Brewer5 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 There is NO way that you are going to be ~so~ determined at this that you throw your Larabar in the trash (congrats, by the way, and you are right -- they are food without brakes and no different than a Snickers bar to your sugar dragon). Anyway, there is no way that you are going to be doing THIS great, and then go and give in to something dumb like a cheese & crackerfest. Make sure that your lunch is nice & BIG with plenty of FAT to keep you satisfied until you can get home and eat well. Your posts make me smile & I'm proud of you guys! Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physibeth Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Remember my first post in this thread when I said you would probably have a rough 1st week. This is what I was talking about. What you experienced today was your body rebelling because it finally realized you are absolutely serious about the no sugar thing. Your body is very used to fast easy carbs and it has now decided to throw a temper tantrum. The best thing to do when you have these types of cravings is to eat something with protein and fat OR do something completely different. Going to the gym last night was a good call. Throwing away the larabars is also a good call. Don't give in to your bodies temper tantrums. And don't expect them to disappear entirely. This is all about retraining our reactions to such things. I was at a birthday party a few weeks ago (before I started my 2nd whole30) and there was a bowl of cheetos. In my former life I loved cheetos. Like LOVED cheetos. In my mind I knew I could have one (wasn't doing whole30) and I obsessed over it for a while but in the end convinced myself that they were not worth touching. These are the things you will learn from this experience. Keep up the great work and go to your meeting prepared with some sparkling water and a compliant mini meal to nosh on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 I'll post later tonight but I just wanted to share my victory.... After being very MAD at myself yesterday today I was pretty PROUD. I stared down this for three hours: .... And I had a few pieces of prosciutto, some almonds, and a handful of grapes. Wanted some olives but I know they came from an olive bar in a grocery store and I don't know what they were packed in so I skipped. Dinner is now almost finished and I didn't cave! WAHOO! There was a GIANT hunk of goat cheese on that table.... and man oh man do I LOVE goat cheese. Like..... one of my top three favorite foods kind of love. Major victory moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Days 7 - 10: "How's Your Diet-Thing Going?" ...We are alive and well and very much still on our whole30 journey without any mistakes or restarts necessary. Just got busy with friends Thursday night and then spent the holiday weekend at my family's camp on the lake up north. "How's the diet thingy going?" seems to be the conversation opener with people these days... sigh... I've given up explaining that I'm not on a "diet" in the traditional sense of the word - I know it, boyfriend knows it, my family knows it - so we're good. I'm okay with that. ​We've been doing great. Sugar/snack cravings from time to time but nothing as bad as my "sugar temper tantrum" from last Wednesday. The hardest part has just been seeing the food around with all of the work functions and being around family and friends that are eating it this weekend... my parents are definitely where I get some of my bad habits from and I almost snapped when the nightly candy-pounding session went on too long last night. I believe my exact words were that my father better remove his open bag of swedish fish from the counter before I lost my mind. Right now I just tell myself "I don't eat that"... I'm starting to wonder more about my willpower after Whole30, though, when I COULD have it if it was really WORTH it... ugh. I'll worry about it when the time comes, many days still ahead! Catching up.... Day 7: *fried eggs, spinach and cashew salad, *meatloaf and salad, *steak, s.p. fries, stir fry Day 8: *my typical spinach and egg scramble, fruit, *steak, stir fry and spinach, *shrimp and salad (also a mid morning iced coffee) Day 9: *scramble, grapes, coffee with coconut milk, *pork chops and spinach/pineapple salad with homemade lime pepper dressing, *chicken over the campfire with broccoli slaw and avocado Day10: *scramble, berries, coffee with coconut milk, *leftover pork chops with slaw/avocado salad, *steak and sweet potato fries made in a foil packet on the campfire .... it won't upload day 10 for some reason but it was delicious. Campfire cooking is awesome. Having a barbecue with friends in a bit tonight - it's our mission to keep showing people how much delicious stuff we're eating on our "diet." Will check back in later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Yesterday: scramble, mini meal of chicken and