The Whole100

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 3

Active Rest Day

 

Since I started having to go to class M-Th mornings, I can't fit in my Thursday workout. This means I'll be shifting my MT/ThF routine to MT/FS. Weighed myself this morning and clocked in at 144.8 (on my scale). Got a full 8 hours of sleep last night, but was restless 11x.

 

M1: Pork carnitas; sweet potato; organic mixed spring greens; macadamia nuts

• Post-breakfast BM

M2: Pork carnitas; sweet potato; organic mixed spring greens; 1/2 avocado (sprinkled w/ Tajin)

• Another BM after lunch. I would say that my individual BMs aren't as great, but I haven't had multiple BMs in a day on a regular basis pretty much ever. So this is a good sign? Way to go Natural Tranquility?

Snack: 1/2 avocado w/ Tajin

 

M3: Pork carnitas; organic mixed spring greens; organic baby spinach; baby carrots; applesauce, cacao nibs & raisins (seasoned w cacao powder & cinnamon)

• My friend came over and I successfully resisted Oreos! I have a wedding in a week and a half and I want my skin to look as clear as possible.
• I think I'm going to cut back on my seemingly-favorite applesauce/raisins/cacao nibs  snack (i.e, not buy any more applesauce or raisins once I'm out, which will be soon). To be honest, I've started to treat it more like dessert than part of a meal anyway. 

Upped my dosage up Natural Tranquility to 2 1/2 teaspoons.

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 4

SC Week 4, Day 3

 

M1: Stupid Easy Paleo's blueberry tortilla; coconut flakes; baby carrots; almond butter

• Post-breakfast BM

M2: 2 compliant hot dogs; mustard; baby spinach salad w/ capers, avocado, tomato, artichoke hearts & carrot (dressed w/ Lemon Chesapeake)

• Completed SC W4D3: 25 lb one-arm rows, 10 reps x 1 / 20 lbs, 12 reps x 2; 17.5 dumbbell bench press 10 reps x 1 / 8 reps x 1 / 11 reps x 1; 27.5 lbs dumbbell RDL 15 reps x 3; 1:30 plank; 30 glute bridges x 3; 20 box squats x 3; 60 second side planks

Post-wo: 1 hard-boiled egg

 

M3: Pork carnitas; 3 tomatoes; baby carrots; 1/2 avocado; applesauce w/ raisins & cacao nibs (sprinkled w/ cinnamon & cacao powder); more raisins

• I'm out of applesauce now and don't plan on buying it for a while, so this snack is done! And I won't be buying raisins again. They have so much sugar! Since it's summer at there's a lot more in season, I'm going to focus on buying fresh fruit when I can afford it.

Late night snack: french fries

• Was out at a bar with friends. Didn't drink!

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 4

SC Week 4, Day 4 

 

Today is the last day of the first phase of Strong Curves! On Monday, I start a new set of 3 exercises to perform for the next 4 weeks. I'm excited to start working with barbells. Took 2 1/2 tsp Natural Calm last night. Had an easier BM before breakfast this morning than I usually do, which was nice. I think I'm coming up on the right dose. I only slept for 5 hours and 30 minutes, and was restless 6x. All of my restlessness happened occurred in the 45 minutes before I woke up (6:45 7:30)--probably because of the sunlight. I am getting much better at turning off the TV before I go to sleep, so I can sleep with less noise and light. 

 

Here's some food that I prepped today:

• Sauteed cabbage & onions in coconut oil (w/ ACV, S&P)
• Sauteed zucchini in coconut oil (seasoned w/ salt, La Boite Shabazi)

M1: Pork carnitas; organic baby spinach, artichoke & beet salad w/ Lemon Chesapeake; raisins

• Completed SC W4D4: 50 lb seated row 12 reps/60 lb 10 reps x 2; 17.5 dumbbell incline press 12 reps/20 lbs 8 reps x 2; 50 lb rope horizontal chop 10 reps x 3; 30 second RKC plank; bodyweight parallel squat 20 x 3; single leg bodyweight RDL 20 each side x 3; 60 second glue march x 3

M2: Pork carnitas; mixed spring greens; fried plantains; salsa

 

M3: Pork carnitas; cabbage & onions; zucchini 'trail mix' (macadamia nuts, almonds, cashews, cacao nibs, raisins)

 

Snack: Fries again. 

