Sparklewoman Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I'm doing my first W30 in October. I have been eating Paleo for about a year, most of the time compliant. I tend to be a grazer in the evenings because I am just too tired sometimes to cook. (I have fibromyalgia and possibly MS.) So, I'm giving myself permission to continue being a grazer even during my W30, because sometimes it's just easier for me to grab a handful of baby carrots, a handful of nuts, and a chunk of leftover meat. Sometimes I don't get home from work until eight or nine, so I don't want to take the time to cook and eat a big meal when I will be going to bed soon or I'll sleep poorly. My plan for the rest of this week is to cook one or two big dinners so that I have leftovers ready on what I call my "hit the wall" nights. Luckily, tonight I have leftovers from the weekend and it was a compliant meal: Curried butternut squash shepherd's pie. I'll share the recipe in the recipe forum. It's insanely good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 If you literally have baby carrots, nuts and leftover meat, that's actually a compliant mini-meal, so you're fine. "Grazing" in the Whole30 sense is snacking frequently throughout the day, which is what they advise against on the Whole30. It doesn't sound like that's what you're planning to do Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberino21 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 If you literally have baby carrots, nuts and leftover meat, that's actually a compliant mini-meal, so you're fine. "Grazing" in the Whole30 sense is snacking frequently throughout the day, which is what they advise against on the Whole30. It doesn't sound like that's what you're planning to do Welcome! this! i'd encourage you to put your handful of nuts, carrots and leftover meat on a plate and eat it at the table to get in a routine of eating mindfully...instead of just grabbing and eating bits here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklewoman Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 You're right, that's not my plan. I do snack sometimes but I'm trying to get over that habit even though it is always healthy/compliant -- a handful of macadamias, a few dried apricots. Lately I've just gone ahead and added those to my plate, thinking of them as "dessert". And I do put it all on a plate and sit down to eat it. Otherwise it reminds me too much of my decades spent eating (read: binging) while standing up in the kitchen. I guess that's why I still use the term "grazing" since back then I felt like a cow for sure! Now I look at it as just "not cooking" or, as my wife puts it, "every woman for herself" for dinner that night (she hates it when I don't cook!) Today is day 3. I'm really missing my daily piece of cheese, it was about the only dairy I ate regularly. I get lightheaded if I don't have some protein mid-morning even when I had 3 eggs for breakfast. But I'm managing to get through it so far, so maybe it was just a habit and not a necessity. Funny how those two become intertwined. I'll be interested to see if the dairy was contributing to my inflammation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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