Lovesmatt29 WILL succeed-4th attempt

[lovesmatt29]

I've taken the last few days "off" all though I have been compliant.  I decided I needed to regroup and just focus on mindfulness, easing stress and focusing on health.  I feel like today I can start my whole30 with the same gusto and enthusiasm that I did initially.  The last start was really lacking in that, I think because I let sugar back in and was having intense cravings and was allowing myself to be cranky and negative.

 

Today I start fresh with a positive attitude in all areas and a willingness to commit.

 

I spent yesterday evening prepping my meals for today.  It will be a tad of a stretch until Thursday afternoon when I can get to Costco to stock up, but I'm committed to making it work.  No excuses.

 

Here's today's menu:

 

Breakfast and lunch will be the same:

 

Green beans, two eggs plus two egg whites cooked in ghee, apple cooked in coconut oil.

 

Dinner will be spring mix salad with tuna and olive oil and salt.

 

Work out will be a short walk and weights followed by lots of stretching and foam rolling.

 

Keep calm and whole30 on.

[Tina R]

Congratulations! You can do it!

[missmary]

are you restricting intentionally? Your portions look quite small to me. Eating more of the good stuff will help you resist off plan food. Making sure you get a palm-size portion of protein and a thumb size portion of fat (along with plenty of vegetables) makes a huge difference. good luck!

[lovesmatt29]

That's so funny that you ask about my portions because I often hear "Oh my gosh!  Are you eating all that?  How do you stay so thin!!!"  The green beans took up an entire plate by themselves and were in a heaping pile.  I bought a big bag of them and used them all up in just those two meals.  My salads are usually eaten out of a mixing bowl.  Tomorrow I'm doing spaghetti squash and it will be half an inch think on a huge plate with 6 oz of ground beef and 1 cup of marina on top.  

 

So I guess it doesn't sound like much, but people at work are usually flabbergasted when they come into the break room and see four giant plates of food in front of me.  Then they proceed to tell me they barely eat anything at all and can't seem to lose weight as they drink their soda and eat their granola bar!

[missmary]

ahah. this explains a lot. veggies are good, yes, but make sure you eat a whole palm-size portion of protein and a thumb-size portion of fat as well. If you are having trouble doing that, you might need to cut back on veggies to make room. While veggies are filling in the short-term, it's the protein and fat that will protect you from sugar cravings between meals. Make sure you eat enough of them.

 

EDIT: ps. "other people" have no idea how much food is appropriate when eating this way. rock on with your mixing bowl of veg and pay them no mind.

[lovesmatt29]

Woohoo, day 4!

 

Breakfast and lunch are the same, because that's just how I roll:

 

Apple cooked in coconut oil, two scrambled eggs plus egg whites, three sausage links.

 

Dinner will be a salad with tuna, olive oil and salt.

 

I have GOT to get to the store tomorrow as I am out of veggies!

[lovesmatt29]

There has been so much temptation around here!  Girl Scout cookies and donuts at work, crap around the house.  I threw away a lot of junk here today because my kids don't need it anyway.  I've decided I'm going to stop buying them junky snacks.  I won't tell them they can't eat it, they just won't get it from me so it will be at grandma's and friends houses and such.

I'm also having scale withdrawals, but I'm hanging in there.  I know it's no good for me anyway.

 

Here's what I had today:

 

Scrambled eggs (two whole and two whites), apples cooked in coconut oil, sweet potato.

 

Lunch was the same

 

Dinner: chicken curry with a giant salad topped with olive oil and salt.