whole 30: week 4 + results!

aaaaannnnndddd...we did it! woohoo. i won't say i'm shocked we made it, but i'm almost surprised and also extremely proud of us. 30 days is both nothing and a realllly long time when it comes to habits and consumption.

so, what did we learn? well, we will know more as we do a calculated, slow reintroduction of things and decide what/how much of other food groups to add back in to our diets. but, i can say without question that i feel amazing. probably the best i've ever felt in my life. low anxiety levels, great sleep, good, consistent energy. i definitely need to add exercise in to my day because it makes me even calmer and more even-keeled, but that's going to be the game plan this month.

i tried to make a list of stuff i miss and it's really short. way shorter than i expected:
- hummus (kinda)
- rice (kinda)
- cheese (mostly good parmesan)
- tortilla chips (duh, but these are off the list for a while since i can't stop)

i think that's it! weird, right? i think about bread a lot, but i don't really miss it since it's got lots of power over my brain and doesn't make me feel awesome. i love it, but i think it's going to be a rare treat rather than a daily or weekly part of my life. we'll see.

so the results! clearly, jb did awesome. i blame this on the fact that he's a man. but we were both pretty stoked with the outcome (so far!):

jb:
- lost 15.2 lbs
- lost 3.25 inches in his waist
- lost almost 2 inches in his hips
- lost inches in his thigh

pb:
- lost 8.4 lbs
- lost 5 inches in my waist
- lost 1.5 inches in my bust
- lost almost 2 inches in my hips
- lost 1.5 inches in my thigh

not bad, especially considering the other non-measurable benefits.

food for the final week-ish:

thursday:
meal 1 - eggs, avocado, cherries
meal 2 - salad with hb egg, french beans, cherry tomatoes, avocado, carrots, evoo. also had a burger patty at a team offsite as my protein.
meal 3 - ribeye with roasted broccoli and a salad of spinach, beets, avocado, almonds

friday:
meal 1 - sauteed spinach, avocado, and an egg with some grilled pork cutlet
meal 2 - steak salad with leftovers, spinach, beets, avocado, almonds
meal 3 - had some friends over so we had apps of guac with plantain chips and olives. for dinner we had fajita beef and chicken, grilled zucchini and squash with homemade cilantro lime mayo, sauteed onions and peppers and cole slaw

saturday:
meal 1 - leftover chicken and cilantro mayo over a bed of leftover veggies, topped with a sunnyside up egg
meal 2 - same as lunch - this stuff was tasty!
meal 3 - went to a bbq so i made my slaw and had lots of that with a burger patty

sunday:
meal 1 - eggs, spinach, avocado, plantains
meal 2 - leftover chicken, leftover slaw, leftover roasted broccoli
meal 3 - we went to central market - jb had a shrimp and cauliflower dish. i was feeling kind of weird (paint fumes?), so i had plain grilled salmon and some rosemary roasted potatoes

monday:
meal 1 - leftover broccoli, sauteed mini peppers, eggs, avocado
meal 2 - salad with grilled pork cutlet over spinach, bell pepper, radishes, carrots, hemp hearts, avocado. dressed with cilantro lime mayo and had an apple and some raspberries
meal 3 - moroccan salmon (spicy!) with roasted zucchini and squash with dill, sweet potato fries - we dipped the salmon in a little mayo because it was such a spicy dish

tuesday:
meal 1 - leftover zucchini and squash, eggs, avocado, cherries
meal 2 - leftover salmon, veggies, etc from dinner on monday
meal 3 - roasted acorn squash and a hodgepodge of onion, ground beef and cabbage with curry powder