• Okay, I've had enough. It's time to start cutting out white potatoes again.

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 6

Rest Day

 

BM first thing in the morning. 15x restless last night.

 

M1: Pork carnitas; cabbage & onions; 1/2 avocado; raisins 

• Finished the raisins. I realized I've been approaching them with some old food logic of mine: eat them all so they're out of the house. Now, before I would have tried to eat them all IN THE SAME DAY to get "rid" of them, so eating them consistently over a number of days is an improvement. But still, if they were giving me problems (which they were), I could have just thrown them out. 

M2: Tomato/zucchini/onion/pepper/homemade sausage soup; 2 chunks pineapple; 1 clementine; 1 chunk cantaloupe; 1 grape

 

M3: Tilapia & organic spring greens cooked in chicken broth; fried plantains; salsa

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 7

SC Week 5, Day 1

 

13x restless last night. 

 

M1: Tilapia (cooked in coconut oil w/ La Boite OMG); cabbage & onions; zucchini; OTGP hot cereal

 

M2: Zucchini; 2 compliant hot dogs; a taste of sweet potato (microwaving it didn't go very well); macadamia nuts

• Completed SC W5D1: 20 bodyweight hip thrusts x 3; single arm cable rows: 45 lbs x 12 / 50 lbs x 12 / 55 lbs x 8; 10 bodyweight step-up/reverse lunge x 3; 40 lb barbell bench press 12 reps x 3; 60 lb barbell RDLs 12 reps x 3; 40 side laying abductions (each side); 60 sec foot elevated plank; 60 sec side planks
• No post-wo meal because I'm running out of protein. Gotta go food shopping. Not looking forward to feeling sore tomorrow.

M3: Salmon & zucchini w/ pine nuts and pesto (there was sunflower oil in the pesto)

 

No BM today. Booooooo.

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 8

SC Week 5, Day 2

 

11x restless last night. Will be upping my dose of Natural Tranquility to 3 tsp. BM first thing this morning.

 

So I've been taking progress photos over the last 4 weeks and did a W1D1 to a W5D1 comparison. I've got such a perkier butt! Feeling really proud of how strong I'm becoming and the changes I can see in my body. 

 

M1: 2 hot dogs; cabbage & onions; everything mustad; OTGP hot cereal

• Completed SC W5D2: 20 bodyweight single leg glute bridges (each side) x 3; underhand grip lat pulldown: 60 lb x 12 reps / 70 lbs x 12 reps / 85 lbs x 8 reps; 26 step bodyweight walking lunge x 3; 15.7 lb military press 10 reps x 2 / 8 reps x 1; 45 degree back extension w/ 10 lb weight 15 reps x 3; 40 side laying clams (each side); 30 crunches; 20 side crunches (each side)

M2: Tilapia; mixed organic greens in marianara; capers; pine nuts

• Another BM this afternoon.

M3: Ground beef, cabbage, onions, & garlic on tomato sauce/coconut oil; a couple chunks of roasted beet; baby carrots; almond butter; pine nuts

 

Drank 102 oz water today. Thats a new record for me, and way beyond my old one (84 oz). 

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 9

Active Rest Day

 

BM after a little moving around this morning. 

 

M1: pesto-rubbed salmon; pine nuts; cabbage & onions; everything mustard

 

M2: pesto-rubbed salmon; mixed organic greens in marinara; macadamia nuts

 

M3: pesto-rubbed salmon; tomato; baby carrots; macadamia nuts

 

Study snack: pineapple; 2 dates; 1/2 avocado w/ Tajin

[alexasaurusrex]

Oh man you're whole journey was an awesome read! It sounds like you had a really great 100 days. I'm trying to do my third round of whole 30, but making it a Whole 90. I usually fail the third day...which is today so lets see how this goes!

[petitemortuaire]

Oh man you're whole journey was an awesome read! It sounds like you had a really great 100 days. I'm trying to do my third round of whole 30, but making it a Whole 90. I usually fail the third day...which is today so lets see how this goes!

