whole30: week 2.

today is day 16, so we are past the halfway mark! woohoo! i am pretty impressed with our commitment so far. we've had social engagements, happy hours, barbecues and two weekends, and we have stayed strong. i'm especially proud of jb, mainly because it makes it about a bazillion times easier on me to have someone to do this with me.

results so far: about the same, i think? it's clear jb has lost lbs., but i don't think i've lost any yet. i have a long way to go and my body is extremely slow to respond to stuff, so i'm trying not to get discouraged. other than a couple of weird nights and extenuating circumstances, we are sleeping pretty incredibly. my energy is consistent throughout the day, and i don't want to collapse onto a couch the minute we get the kidlets down. my skin is much clearer, i think. so, all good. no "tiger blood" yet (which is what they say you hit in the second half of the program), but all good.

so what did we eat? so glad you asked:

wednesday:
meal 1 - leftover chicken breasts cubed with sauteed cherry tomatoes, topped with homemade spinach-walnut pesto
meal 2 - i had a lunch out at chipotle - lettuce, chicken, pico, guac, super satisfying. i was meeting a coworker and it had been scheduled for over a month, so i went with it. jb had mexican tuna lettuce wraps - tuna with cilantro, purple onion, avocado, etc.
meal 3 - crockpot brisket cooked in homemade bone broth with butternut squash and a greek salad with lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red bells, cucumber, kalamata olives, and homemade dressing (evoo, red wine vinegar)

thursday:
meal 1 - sauteed power greens topped with fried eggs and roasted red pepper sauce; grapes
meal 2 - leftover brisket & butternut squash, topped with some pesto; more grapes
meal 3 - baked steelhead trout with a veggie medley of broccoli, onion, mushrooms, yellow squash sauteed in ghee, topped with roasted red pepper sauce

friday:
meal 1 - leftover trout with pesto; butternut squash soup i made with remaining bone broth (so. good.)
meal 2 - greek salad with olives, peppers, onion, power greens, and two hard-boiled eggs - homemade dressing
meal 3 - we met some friends at central market and there was oregano sauteed salmon on special, so we each ate that with double spinach (instead of the bulgur it came with)
snack - i was weirdly hungry friday, so i had a small apple and some cashews shortly after lunch

saturday:
meal 1 - scramble of eggs, mushrooms, onion, power greens, topped with pesto and half an avocado
meal 2 - paleo salmon cakes (i subbed coconut flour for almond flour and i didn't do the swap properly, so these were super dry, but i will make them again...); topped with homemade mayo to combat the dry-ness; butternut squash soup
meal 3 - baked sweet potatoes topped with crockpot carnitas and avocado mayo; roasted brussels sprouts

sunday:
meal 1 - leftover carnitas topped with a fried egg; plantains fried in coconut oil with a little kosher salt and cinammon (yum!!); leftover veggies from thursday night's dinner
meal 2 - cold thai salad made with zoodles, carrots, cilantro, cashews, topped with sunshine sauce; leftover salmon cakes with homemade mayo
meal 3 - brisket at the neighborhood bbq - super yummy! i brought cole slaw, so i knew it was compliant - green & red cabbage, cilantro, pineapple, green onion, carrots, dressed with homemade mayo, ACV, sesame oil

monday:
meal 1 - twice-baked sweet potato egg cups - half of leftover sweet potato topped with an egg and baked for 12-15 minutes...this wasn't nearly enough food, so when i got to work i had two hard-boiled eggs with homemade salsa and some grapes (no fat, so not ideal, but still compliant)
meal 2 - cole slaw with homemade dressing and chicken breast
meal 3 - steamed zoodles with garlicky shrimp and homemade romesco sauce (this was shockingly good and filling)

tuesday:
meal 1 - crispy kale & sausage quiche with sweet potato crust (i modified this recipe with chicken apple sausage)
meal 2 - chicken protein salad made with grilled chicken, mayo, kalamata olives, sundried tomatoes, basil from the garden, red wine vinegar, and pine nuts on a bed of baby spinach/baby kale, topped with a drizzle of homemade ranch
meal 3 - salmon with roasted broccoli and prosciutto-wrapped asparagus spears

so that's it! onward...