Whole 30

Food
Breakfast: 3 eggs (remember, no milk when you mix those eggs!) scrambled with 2 Roma tomatoes and about 1 cup of sliced mushrooms.
Snack: 1 small handful of macadamia nuts and 2 oz of prosciutto (prosciutto is one of my all time favorite sliced meats from Italy, but I wanted to be careful with it, since it is made from pork.  It was my treat today, but I probably won't have it again for a while)
Lunch: Curry leftovers
Snack: 1 small handful of macadamia nuts, 2 oz of prosciutto, and about 15 red grapes
Dinner: Whole 30 Chicken Fajitas (recipe below)
Water
2 liters
Workout
Skill Practice: Rope Climb (I have a really, REALLY long way to go before I can do a rope climb, but it was good to try today)
Then for time:
50 Kettlebell swings with 20 lb kettle bell
100 Single-unders (jump-rope where the rope only passes under you 1 time)
40 Kettlebell swings
80 Single-unders
30 Kettlebell swings
60 Single-unders
20 Kettlebell swings
40 Single-unders
10 Kettlebell swings
20 Single-unders

Whole 30 Chicken Fajitas
1 pound chicken strips
2 ripe mango (peeled and chopped)
2 ripe avocado (chopped)
3 bell peppers (preferably 1 of each color) roughly chopped
1 large sweet onion (sliced into chunks)
Equal parts cumin and ground black pepper (liberal amounts, please!)
Chili pepper to taste (I really like the Chipotle Chili Pepper)
Cooking fat of your choice (I used coconut oil...again)

• Heat 1-2 TBSP of cooking fat in a pan (medium-high heat).  Once it's hot, mix spices together and sprinkle half directly into the pan.  Throw in chicken strips on top of spices, and then throw the rest of the spices on top of the chicken.  Allow chicken to cook thoroughly (until the inside is no longer pink) and remove from pan.
• Immediately add veggies to pan with leftover cooking fat and spices.  Let veggies get tender, stirring occasionally, then add mango and avocado.  When the fruit is warm, remove from heat.
• Layer the bottom of your plate with a heaping ladle full of the veggie-fruit mixture.  Then lay your chicken on top of the fruit and veggies.  Eat and marvel at your delicious creation!

Ok, you should have read about Whole 30 by now, since I've mentioned it a couple of times.  If you need a reminder click here to get the details of the program.  Basically, though, it's a period of detoxing my body and really getting back to food basics.  I'm not eating: grains, dairy, legumes, sugars (artificial or natural), and corn and white potatoes.  That sounds like a lot, but there's still a variety of foods that I can eat.  I've been doing this for almost a week now, and, honestly, I don't really miss the foods that I've cut out of my diet.  Of course, I get a really strong craving for the mint-chocolate-chip cookies that my dad made on Sunday, but I can easily resist it.  And it's only for 30 days, not the rest of my life.  I've looked over the program again and again, and I cannot find anything wrong with it.  I'm really excited to do this program, and already I recommend it to anyone who wants to kick-start a healthier way of eating.  This article from another blogger who has done Whole 30 multiple times explains it far better than I could.  I encourage you to read it, so you get a better idea of why I'm doing Whole 30.