Starting over today!

[Susiek]

Oops, it's day 12, not 11.

[BillS]

Hey, Susie,

 

Great job sticking to the plan!  I had a similar funky but compliant day.  It must be something in the water.

 

Bill

[Susiek]

It must be, Bill! :-)

[Susiek]

Yesterday's meal:

1st meal:

Three eggs

Sautéed zucchini, squash, tomatillo, pepper, green chile,jalapeño.

Tea

PWO snack:

1/2 yam

Teaspoon walnut butter

Kombucha

Exercise: P-90x shoulders/arms/abs 1.5 hours

2nd meal:

Veggies from breakfast

Turkey Andouille sausage

Steamed carrots

Snack:

1/2 Andouille sausage

Olives

Nuts

3rd meal:

Chicken breast (Melissa Joulwan's " the best chicken you will ever eat")

Green beans

Roasted

1/2 yam

Decaf coffee

The chicken I made for dinner was amazing! This is a great recipe and I recommend it highly!

Getting ready for my first paleo potluck on Saturday! It's fun to try new things, and it will be nice to talk to people who won't look at me strangely when I talk about the food I eat. :-)

[Susiek]

Yesterday's 1st meal:

Weirdly forgot to eat as I was cooking all morning. I think I grazed on bell peppers, bacon, plantains, a piece of Spanish omelete.

Tea

Worked out for 45 minutes.

2nd meal:

Leftover thai soup

Bacon wrapped squash and dates. ( YUM!)

Matcha tea

Snack: kombucha tea

3rd meal:

Spanish omelete (2 slices)

Chicken kabob (1 small)

Green beans

Three bacon wrapped dates

Patacones (plantains) (1 small)

Decaf coffee with coconut milk

[Susiek]

Today's meals

1st meal:

Two eggs

Portobello mushroom

Chicken

Black tea

3/4 decaf coffee

Snacks on hike: Blood orange

Lunch on the summit:

4 Bacon wrapped dates

Epic Turkey bar

Kombucha

Snack two

Larabar (lemon)

Sunflower seeds

3rd meal:

A scoop of almond butter ( hangry!)

Leftovers: 1 slice Spanish omelete

Patacones (1)

Chicken breast

Green beans

Decaf coffee

I did a 12.5 mile hike ( 8 hrs) up the steepest trail in Tucson! It was supposed to be a 10 mile, but I added an extra 2.5 by going down a different trail. Fortunately, I didn't have my usual blood sugar issues and I had really good food along.

So glad I had food already cooked when I got home! Advanced preparation really pays off. :-)

[runninglawyer88]

Yesterday's meal:

1st meal:

Three eggs

Sautéed zucchini, squash, tomatillo, pepper, green chile,jalapeño.

Tea

PWO snack:

1/2 yam

Teaspoon walnut butter

Kombucha

Exercise: P-90x shoulders/arms/abs 1.5 hours

2nd meal:

Veggies from breakfast

Turkey Andouille sausage

Steamed carrots

Snack:

1/2 Andouille sausage

Olives

Nuts

3rd meal:

Chicken breast (Melissa Joulwan's " the best chicken you will ever eat")

Green beans

Roasted

1/2 yam

Decaf coffee

The chicken I made for dinner was amazing! This is a great recipe and I recommend it highly!

Getting ready for my first paleo potluck on Saturday! It's fun to try new things, and it will be nice to talk to people who won't look at me strangely when I talk about the food I eat. :-)

Did you use just breasts in the chicken recipe?

[Susiek]

I made 2 of breasts and a whole chicken

The breasts came out perfect! The whole chicken could have maybe used more brine, or longer brining time.

Note: definitely follow the spice rub measurements as close as possible. I made a second batch tonight ( chicken breast and pork) and I'm not sure what I did but it was much saltier and tasted differently. Still good, though, just not great.

[Susiek]

1st meal:

Two egg omelete with chicken, peppers, green beans, sun dried tomatoes.

Tea (black and mate' tea)

Snack:

Kombucha

Handful of nuts

2nd meal:

Leftover Chicken

Green beans

Bell peppers

Steamed sweet potato

Snack: kombucha

Coffee (regular drip)

Dinner:

Salad with green beans, peppers, radish, cucumbers and basil pesto

Steamed carrots

Well Fed recipe Pork loin (small) and

Chicken breast

2 slices melon

Coffee with coconut milk

I was tired and out of it all day. Definitely feeling the epic hike from yesterday, but I'm strangely not that sore!

I'm bored with chicken! And green beans! Unfortunately I'm really busy this week and don't have the opportunity to get creative. This weekend I'm planning a cook a thon after a trip to the farmers market.

Tomorrow is my 30th day of my original whole30, after that I've got 14 days of no sugar and to complete a whole30 with a friend.But I'm not planning on stopping even after that.

