Day 19

Breakfast part 1
Black coffee

Breakfast part 2
An apple and a handful of salted macadamia nuts.

This 2 part breakfast was also a 2 part revelation. If I have time to make (and drink!) coffee before I go out, then I have time to fry/scramble a couple of eggs. It won't be as spectacular as the breakfasts I've been enjoying (really, really enjoying) recently, but as I'll be working extra in the mornings soon I'll have to get used to less complicated breakfasts anyway. Prepping a bit of spinach or tomato the night before shouldn't be too much trouble. It should also help me control portions better - if I'm not just standing over the stove wondering what else I can add, then I should be able to stick to normal-human sized portions, instead of the fuel-for-Olympic-athlete sized portions that I can't seem to stop cooking.
The second part of the revelation was about taste. The macadamias tasted like vanilla icecream! I don't think I'd ever noticed that before. Since I've cut out all added sugars etc I'm sure my tastebuds have changed (for the better). Things actually have flavours now, and I can pick out different ingredients in a mouthful. The vanilla ice-cream taste must be because one of my favourite ice-creams in London (sadly/thankfully not available here) had macadamia nuts in, but I never really noticed the taste (just loved the texture). Now I know what they taste like, and I love them!


Lunch
Pancakes, a whole carton of strawberries, and most of a can of coconut milk.

Damn that's good! So good that I'm not going to eat it again until the Whole 30 is over. It's too much fruit, and I obviously can't control myself, so I'm just going to send it to sit on the naughty step for the next 11 days (Only 11 days left! Woot! I've already started planning/worrying over the reintroduction of various foods after this is over - I can't wait to find out what really affects me and whether it's worth it, although I'm terrified that the answer will be "no, it's not").

Just so you know, I'm king queen of the world ;) I feel good today. You know when you're in love and you want to tell everyone? Or it's unexpectedly sunny so you can't stop smiling? Even at random strangers? I'm somewhere between those two today - happy and wanting to tell everyone to start their Whole 30 NOW!