Finding Johanna

Tomorrow marks three months since I started focusing on being healthy on a consistent basis. After three months I have lost thirty pounds, I have more energy, I have the desire to eat healthy food, and I feel more comfortable doing everyday things like walking up stairs, tying my shoes, and shaving. I am fifty pounds down from my highest weight when I started this blog in 2012. My goal from here is to lose another fifty pounds so I can be down a total of 100, but mostly not to fall back into bad habits from here. In 2012 I was doing so great and then I let pregnancy cravings allow me to fall back into bad habits and then the busyness of having a new baby allowed me to use that as an excuse to continue to eat food I knew wasn't good for me because it tasted awesome and was convenient. I had post baby body self loathing. I hated buying clothes, or even wearing clothes really. I mostly stayed at home and wore a nightgown all day and slowly I kept adding back the weight. Then I realize...

My goal is to try not to eat avocado for every meal... it's hard. Last night I made tuna salad with one can of tuna, 2 boiled eggs, onion, mustard, and paprika. I served it over a halved avocado and also packed almond butter with raisins and celery. Over memorial day weekend I was looking through my moms Rachel Ray magazine and saw a recipe for carrot coconut soup with spicy shrimp and realized I could totally make that on whole 30. I took the quick route though and made mine pumpkin coconut curry soup so I didn't have to cook down the carrots and blend it etc. Coconut oil 2 cloves of minced garlic  1 tbs curry powder  pinch of nutmeg  pinch of cinnamon  2 tsp ginger  1 tsp cayenne pinch of salt  1 can of pure pumpkin 1 can of coconut milk 1 small carton of organic free range chicken broth coconut flake pepitas shrimp chili sauce seasoning of choice - I used special shit Heat coconut oil in a large sauce pot, ad...

Whole 30 has been going so well! I can't believe I am halfway through. I do still sometimes crave sweets though - I won't lie. I know that I have the willpower not to cave but I wish I just never wanted them.  Instead I fill myself up with approved foods and move on.  MONDAYS MEALS  Lunch: Jason's Deli date with my husband.  Dinner: baked chicken, roasted potatoes, and sauteed green beans. The in-laws were in town and ate with us.  TUESDAYS MEALS Breakfast: I had a larabar and stopped at Starbucks before work for unsweetened iced coffee with coconut milk  Lunch: leftover baked chicken, lettuce with organic salsa, and almond stuffed olives  Snack: Mighty Greens suja juice  Dinner: Lettuce topped with halved avocado, pico de gallo, boiled shrimp, and salsa  TRULY THIS IS AWESOME - another Whole30 meal that is so good you truly won't think about any restrictions!  WEDNESDAY...

Only eating certain foods can sometimes be a challenge when it's a holiday and you have a lot of family come in town. One of the ways to easily make sure that you are on track is by bringing your own food or offering to make certain meals so that you can be sure that you have food around you that you can eat but everyone else will also enjoy. This morning I offered to make a breakfast casserole for everyone. I couldn't find sausage that didn't have sugar and a ton of weird additives so I found this Martha Stewart recipe for homemade pan sausage. My husband couldn't find ground pork in the Marshall Kroger so I used ground beef. The flavors of that seasoning blend are SO good and it's really very easy to make your own sausage and avoid all that other crap they put into pre packaged ones. Once the beef was seasoned and browned I added in some spinach and partially wilted it. I spread that out in the bottom of a coconut oil greased baking dish.  Then I b...

YESTERDAY'S WHOLE30 MEALS  BREAKFAST: More of the antelope, spinach, potato egg casserole with organic Whole30 approved salsa.   LUNCH: Leftover almond crusted catfish, some roasted brussles, and zucchini. PLUS my new favorite La Croix flavor - Graperfuit!!!! That mess is good.  SNACK: You're not really encouraged to snack on Whole30 unless you are SURE you are hungry. If your body is signaling true hunger you can snack. Yesterday I had a banana with some coconut and almonds on top.  DINNER:   Roasted carrots, brussels, and onions with a hamburger patty.  TODAY'S WHOLE30  BREAKFAST:  Mango suja with some cayenne added in and a pecan pie larabar! LUNCH: Salad from Jason's deli and I snuck in a chicken breast and my whole30 ok salsa. I also asked for a side of sliced avocado.  DINNER:  It was sauerkraut, apple and chicken sausage, sauteed onions and apples...