Whole 30: Day 1

So as part of this Whole 30 journey I have decided that I will keep a food log.  Nothing fancy, but just to give people an idea of what food I am eating while following this plan.  Also include some recipes and things that work for me while I do my Whole 30 journey.

This diet takes some reprogramming of the brain.  Not for eating a different way, but more to make sure you don't mindlessly eat something.  Little man was eating yogurt and I got some on my hand.  Had to repeatedly tell myself over and over not to lick the yogurt off my hand.  Sure if I had of licked it off my hand it wouldn't have been a big deal.  But given that it was 7 am on day 1, I really didn't want to eat a "forbidden" food.

A few roadblocks were put in my way today and I breezed passed them no problem.  The first was that I was at the office an extra hour longer then normal or was expected.  Thankfully I have stashed a few Larabars for just such an occasion.  If you are in Toronto and looking for these I found them at Tutti Frutti in Kensington Market for $1.25 each.

Then as I had known about for over a month, I chose to start my Whole 30 on the same day as book club.  Temptation was staring me in the face the entire evening with multiple bottles of wine and a ton of forbidden food on the table in front of me all evening.  This was where having the strict rule of No Cheats really helped me.  A first glance at the table made me long for everything on it.  Then I didn't even notice the table for the longest time.  I did notice that there was some fruit on the table that I could have eaten, but I also recognized that I had just eaten a large yummy dinner and wasn't at all hungry.  Oh and I also sipped on carbonated water the whole evening.


Day 1:
Breakfast: egg muffins
Lunch: salad with oil & vinegar dressing
Snack: 1/2 Larabar
Dinner: basil pork tenderloin, fennel apple & mushroom stir fry with tomato & kalamata olives salad

Sausage, Spinach & Tomato Egg Muffins

Sausage, Spinach & Tomato Egg muffins - there are a ton of recipes on the internet for these.  I made them up on Sunday and have them packaged in the fridge so I can grab and go in the morning.  I put them in the toaster oven this morning to reheat them and they tasted great.

1/2 lb cooked ground sausage - I had ground pork so I pan fried that with some herb de Provence and other spices
1 handfull chopped spinach - I used fresh spinach
1 small tomato diced
1 small handful of basil chopped
9 eggs
coconut oil

Set oven to 350 degrees, grease a muffin tin with the coconut oil.
Mix together the spinach, tomato and basil in one bowl.  In a separate bowl whip eggs until frothy.  Combine eggs with veggie mixture.
Distribute the cooked sausage evenly into the bottom of the muffin tins.  Pour egg mixture over top.
Place in oven and cooked for 30 minutes.