Day 6

So today I finally had a rough time.  It was bound to happen sooner or later.  Now it was not with food so that is good.  I have had a rough time today with my scale.  I woke up with the urge to get on it and see what progress I had made.  I know deep down that the scale might not show anything motivating and could ruin this whole program.  I am used to getting on the scale weekly and/or daily.  This is the hardest part of the whole program so far.  I know it is necessary to break the mental issues I have with my weight and the scale, but it is harder than I anticipated.

I spent a good part of the day...well most of the day actually....cleaning up my house.  I have a friend flying to the island tomorrow morning.  She has been on this amazing SURFari around Micronesia and Bali.  Guam is conveniently located along her travel routes.  She has stayed over two times already and it has been great getting to spend time with her.  She will be here for about 48 hours and then will be heading back home to Hawaii.  I am excited to hear all her stories and see the pictures she has taken while in Bali.  I tell her all the time that I want to be her when I get older ;)  She travels all the time and just has an amazing positive attitude about life.  She really is one of those people that I think everyone would like.

For dinner, Dave and I had an amazing fish dish (link at end of blog) with roasted brussel sprouts and sweet potato fries.  I really must say that I think I could eat sweet potato fries every day and not get sick of them.  Dave uses a spice blend on them that really makes them amazing.  For the fish, I had to use Italian dressing, which of course, is a major no on while on Whole30.  Not to mention, that I think Italian dressing in the bottle tastes gross.  I found an awesome recipe for homemade Italian dressing and it was great!!  It is my new go to dressing for salads.  I think it might taste great on some roasted veggies as well and plan to test it out tomorrow night.  I will be sure to let you know how that goes.

The only bad thing that I have noticed consistently since starting the Whole30 program is that I have been sleeping like shit.  I cant seem to get a good night's sleep.  I am waking up all the time during the night and I am having dreams that I can remember for hours after I wake up.  This girl needs to start getting some good sleep.  I am thinking about trying some melatonin but am hesitant to take anything for sleeping.  Int he past, I have been really sensitive to medicine that can make you drowsy and don't want to be a zombie the next day. I think that would pretty much defeat the purpose.  In It Starts With Food, they said that not sleeping might happen, but I really hoped it wouldn't happen to me.  Hopefully tonight I will get some good sleep.  Last night, we stayed up way too late to watch the newest Batman movie.  I will blame Christian Bale's horrible Batman voice on why I couldn't get to sleep last night!!

 Marinated Chicken Bruschetta
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Marinated-Chicken-Bruschetta/Detail.aspx
We used fish for this recipe instead of Chicken.  We are planning on trying it with chicken next since we like it so much.  I used the homemade Italian dressing instead of the bottled kind suggested.

Homemade Italian Dressing
http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2010/07/perfect-homemade-italian-dressing.html
I left out the sugar, but kept everything else the same.  It is really good and would make a great base for most marinades too.