HeatherW30 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I'm on day 9 of my first whole 30 (well, my second attempt, the first one went up in a sugary flame on day 8) things are going petty well, but the hardest thing for me is not weighing myself! I am a chronic daily "weigher" (sometimes multiple times a day. gasp!). I don't trust my body's signals yet, I usually use the scale to tell me whether I'm eating too much or not enough. Either that or obsessively tracking every calorie in and out. Without the scale, I'm lost! I'm worried I'm eating too much and will end the 30 days being heavier than I began. Wondering if any of you experienced whole30'ers could peruse my food log and tell me what you think of the amount and the content? I do a fair amount of exercise and don't want to sacrifice quality workouts for weight loss, but at the same time I DO want to lose weight. So trying to find the right balance. http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/24745-heathers-second-w30-attempt/ Thanks! Heather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted January 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2015 You are not eating too much! In fact, given the volume of exercise you are performing, you may be a little light on lean protein and starchy veggies. Review our meal planning template and try to make sure you never eat less than the minimum amount recommended - http://whole30.com/downloads/whole30-meal-planning.pdf You don't report your water intake, but let me note that we recommend 1/2 ounce of water per pound of body weight per day and maybe more when exercising. Feeling wonky during or after exercise raises three issues. One is that you may be exercising beyond your current conditioning level and should cool it a bit. Two is that you are not eating enough. Three is that you are not drinking enough water. I understand that you may want to ignore the first possible issue. I certainly have many times in my life. You can do something about food and water. The first time you ate a larabar and said you did not have anything else, I accepted it. The next day when you ate another larabar and then another the next day, it does not work to say you have no other choices. You do have choices, but obviously you like larabars and do not appreciate the seriousness with which we say that a larabar is a poor food choice that should only be consumed in emergency situations. Pre-workout food should be protein and fat. Post-workout food should be lean protein and (optionally) starchy veggies. I found when I finally started taking post-workout nutrition seriously that I recovered from hard exercise faster if I ate lean protein within 15-30 minutes of exercising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators LadyM Posted January 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2015 One of the reasons W30 requires no scales and no measuring for the duration is to give you time to learn to trust yourself, pay attention to your hunger, and feed yourself accordingly--all within the parameters of the template, of course. It's an understandably tall order for those of us who have been trained to not trust our bodies and to starve ourselves in the name of an unattainable beauty ideal. But I would strongly encourage you to turn inward and really pay attention to your body's signals. Asking for external measures to affirm that you're eating the right amount for you likely won't lead to terribly useful information, because we're not you--we don't live in your body. Only you do. So only you can attend to your needs, needs that fluctuate depending on your body size, your hormones, your workouts, and more. You can do this! Trust yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherW30 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thanks LadyM & Tom for the quick responses. Tom -- I do drink a ton of water - probably 120+ oz per day. So I don't think that's my issue. I definitely struggle with the pre-workout meal. I eat lunch around noon or 1, leave work around 5, get home by 5:40 and then want to get my hour + of training in as quickly as possible so that I can get on with my night (cooking dinner, helping with homework, the dreaded laundry etc.) Pre-W30, I would eat a clif bar or something on my way home in the car so that I would be fueled for my workout from 6-7. Now I guess I'm supposed to eat some protein and fat before I workout, but that would require me to eat something when I get home, and I don't really feel like cooking (or even heating something up) PLUS there is the timing issue. IF I do that, I need to sit around before going for the run or getting on the bike trainer. So any ideas for a good pre-wo meal I can eat in my car on the way home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ultrarunnergirl Posted January 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2015 A handful of olives, a few nuts or half a hard-boiled egg would work fine. You don't need much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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