{"id":17191,"date":"2016-01-22T09:04:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T16:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=17191"},"modified":"2016-01-22T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T16:04:19","slug":"whole-30-week-2-and-3-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/01\/whole-30-week-2-and-3-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole 30 Week 2 and 3 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/01\/whole-30-week-2-and-3-recap\/collard_wrap_salad\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17192\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Collard_wrap_salad.jpg\" alt=\"Tuna salad in a collard wrap with side salad.\" width=\"507\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Collard_wrap_salad.jpg 507w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Collard_wrap_salad-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I just wrapped up Week 3 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whole30.com\" target=\"_blank\">Whole 30 Challenge<\/a>. \u00a0So far things have been going really well. \u00a0The diet isn&#8217;t that hard to maintain and while it seems restrictive, the reality is that this challenge is not that hard.\u00a0Fill your plate with veggies and some protein, that&#8217;s the basic concept. \u00a0That&#8217;s pretty easy when you can simplify it like that.<\/p>\n<p>Things that I&#8217;ve learned so far during Week 2 and Week 3:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prepping Protein Is Important<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With my work schedule and busy off days, having protein ready to go for lunch is an important meal prepping step. There were a few times where I didn&#8217;t have any ready so carving out time to make some put me behind schedule. \u00a0Lesson learned, I need to have lots of\u00a0protein prepped and in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re-heatable Breakfasts Is Key<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Making a large fritatta to have ready for the week is also an important step for my schedule. \u00a0I did not make one this week and on the days I worked, having to make breakfast for myself and Scott put me a little behind schedule as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prep Dinner The Night Before<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the days I work, I have to take dinner with me. \u00a0Leftovers are the easiest thing for me to pack up and take to work. I need to make sure that the night before I pack up my dinner so that it&#8217;s ready to go the next day. If I have to spend time packing it up before I leave for work that cuts into my schedule when I could be doing something else.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest lesson these past two weeks has been to make sure that I meal plan and prep for the coming week. \u00a0Otherwise I&#8217;m scrambling to get stuff made for meals and that takes away from time I could be spending on other things that need my attention. \u00a0For this last week, I fully plan on prepping and planning a great deal this weekend so that the 4th week is successful.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned a lot along the way and I&#8217;ll be sharing all about that when the challenge is completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I just wrapped up Week 3 of the Whole 30 Challenge. \u00a0So far things have been going really well. \u00a0The diet isn&#8217;t that hard to maintain and while it seems restrictive, the reality is that this challenge is not that hard.\u00a0Fill your plate with veggies and some protein, that&#8217;s the basic concept. \u00a0That&#8217;s pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[106],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4th","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}