The ketchup I made! Swear it tastes like Heinz. Too bad my taste buds prefer good ol’ Trini Swiss.

5. Callaloo soup. I had callaloo soup for the first time – loaded with root vegetables, pig tails and crabs!

6. Wiiiiiings. I ate smoked wings from Mr Chow’s. Hold the sauce.

7. Kale chips. Take 1. I baked kale chips… tasted so good, it went straight from the baking sheet to my and my brother’s lips (before we could take any pictures)

8. Kale chips. Take 2. I baked kale chips a second time… didn’t taste so great. shrug

9. Exercise. Skipped 2 days of Focus T25. Promise to do better this week coming.

10. Got milk? In the middle of the week I had a serious craving for milk. I decided to give almond milk a try so I bought a box… then realised it had added sugar in it. Drank it anyway. Oops.

11. Friday Night Lime. Friday night we had baked sweet potato “fries” (made from scratch, but tasted more like baked sweet potatoes than like fries), grilled fish patties on a bed of lettuce and pico de gallo. ‘Twas awesome! (Too hungry and tired to take pics)

12. Smooth Saturday. Saturday evening I enjoyed a creamy smoothie made from frozen mixed fruit and coconut milk. Yum!

13. Breakfast by Kevin. Yep, you read that right. My brother prepared breakfast on Sunday.

In my previous post, I shared my intention to weigh in every week, even though they said to stay off the scale for the entire Whole30. Alas, my scale conspired against me so when I attempted to weigh-in this morning, it simply read “Lo”, indicating it was time to change the batteries. Bleh. I guess I could resist buying fresh batteries till the end of the month.

Conclusion: I survived week one with a few lapses here n’ there. I have to admit that meals were more satisfying and I didn’t feel as hungry between meals. Looking forward to a more focused Week Two.