nuts to get me to dinner as we traveled, and then sausage, stir fry, steak, olives, and fruit kabob at our barbecue with friends. Temptation arrived again in the form of mini cheesecake cupcakes and cheese and crackers but I did it again! Today: scramble for breakfast and black coffee, leftover burger and veggies with Dijon mustard and cashews for lunch, and tacos with guacamole, salsa, homemade creamy taco dressing, and olives. HOLY. CRAP. Made my own taco seasoning and I'll never go back... Layered all of my delicious compliant ingredients on butter lettuce leaves and proceeded to eat 4 of the little buggers. They were SO GOOD. Favorite meal yet. I felt my energy pick up today. I never dragged or hit a lull... Lots still in me to go hard at the gym tonight and I'll be ready for bed soon but I'm not EXHAUSTED. Good stuff! The smell of M&Ms from the jar at work when I get some out for a child may forever haunt me but we're doing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Day 13: I think I.... like.... to cook!?!? Only good things to say today! That's not to say that I didn't open the fridge at work today and gaze at the cupcakes and cheese leftover from our open house for a while... but thennnn I remembered how good I'm feeling and closed the door and got over it. I've had an awesome amount of energy.... nothing even close to a crash. I have noticed that my "cravings" emerge mostly in the afternoon/end of the work day when I think my mind wants a "reward." That's pretty telling I think! I also noticed that when I don't feel dead at the end of the work day I want to stop at the store and then get home and cook something yummy for dinner instead of crashing on the couch for an hour and a half. After a good dinner I have energy for the gym! After the gym comes endorphins! It's like an amazing domino effect. I love it. Breakfast: Fried eggs with salsa and spinach Lunch: leftover taco meat, lettuce, guac, mayo sauce, olives ​Dinner: almond flour breaded chicken tenders and spaghetti squash with marinara (found a compliant one, woo!) DINNER WAS SO GOOD. AGAIN. I like spaghetti squash! Have never tried it and it was awesome! I looked at my boyfriend and in between bites excitedly told him that I don't think I've EVER inhaled a mound of VEGETABLES before. Laughably out of character for me. And the chicken tenders were amazing - mixed some cumin, paprika, garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper into the almond flour and they were delicious. Leftovers for lunch tomorrow! My pants also buttoned a bit easier today, so that's fun, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Day 14: Dessert Menus are Food Porn I ate out tonight! I have a bit of a headache at the moment which makes me nervous that some secret ingredient got ingested or something, but that's probably just (what little remains of) my anxiety talking. I ordered a steak grilled "dry" and a garden salad with balsamic and EVOO as the dressing. I watched several of my coworkers eat several pieces of rosemary foccacia and then dive into plates of pasta as big as their heads before ordering from the dessert menu. Sigh. I know how less heavy and food-babyish I feel right now and what I'm gaining by NOT eating like that, so it's okay! I did grab the dessert menu, though.... "Are you going to order dessert!?!?" I was asked. "No.... I just want to look at them." lol Breakfast: Eggs scrambled with greens in ghee, blackberries Lunch: Leftover chicken strips and spaghetti squash with marinara, handful of cashews Dinner: Sirloin and garden salad, strawberries and blackberries in coconut milk Tomorrow is the half-way mark! Woohoo! I'm so proud of us already, I can't believe I haven't eaten a grain or added sugar in over two weeks when before I literally would go DAYS eating only that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlynne Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Isn't it such a good feeling to be proud of yourself? No more guilt!! No more feeling sick because of what you have eaten! It's the beginning of a lifetime of change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Misses a few days, but for good reason - busy and happy! Thinking about meals, cooking, and shopping are becoming more second nature and therefore I don't necessarily feel the need to jump on here and cent and catalogue everything like the first days. . I'm enjoying my vegetables which seriously is nothing short of a miracle for someone like me - I truly don't think I can convey how appalling my diet was before this. I'm so happy to continue to eat well balanced meals that I know are nourishing my body and not hurting it. My mood is great and I'm enjoying nice sustained energy all day long now instead of waking up tired, sugar spike, crash, repeat... My boyfriend has already lost a noticeable amount of weight - his pants are falling down and his face looks much thinner! I myself don't have as much to lose, but I do see some