 

Thanks! It's been a real journey for me

 

Good luck on your Whole90! You can do it! And if you log it, I'd love to follow along.

[alexasaurusrex]

Awe thank you! My log is called Whole 90 - Leggo My Eggo lol I dont know if I'll be logging food for much of it just cause I hate logging food it becomes too much of a trigger for me. But I definitely want to log my feelings or emotions with each day or two as an outlet and see how it gets better

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 10

Active Rest Day

 

I think I might only be able to fit in 3 SC workouts this week because I'm a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding on Saturday! It does makes me sad to miss a workout. I enjoy them and am seeing great results. 8x restless last night. I took 3 tbsp. of Natural Tranquility. My BM was loose today (about 5 hours after waking), so I might have hit the "too much" mark. I DESPERATELY need to go food shopping and do food prep. You can probably see that my meals have been very similar/bizarre lately. I've been insanely busy, and haven't found the time to shop or prep. Tomorrow I should.

 

My friend (the bride to be!) is having people over to make mountain pies and s'mores tonight. I won't have any, because I don't want to break out right before the wedding. I've had a number of challenges like that this week--people have brought in cookies and brownies to class, donuts and candy in my study lounge, opportunities to eat Chinese food, temptations of alcohol... It just doesn't seem worth eating considering how stressed I'd be about being totally broken out for the wedding. But I will absolutely enjoy the BBQ and homemade cookies at the reception

 

M1: skipjack tuna in balsamic vinegar; baby carrots; tomato; green olives

 

M2: tuna in olive oil over mixed greens

 

M3: skipjack tuna in balsamic vinegar; beets; 2 dates; 1-2 tsp cacao nibs; green olives; 2 pieces broccoli

 

M4: 2 bananas; cashews; cacao nibs; Tomato/zucchini/onion/pepper/homemade sausage soup; some broccoli & roasted beets

• Food eaten while others while with my friends. Brought the bananas because I used some dumb logic that I'd need something sweet to eat while everyone else was enjoying stuff. Definitely ate more than I needed to today, and never felt relaxed while I ate. Chalking it up to insane stress from my exam yesterday/today and the restrictions I've put on myself for the wedding (i.e., eat compliant leading up to the wedding). This is the first time I really used any kind of restrictive mentality to understand eating compliantly since doing my Whole100, and it's not serving me well.

[Hutlifr]

Something strikes me as odd... You don't want pies and s'mores because you fear breaking out. By now, you should have slayed that sugar dragon, and you ought to be in a place where you understand that pies and s'mores are not nutritious... And that's the reason for not eating them, no?

Just thinking aloud...

[petitemortuaire]

Something strikes me as odd... You don't want pies and s'mores because you fear breaking out. By now, you should have slayed that sugar dragon, and you ought to be in a place where you understand that pies and s'mores are not nutritious... And that's the reason for not eating them, no?

Just thinking aloud...

 

I think it's perfectly acceptable for me to choose not to eat mountain pies and s'mores because of how they affect my body (i.e., GI issues and headaches, breakouts, anxiety from sugar, all sorts of nasty stuff that is NOT WORTH IT), and not just because I know they're not nutritious. In my view, this is the spirit of the Whole30! I've learned how foods affect me, and choose not to suffer those consequences.

 

That said, my sugar dragon is a continual work in progress, and it has been particularly challenging in these couple weeks before the wedding, where I've told myself I "can't" have certain things because of how they'll affect my body. I find I do much better just bopping along, eating what I like (i.e., compliant) and dealing with questions of off-roading as I meet them. The s'mores were not difficult to say no to, but I've never had mountain pies, which are a kind of Western PA tradition that you need some special equipment for. It felt like a special experience I wanted to have with my friends. But it won't be the last time I have the opportunity! And I'll take it if it's worth it.

[petitemortuaire]

LAW20 Day 11

SC Week 5, Day 3

 

M1: tuna in olive oil over mixed greens; beets; 1 banana

• Had to have a BM in the middle of breakfast.

M2: 2 chicken drumsticks seasoned w/ Penzey's Trinidad; steamed broccoli; green olives; macadamia nuts

 

Post-wo:

 

M3: