First Whole 30

[mchorn]

I worked out before breakfast, with no pre- or post-workout snacks. I know I need to do that, but I've never really liked eating immediately before or after exercising.

Breakfast was a sweet potato hash with olive oil, salt-cured pork and onions.

I didn't make it until lunch, which is typical for days I work out in the morning, so I ate a small handful of almonds as a snack. It's this habit that has me 90% convinced that I need to do the pre- and post- workout snacks.

Lunch was salad with chicken, 1/2 an avocado, grapes, walnuts, and no dressing (I eat low-acid as well--another goal for my Whole 30 is to move away from that diet). I also ate a plum.

Dinner was conventionally raised steak--we had a dinner-planning snafu and ended up having to go out at the last minute to pick something up rather than eating the grass-fed steak we have frozen--and asparagus sauteed in olive oil.

My energy was strong and even throughout the day, and I slept beautifully. I also woke up this morning already feeling lighter and less weighed-down, if that makes any sense.

[Derval]

I worked out before breakfast, with no pre- or post-workout snacks. I know I need to do that, but I've never really liked eating immediately before or after exercising.

Breakfast was a sweet potato hash with olive oil, salt-cured pork and onions.

I didn't make it until lunch, which is typical for days I work out in the morning, so I ate a small handful of almonds as a snack. It's this habit that has me 90% convinced that I need to do the pre- and post- workout snacks.

Lunch was salad with chicken, 1/2 an avocado, grapes, walnuts, and no dressing (I eat low-acid as well--another goal for my Whole 30 is to move away from that diet). I also ate a plum.

Dinner was conventionally raised steak--we had a dinner-planning snafu and ended up having to go out at the last minute to pick something up rather than eating the grass-fed steak we have frozen--and asparagus sauteed in olive oil.

My energy was strong and even throughout the day, and I slept beautifully. I also woke up this morning already feeling lighter and less weighed-down, if that makes any sense.

For sure, I only recently introduced a post workout snack and it's great because I am not ravenous at noon and can leave lunch till nearer 1pm, leaving a shorter gap till dinner, which emans I don't snack. It has a great knock-on effect for your whole day.

Glad to hear you're feeling good effects already