I don't even want the usual things I crave. What I am going to do is wean myself of caffeine. It is still a huge vice for me.

[runninglawyer88]

I made 2 of breasts and a whole chicken

The breasts came out perfect! The whole chicken could have maybe used more brine, or longer brining time.

Note: definitely follow the spice rub measurements as close as possible. I made a second batch tonight ( chicken breast and pork) and I'm not sure what I did but it was much saltier and tasted differently. Still good, though, just not great.

Pork is naturally saltier so maybe that could be why.

[runninglawyer88]

I'm so sad. I now remember why I haven't made that chicken. ..I only have ground spices, not seeds darn. Looks like I won't be making this.

[Susiek]

Sorry, runninglawyer88! It is a little time consuming but it does taste great when you get it right. :-)

[Susiek]

Yesterday's meals

1st meal:

Two eggs

Green beans

Yam

Tea and 3/4 decaf coffee

Snack: epic bar

Jasmine green tea

2nd meal:

Two bowls of beef curry soup

Steamed carrots with sunbutter

Thunderbird energetica bar

Kombucha

3rd meal:

Leftover salad with chicken

Leftover beef soup

Celery sticks with sun/almond butter

Blueberries with coconut cream

Lots of cravings and not feeling well.

Note to self: do not try a new dish for the first time ( beef curry) at lunch when you have to go back to work for 5 more hours. :-(

Beef is too rich for me. Need to go back to bison instead.

Finished my original 30 days!

[Susiek]

Crazy day today! Literally felt like I was starving all day.

1st meal:

Three eggs

Green beans

Small yam

Tea

3/4 decaf coffee

Snack:Sunflower seeds

Kombucha that exploded all over my desk... And my clothes... And my iPhone

2nd meal:

Spinach salad with salmon

Carrots, cucumber slices, Aminos.

Small yam

Blueberries with coconut cream

Snack: Larabar

Late 3rd meal:

Thai curry with chicken and beef

Plantains with coconut cream

Kombucha

Headaches, foggy head, cravings, moodiness. Glad this day is over!

Day 31/19

[Susiek]

1st meal:

Three fried eggs

Green beans and nopales

1/2 caf coffee with almond milk

Tea

2nd meal:

Sliced yam

Green beans ,Nopales, carrots

Spinach

Chicken breast

Snack: Larabar

Kombucha

Tea

3rd meal:

Beef hot pot with mung bean sprouts, carrots, beef, Chinese 5 spice

Carrots/ celery with almond and sun butter

Spoonful of tahini

Strawberries

[Susiek]

Today's meals ( in progress)

 

1st meal:

Two eggs with green beans, zucchini, and yellow squash

small yam

tea

 

sort of snack?:

1/2 caf coffee

kombucha

 

2nd Meal:

Salad with salmon, baby field greens, spinach, roasted peppers, pinenuts, sundried tomatoes, green beans, coconut aminos

fresh blueberries with coconut cream (not heated: heating fruit turns it into a food-without-brakes)

Yerba mate tea with coconut cream

 

 

3rd meal (planned)

Thai Green Curry with mahi mahi, green curry sauce, coconut milk, butternut squash, green beans, zucchini, mushrooms, thai chili

plantains

 

 

Including my pre-tox, and my original whole 30 that started on Jan 27, I have achieved the following:

 

39 days without chewing gum!!!! YAY for me! Gone is my 25 year pack a day habit!

33 days of no alcohol, no grains, no dairy, no stevia

21 days of no sugar (restarted whole 30 because of a silly choice I made. 

It makes me happy to write down my accomplishments. I've had pretty bad cravings lately and have been beating myself up a bit.

[BillS]

You are so awesome, Susie! Keep up the great work!

[Susiek]

Yesterday's "meals"

First meal:

Didn't have one; had to leave without breakfast which never happens. I had to take a friend to an appt.

Teaspoon of nuts (grabbed on my way out)

Grapefruit ( picked while I was waiting for my friend)

Sweet potato pack(my emergency stash)

I have severe blood sugar issues if I don't eat breakfast, and the appointment didn't finish until almost noon. :/

2nd meal: chicken breast and leg

( from a whole roast chicken)

1/2 caf coffee

Snack: taro fritters and hot sauce

Tomatoes, sweet potato slices

Workout

3rd meal:

Caldo verde soup ( sweet potatos, andouille sausage, kale)

Baked Taro, yucca,sweet potato, plantains, yam slices with coconut cream

Kombucha

A crazy day, felt out of control and snacky all day because of my weird start. Protein is critical for me in the morning!

But, I stayed compliant and I got to make new foods today!

I noticed I tend to rely too much on starchy carbs like tubers. I'm going to limit to two servings a day.

