Whole30 Day 1

This morning I woke up early - still jet lagged, so I did a bit of stuff before breakfast but then realized I need to get going since breakfast will take longer than usual to prep. And usual means making eggs, pancakes or something decent sized. I really have no idea on proportions, so am trying to track these too as I go along. Oh, and I'm not supposed to think of the three meals in the traditional sense as it effects what food I think of, but instead call them meal 1, 2, and 3. Totally makes sense, especially for a big breakfast lover like me. 

Meal 1: poached eggs on spinach salad

- three handfuls of raw spinach

- six biggish strawberries, sliced

- half an avacado, sliced

- two tablespoons of olive oil

- splash of balsamic viniger

- one tablespoon of sliced almonds

- one teaspoon chopped chives

- three poached eggs

I couldn't figure out how many eggs to have. They say whatever you can hold in one hand. At first I was going to have just two but I'm glad I had three. I did feel hungry after, as I was in the car driving an hour to pick up Wallis from surgery. Which is strange since just the morning before I was driving to drop her off and in the rush went out the door with no breakfast and only had a granola bar on my drive home. I think there is some major psychological stuff going on. I know I can't have carbs so I'm missing them before they are even gone. That, or it could have been that I accidently skipped dinner the night before - falling asleep early, and was even more hungry than usual.  I was still tired after eating breakfast - felt like a dip, but could also be the jet lag and having woken up extra early (3 am). Recipe note, the chives got lost in the vinegrette. Next time sprinkle them on top or try something stronger. 

Meal 2: chicken, asparagus, sweet potato

- 3/4 large chicken breast - with seasoning (no salt)

- one smallish sweet potato

- 10ish asparagus 

Nothing fancy, mainly because I had to run to the grocery store to get my food that I was supposed to have bought on day zero. I felt hungry and still had that salad stomach feeling - fullish, but not stick to your bones full. So I figured I'd eat non salad food, something I would have considered as a complete meal prior.  Even though it has no carbs.  Not sure I ate enough as I still felt a bit hungry afterwards but was reading about satiety versus satiation. It seemed like it should have been enough. I did feel awfully tired in the afternoon. But again this could be from jet lag and my messed up night sleeping. I had minor sweet cravings but then I drank some water and all good. 

Meal 3: Salmon, avacodo salad

- 0.5 pound of salmon fillet

- half an avacado

- quarter sweet onion

- two handfuls lettuce

- one tablespoon olive oil

- one half lime juiced

- one small tomato diced

Even though I was hungrish I didn't snack.  Mainly because I read if you do need to snack it should be a protein. Maybe I should hard boil some eggs in case. At least for this first week as I try to figure out portions. 

Summary for day one. Felt tired and hungry.  And learned I end to start making my meals earlier.