theanne

Day 22 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: N/A Lunch: Mashed potatoes w/ coconut milk, spinach, tuna Dinner: Bowl of curry coconut milk tomato soup, serving of pan-seared fries Snacks: Banana Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Totally failed this today, haha Fitness: Meh, was up and down most of the day but there were a couple times I got sucked into the internet! Life: Mostly took today off. The Middle Ages fair wore me out yesterday.

Day 20 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Loaded veggie scrambled eggs Lunch: 2 chicken strips, boiled potatoes, broccoli Dinner: Chicken + veggie stir fry, pan-seared fries Snacks: Banana Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Walked to grocery store Fitness: More or less! Life: Client work all but completed for the weekend :-) Day 21 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Loaded veggie scrambled eggs w/ half a potato Lunch: Banana, half a mango, 2 sausage snack sticks, 2 boiled eggs Dinner: Rumpsteak and a baked potato Snacks: – Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Went to a Middle Aged market and was on my feet for more than half the day Fitness: N/A Life: Did a small amount of maintenance work in the morning

Day 19 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs w/ sausage bits in it Lunch: 2 chicken strips, fries, broccoli Dinner: Cucumber, frozen grapes, sausage Snacks: Banana Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Walked to grocery store Fitness: Kinda slacked on this, again Life: More client work maintenance! Yay!

Day 18 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, sausage, leftover mashed potatoes (tiny bit) Lunch: Mashed coconut milk potatoes, tuna, spinach Dinner: Sausage and fries, 1/4 grapefruit Snacks: Banana Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Park walk + grocery store Fitness: Kinda slacked on this Life: Maintaining speed on client work! I've never stayed this up to date on so much before. Wheeee

Day 17 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, paprika, white onions, green onions, minute steak Lunch: Mashed coconut milk potatoes, tuna, spinach Dinner: Fresh guacamole (1/2 avocado for my share) with coconut milk, tomatoes, onion and lemon plus pan-seared fries, 1/4 grapefruit and 1/2 banana Snacks: Banana Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Walked to the grocery store Fitness: Mostly check! Life: Of course now a new wave of client work is coming in. I'm only just slightly behind, but at least I'm now on a new set of work rather than super old tasks!

Day 16 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, paprika, white onions, green onions Lunch: Boiled eggs (2) tucked into paprika slices, topped with cucumbers and wrapped in prosciutto Dinner: Minute steak, boiled potatoes, sautéed mushrooms, seared tomatoes, broccoli Snacks: Frozen banana, white flat peaches (dunno English name) Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Walked through the park Fitness: Check! Life: Client work all caught up! I've pretty much abandoned Coursera but work takes priority and I like having at least some relaxation time during the day.

Day 14 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Loaded scrambled eggs and banana Lunch: Mashed potatoes (almond milk and coconut milk) with tuna and spinach Dinner: Half a cantaloupe Snacks: Flat white peaches Drinks: Coffee, unsweetened almond milk, water Fitness: Walk in the park and groceries Fitness: Check! Life: Client work in progress, getting closer! Day 15 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, paprika, white onions, green onions, prosciutto Lunch: Half a plate of pan-cooked fries, served under a stir fry of diced minute steak, tomatoes, paprika, and onions Dinner: 2 boiled eggs, prosciutto, huge pile of boiled broccoli Snacks: Frozen banana Drinks: Coffee, unsweetened almond milk, water Fitness: Walked through the park Fitness: Check! Life: Pile of client work is ALMOST DONE!! Save for a few short tasks to resolve tomorrow, I'm finally about done with my backlog of client work. Checked off quite a few boxes today and sent out invoices. I've been needing new photos to use for graphics in my new business stuff, so we used the walk through the park to grab a few photos You can see how awesome I've been feeling on Whole30!

Day 13 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: 2 sausage, 2 over easy eggs Lunch: Boiled potatoes, pan-seared salmon, nectarine Dinner: 1 sausage, small serving of fries Snacks: Nectarines, bananas Drinks: Coffee, unsweetened almond milk, water Fitness: Walked through the park Fitness: Check! Life: Client work keeps piling on! Weekend goals to get everything sorted.

Day 12 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Banana and loaded scrambled eggs Lunch: Boiled potatoes, pan-seared turkey, coconut tomato soup curry Dinner: Half a banana, bowl of pan-cooked fries, bowl of applesauce with cinnamon Snacks: Bananassss Drinks: Coffee, unsweetened almond milk, water Fitness: The park plus groceries is becoming a daily thing! Fitness: Definitely failed once or twice through the day but rectified quickly Life: Very distracted by new business ideas, struggling on actual client work. Figures.

Thanks! Slow and steady does it! Day 11 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Banana and loaded scrambled eggs Lunch: Sweet potato curry and pan-fried turkey Dinner: Fruit salad with banana, mango, nectarines Snacks: Banana Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Walk through the park plus groceries, again Fitness: Not sure that I was totally on this but tried to be conscientious Life: New goals, getting client and other work under wraps. Fell behind yesterday, hoping my steady energy today is good enough to catch up again! While I don't feel or look "skinnier", I've noticed that I feel a lot less bloated lately. It's nice.

Wait you're in Missoula!? One of my best friends lives there! P.S. Keep up the good work!

Day 10 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Banana and loaded scrambled eggs Lunch: Mashed potatoes with coconut milk, tuna, spinach (this was eaten over two separate sittings) Dinner: Fried pineapple with cinnamon Snacks: None Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Walk through the park plus groceries Fitness: Check! Life: Still fairly backed up on client work. My new challenge goal may just be to wrangle my freelance work into submission. While sometimes I'm still a bit hungry I've noticed that I'm not eating as much anymore and still getting through the day alright... energy levels seem to be semi-stable. Coming up on 17 days doing (probably not a perfect but close to) Whole30.

Day 9 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Boiled potatoes, scrambled eggs with paprika and onion Lunch: Tomato coconut milk soup, pan-seared fries, frozen salmon Dinner: Wasn't very hungry, ate a banana Snacks: None Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Grocery shopping walk! Fitness: Check! Life: Got a lot of new client work coming in, didn't make time for the course. Kind of thinking this is one that may get dropped by the wayside if the workload continues to be too high.

Day 8 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: Minute steak, scrambled eggs with chives and coconut milk, sautéed veggies (paprika, onions, zucchini) Lunch: Mashed potatoes with coconut milk, spinach, tuna Dinner: We went light and snacky – smoked sausage, banana, nectarine, and cucumbers Snacks: Nectarines Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: Walked outside really briefly but didn't quite hit this one. Fitness: Check! Life: Nope, avoiding pressure on courses over the weekend. New life win, I decided to try out a new money making idea – invented and built this yesterday: https://seoprompts.com – next I plan on running a few Facebook ads to see if anyone is interested and signs up to the waitlist. I only need 10 people to cover costs and make it worthwhile!

Day 7 checkin: Diet: Breakfast: 1 Schnecke sausage, 2 poached eggs, cubed home fried potatoes w/ sautéed onions and paprika Lunch: A quarter of a 5kg watermelon, plus 2 smoked sausage sticks Dinner: Minute steak, half a plate of sautéed veggies (zucchini, paprika, onions), pan-seared fries, fruit whose name I'm not sure of Snacks: Banana Drinks: Coffee, water Fitness: We went downtown and wandered all over the place Fitness: Hardly worked so, definitely wasn't just sitting at the computer all day. Life: Spent most of the day out at Christopher Street Day events! No pressure on courses over the weekend.