FOUR weeks down and TWO days to go! I am sooooo excited to have completed this challenge. I am literally counting the meals (nine) until I get to have oatmeal. I am breaking out my awesome rice cooker and setting it up to have a fresh batch of steel cut oats ready for me first thing Wednesday morning. So embarrassing how excited I am about oatmeal. 🙄 From a feeling standpoint, I didn't feel much different week 4 versus week 3 and I have definitely settled into a groove with the meals I like. I am a creature of habit so once I find something I like, I will just eat the same thing over and over. Unfortunately that doesn't make for a very exciting blog post but there are a few new things sprinkled throughout the week. And you know how I said I wasn't going to eat those awesome Whole30fied pancakes until the challenge was over? I lied. 😒
Monday, July 25th
Breakfast: scrambled egg + leftover sweet potato and eggplant
Snack: paleo diet bar cinnamon raisin
Lunch: leftover shrimp curry
Snack: apple + cashews
Dinner: mustard balsamic chicken + green beans + sweet potato
Snack: chocolate smoothie
Tuesday, July 26th
Breakfast: 2 eggs + 2 pancakes + french pressed decaf coffee with nutpod creamer
Snack: cashews, brazil nuts + 1/2 banana
Lunch: leftover mustard balsamic chicken + taco turkey meat w/guacamole + yellow squash
Snack: 2 pancakes + handful almonds
Dinner: baked potato with taco turkey meat + small salad w/toasted pecans + apple
Snack: chocolate smoothie
Wednesday, July 27th
Breakfast: scrambled eggs + 2 pancakes + french pressed decaf coffee with nutpod creamer
Snack: carrot cake larabar + handful almonds
Lunch: leftover carnitas, leftover turkey taco meat + zucchini + 1/2 sweet potato
Snack: apple + almond butter
Dinner: mustard balsamic chicken + cauliflower rice + asparagus and jalepenos
Snack: chocolate smoothie
Thursday, July 28th
Breakfast: 1 fried egg + bacon + 2 pancakes + french pressed decaf coffee with nutpod creamer
Snack: banana + cashews
Lunch: leftover balsamic chicken + cauliflower rice + asparagus
Snack: peach + almonds
Dinner: salad with leftover grilled chicken (freezer), toasted pumpkin seeds & pecans, bacon, balsamic vinegar, EVOO
Snack: chocolate smoothie
Friday, July 29th
Breakfast: 1 pancake + 1 bacon + 1/2 sausage
Snack: banana + cashews & brazil nuts
Lunch : leftover buffalo chicken + sweet potato + strawberries
Snack: chocolate sea salt RX bar
Dinner: buffalo chicken patty (recipe coming soon) + roasted sweet potato cubes (recipe coming soon) + grilled zucchini
Snack: chocolate smoothie
Saturday, July 30th
Breakfast: 2 egg muffins (recipe coming soon) + 2 pancakes + french pressed decaf coffee with nutpod creamer
Snack: banana + almonds
Lunch: turkey lunch meat lettuce wrap with avocado + dijon mustard
Snack: apple + almond butter + nuts + raisins
Dinner: dined out at True Food Kitchen (grass fed patty + salad with asparagus & cauliflower)
Snack: chocolate smoothie
Sunday, July 31st
Breakfast: 2 egg muffins + 2 pancakes
Lunch: mustard balsamic chicken lettuce wrap + sweet potato
Snack: chocolate sea salt RX bar
Dinner: grass fed filet + baked potato with Tessemae's buffalo sauce (highly recommend this) + grilled yellow squash
Snack: chocolate smoothie
Two more days to recap and I am D.O.N.E.