2:43pm
Feeling great as ever. I read It Starts With Food, while I was on vacation, but I wish I could read it again. I am consistently forgetting what is and what is not compliant with Whole30. But I'm confident that will get easier every day. I am a little worried about last night. Nausea before bed is nothing new to me, but it breaks down my confidence little by little. It seems that whenever I attempt to eat healthy, certain things make those night time barfy feelings return. My hope is that through this I will learn to live on a clean diet, and learn ways to cook my food that will not cause nausea.
My theory for the past few months has been oil. I have moved from cooking with Olive oil to coconut oil, but after last night now I am questioning that theory as well, since that is what I cooked with for my chicken last night. But something for me to strongly ponder is this, do I know how to cook with oil? Probably not. I probably use too much, so I will keep that on my agenda to research. For now, i will stick with baking. I just had a great afternoon of preparing food. Last night I was successful at turning down wine and chips at a friends, so another small hurdle accomplished!
This morning I had three delicious over easy eggs. HOW did I not cook eggs like this before!! Actually, it's probably a blessing in disguise, because now they are this new amazing treat! I always used to make scrambled eggs dry, and still loved them. But this whole over easy is great--i supposed it's probably the olive oil that makes them delicious (to note-don't get sick when I make eggs with olive oil...hmmm). I also had a grapefruit, with the intention to only eat half--but it was way too delicious, and I was way too into the episode of scandal I was watching to be concerned.
I have always loved grapefruit, since I was little. When my mom used to cut it in half for me, slice up the triangles in preparation, pour some sugar on (bless her soul, none of us knew the addiction I had yet, I won't hold it against her that she gave me so much joy through sugar ;) ). And then when she would turn around I would pour another half a cup on. Scrumptious. When I was little, they made me give up dairy for a bit ( to figure out my stomach-documented as acid reflux-maybe part of that is still true? but it seems to be a new beast now), and I remember having to drink grapefruit juice instead of milk at lunch, and it was awful. I thought grapefruit could only be eaten with sugar. And then I will never forget the afternoon I learned different. It was my senior year of college and my duplex neighbor (now BFF and adult roommate) Clare was sitting on a chair in the backyard reading and peeling her grapefruit. She explained to me that it was the peel that made grapefruit hard to eat and sour and disgusting. So she peeling me a chunk and my life was forever changed. If you have never had a peeled grapefruit (so literally just the insides-more messy than oranges-but the same idea, plus peeling off the alien skin like inside peel off) - DO IT. I also love how they are little sperm like bursts of juice and fruit all chunked together. Sometimes I just pull off one little spermy thing and eat it, and repeat. I really like food I have to work for...like pomegranates.
Who knew I had so much to say about grapefruit. What the f.
After breakfast I ran some errands, and found myself at WholeFoods for my third time ever. I admittedly went to the meat counter with hesitation. But I decided to go full force with honesty. I told the meat man that I had never cooked pork, but what would I need for a recipe that called for 1-2 pounds pork loin. He helped me out, and asked about a recipe, I mumbled that I was just keeping it simple with pulled pork, and ran away with my meat. I should have stuck around and asked more advice, but I was intimidated because of my lack of knowledge, but mostly because he was a very charming meat man and made me nervous! Ha! I picked up a pretty good haul besides that.
You can't see it very well in this photo below, but I was absolutely bawling after chopping onions for this recipe. Numerous snapchats were sent in honor. It was hilariously ridiculous.
This was a perfect little lunch. Delicious meatballs, plain and wonderful. Plus a small amount of fruit (since I had such a big grapefruit) and a whole avocado. 
I have a pretty big fear of cooking meat. So a huge part of the hope from Whole30 is for me to get over that. These pork meatballs, and shredded pork (recipe here and here) will be a huge step for me.
I plan on freezing the meatballs and some of the pork in little baggies, for quick protein meals. I also have another recipe I want to try tomorrow!
For last meal (i'm sure this is frowned upon, but I don't care):
velveeta mac n cheese
cinnamon toast crunch
skim milk
butterfinger
peach tea snapple
For real big kid food:
frozen chicken
applegate hot dogs (i just froze these, as an emergency some day)
ground pork
ground beef
ground turkey
pork loin
beef broth
spinach
carrots
peppers
green beans
zuchinni
avacadoes
sweet potatoes
onion
apples
raspberries
grapefruit
olives
raw cashews
eggs
spices: mustard powder, paprika (lots more I can't remember now)
RXbars-I ordered these online here
Party on!
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