Day 1 of Whole 30 TODAY!

[Karyna]

Hi everyone!

 

My name is Karyna and I live in London, UK.

 

I have been doing Paleo since end of May, however, not as strict as I was doing Paleo alongside having Arbonne's vegan protein shakes and the Arbonne Nutrition Bars (which have rice protein and are flavoured with Stevia).

 

While I love the Arbonne supplements, in the last month, I found myself 'cheating' more and more and I could really begin to tell the impact it was having on my body.

 

So, I decided to start the Whole 30 and try rid myself of this 'sugar' addiction, and once the whole30 is done, reintroduce the Arbonne supplements again (slowly and see how my body reacts).

 

Day 1 over and so far a success!

 

Breakfast - frittata with pork mince, mushrooms, and spinach and a side of strawberries

Lunch - Chicken curry (sauce made with ghee, coconut milk and garam masala spice) with steamed broccoli

Snack - banana, dried mango and dried apple, cashew nuts

Dinner - Sea bass, steamed asparagus and roasted carrot batons with olive oil, paprika, and oregano

 

I have been feeling extremely tired as I have not had any caffeine and I have a slight headache. I just own it up to the lack of sugar that my body is getting used to which is a good thing!

 

Did anyone else start today?

[SimpleNotEasy]

Hi Karyna,

 

My name is Sara and I started my 2nd Whole 30 yesterday. Looks like you did terrific on your Day 1! Good work. 

 

I struggle with emotional eating and when I did my first Whole 30 back in Spring of 2012, I experienced freedom like never before. It was amazing. So I'm back for more healing.

 

I hope we can support one another in this journey. Feel free to stop by my log in the Join the Whole 30 section (SimpleNotEasy's Whole 30 Log) if you want to read my musings.

 

Stay strong!

Sara

[AshleyAnth]

I also started today Karyna! My name is Ashley, live in Missouri, USA. 

 

Maybe we all can motivate each other through the next 30 days! 

 

I did very well with my first 19 days, but then had a weekend of birthday parties, dinner date, and going out with friends to different bars around here, and no kids. So I got it all out on Saturday and Sunday, and am starting anew today!

 

Looks like you did awesome with your food today!! Way to go!

 

Sara, I just friended you so I can see you musings as well

 

Day 1 for me:

Breakfast: fried egg in olive oil, sauteed kale, peppers, carrots, broccoli, and cabbage in coconut oil, avocado, and a Monkey Salad (banana, cashews, coconut flakes)

Lunch: more of a mini meal since I wasn't too hungry, but needed something before dinner... hard boiled egg, cashews, and carrots

Dinner: kale and spinach salad with crockpot taco flavored chicken, tomato, avocado, peppers, olive oil and vinegar, garlic, hot sauce, and a 1/2 cup of cantelope

 

I already feel soooooo much better! Most of the day I had a foggy brain and was very tired. 

[Karyna]

Hi Ashley and Sara!

 

Day 2 today and this morning, I had an Arbonne antioxidant & immunity booster (a supplement that has antioxidants from fruit juices but no artificial sweeteners - I researched the ingredients before drinking it this morning) which lifted my headache and gave me a boost in energy.

 

Meal 1 - sweet potato, spinach, and pork hash. I sauteed onions and garlic in ghee, then added grated sweet potato and leftover pork mince. I then added spinach at the end. I was going to have it with a fried egg but didn't have time to at work. It was lovely and filling and actually delicious cold!

 

I'm now going for a cardio workout on the cross-trainer today during my lunch hour then having meal 2 - chicken curry with steamed broccoli. Leftovers from yesterday.

 

Meal 3 tonight will be a roasted pork loin and cauliflower mash. Snacks are a banana, green apple, strawberries, cashew nuts, dried mango and apple (afternoons are the worst for me in terms of getting hungry/bored!).

 

Good luck to you both today!

[Roz Griffiths]

If you need a snack, try & make it a mini meal containing protein, fat & veg, rather than just fruit.

[LTRocket]

Karyna your meals sound so yummy! I need to start thinking of better things to make otherwise I'm going to get bored very quick

[Karyna]

 

 

If you need a snack, try & make it a mini meal containing protein, fat & veg, rather than just fruit.   

 

Thanks Roz! What other ideas do you have for snacks that are easily portable for work?

 

I'm a bit of a grazer so anything to help me stop doing that would be ideal!

[amberino21]

Thanks Roz! What other ideas do you have for snacks that are easily portable for work?

I'm a bit of a grazer so anything to help me stop doing that would be ideal!

I was a 6-7 meal a day girl for years before starting my whole 30....I was determined to stick to the guidelines so didn't plan snacks. If I'd planned them I would have eaten them! For the first few days, I made sure my meals incorporated plenty of protein and fats - these are the two things that will effect hunger the most. If I couldn't finish my meal, I'd have a perfect mini meal of leftovers for later.... This never happened, I always ate my meal, but never needed to snack! There was a couple of times I felt hungry but I sucked it up, realised I wasn't really that hungry, and just held off until my meal

[Roz Griffiths]

Yeah, I'm a grazer too!

