Whole30 -- Day 5

Happy Friday!

I know I said that last night's post was going to be short and then followed that statement up with a novel of a blog, but tonight's really is going to be short. It is now 8:00, and this is the first time I have sat down since work (where, while I normally stand all day, I have been sitting due to a great student teacher).

After work, I headed out west to (...drum roll...) Whole Foods. You may be thinking, Emmy, why did we just drumroll for Whole Foods? That's weird. Well, friends, this was the first time I have been to Whole Foods in Des Moines.

Yes, I said it. Whole Foods has been here for quite a while now (two years?), and I just now stepped foot inside.

It was probably good that I held off for so long. I feel like I could maybe spend a lot of time -- and infinitely more money -- at that place. Wowza.

After drooling over everything at Whole Foods, I headed next door to World Market and wandered around there forever. It's been a while since I have just wandered around a store, and it was kind of nice to spend however long I wanted looking at the most random things.

Finally, I went to Hy-Vee since Whole Foods didn't have something I was looking for (coconut aminos) and since I forgot sweet potatoes. (Note to self: don't go to a grocery store that is under construction at 5 p.m. on a Friday. That place was Crazy Town.)

Anyway, I ran my bazillions of errands, headed home, cleaned up the apartment a bit, did dishes, cooked dinner, did more dishes, took the trash out, and sat down to write.

So, here we are!

Breakfast:

You should be sensing a theme now with breakfasts. Today's included chicken sausage, two eggs, half an avocado, a green pepper, a handful of mushrooms, and some salsa. I'm pretty sure that I smell like meat every day at school since my kitchen does not ventilate well. Awesome.

Lunch:

Lunch, as usual, was leftovers from dinner. Again, last night's dinner was amazing. That amazingness translated to lunch today as well. It was so good that I was seriously contemplating making it for dinner again tonight.

Srsly.

Instead, I decided to go for a little variety and save my Spicy Shrimp, Part Two for next week.

Dinner: 

Despite the picture looking less-than-lovely, tonight's dinner was another success: coconut-crusted chicken (loosely adapted from Paleo Plan), with mango-jalapeno vinaigrette dipping sauce (loosely adapted from Happy Healthnut) and sided with roasted sweet peppers and sweet potato.

Side note: one of my sweet potatoes was white. It was definitely a sweet potato, but it was not the usual orange color. Weird.

Physically: I feel good. My tummy issues still feel like they are fairly resolved (fingers crossed they stay that way). Weighing oneself is not allowed during the duration of Whole30, and while I do not necessarily think I have lost weight, I do feel a lot less bloated, and I feel like my tummy is tighter than it has been in a while. Hopefully it will get even tighter (and smaller) when I can start adding some workouts back in. Other than that, I have a killer headache right now and am absolutely exhausted, but I've had a fairly busy couple of days, so that likely has a lot to do with it.

Emotionally: I'm feeling good. I'm looking forward to this weekend where I can just sit and chill and watch TV and read and not have to do anything. I think level of relaxation will be very good for me. (I am, however, a little nervous for the weekend in regard to food, as I tend to thrive with routine and go off track without it. I know, though, that I will stick to Whole30 and not give in a single bit.)

Cravings: Nothing. Seriously. Is that crazy, or what? I don't feel like I miss anything at the moment. That really, really surprises me.

Alright, friends! I'm off to camp out in front of Netflix -- likely for about 20 minutes until I crash on the couch.

G'night!