My husband is officially a magician. He took the almond milk (vile alone in coffee) and the coconut milk (oily and kinda disappears in coffee, no 'cream' body) and made a miracle inspired by the 'half and half' we can't find. I guess he heated and whisked them, then cooled them? And now they're miraculously stable and suspended and actually cream-ify my coffee and don't taste like either coconut OR almond milk.
Um, anyway. If anyone is struggling with creamer, or wants a cheaper home option, I would recommend giving it a try. I think he did roughly 50/50.
We're on day 4 now, pretty sure. So far so good. I miss my dark chocolate squares- I would usually grab one along with brazil nuts or walnuts before the whole 30. (I always try to eat some brazil nuts after a fish meal- selenium to chelate the mercury and all that jazz. I really just need to get to the point where I like sardines like DH does, instead of doing tuna. At least I've moved to skipjack from albacore! But I digress).
One recipe I was *really* happy with: paleo egg cups. I took the leftovers of the shredded pork (basically this recipe without the chipotles en adobo since mine aren't compliant:
http://www.skinnytaste.com/instant-pot-pork-carnitas-mexican/) and then I used the leftover shredded sweet potato to quickly heat on the stove until the potato was softened. Then I did this recipe:
http://stupideasypaleo.com/2013/06/10/paleo-carnitas-egg-muffins/ This is a life saver, because even though I'm only working one day a week right now, it's super limited on food choices. No breaks, I have to be able to eat one handed without refrigeration and I have to be able to drop and pick up the food as needed as I do other things. It's also a long day (11 hours) and physically active so I need tons of fuel. In the past, this was my day for sandwiches. The only time we ate bread. But these egg cups fit the bill really nicely.
Hard to say on energy levels so far. Yesterday I was exhausted, but my patient was being just... awful. And I never stopped moving. So that may have been why. Still, I nearly missed something that isn't like me (couldn't find a med bottle that was right in front of my face), so there's a chance I was flagging due to the whole30. Today is my rest day though. Only day of the week with no work, no workout, no major house work (mopping/mowing/etc). So I'm opting for 'active recovery' today- lots of dog cuddles, a good walk if it's sunny, and hopefully a nap =)
DH might have to break his whole 30 today. He out of town for work and going to a work dinner. Definitely the sort of environment where, if he doesn't have a beer, it will be Noticed. He can try and play the health angle (everyone thinks he's a fitness nut already), but if he has a rough day I'm guessing he won't want the drama. And since he left at 4:30 this morning and won't be home until ~midnight? Yeah... not good odds. It's okay though, he's mainly doing the whole 30 to support me, and he plans on just restarting his counter. I'll need to be slow with my re-intro anyway, so I'll just have an extended whole 30 if it comes to that =)