Day 1 breakfast, 21-day Primal Blueprint challenge

Breakfast

Yeah, I did it. Whole 30

Just looked back to see that I never finished posting about whole 30. Yeah I finished it. And then reverted to normal crap. So, I am now on day 2 if 21 day primal blueprint challenge and  on vimify. I will start posting my meal pictures here to help me be compliant.

Whole 30 Day 3

Yesterday was day 3 and it was pretty much as advertised, emotional. I was a roller coaster of emotions with being bummed out the most common and consistent one. Not a very productive day at work I must admit.
It was good to have the Whole 30 daily email to refer to that outlined what most people go through on that day. I will say that the $15 bucks was a good investment. I still have not posted on the forum but might today. I might even re-post what I have written here on that site.
Further challenges from day 3 included dinner out with my Mom at a Tex-Mex restaurant, no chips or drink for me only fajitas and guacamole. That was followed by a trip to the HEB to get supplies to make treats for a bake sale that the Rico's department is having. Then making the treats once I got home while he ate dinner. BooBerry and CountChocula marshmallow treats, easy to make but hard not to lick sticky fingers. This has been complimented with the morning cutting and bagging of the treats this morning. Actually, I still have to cut and bag the BooBerry ones but CountChocula is the real challenge for me. Or the real success as I have been successful.
Today is a day full of challenges, I will be at HouSecCon all day and I am quite sure that any edibles served will be inedible for me. That will be followed by dinner out with friends at the Spaghetti Warehouse, although I have already spent time on their site reviewing the menu to make a choice of what and how to order. Not ordering a glass of wine will be the biggest issue. All of this will be followed by the final Dynamo home game of the year. That will be no problem for the Whole 30 though, thankfully.

Whole 30

OK, I started a Whole 30 yesterday.  So far so good.
Actually, I intended to start a Whole 30 on October 2nd but quickly realized that I was going to have a serious conflict early on, the Italian Festival. So I started a Whole 7 as a trial run on 10/2 that ended up becoming a Whole 9 before having wine, a meatball, 2 bites of rigatoni, a mini cannoli and an Italian Ice on Saturday. Followed up with a good clean day of eating on Sunday up until 9 pm when the Rico wanted Blizzards. He knew that I was not starting the Whole 30 until Monday and I caved to his pressure and got a Mini.
So I know that I can make it 9 days, therefore I believe that I can make it 30 days. I am going to work up the nerve to reach out on the forum to get a buddy.  Perhaps later tonight...

So blogging is not happening again.

Grand plans, no time.

Texas State Fair trip prep. Friday, 9/27/13

The Texas State Fair opens today and we are planning to go this weekend, a good 4-5 hour drive from us.  At the State Fair the unwritten rule is that food must be either deep fried or put on a stick, both if possible.  My plan is to break out or the Primal Challenge and eat total crap until I puke. Literally. It usually makes it easier to turn down crap food for a while after that.  Each item bought is shared by 3 people.  I have been reviewing the flyer and have identified a slew of crap to eat, to include (listed in no particular order):

Fried banana pudding

bbq brisket crunchy tacos

bbq brisket egg rolls

fried jalapenos - actually pretty normal in Texas, I mean you can get these on fast food burgers at more than one chain so we may pass on these.

fried pies, not at all unusual but oh please have apricot

avocado krispy fries - yes, fried slices of avocado

Krispy Kreme burger, I might have to beg off on this one as I do not mix sweet with meat, yeah no sweet & sour for me either.

deep fried red velvet cupcake

deep fried shrimp & grits

deep fried spaghetti & meatballs

deep fried chicken & waffle - if there is syrup involved it is an issue

Fried bacon cinnamon roll - I will be expected to try and will but I already freak out if my bacon touches anything sweet. Won most creative last year.

Pig poppers 

Deep fried Cuban roll - this year's best taste winner, I am skeptical.  And if the line is too crazy i will skip.

Fried Thanksgiving dinner - this year's most creative winner. Only if the lines are not bad.

Awesome deep fried Nutella - a finalist this year

Fernie's deep fried King Ranch casserole  - a finalist this year

Golden fried Millionaire pie - a finalist this year - oh yeah

Southern style deep fried meatloaf - a finalist this year

Spinach dip bites - a finalist this year

Texas fried fireball - a finalist this year

Bacon dog on a stick

Fried banana on a stick

Deep fried chocolate chip burrito

deep fried elote  - if you need tracers for your system

pig toes on a stick

spicy spam empanadas

deep fried creole boulette - not as weird as it sounds, basically fried tilapia that has been seasoned blackened before being deep fried. so spicy fried fish.

fried shrimp & cheese jalapeno

deep fried BBQ wontons - they say these are new this year but I had the beef version these in 2009 but they were called boomerangs.  and they were really good. will try the pulled pork version as well.

fried collard greens

What, no fried butter!?! Fried butter is my favorite!  I plan on coming back here to comment on this list after I recover but that might take a while.  I am planning on tweeting during the extravaganza at @HeyDianneHey .  I am hoping that no one backs out as I have hotel rooms booked already.

Awesome fall results

On Thursday I demonstrated the most awesome grace with a spectacular fall.  Running across a level, smooth surface in a business suit carrying a 5" stack of papers (in a accordion file) in my left arm with my backpack containing my work laptop slung over my right shoulder.  Fly, fly, fly, I am pretty well sure that I dropped an F-bomb.  Three guards (all of whom I speak to regularly) ran over to see if I was OK.  I of course said yes.  The result?  Laptop is OK as I extended my right arm to block the backpack as it flew forward over my head.  My body on the other hand? from top to bottom: the metatarso-phalangeal joint of my big toe on the right foot hurts; both knees bruised with the right knee sporting something the diameter of a dime and ~1/8" thickness floating on top of the cap; both elbows slightly brused; my ribcage under the left breast hurts when I breathe deeply, when I raise my arm, and when doing a burpee; left shoulder is feeling uncomfortable both in the joint and on the muscle cap. Face & head obviously did not touch the ground which is a major plus.  This is a great demonstration why I was jokingly called Grace when I was growing up.  Having broken both femurs (on different occasions) and spent nights in hospitals with concussions I am accustomed to injuries.  With that being said, I am A-OK in this incident as well! Taking it all in stride.