Day 18

 Another good day down.  I did think about "other" food today, though!  I contemplated stopping for Chipotle for lunch, but decided not to.  Every time I think about eating something not Whole30-approved, I remind myself that I want to stick to this challenge 100%!  A little bit of rice, a little bit of cheese, one glass of wine...NOPE!  I want to stick to this and feel proud that I did it!!  Although I did "cheat" slightly on this challenge by eating things like bacon that contains nitrates, ketchup with a tad bit of sugar, canned cream of mushroom soup, and things to that nature, but I'll accept that!  My main goal is the big stuff.  I know I can do it for 12 more days!!!!  :o)

Breakfast was sausage crumbles (also made with nitrates and other "fillers", I need to find a replacement for this!) with 3 eggs.  Before I left my job at the PT clinic I had about an ounce of almonds, then later that afternoon hunted around my aunt and uncle's kitchen for something more substantial because I was feeling hungry.  Even though my uncle is also doing this challenge, I couldn't find any meats in the fridge, so I settled with some butternut squash soup that my aunt had made.  Very good!! I will try her recipe next time  :)  I had like 3 blackberries, also.  About an hour later, I had an "early dinner" because I wasn't going to be able to eat again until around 10pm.  I made 4oz of frozen tilapia and then made 2 eggs in the skillet.

After nannying my cousins, I went to a canvas painting studio called "Cheers to Art", where they instruct you how to do a specific painting, and while you're at it, you have fun, listen to music, drink wine or beer, and hang out with your friends!  I do like to paint acrylic, so this was something I've been wanting to do!!  I'm too much of a perfectionist, so I do not paint that often on my own, only when I'm feeling inspired!  haha  But this was a lot of fun and my painting turned out pretty good!  The only thing that wasn't fun was watching my friends drink wine!  :(

After coming home, I finished off the rest of my pot roast, and had some walnut red pepper dip with radish slices and a few asparagus spears.  It's 10:30 right now and I think I'm still a bit hungry, so I may have some pistachios (which I haven't had yet this week), and maybe a few blueberries for "dessert".

Tomorrow is a laid back day.  Will start looking at recipes and deciding what I want to make this weekend!