Day #6...Sometimes things do not go as planned

Today was crazy! It was my first entire weekend day that was "Whole 30." Generally the weekends consist of takeout, junk food in some capacity (it is football season after all!) and/or some amazing dessert "pin" that has made it's way to my kitchen...but not today. I had to have 7 kids up and at it (my sister's kid stayed the night) for 9:00 am basketball games. I was a culinary genius in the kitchen; as I had coconut flour Belgium waffles, sliced bacon and kale, onion & bacon egg scramble going all at the same time! Oh, and we can't forget the 2 lbs. of strawberries that I washed, trimmed and quartered. So I was feeling pretty successful! Everyone was dressed and had eaten and it was my time to get something down before heading out the door. I had only minutes to accomplish this and sat down to my "scramble" and told my mind that I LOVE eggs. I decided that if I did one bite eggs, one bite strawberry that I could power through. I was wrong! I got through about three rotations of my "plan" and gagged! So, a banana it was for me as I was out the door. I am really struggling with morning protein. The games were great. I got home and had about 45 minutes to get kids fed before I was off again to do groceries in Portsmouth before heading to a church activity with Ella in Massachusetts. So it was tangerines, some deli turkey meat and homemade popcorn for the 6 kiddos (I know popcorn is not "Whole 30" but I had nothing else to offer my nephews and niece, so popcorn it was.) I was able to get in some avocado chicken salad, strawberries & blueberries while hitting the road. I had a plan. I needed to go to BJ's and Trader Joe's. I was excited to cruise the isles of Trader Joe's and look for any new products that I could incorporate in our Whole 30 routine. I was equally excited to hit Chipotle for an early dinner before hitting the road again for Massachusetts. As I pulled into the Trader Joe's complex I realized that I left my wallet at home (45 minutes away!). This was not happening. I was on a very tight time schedule and I HAD to get food. One thing that I have learned about Whole 30 is that you HAVE to be prepared. Tomorrow is Sunday (we do not shop on Sunday's) and I did not know what I was going to do. My superhero husband came to the rescue and drove my wallet to me as I got the shopping done at Trader Joe's...all did not go as planned, but it all worked it. Once the shopping was done Ella and I were ready for our Chipotle meal of lettuce, carnitas, pico de gallo and double guacamole...it did not go as planned...they were out of carnitas! So, it was lettuce, pico, guac and chicken. Not gonna lie, the chicken stunk! I don't like gristle and they do not trim the chicken once they are done grilling. They just chop everything together. It was a bummer, but life goes on and we were not starving. Today I learned that food does not need to be the prescription for stress. Yes, things went awry...but I was able to "stay the course." So breakfast was some berries and a banana, lunch was some chicken/avocado salad & more berries and dinner was a so-so Chipotle experience. I also did have a handful of cashews and almonds on the way home from Massachusetts. I did find a few "convenience" products this afternoon that are Whole 30 compliant, and I am pretty excited about that. I don't plan to incorporate a lot of these types of products into our diet, but the reality is that I pack 20 "Paleo" style lunches a week right now and I need to keep my sanity. I read labels for EVERYTHING right now and it was tough to even find these items (I looked at 10x's more than I was able to purchase). ~Jen