befabdaily Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 This morning I got off a red-eye flight after a 5-day conference trip in which I attended nonstop science sessions, logged over 20,000 steps per day (8 miles or so), got sketchy amounts of sleep due to a snoring roomie, drank quite a lot of wine and cocktails, and ate (at various times) cream-filled churros, cheese, and bread. My body feels stressed. Today is a day of absolute rest. The heaviest things I've lifted all day were grocery bags at Trader Joe's as I restocked my fridge with protein and veggies. I napped for four hours post red-eye and will go to bed early tonight. Right now I still feel pretty good over all with cleared-up sinuses and mostly happy digestion about 4 weeks after my recent Whole30 ended. During most of the interval, I kept dairy and grains (my prime suspects for health issues) to a minimum, but definitely ate a bunch of Asian foods with noncompliant sauces, rice, and wine. I do have a shoulder pain that is not going away and I'm going to see my doc to get a referral to a PT, so I am not going to be doing much upper-body exercise until that is resolved. My goals for this time around? -- avoid snacking (especially excess fruit) -- cook more actual recipes (as opposed to plates of plain meat and veg) I say this is a Whole30, but I'm probably going to try to go straight on through until my annual physical in Sept. Meal 1 happened at about 1 p.m. today -- coffee with coconut milk, 2 eggs, half a large avocado. I'm getting ready to make a red curry with beef, red peppers and sweet potato for dinner. I'll post starting measurements and things tomorrow when I've equilibrated a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Wolnick Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 The red curry sounds delicious! Welcome back to your second Whole30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derval Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Wecome back, let the fabness continue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Thanks y'all! I actually weighed and measured myself this morning. 5'7", 178.5 lbs. Bodyfat: either 22.0 or 41.0, depending on whether I use my Tanita scale on "athlete" or "adult" settings. I'm guessing it's about right in the middle of these or a little lower. A body measurement based calculation I've used in the past puts me at about 27-28%. Chest: 40" Waist: 31.5" Navel line: 35" (this re-puffed a bit when I started drinking wine again) Hip: 43" I started the day with 2 eggs, a handful of olives, half a large avocado, and a peach, and coffee with coconut milk. I'm really thinking about weaning off coffee this month in addition to my other goals. I don't like that I feel like I have to have it, even if it is just a couple of cups in the a.m. "Needing" it makes me do things like drinking icky conference coffee with lots of sugar because that's all there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Day 2. Middle-aged lady WOD: 2.5 mile walk Lunch: Half of a 12 oz ribeye Avocado gazpacho 3/4 c. cherries Afternoon: Crio Bru with coconut milk Dinner: Beef, sweet potato and red pepper Thai curry (equivalent to probably about 6 oz. meat and 1/2 sweet potato) Pineapple spear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Day 3: It's touch and go whether I'll work out today. My throat is sore and I think I'm getting a cold. My appetite is kind of flat, too. Breakfast: 2 eggs rest of the avocado gazpacho Lunch: Beef/sweet potato/red pepper curry Snack: Peach 2 eggs Crio Bru with coconut milk Dinner: Roasted chicken Grape tomatoes Melon I am full on sick with a cold and just eating what is easiest to reach. I feel like my body wants more food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Day 4: Ugh. Sick. I walked a mile in the sun between naps. That was my WOD. Breakfast: 2 eggs 1 cup blackberries with coconut milk coffee with coconut milk Lunch: roasted chicken paleo mayo cucumber and tomato salad slice of melon Dinner: ground beef roasted tomato sauce zucchini noodles pineapple spears tbsp coconut butter All my food's been compliant, but I gave in and have been taking NyQuil/DayQuil to deal with the body aches and fever. On the upside, I've been navigating this cold steroid free so far and I'm not nearly as drowning in snot (TMI?) as I would have been previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Day 5: Still sick-ish, but less sick than yesterday. I walked 2.5 miles in the sun and am contemplating a few sets of short bridges for my back. But I'm also contemplating just respecting that I'm still weak and achy. Breakfast: 2 eggs, avocado, cherry tomatoes, coffee with coconut milk. Snack: chicken bone broth with lemon and salt. Bite of chicken, bite of coconut butter. Lunch: cucumber and tomato salad, roasted chicken, paleo mayo, blackberries with coconut milk. Dinner: shrimp and spinach green curry over small roasted sweet potato, 2 pineapple spears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebe Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Glad that you are beginning to feel better. Good on you for sticking with it even when you are sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 So, not that I'm going to weigh throughout this thing or anything, but my belly was feeling different enough already this morning that I thought I would check in to see what happened. I lost 3.5 pounds in 5 days, bringing me back to the weight (175) I was at at the end of my last Whole30. Presumably, water, inflammation and what have you, but I found it interesting that it would just bounce right back off that quickly. Now the scale is hidden away until the end of the 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Day 6. WOD: 3 mile walk. I started doing some squats and my not-quite-better head immediately got woo-woo, so, no. Breakfast: 2 eggs, avocado, cup of Tuscan melon, coffee with coconut milk Lunch: shrimp and spinach green curry, blackberries with coconut milk Dinner: ground beef, roasted tomato sauce, zucchini "noodles", a few macadamias and blackberries while preparing dinner I feel tired and low today, but I got to work and finished a manuscript. I don't know if the tiredness is sickness, or 6th day carb flu woes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Day 7: WOD: 3 mile walk, 3 x 20 short bridges, belly dance class Breakfast: 3-egg plum omelet, avocado Lunch: Cucumber, tomato and olive salad, roasted chicken, paleo mayo, a few cherries Snack: a big handful of cashews while waiting for dinner to cook. Whoops. Dinner: Broccoli, paleo mayo, pan-fried tilapia with almond