Whole 30 Challenge: Week 1

Whole 30 Series- a Busy Woman's Guide

Whole30 WEEK 1

Here is a review of what I essentially ate the first week on the the Whole 30 meal plan. Be sure to check out the official website. If you can recall on my previous post, I started on the challenge without the recommended 'prep' that the site recommends and I was fine for a few days until I had time to go 'organic' shopping....so if you're thinking about trying this challenge, you can decide right now and use common groceries found right there at home!

Then in between a few of the days I wrote what I experienced physically during that day and some detail. Do not know if those experiences had something to do with being on the Whole 30 meal plan, and if they were side effects or if I just happened to be experiencing those symptoms. 

Here are a few of the check lists you can download from their website in PDF form, it came in handy when I was doing an inventory of the pantry, shopping, and during meal prep.

DAY 1:
1 Egg

1/2 Gala Apple

Salad Greens

Cashews

2 Eggs

Sea Salt

Paprika 

2 Tomatoes sliced

Broccoli
Ghee

Apple Cider/Sesame Vinaigrette {homemade}

DAY 2:
Eggs over easy

Sea Salt

Paprika 

Parsley

Sweet Potatoes

Brazil Nuts

Cashews 

Almond-Crusted 'Fried' Baked Chicken
Salad Greens

Broccoli
Water

DAY 3:
Omelet with tomatoes

Sea Salt

Apple

Salad Greens

Apple Cider/Sesame Vinaigrette {homemade}
Sweet Potatoes

Cashews

Almond-Crusted 'Fried' Baked Chicken

Broccoli
Water 

-migraine headache

-vomit late that night

Opps I forgot to take a picture before starting to eat my salad, you get the idea though:)

DAY 4: 
2 Eggs 

2 Tomatoes sliced

Assorted Nuts

Coffee

Coconut Creamer

Baby Carrots

Shredded Pork

Salad Greens

Avocado

Chia Seeds

Salsa

Tomato

Tablespoon Almond Butter

Peaches
Water

-headache

-heighten sense of Smell

-heighten sense of Taste

Coconut Milk Coffee Creamer

DAY 5: 
Organic Date (boiled)

2 Eggs

1/2 Apple

Sweet Potato,Sea Salt,Date Infused Water

T-Bone Steak

Green Beans

Sweet Potato Fries

Cauliflower Garlic Mashed 

Organic Dates

Green Tea 

Coconut Milk Creamer 

Nuts
Water

-headache in AM only

-heighten sense of Smell

Organic Dates Paste (bottom right)

DAY 6: 
2 Eggs over easy

Pan Fried Sweet Potato

Organic Date

T-Bone Steak 8oz

Cauliflower Garlic Mash

Carrot

Broccoli, ghee

T-Bone Steak 6oz

Pan Fried Sweet Potato

Water

DAY 7: 
2 Eggs over easy, ghee

Sea Salt, Paprika, Black Pepper

Pan Fried Sweet Potatoes

Organic Peaches

Water

Chicken Fajitas, in ghee

Broccoli 

Cauliflower Garlic Mash

Sea Salt

1/2 Sweet Potato

Roasted Nuts

Water

A lot of my cooking this week was leftovers, I also ended up grilling a fairly large amount of meat for me and the family so that all I had to do was re-heat on stove or in microwave. I was really looking forward to the sweet potatoes and I think I ate them everyday. I also really enjoyed the organic dates, really flavorful and sweet but I didn't over indulge in the dates. I really have a new outlook on dates, I already used sweet potatoes regularly so that was an easy transition. I am now absolutely shocked on what I find in regular packaged, processed, non-organic foods....I knew it was 'good' for me but I didn't realize actually how disgusting processed food really is. I am happy so far that I tried this meal plan and I am looking forward to the next few weeks of my experiment with the Whole 30 Challenge!!

Please leave a comment below and let me know if you have a question, I'll try and help you out!

~Be Sweet
Christina
Sweetest Haute

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