Vian Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I'm not on a whole30 right now, but this is a problem I had before, during, and after my whole30. I get up at 7 and have breakfast around 7:45 which is usually something like a couple pieces of home made sausage or leftover meat from dinner, an egg or two, and sauteed veggies, plus BP coffee. Lunch is at 12:30 and it usually takes the whole 30 minutes I'm allotted to eat, so it's not like I'm rushing and cramming my food down in 15 minutes (which I used to do frequently). When I'm done eating, I feel fine, satiated but not stuffed. However, about 20-30 minutes after I go back to work, I'm tired, sluggish, heavy feeling, and very over full. It's not quite like yucky bloating, but more like my body saying "Tummy full...nap now..." Also, lunch is my smallest meal of the day. I find I'm always less hungry on weekdays when I'm at work, probably because my mind is occupied with other things. Is there anything I can do to not feel so tired after lunch, like I just want to take a nap while I digest my food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillian Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Please post a few lunches - it may not be how much you are eating, but what you are eating that is causing the problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vian Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/15043-vians-whole30-2/ There is my food journal from during my whole30. http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/16295-continuing-on-with-a-modification-or-two/ And there is my food journal for everything since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Strathdee Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 There's a good chance that you've got too much fat in your breakfast, and your body doesn't think it needs much lunch. Try cutting out some of the fat in your breakfast and see if that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vian Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Hmm, that's an interesting idea. I originally incorporated so much fat into breakfast because I was having a very hard time staying full until lunch, I kept getting hungry at 10:30-11 and needing a snack. But I also discovered that having eggs as my only protein source didn't keep me full either. Since then I've been sure to have meat with breakfast and more veggies and it's been holding me a lot better, and now that I think of it, I'm usually not actually hungry when I go to lunch, but I eat anyway. I'll try less fat with breakfast and see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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