Day 2 was awful. Headache, starving...staggering along. I'm pretty sure that the kids gave me their cold/flu.. Hopefully this will improve.
You can do it, Mongoose! The first couple of days are the hardest, especially if you have sickies in the house. Power through, you got this! And come complain as much as you like here, we've all been through it :)
Last night, I asked my wife what to do with a can of coconut milk. She said "Make hot cocoa!" Heated it up, added vanilla and cocoa. Yummmm! This morning, I repeated the process, but added the concoction to the "oatmeal" swick suggested. Yummmm!
Chocolate nope-meal would probabaly be pretty tasty! I have no problem (personally) using cocoa as long as it doesn't create cravings. I think (technical Whole 30 Police) would say it might be bad to have it hot chocolate style if it feeds into your cravings or regular habits you may be trying to break. When I'm not on an actual round, we do have "Healthy Hot chocolate" at our house which is pretty much the same - once your taste buds adapt you don't miss or need the sugar in it.
Another use for a can of coconut milk is a quick Thai curry. Most Thai curry pastes are compliant (double check) It lasts FOREVER in the fridge. Melt a little coconut oil, add a dollop of curry paste, let it sizzle, add any protein you like, add veggies (and blend of fresh or roasted will do. I'm partial to a roasted eggplant and beef curry), stir in a can of coconut milk. Serve over caulirice, zoodles, spaghetti squash, other veggies, noodles, roasted sweet potatoes....
We always have stuff on hand to make this, and it helps use up whatever odds and ends happen to need using up. It's super quick too so good on those nights where you just can't handle the thought of something complicated.
Updates: Didn't really do a reintro (I don't know how many whole 30's I've done the last year and a half, so know how stuff affects me) Had some beans on my taco salad last night, otherwise still pretty much sticking on plan.
I'm sitting about 137, down from 142 when I started this round. So 85 lbs lost in total and about 2 more to get to my goal weight which is in the middle of a healthy BMI for my height. I think I'm at the point where if I want to drop any more weight, I'm going to have to up my exercise (which has been non-existent this winter, other than daily walks with the pups) The bright side is with my weight finally starting to stabilize I can hit the thrift and find some clothes!
SAD is hitting me HARD this year, so trying to find some ways of dealing with that, Vitamin D and getting the light that I can. Mix that with a severe need to wander, if I disappear, I went someplace warm :D
How is everyone doing? Updates? Wins? Challenges?