Day 28, Final Official Prep Day for Whole30

The Whole30 was a bit of a self experiment, can I go 30 days without drinking?, can I eat real food for 30 days an avoid some of the foods I love (mac and cheese, pizza)?, what would socializing be like?, would my skin feel better? Would I lose weight?  When it's officially the 30th day on Tuesday I will do a wrap up post on all I learned and the results.  The Whole30 is far from over though as I will do a slow reintroduction of things and I plan to incorporate a lot of the learning in to my day to day going forward.

I am really getting the hang of the whole cooking thing and it's even becoming something I look forward to.  I reserve the afternoon on Sunday to cook a lot of the meal components I will use during the week.  This is becoming a fun obsession hobby that I can't wait to do.  I selected a few new things to try this week to keep things exciting.  Before I show you the food, I will share an action shot selfie of me:

I may need to invest in some non-IU aprons.

One of the new items on the menu this week is a whole chicken. Very simply made by cutting a lemon in half putting that and some Rosemary inside the chicken.  Shaking some French Onion spice on the chicken.  I cut up some carrots and onions coarsely (my specialty as my chopping skills need work) and placed them in the pan.  I cooked the chicken for 80 minutes, it was delicious.

In addition to the chicken, I made some roasted acorn squash.  I love roasted vegetables, and I am always looking at a way to get more veggie carbs in. 

Step 1, figure out how to cut this vegetable

Step 2, hmmm this has seeds in it

Step 3: Managed to cut this in to pretty uniform chunks and added some coconut oil

I also brought back the homemade sausage from last week, it has turned out to be a good breakfast item to help keep me full through lunch. I made them with Rosemary and onions this week, excited to see how they taste.  

It's hard to believe that today is Day 28, I am 93% of the way to 30 days.  As a preview to my 30 day wrap up, it's amazing how much you can learn and your mindset can change in 30 days.