Whole 30 Day 8 - Catch As Catch Can

It was a busy day, and my food choices were a prime indication of that. Can't wait till things slow down a bit so I can cook up some more meals.

Typical morning food-wise - sardines and some black coffee. Not that it has anything to do with Whole30, but my morning was delayed a bit when someone reported that a backpack had been left in front of our office building and they wouldn't let us in because of the potential bomb threat. So I got coffee at Cup O' Joe and waited it out there.

Lunch was easy - I had a leftover grilled turkey thigh that I noshed on, and supplemented that with some carrots and celery dipped into guacamole. Delish.

Dinner was fractured - my son had swim lessons last night, so I grabbed a handful of macadamias before lessons and then basically had a repeat of lunch for dinner.

I'm going to have to put together some more big meals so that we have more leftovers. But I'm getting back into the swing of what's tasty and healthy and what's not. My cravings for sugar are beginning to go away again, too.

I looked at some crock pot recipes for stuff like ribs and chili and the like, stuff that I could freeze and would make good leftovers for lunches and the like.

Sorry, not a super-exciting post today, but I'm still plugging away.

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