Our Whole30 Meal Plan + Printables

After over four hours of working on this, I am finally happy enough with the results to share them with all of you. When my Dad and Shelly visited last week, Shelly mentioned to me that I should type up and publish a calendar type format of all the things we ate over the course of our thirty days. She's right, having this in a summary, as well as the blog posts that covered each day in more detail, would make things much easier for people to follow if they are new to meal planning or are overwhelmed with where to start with their Whole30. So, shout-out to all those who are embarking in a Whole30 of their own or are taking steps toward a healthier life-style by changing up some of your meals for Whole30 compliant ones.

Without further ado, here are at-a-glance, easy-to-follow printables for you to use to your heart's content.

I fought with the formatting on these forever, and I finally settled on the idea that a week-by-week approach was better than a page with all thirty days on one calendar. This was mainly due to the fact that the space limitations of a calender would force me to either make the font size 6, or abbreviate things in a way that I am certain even I couldn't fully interpret. So in an effort to make my life (and yours) easier, this was what I came up with. Remembering that its a full thirty days, not 28, you'll see the bonus slots for days 29 and 30 at the bottom of the second page.   

I listed out what we ate each day for lunch and dinner. Given that 90% of our breakfasts were a variation of eggs, bacon and sausage, cramming that into this printable just didn't seem worth while. I am also working on compiling a list of compliant snacks that I can post a handy reference of, but snacks aren't something that required quite as much planning and prep work, so feel free to add those in as needed.

I also realize that what was on our menu may not be suited for everyone's taste, so I also am sharing a blank meal planning template that you can print and fill out yourselves if you so choose. This one I believe will be very helpful if you are doing Whole30 or not, or if you are new to meal planning or need a refresh in the meal planning world. These are also planning for two weeks at a time and for lunch and dinner each day. I have to say, I am probably going to switch over to these myself for meal planning. And considering how much time went into them, I am happy that I am liking the results this much already!

Please, please, please share your thoughts on these with me. I hope they help make this journey easier for you. If there is something else I could post or create to help motivate or help you along, I would love to hear it. And remember that just because you write out a meal plan doesn't mean that it has to be followed to the T. Having a plan is the important part, but adjusting along the way is totally normal!