Hard boiled eggs are easy, or you can make mini frittatas in muffin trays - beat some eggs with veggies & bake in the oven. An apple with some almond butter would be ok in a pinch. I think the official line is usually "if you need to snack it means you didn't eat enough at your last meal", so that's worth a go. Sometimes adding more fat to a meal makes it last longer!

[amberino21]

Hi Ashley and Sara!

Day 2 today and this morning, I had an Arbonne antioxidant & immunity booster (a supplement that has antioxidants from fruit juices but no artificial sweeteners - I researched the ingredients before drinking it this morning) which lifted my headache and gave me a boost in energy.

While technically compliant, I don't think this "supplement" is going to benefit you much - it's basically sugar! Fruit juice, unless made fresh, isn't likely to contain any goodness...it may be a carrier for the other few supplements, but its not going to benefit you in a nutritional way any more than eating fresh produce.

Fruit juice isn't encouraged during your whole 30, unless incorporated in to a dish

[GFChris]

Thanks Roz! What other ideas do you have for snacks that are easily portable for work?

 

I'm a bit of a grazer so anything to help me stop doing that would be ideal!

Some snack options that fit the mini-meal template:

- hard boiled egg with sliced peppers and an avocado

- sardines, sauerkraut, and 1-2 handfuls of olives

- chicken, egg, salmon or tuna salad made with paleo mayo and celery. Add 1/2 a sliced jicama for more veggies.

- compliant smoked salmon, carrots and handful of hazelnuts.

[AshleyAnth]

Another easy mini meal... hard boiled egg, some raw carrots dipped in compliant mayo or an olive oil and vinegar dressing, and some cashews. That was my lunch yesterday, and it held me over until dinner time! Because I wasn't extremely hungry, but was eating dinner at 630 pm, and ate breakfast at 9 am... so i didn't want to be starving and end up binging on other things!

 

I was very much a grazer before starting the first time, but if you just keep making excuses of something else that needs to get done BEFORE you eat, you end up making it until the next meal time. It was hard at first, but after a few days of it, it became a lot easier and I wasn't wanting to graze anymore. Granted, some days it may seem impossible and all I want is a snack, but you just breath through it.

[Wendyland]

Karyna,  I also started yesterday.  I'm glad to find some others starting on the same day.  It's really a roller coaster the first week.  I've done this a few times, but I don't do well once I start introducing foods.  I feel like I can pass on the sweets for the most part now, but I feel like a weirdo not eating wheat.  I need to get over it. 

 

Ashley, I'm also in Missouri! 

[Karyna]

While technically compliant, I don't think this "supplement" is going to benefit you much - it's basically sugar! Fruit juice, unless made fresh, isn't likely to contain any goodness...it may be a carrier for the other few supplements, but its not going to benefit you in a nutritional way any more than eating fresh produce.

Fruit juice isn't encouraged during your whole 30, unless incorporated in to a dish

 

Hi Amberino,

 

Thanks for letting me know. These are the ingredients in the Antioxidant Booster (mostly to get antioxidants and to help with your immune system - so yes, nutritionally beneficial and not just sugar).

Ingredients: Water, concentrated fruit juices (white grape, apple, pear, concord grape, açai, blueberry, pomegranate, cranberry, acerola), Immune Support Blend (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, extracts of milk thistle, amla, holy basil, olive, elderberry, turmeric), natural flavour, vitamin C (as ascorbic acid), purple carrot powder, black carrot powder, Arbonne Energy Support Blend (extracts of green tea, guarana, Panax ginseng, yerba maté), gelling agent (xanthan gum), zincoxide, riboflavin, L-selenomethionine, vitamin B12 (as cobalamine), vitamin D (as ergocalciferol).

 

I'll leave this until after the whole30 to stay true to the program.

[amberino21]

Hi Amberino,

Thanks for letting me know. These are the ingredients in the Antioxidant Booster (mostly to get antioxidants and to help with your immune system - so yes, nutritionally beneficial and not just sugar).

Ingredients: Water, concentrated fruit juices (white grape, apple, pear, concord grape, açai, blueberry, pomegranate, cranberry, acerola), Immune Support Blend (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, extracts of milk thistle, amla, holy basil, olive, elderberry, turmeric), natural flavour, vitamin C (as ascorbic acid), purple carrot powder, black carrot powder, Arbonne Energy Support Blend (extracts of green tea, guarana, Panax ginseng, yerba maté), gelling agent (xanthan gum), zincoxide, riboflavin, L-selenomethionine, vitamin B12 (as cobalamine), vitamin D (as ergocalciferol).

I'll leave this until after the whole30 to stay true to the program.

I looked up the ingredients myself - the fruit juice concentrates are nutritionally void though, highly unlikely to have any antioxidants left! You may get some benefit from the other stuff, but you don't need the fruit juice - you could get the other stuff in a different form if you wanted to supplement. The nutritional info is 40cals, all sugar...