small changes in the mirror and I wore jeans today that I haven't buttoned comfortably for at least a year. . I will try my best to continue check ins, though! We went to a ball game last night (ball park food smells are NO JOKE, guys!) and ate out on the way and continue to rock it! We're really doing this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebles Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 You're such an inspiration, really! I was just thinking "wow, I had breakfast over four hours ago and I'm still not hungry". And then I opened this thread and looked at your pictures and I want to eat all the things!! Well. All the things prepared by you probably. Everything looks so pretty and yummy! (I'm more of a throw-everything-in-one-pot/pan kinda cook (lazy, lazy with doing the dishes). It usually tastes ok but it's mostly definitely not pretty. ;-D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Thank you SO much! You have no idea how much that means to hear for someone who used to survive on muffins and microwave meals! Nice words to pick me up on a Monday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer5 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 So, Cassie, where are you? I realized today it's been a solid week since you've posted. I looked through your posts and I see you had another Larabar incident. Have you officially de-railed? Come back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 I'm okay and I'm not de-railed, Brewer! Work has gotten nuts and my log has fallen by the wayside, just not enough time to go around (kitchen stuff takes up a hunk of the day, as you guys know, too! . The second Larabar incident (gosh that makes me giggle...lol) was a turning point for my cravings. I've learned that giving in feels worse than the actual craving. I still want the darn donut, but I've cut out any foods that are still compliant but could be overeaten (like the bars) and soldiered on. Have had some good meals even if my photo project obliterated.... Cauliflower fried rice closely topping the list. Myself and everyone that knows me well are in utter disbelief that I'm eating and LIKING so many vegetables these days! I feel good. Admittedly, my pants are not as loose as I had hoped they would be by now, but I have seen some small changes and I may just have to accept that I'm close to where my body is meant to be to begin with.... Healthy or not, I don't believe I'm going to snap back to my college bum and tummy, but I'm okay with that. My energy levels are sustained all day long and I don't crash at 5pm anymore, which is so awesome! I also just feel happier and enjoy the children more at work these days (whole30 has not, however, given me love for the mounds of paperwork... If you guys find a cure for that, let me know...). Tomorrow is day 30 and I'm so proud of us. I've learned things about my relationship with food that I had no idea of. Boyfriend is dropping lots of weight and motivated to be back in the gym again regularly. We're grocery shopping and cooking a variety of meals at home. So much good. I'm probably still going to have that donut Saturday.... But then I'm going to cool it, reintroduce things, see what happens, and move forward and sustain a much healthier lifestyle that works for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer5 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Cassie, congrats on feeling so great! I just started a Post-Whole-30 log because I am putting the training wheels back on today. I can already predict that your donut will eventually just make you want more donuts. Maybe some ice cream and popcorn down the road to go with it. Ask me how I know. These are all experiences I guess we have to have for ourselves, though. Stay proud of yourselves and don't venture too far, okay? Take care! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physibeth Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Great job Cassie! I might advice you to do your whole reintroduction period before having a donut as donuts tend to have multiple off plan ingredients in them. Are you familiar with the reintroduction protocol? I found making a scheduled plan for mine was very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 I planned one following the plan in ISWF - dairy day 1, gluten grains day 4, etc. etc. I think my donut plan is just an act of rebellion... and you're probably right... I SHOULD wait (for multiple reasons). What's 10 more days after 30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlynne Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Congrats on a whole 30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie C Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Well, we did it! Just wanted to officially announce at the end of my log that we made it through our whole30 successfully. So so proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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