Day 7 8 9 10

2:00 p.m. already?!  This day is moving much too quickly.  Breakfast and lunch have already been consumed and have just realized I'm falling behind on keeping the "2nd 30" posts updated.  

baked carrots and radishes

Day 7 was Saturday December 3rd.  A breakfast of Applegate turkey sausages w/ 1 egg, squash, onion, mushroom, 1/2 an avocado AND black coffee (of course).  Lunch consisted of leftover pulled chicken & salsa with a side of baked golden beets (love them!).  Evan and I were craving a snack around 2:30 so we sliced and baked some carrots and sprinkled with cinnamon.  Mmmmm!  Dinner was spaghetti squash spaghetti with some organic green beans. 

beef heart

Day 8.  I've got to get better at taking pictures of our food!  I'm usually so anxious to consume it that I'm half way through the meal before the thought of photographing even crosses my mind.  Oye.  On Sunday we had Applegate turkey sausages again for breakfast with several sauteed veggies (onion, yellow squash, mushroom) and a nice mug of black coffee.  Chicken and salsa with golden beets yet again for lunch (never gets old) and then I snacked on a peeled and sliced cucumber later in the afternoon.  Dinner was beef heart that I had marinated the night before and I baked some radishes and carrots for a side.  THIS I did get some pictures of.  Now, even though dinner was delicious we had eaten a bit early so found ourselves hungry again around 7:30... instead of ignoring it we ventured to Whole Foods to purchase a SECOND DINNER.  Ha.  An entire naked rotisserie chicken along with a 1/2 lb of pecan & coconut mashed sweet potatoes and we even hard boiled a few eggs!  Yeah, this filled us.  More than filled us.

We skipped breakfast the next morning.

bay scallops and rock shrimp. wild caught!

Day 9.  We had been taking multivitamins and iodine supplements for quite some time and decided on this day to cease.  We figure if we're eating mainly grass-fed meats, wild-caught fish and organic produce then we are hopefully getting the nutrients required from food.  We still take a couple fish oil caplets every morning but as of now this is the only supplement we're taking.  As I mentioned, breakfast was skipped yesterday but lunch of chicken & salsa with a side of broccoli and red cabbage was greatly enjoyed.  And last night's dinner was DEFINITELY one of my all time favorite meals I have consumed since starting Paleo last April.  Shrimp and scallop Jambalaya!  We halved the recipe and still had enough for at least 4 servings.  BUT being the "fatties" that we are we devoured every bite :) This was served over cauliflower rice.


In addition to our to-die-for dinner we added a beverage that is not-so-strict Paleo...Tequila w/ lime and club soda.  We realize alcohol is forbidden during the Whole 30 but we just couldn't resist.  Hey, it's MUCH better than gluten-filled beer, right?  YES.  

Shrimp and scallop jambalaya

chicken & salsa w/ broccoli slaw

And now we're up to date!  Today is Tuesday, 
December 6th.  Breakfast today was some leftover beef heart with sauteed onion, yellow squash and even a bit of tomato.  Black coffee was consumed and again only fish oil as a supplement.  Lunch was the last of our chicken & salsa leftovers reheated on the stove with some broccoli slaw (delicious!)


Dinner tonight is scheduled to be beef liver sauteed with onion and we'll probably through in a hefty side of broccoli and cauliflower.  I'll try to remember to take a picture ;)