Day 17..... still tired.

[jen_oro]

This is my day 17 and Im just not sure Im getting the results I am suppose to be getting. I feel so tired, I am so cranky and I also feel like Im depressed. I just feel sad. So Im going to post an example of what I have been eating and maybe there is something I need to change. 

 

brkfst- 2-3 eggs scrambled in coconut oil mixed with veggies and like a thumb size piece of sweetpotato and bacon

 

lunch- grilled salmon or sometimes I have a grilled chicken with salad and veggies and 1/2 avacado

 

dinner- grilled chicken or steak with salad and veggies and 1/2 avacado

 

I do crossfit 2-3 week and I get plenty of sleep 8-9 hours...

 

what am I doing wrong????? 

 

 

thanks for your input

[jen_oro]

oh and I forgot to put at lunch I usually have some grapes or a nectarine.

[GFChris]

I wonder if you're eating enough? Instead of a thumb-size of sweet potato, have 1/2 or a whole sweet potato, for example.

Make sure each of your meals has 1-2 cups of vegetables.  Add in more carb-dense vegetables on a regular basis and see if that helps (e.g, sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, beets, acorn squash, butternut squash, jicama).

 

Also, be sure your bacon is compliant (e.g., no sugar or other nasties).

[jen_oro]

ok thank you I will try that!!! 

[Physibeth]

An additional question, are you doing your Pre and Post WO snacks on your crossfit days?

[MrsStick]

Try getting more starchy veggies. There's a post on here somewhere (I swear I saw it once) about how if your brain isn't good at producing serotonin (low levels linked to depression), it props itself up with easy starches (read: grains). Perhaps you should try eating more starchy veggies to try to help your brain's production of this hormone?

[GFChris]

Try getting more starchy veggies. There's a post on here somewhere (I swear I saw it once) about how if your brain isn't good at producing serotonin (low levels linked to depression), it props itself up with easy starches (read: grains). Perhaps you should try eating more starchy veggies to try to help your brain's production of this hormone?

Here's that post/thread: http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/9938-how-whole30-made-me-crazy-and-why/

[srice11]

If you're doing Crossfit, I would eat more carbs. 

[jen_oro]

I just wanted to tell everyone thanks for their input. Yesterday I added more carb dense veggies and I feel so much better. I feel normal again. I have energy and Im not mad, sad, crying anymore! thanks again!