Alexian28 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 First Whole30! Start date 10/27, prep until then. My S.M.A.R.T. goals: Exercise - from Sunday to Saturday, I will walk on the treadmill 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week. Speed-irrelevant. Walking "uphill"-irrelevant. The fact that I'm using a treadmill and not a sidewalk-irrelevant. Just establishing a pattern. Nutrition - I will follow the whole30 plan 100% from October 27th to Thanksgiving Day. Stress management - I will get up from my desk three times per day each workday to take a brief walk or stretch. This week I will: Catch up on my prep reading Take before pictures and measurements Pick out recipes for next week that sound good and require the least prep possible - nothing fancy the first week! Rearrange the fridge and pantry Grocery shop Stumbling blocks: Husband doesn't eat vegetables. Or fruit. Loves baked goods, mashed potatoes, and rice. Still at high-school weight in our mid-30s. Daughter loves beans/legumes and needs the extra protein, so I not only can't get rid of them but need to prep them for her. We'll be moving in a few weeks so I expect a few days of very little kitchen availability. I'll have to super-plan for that week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb. Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 If you're stopping Thanksgiving Day then it sounds like you will not be able to do proper re introductions which is one of the goals of W30. If you eat a gluten/dairy/soy/legume filled Thanksgiving Dinner, and have a reaction, you'll never know what you're sensitive to Any way to stay compliant on Thanksgiving and do proper re intros after that? Or was that always your plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hi Deb! I know it sounds weird, but I don't really like T-giving (or Christmas) dinners. The only things I enjoy on those days is the meat, mashed potatoes, roasted veggies, and rolls. I'm not a fan of all the stuffings and gravies, I hate sweet potatoes, way too picky about cranberry sauce, don't like pie, the list goes on. My husband, daughter and I moved a few states away from our families just a few weeks ago, so we're saving up our few precious days of vacation time for Christmas to go back home and visit. That means T-giving will be at my house with only my dad and stepmom coming to visit. I don't have to prep a huge dinner for just 4 adults and one 2 year old and I can plan the entire menu. I think my official day 30 is really the Wednesday of T-giving week, however I am extending it through T-giving week so that I can do the re-intros the next week. Thank you for checking in on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Spent last night reading the first half of "It Starts With Food". I didn't read it as thoroughly as I could have, as (in my opinion) it's difficult for scientists to read science written for non-scientists. So, I skimmed quite a bit but marked references to look up later. It definitely resonated with me. My joints were so achy last night I wished I was starting today! But I made the commitment to prep appropriately and I will do so. Adding to my to-do list for the week: print out the grocery reference sheet so I can easily hit the farmer's market and butcher shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Almost ready for Sunday shopping! I'm very excited. The contract on our house got approved, so pending the inspection, I'll be moving my house in the middle of whole30. Will definitely be looking up freezer meals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 All set for tomorrow! Keeping everything very simple this week. No new recipes to start, just clean careful eating and exercising. Can't wait for tomorrow and the challenges the whole 30 will bring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Day 1I think I'll have a new topic for each day, and write as much or little as I need for each, including food, emotions, struggles, physical and mental wellness, etc. Some days may be short, some long. Even if no one reads it but me, it will be helpful :-)Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled with a bit of Italian sausage and spinach in coconut oil. Tomato and avocado "salad". Water. I found I'm still an egg purist: nothing mixed with my eggs but meat! So I will go back to my veggie sides instead of veggie scrambles.Lunch: green leaf lettuce salad with tomato, cucumber, compliant deli turkey, chia seeds, dressing (3 parts EVOO to 1 part white wine vinegar + garlic, thyme and oregano). Small apple. Water.Dinner: husband was dying for tacos, so it was taco salad for dinner! Lettuce, tomato, broccoli, taco meat. Raspberries for dessert. Water. Exercise: 30 minutes on the treadmill. 5 min warmup, 23 min fast walking, 2 min cool-downImpressions on the day: Very shaky this morning and no idea why. Not bad shaky, just like I have the jitters, as if I drank a triple shot coffee. Jitters went away after lunch. I started wondering about lunch around noon, didn't really want to eat till about 12:45 (breakfast was complete at about 7:45, so 5 hours). I got a hint of hunger/munchiness at 4 pm but I don't know if that's from having already spent 1 1/2 hrs in a meeting which went to 2 hours, or if it was because I ran out of water at said meeting. Feeling was gone at 4:30 after I could walk around and get some water so it was probably just boredom as I know I'm not dehydrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Day 2 Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled with Italian sausage, tomato & broccoli, water. I wasn't at all hungry this morning but forced breakfast down. I threw the broccoli I didn't finish in the crock pot to eat with dinner. Lunch: Salad with green leaf lettuce, spinach, cucumber, tomato, chia seeds, canned salmon, dressing, small plum, water. Dinner: Slow roasted crock pot pork with potatoes, carrots and broccoli, onion/garlic/thyme/sage for seasoning, water. Raspberries and pecans for dessert. Exercise: None Impressions on the day: It's day 2 "hangover" day and I don't know if I'm tired because it's day 2, because I exercised last night, or because I was up for 2 1/2 hrs in the middle of the night due to a car alarm. Not nearly so jittery as yesterday, but still a bit jittery underneath the tired. I know potatoes are now allowed on whole30 if you keep it to a minimum, and I can't stand sweet potatoes, so I had about 1" worth of potato slice at dinner and it was just enough, so yummy mixed with broth and onions! Yet even though it was delicious, that 6 or 7 bites of potato was plenty and I was satisified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Day 3 Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled with Italian sausage, tomato & carrots, water. I wasn't at all hungry again this morning but forced breakfast down. I didn't finish my carrots so I tossed them into a baggie to take to work, finished them once I got there. Lunch: Leftover pork roast, carrots, potato, broccoli, blackberries and raspberries. Water. Dinner: Roast chicken thighs, leftover potato, green beans, cauliflower, raspberries and blackberries, water Exercise: none Impressions on the day: I fell asleep faster at the beginning of the night and again when I woke in the middle of the night. I'm hoping it's the beginning of the end for my chronic insomnia. I'm tired today but don't have quite as much of a headache as yesterday. I was going to hit the treadmill tonight but so tired I just went to bed at 8pm instead. Better to stick to the whole30 than exercise. I also had MASSIVE potato chip craving in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Day 4 Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled with Italian sausage, tomato cucumber, water. Delicious today. The sausage almost tasted too sweet which is weird, there's no sugar in there. Lunch: Salad with spinach, green leaf lettuce, cucumber, tomato, chia, compliant deil meat, raspberries and blackberries for dessert. Water. Dinner: bunless burger with spinach and tomato, broccoli/green bean/cauli for side vegetables, blackberries and raspberries, water. Exercise: 30 min treadmill Impressions on the day: I swear my day 4 was the worst hangover day in the morning. I was groggy, cranky and achy. It didn't help that Thursdays are my "off routine" day as I take my daughter to therapy in the morning. Was feeling much better by the afternoon and managed to squeak in my 30 min treadmill that I missed yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian28 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Day 5 Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled with Italian sausage, tomato cucumber, water. I was hungry for breakfast today! And it tasted delicious Lunch: Salad with spinach, green leaf lettuce, cucumber, tomato, chia, compliant deil meat, raspberries and blackberries for dessert. Water. Dinner: . Exercise: none Impressions on the day: Woke up a bit tired this morning but I had the energy to head right into the day, which was good. Shaky again this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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