[LTRocket]

I'm taking a 1000mg vitamin C tab every day just to make sure my immune system doesn't take a dive.  But if we're all eating the healthy foods that's on plan, we should be getting all our vitamins in anyway!

[ksweet]

Hi Karyna, 

 

I was looking at your post about the supplement. Another option might be to drink some herbal teas that have the same benefits. I don't know if they have them in the UK, but you can get tea from companies like Yogi Tea and Traditional Medicinals but steep them with two tea bags to 1/2 cup water. They have teas for immune boosting, calming, etc - though perhaps you're feeling better already! Even some nice chamomile should take the edge off a bit. 

 

Karyn

[Physibeth]

If you want to boost your immunity start incorporating raw fermented veggies like sauerkraut and raw fermented beverages like kombucha and homemade bone broth and gelatin. Most of your immune system is in your gut so eating foods that promote beneficial bacteria and gut health will boost your immunity. As far as getting antioxidants eat a wide variety (colors) of vegetables and you should get all you need. The sugar in concentrated fruit drinks feeds the bad bacteria which actually weakens your immune system in the long run. 

[GFChris]

Hi Karyna, 

 

I was looking at your post about the supplement. Another option might be to drink some herbal teas that have the same benefits. I don't know if they have them in the UK, but you can get tea from companies like Yogi Tea and Traditional Medicinals but steep them with two tea bags to 1/2 cup water. They have teas for immune boosting, calming, etc - though perhaps you're feeling better already! Even some nice chamomile should take the edge off a bit. 

 

Karyn

Watch out on using Yogi teas on  a Whole30. Many contain stevia leaf, making them non-compliant.

[Karyna]

Watch out on using Yogi teas on  a Whole30. Many contain stevia leaf, making them non-compliant.

 

The tea I drink has dandelion root, peppermint leaf, parsley leaf, elderflower, fennel fruit and liquorice root.

[Karyna]

I looked up the ingredients myself - the fruit juice concentrates are nutritionally void though, highly unlikely to have any antioxidants left! You may get some benefit from the other stuff, but you don't need the fruit juice - you could get the other stuff in a different form if you wanted to supplement. The nutritional info is 40cals, all sugar...

 

Hi Amber,

 

I've checked with Arbonne about their Antioxidant and Immunity Booster, and this is what they've said about the fruit juice concentrates in the product:

"Antioxidant & Immunity Booster is a three-tier system that includes the clinically proven ingredient saccharomyces cerevisiae as well as other immune supporting vitamins and minerals like vitamins C, D, zinc and selenium. Second, there is an antioxidant blend comprised of several fruits and botanicals including milk thistle, turmeric, amla, holy basil and others to help fight free-radicals. Finally, to help deliver a natural, gentle lift, there is a blend of herbs like green tea, yerba mate, guarana and ginseng. All of this is delivered in a blend of juices known to deliver antioxidants like blueberry, pomegranate, acai, blackcurrant and many others."

 

I will wait until the end of the whole30 to start taking them again, though, just to be safe.

[Karyna]

How is everyone doing on Day 4?

 

I woke up with another headache this morning at 6am, so I decided to give the Jillian Michaels workout a rest today. Unfortunately, I was unable to have breakfast until almost three hours after waking, because I normally am not too hungry when I wake up that early. But, this morning, I found that I was feeling hungry at about 7-7:30 which was odd for me. I will definitely eat an hour within waking up tomorrow!

 

M1 - 2-egg frittata with spinach, mushroom, pepper and a side of strawberries

M2 - beef bolognese with zucchini noodles and a banana

M3 - coconut chicken with sweet potato fries

 

I had an americano this morning with coconut milk and surprisingly, I was able to stomach it. Also, after my lunch today, I felt pangs of the munchies but after drinking some water or distracting myself, I realised I wasn't actually hungry until about 4:15 (over 4 hours after eating lunch) where I had a small handful of cashews which has left me satisfied until dinner which I will be having shortly.

 

Overall, a good day.

[Physibeth]

Even if you are not hungry enough for a full meal within an hour of waking try to eat something. Maybe a single egg or a scoop of coconut butter. This is mostly to signal to your body that your fast is over. Eventually your body will adjust and it will send the proper morning hunger cues again.

[LaDeb]

I started on the 16th too.  This is my 2nd Whole 30.

 

Today I am trying to decide if I need to start over.  I was literally falling asleep at my desk, so I had caffeinated soda this morning (I am not a coffee or tea drinker).  For now I just going to move forward - I can sleep in tomorrow.

[LTRocket]

Today's day 5 for me, doing good!  A little tired after a busy week and I think I'm becoming a little tired of having to plan everything so much but I just need a relaxing night to recharge.  Also need to buy more food too!  If I run out of things to make, I'll really be in trouble.  Karyna, eating something 1st thing in the morning is hard for me too because i usually workout first thing.  So figuring out the pre-wo, post-wo and breakfast thing is a work in progress for me.  I think I've done pretty darn well for the 1st week though!  And I'm not worried about the weekend, don't really have any plans other than watching football at the bar Sunday and I have no issues drinking club soda or water :-)