Day 30- I MADE IT!!!!

YAY!!

Today was my last day of the Whole30 Challenge.  For lunch I had a big piece of meatloaf and some red pepper slices with walnut red pepper dip, with some blueberries.  I went to Whole Foods and spent $60 on some "good goods"!  I got some cans of Blue Monkey Coconut water, which has a slightly sweet, nutty taste that I like as a "treat", and some ingredients for paleo-friendly dessert recipes.  Yes, some expensive ingredients such as cocoa powder, chia seeds, liquid stevia, coconut milk, coconut flakes.

Unfortunately it started raining tonight, so I felt like skipping my run.  Instead, we got Chipotle for dinner, so I decided I would go ahead and "celebrate".  I got a bol with white rice, black beans, barbacoa, tomato salsa, lettuce and cheese.  I also had a few tortilla chips with guacamole, and a large Coke!  The coke wasn't as satisfying as I thought it would be.  That's a good thing!  After eating this meal, I felt perfectly fine.  I'm hoping later tonight or tomorrow morning I will notice some effects from the sugar I just consumed (or beans and dairy).

I also made gluten-free chocolate chip cookies using a bag of Bob's Red Mill mix.  They are actually for a physical therapy patient tomorrow, who has been with us for a long time.  I ate two of them, pretty good!  It's also worth mentioning that even things are "gluten-free" does NOT mean that they are healthy.  This mix was full of ingredients such as different types of starches, flours, cane sugar, brown sugar, etc.  Wheat-free yes, but not something I should be eating often.

So tomorrow I will continue to eat paleo during the day, but then I am going out to dinner with my cousins, aunt and uncle to officially "celebrate" with my uncle who also did this challenge.  We are getting pizza and beer! 

Tomorrow night's blog I will post my weight loss results and overall how I felt I did.