Whole 30 Week 4 Recap

That's right folks - we finished the Whole 30! No cheating or corner cutting. Followed all the rules to the best of our knowledge. I'm so proud of us for completing this journey together. I really and truly never thought we'd finished it all the way through like we have. I actually think typing this weekly recap has kept me accountable, so thank you! 

For all those who think they can't - you can! We had our own obstacles that challenged us as well. For one, Mr. B leaves for work before the sun comes up and he's never in his office during lunch time so that alone was a challenge to figure out how we were going to make that work. We decided on these mini frittatas for breakfast that he could just grab and reheat when he had a minute. He also committed to reheating leftovers for lunch which meant he didn't always eat lunch at a normal hour. Also, we had 3 out of town birthday parties over our 30 days. That's 3 cupcakes for 3 of our favorite littles that we had to pass up and it really didn't hurt that badly! I can't remember the last time I cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner at home for 30 days straight. Doing the Whole 30 = dishes plain and simple.

So, let's get into it! I've tried to link up compliant brands and recipes where applicable.

Day 22
Breakfast: Mini Frittata, coffee with almond milk
Lunch: Leftover Loaded Sweet Potatoes
Dinner: Meatballs and homemade sauce

Day 23
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, bacon, avocado, Whole 30 Latte
Lunch: Leftover kebabs and collards
Dinner: Pan seared pork chops, sauteed spinach and sweet potato fries

Day 24
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and avocado
Lunch: Chiptole salad - lettuce, carnitas, pico, guac
Dinner: Egg roll in a bowl

Egg roll in a bowl

Day 25
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and avocado
Lunch: Chopt Classic Cobb Salad (no bacon or cheese) with Tessemae's ranch dressing
Dinner: Burgers with roasted asparagus

Day 26
Breakfast: Hard boiled eggs, coffee with almond milk and cinnamon
Lunch: Leftover collards and Larabar
Dinner: Grilled steaks and Herb Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Herb Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Day 27
Breakfast: Leftover herbed sweet potato salad with egg, avocado and bacon, coffee with almond milk and cinnamon
Lunch: Burgers
Dinner: Mr. B's BBQ and sweet potato fries

Day 28
Breakfast: Larabar
Lunch: Egg roll in a bowl
Dinner: Meatloaf and roasted asparagus
Snack: Chili Lime Nuts

Chili Lime Nuts

Day 29
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, chicken sausage and latte
Lunch: Leftover egg roll in a bowl
Dinner: Leftover meatloaf and baked sweet potato

Day 30
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, avocado, coffee and almond milk with cinnamon
Lunch: Leftover egg roll in a bowl
Dinner: BBQ bowls (bbq, avocado, cilantro, red onion, cole slaw mix, chili mayo)

Final Thoughts!
-Our meal plan has not been perfect I know... lots of eggs, sweet potatoes, burgers, etc. and I'm ok with that. I felt completely overwhelmed week one with what to make. When you search Whole 30 recipes there are tons of great options, but I felt like we were only going to be successful and not completely blow our grocery budget if we just kept it simple. 

So, where do we go from here?? Check back later this week for our favorite recipes and our NSV's (non-scale victories)! Also, I have added a Whole 30 page on the blog that will be the keeper of our weekly recaps.