Whole30 Confessionals - Day 2

Bottom line, it's getting better, but I need more sleep...
Watch for more confessions...

'My Soon to be Famous Spiral Sweet Potato Cakes' where so good I had to post the recipe below...

Watch to see what's for dinner...

The Spiral Sweet Potato Cakes are Whole30, vegetarian, gluten-free and certified deliciously approved.

Ingredients:
- 2 Large Sweet Potatoes, spiral sliced
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 3/4 cup Coconut Flour
- Salt Pepper and Chile Powder seasoning

Instructions:
1. Preheat over to 325 degrees. 
2.Heat skillet with coconut oil.
3. Toss everything in a big bow and combine.
4. Mold mixture like hamburgers, but not to tight. Mixture won't hold together well, but will come together better while cooking.
5. Cook on medium-high until brown (about 2 minutes), pressing down gently to help big the cake together. Flip gently and cook on the other side until brown. Add more oil if needed.
6. Place wired cookie sheet and put in the over to bake for about 5-10 minutes.    

Today's Stats:

Water Consumption:
74 ounces, getting better, but I need more:-(

Sleep:
I laid in bed for 7 hours and slept for about 3 of them:-(

Daily Meals:
5am - Coconut Milk Latte

8am - 2 Hard Boil Egg 

1:30pm - Late Lunch: Kale Salad, Veggie Noodles, Avocado & Tomato Salad with my Cajun Homemade Turkey Breast

7:30pm - Dinner: Split Chicken Breast, Shredded Cabbage & Carrot Salad with Sweet Bell Peppers, Snap Peas & 'My Soon to be Famous Spiral Sweet Potato Cakes'

Day 29 on the Whole30 - DONE in Atlanta!

What a flippin' day...

I wake at 5am to teach.

I immediately went home and finished packing for my trip to Atlanta, another Whole Foods trip. 

Starting from top left, I packed mixed nuts (unsalted), homemade beef jerky (dry rub), veggies (carrots, snap peas and cherry tomatoes), figs, homemade ginger-jalapeño pesto sauce (much thicker than last time so I don't get harassed by the TSA), homemade chicken & egg salad (coated in pesto sauce), veggie noodles with seared salmon, blender bottles and supplements.

My third trip on the Whole30, I feel like a pro Whole30'er on the road. I got so my tips and tricks traveling while on the Whole30. 

I get to the airport without any stress, unlike last week. I had over a hour before my flight. Departure was at 11:59 and I was checking in at 10:45am. For some reason the kiosk prompted me to talk to an attendant who informed me that it was too early to check-in. 'But my flight leaves in about hour', I said anxiously. 'Your flight leaves at 11:59pm tonight and arrives at 4:30am tomorrow morning', she said with smirk. 'WHAT! When did Frontier start doing over night flights?' 

I asked if there was any connecting flights I could take to get me to Atlanta today. She politely checked as she shook her head no. It takes days for me to recover from red eye flights, but I was stuck. I had no other choice then return later tonight for my flight. At least I my hotel room is booked for two nights so I had a place to crash for a few hours before my 11:30am meeting tomorrow. 

I left the airport stunned (I can't believe I did that), but also grateful. I had the whole to ahead to be productive and I took full advantage of that! 

I was so exhausted by the end of the day I took a Uber ride to the airport instead of driving. I thought it would be less stressful, but it wound up being more stressful because the driver drove so slow I didn't think I was going to make my flight:-( 

Anyhow, I wound up making it, took 2 Night Rest (herbal pills to promote sleep) upon check-in, fell asleep upon take-off and woke in Atlanta about 2 1/2 hours later.

Todays' Stats

Water Consumption

120 ounces

Sleep

Who knows...about 2 hours:-(

Daily Meals

5:30am - Morning Beverage : Coconut Milk Latte with MCT oil

8am - Breakfast : Fried Eggs & Sautéd Veggies 

12pm - Snack : Homemade Beef Jerky & Nuts

2pm - Lunch : Seared Salmon & Homemade Veggie Noodles

8pm - Dinner : Seared Bone-In Pork Chop & Homemade Veggie Noodles and Kale

I love my new spiral slicer. I spiral sliced a bunch of veggies on Sunday (prep day) and cook them as needed.