crust, peach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Day 8: I'm still sick, afflicted with really gross post-nasal drip and feeling like it will never go away. No walk today -- it was pouring. I have to get back in the swing of things but I guess it's going to be slowly. Breakfast: 3-egg plum omelet, avocado, coffee with coconut milk Lunch: Asparagus, tomato and olive salad, roasted chicken Snack: Crio Bru with coconut milk, about a cup of cherry tomatoes Dinner: Pan-fried tilapia with almond crust, spaghetti squash, tomato sauce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Day 9: Sinuses still clogged with rubber bands. Man, you'd think being on Whole30 would help with this but no. Other than that I'm feeling pretty good. This morning I walked a mile and a half. I have been hungry for protein all day and felt like I wanted to eat more than usual so I went with it. Breakfast: roasted chicken, canteloupe, coffee with coconut milk Lunch: 3 fried eggs, chicken liver, blueberries with coconut milk, banana Dinner: handful of olives, steak, zucchini noodles with tomato sauce This was kind of a fruity day, but I'm low on veggies and farmers market day is Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 Day 10: I slept quite a lot yesterday and finally think my cold (or whatever) is over. WOD: 2.5 mile walk, 6 x 12 supported squats, 3 x 20 standing calf raises. Breakfast: coffee with coconut milk, avocado, 3-egg plum frittata Lunch: banana, cherry tomatoes, steak Snack: blueberries, chicken, macadamia nuts, crio bru with coconut milk Dinner: Pork tenderloins with balsamic fig reduction, fresh red peppers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Day 11. I can't really believe I'm already 1/3 of the way through another 30. Since I didn't pay too close attention to my goals (especially re: not snacking) while I was sick, I took the opportunity to sign up for the new newsletter thingy and I will use that to help focus me in August. I also bought an on-sale 20 class Zumba card that runs out on Sept. 20, so an additional goal will be to get to Zumba 3 times a week instead of once or twice, for the next few weeks. Anyway. WOD: National Dance Day 1 1/2 hour Zumba class. Oh my quads are so sore -- yesterday's squats and then this? Breakfast: coffee with coconut milk, 3 eggs, avocado Post workout: macadamia nuts, bite of chicken, big cup of bone broth with lemon and salt, Crio Bru with coconut milk. Lunch: Grassfed beef liver, zucchini noodles with olives and oven-roasted tomato sauce Snack: Mango. I really wanted this. I think actually I was thirsty though. Dinner: Pan fried tilapia with almond crust, small sweet potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Day 12: My quads are quads of eternal soreness. Today's WOD: 2.5 mile walk. Breakfast: coffee with coconut milk, 3 eggs, avocado Lunch: Grassfed beef liver, cucumber and tomato salad, peach Dinner: Chicken thigh, zucchini noodles with olives and oven-roasted tomato sauce I think I'm hitting the reduced appetite portion of the program -- I am totally stuffed after a piece of skinless chicken and a big bowl of veggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Day 13: WOD -- 2.5 mile morning walk, 3x10 bird dogs, 3x10 flat knee raises Breakfast: 2 eggs, avocado, 1/2 sweet potato, coffee with coconut milk Lunch: Cucumber and tomato salad, pork with fig reduction, cherries Dinner: Chicken breast with paleo mayo, sweet potato fritters, peach with coconut cream, a few lychees I felt really hungry and a little dried out today. I think yesterday (now that I look at it) was accidentally really low-carb and I was feeling it. Hence the sweet potato "pig out" today. Also I have to remember that a cucumber and tomato salad, big as it may look, has essentially zero calories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 For the August portion of my Whole30++, I am going to be instagramming my food, with the #whole30 tag. If you're interested, you can see my photostream here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Day 14: WOD -- 3.3 mile morning walk, 3 x 35 short bridges, 2 x 10 wall slides (for shoulder mobility), 1.5 hour belly dance class. Breakfast: Lunch: Dinner: Banana, spring mix salad, blackened grouper Post dance-class: more of the fish, a few spoonfuls of coconut cream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derval Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 So nice to see the pics, but can you add descriptions of what we're seeing? I recognise the sweet potato fritters, but what's beside it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Damn, and here I thought I could get away with being lazy. That is a delicious slice of grassfed beef liver, "breaded" with almond flour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Breakfast: coffee with coconut milk, eggs scrambled with spinach and olives, banana, small avocado Lunch: big ass salad, pork with fig reduction, peach with coconut cream Snack: crio bru with coconut cream, a few macadamias (I know I pledged to reduce snacking, this is my give-in to "girl time") Dinner: zoodle "spaghetti" with oven roasted tomato sauce, grassfed beef patty. The "dessert" in the little blue bowl is the bounty of chicken livers that I found inside the chicken that I'm roasting for upcoming lunches. WOD: damn, I was so tired and depleted from a super-long, super exercisey day yesterday, where I literally passed out as soon as I became horizontal, and then this morning I had to get up and take items to a consignment sale checkin before I left for work, that I did not even feel like walking. I took about 20 minutes of mini-walks during the day on campus. I have this little mini-walk path that takes me down and back up 10 flights of stairs and totals about 7 minutes in the sun, and I usually do it a couple of times during the day. ETA: I just clicked the little button in my Whole30 e-mail, and was rewarded with a shower of positive brain chemicals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derval Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Now I want to get the emails! - you think they are good even if you've done a w30 before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
befabdaily Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 There's some new content in there, some stuff that will be repetitive especially if you've been around here for a while. After having seen only two e-mails, I'd say it's like having an extra, new blog post to read every day, which works for me since I'm doing this alone in the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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