[Susiek]

Yesterday's meals

 

1)Three eggs
Portobello mushroom
Green beans
1/2 caf coffee

2) beef jerky
Plantain/ taro slices
Kombucha

3) andouille sausage
Green beans
Carrots
Decaf coffee/ tea

 

1 hour workout

4) Red chicken curry with coconut milk, curry paste, bok choy, mung beans, water chestnuts, bamboo, peppers, zucchini, squash,mushrooms, thai basil.

blueberries with coconut cream , topped with pecans


I've been reading a lot of articles about IBS since that's what I've got, and many have mentioned that it is better to eat more frequent smaller meals rather than three large ones that are harder to digest. I've noticed that because I've been omitting snacks ( or trying anyway) I've been famished by the next meal ( regardless of how much protein I've eaten) and then I eat too much, and too fast. I just wonder if it's better for my condition to do the smaller meals. I've been having a ton of gastro distress and am not feeling well at all. It could have been the ingredients in my meals yesterday that is causing this pain ( Hannah sweet potato and kale) so I'm going to freeze the rest and try to avoid starchy tubers.
I've noticed my hormones are out of wack.  Feeling not so great the past week. :-(   I need to do some more resaserch on FODMAP foods and eliminate them from my diet. I'm suspecting that coconut milk might also be a problem food for my gastro issues. And I absolutely adore thai curries with coconut. Feeling grumpy about it all!

[Susiek]

Today's meals

Two eggs

Prosciuotto

green beans

yam (no skin)

tea and 3/4 decaf coffee

Feeling pretty good; no tummy troubles

snack: epic turkey bar

no reaction

2nd meal:

two bowls leftover thai curry

smoothie with tahini, strawberries,blueberries, raspberries, plantain, almond milk, coconut cream

HORRIBLE tummy issues; right after I ate the curry. I wonder if it is the coconut milk, the spices (peppers) or something else. UGH!

3rd meal:

lettuce wrapped grassfed burger topped with fried egg, avocado, mustard, pickles, tomatos

green beans

carrots with almond butter

Went to sleep at 8:45, too tired to workout, tummy issues

Update: I was just looking at the ingredient list of my thai curry paste and the first two ingredients are garlic and onions! I've been UBER conscious about avoiding those two in all my other foods, and yet I totally missed these ingredients even as I reviewed them for whole30 compliance! It's hilarious. I call this addictive food amnesia ( i.e.-foods that I don't want to give up so mysteriously forget they are in things) For example, before whole 30 I was gluten, soy and dairy free for years, but mysteriously ate ThinkThin low carb energy bars even though they had dairy and soy and a host of other ingredients I knew I shouldn't be eating. They were my chocolatey, peanutty crutch.

Though I have to say its been 40 days since I had one and I don't miss them AT ALL. So, I know I can adapt my thai recipes or maybe eliminate them completely for a while.

[Physibeth]

Have you reviewed the IBS section in It Starts With Food? Another gal on here found that and it made a big difference in her whole30 experience. 

[Susiek]

Checking it out right now, Physibeth!  I read the whole book and am reading Chris Kresser's Personal Paleo Code as well. It's definitely a learning process since the FODMAP food charts vary so much from site to site.  

Thank you for the info 

[Susiek]

3/4/14

Two eggs

Prosciuotto

green beans

yam with pecans

tea and 3/4 decaf coffee

Epic turkey bar

Grapefruit

Lettuce wrapped burger

Carrots with almond butter

Tea with almond milk

Salad with crab, celery, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots

Plantains with coconut cream

I'm feeling ok today! I'm focusing on simple foods and am keeping the ingredient count down so I can figure out what I'm reacting to. So far so good!

[Susiek]

woke up again with a stomach ache but not as bad as yesterday

Today's meals

breakfast

Omelete with crab and hericot vert green beans

small yam

1/2 caf coffee

snack:

epic bar

1/8 cup pecans

kombucha

2nd meal:

Salad with crab, salmon, bacon bits, green beans, zucchini, squash,olives,carrots and olive oil dressing

grapefruit

carrots with almond butter

3rd meal:

greek chicken and sirloin kabobs

big salad with olives, cucumbers, sundried tomatoes, green beans,carrots,pine nuts

roasted yam with greek spices

No desire for a dessert tonight. Yay!

[Susiek]

Meals today 3/6/14 in progress

 

Day 39/27

 

1) two eggs,two strips bacon,green beans and spinach

3/4 decaf coffee

 

snack: beef jerky, carrots

 yerba mate tea with almond milk

 

2) tuna salad ( leftover salad from last night with canned water packed tuna)

   

3) Asian salad with beef and chicken

 

pre workout snack:blueberries

post work out: two strips bacon, yam