Day 16

Day 16
All things are good.
Well except breakfast and a bum arm.

I had a dream....

I was running the Army 10 miler with my friend Tracy, it was the weirdest race ever....we had to stop after just one mile to pick up our bibs.  At that point there were tons of concessions in the area and my friend Tracy (who just finished her Whole30) was going to buy a cinnamon roll.  I told her she shouldn't do it because she was going to regret it and she would crash.  Then she turned into my friend Amber (who has been a huge supporter of mine during this Whole30 venture) and shoved a big ol' bite in her mouth.  And then Tracy was there again.  They were both taunting me with sweet treats, but I  would have none of it and took their sweet treats away an stepped on them....

Hummm.....  Does that mean I have crushed the sweet treat craving?
Only time will tell.

One of the hardest things for me during this Whole30 has been the cooking - go figure.  Don't get me wrong, most things have been super easy to cook and I've been able to adapt things here and there to accommodate the Whole30.  BUT what has been hard for me is trying new recipes with all these new ingredients....I will serve something and instead of the typical response "That was awesome" or "I LOVED that" I'm getting "it was OK", "not my favorite", or on occasion someone gags.  Like this morning.  I tried  to make waffles again - this time with coconut flour.  Well as you can see by the picture they didn't turn out too well.  They were a big ol' pile of mush (and I claim to be a pretty good cook!!), SO I tried to fry some up in the skillet with the egg (pictured below on the left) but they would not hold their shape and I got a nice pile of mush (pictured below on the right).  Hubby didn't say anything initially (he is sweet like that) but when I mentioned that they weren't that good he was in total agreement with me and I could tell he was thrilled to be off the hook.

THEY.WERE.AWFUL.

I am making a commitment, I will NOT try to make waffles again while I am on the Whole30.  The disappointment is too much for me to handle.

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Lunch was a chicken taco salad.  Yum.

Dinner was delicious! 
How I wish I had made extra because I would really like one for lunch.
I might have to make more....
Recipe is HERE.

Remember yesterday when I told you about my awesomeness in the gym?  Well I didn't mention that during my run I hit my elbow on the treadmill.  It hurt and I knew I was going to have a bruise.  Later in the day my arm was a little stiff, but this is my bad elbow (I've had 2 surgeries on it) so I expected it.  What I didn't expect was that 24 hours later I started having some pretty powerful pain when twisting my wrist in any way...I also didn't expect swelling..so after popping the stuffed peppers in the oven I set the timer and left Boy 1 in charge and headed out to the ER for an X-ray.  The ER doc didn't find anything other than a bunch of funk (medical term) from old injuries.  She sent me home in a sling and some Percocet which I did not want to take because I really don't want to put nastiness back in my body, but after several hours of suffering through pain I took one and headed off into la-la- land....(to be continued....)