Carissa! Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Oooh and, I went to the store today after work.. to get some plantains... and I kept noticing that everyone's carts were full of JUNK!! It was really noticeable.. Not sure if I am just more aware of it right now.. but seriously EVERYONE was buying unhealthy, processed junk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kage Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Vance you are amazing. I went on a cruise ship 10 days after I finished my 1st wwhole30 and promptly undid almost all of my hard work. Oopse. Yesterday we attended a funeral. It was 1pm with a late light lunch served after. I took left over dinner (curry in a thermos) and ate it on the way from the cemetery to the funeral home. It was fortunate i did because there was nothing even remotely compliant (sandwiches, cakes and biscuits) and I would have had almost 12 hours between meals. I wasn't really feeling hungry given the circumstances but i would have been exhausted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kage Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 [quote name="Tulip" post="285739" I'm still sleeping well and feeling good but I faced a powerful temptation last night! I was given some chocolates as a thank you gift. So, I naturally said thanks and gave them to my sons to eat (hmmm ...). Watching that without having one was quite a challenge. Anyway, I made it. I've said it before, but I can't believe how these past three weeks have revealed my reliance on food to cope with emotions and use as a reward/comfort. I need to work out whether I can manage without altogether, or if I need a substitute. Keep up the good work, everyone! We done on the chocolates. I am finding some pretty amazing prospective of how much I use food but to a greater extent wine as an emotional crutch. Hard day? I "deserve" a glass of wine. Some thing sad happens = wine. Some thing to celebrate = CHAMPAGNE! I have no intention of giving up alcohol entirely but I do want to decrease it's significance in my life and find a better balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kage Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Lo-lo i had the most vivid dream of eating a chocolate almond a few nights ago. It tasted amazing. Sneaky sugardragon trying to trick me in my sleep lol. Then I was trying to find something compliant in a fish and chip shop lol. Good luck with THAT. So weird the way our minds work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Day 25! It's good to hear how everyone's doing - keep posting! It helps with (my) motivation. I'm truly bored with what I'm eating so I'm off to the shops to buy some different veg. How's it going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-lo55 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 day 26 for me. Didn't start out so well but now I'm feeling settled again. We had a house- guest last night and I was really struggling with some wierd food issues. I was very resentful of our house- guest and feeling very rightous especially when she was served coffee out of my mug with cream I know that I did not let my true feeling show but I'm shameful that I even felt that way. Also- really off of good eating patterens- for instance becuase of circimstance not able to eat within an hour of wake up this morning. We're back to normal here and I am going to be driven to make these next 4 days the best that they can be. I didn't waver but had strong , strong desires to weigh in this morning. Tulip= I sent my hubby to get ingredients for spicey tuna cakes from Nom-Nom paleo which I will make either later today or tomorrow! I've got most of the stuff on hand inclusing a precooked sweet potatoe. End of phase #1 in site folks- keep up the awesome, aweome work!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Well done for staying strong despite having a wobble! I am starting to feel the urge to weigh in or have an illegal nibble, but you are right - let's make the last few days the best! Spicy tuna cakes sound delish. I've heard a lot about NomNomPaleo - I should check it out. Nearly there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kage Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yum those tuna cakes sound great. Another day of socialising and not eating and drinking the yummy things everyone else is. I ended up spoiling myself with some really lovely perfume and every time I felt deprived i kept thinking "well I smell lovely" Day 24 here. I am not sure I will weigh myself at all on day 31. Toying with the idea of attempting a full year without weighing myself. (I will do measurements though). I know I have issues tying far to much of my self esteem to that number. I know I am smaller (my clothes definitely feel looser). The end is in sight now! Keep going everyone we can do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carissa! Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Kage - I get it, I went to a Bridal Shower today, but I prepared myself for it... I ate right before I went. I knew there wasn't going to be anything I could eat there! Everyone kept asking me if I wanted to eat something! I kept saying no I am ok, so when I explained what I was doing my Grandma said... Well cant you just have a little bit... UMM no! I am on day 26. I'm not cheating now!!! A lot of people don't understand it! I did accidentally cheat today... I finally got back home this evening and couldn't stop myself because I was so curious... I weighed myself.. I feel really bad and guilty about it - I wasn't even going to say anything but I felt like I needed to be honest... I was happy with what I saw.. but I know this is a lot more that just a number on a scale... Ending Day 26! Hope everyone else is doing good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hi Everyone Day 26 here too and all OK. We really are on the home stretch! I went clothes shopping today and definitely looked smaller in the mirror. I'm still undecided about whether to carry on beyond 30. I might have to wait and see what it feels like when I get there. I could still do with shifting a few more pounds, but I'm probably always going to say that! Keep it up, team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River30 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 HI all and good evening from here in NYC! Kage, I am with you, I have been having that same feeling lately, that I really shouldn't weigh myself on Day 31 -- for the same reason -- I've let myself get dragged down by numbers before, or into a vicious obsessive pattern. Also, there have been times when I've seen a good number and thought "oh great, I can relax now" -- which has resulted in some squandered hard work. What a nice mid-year resolution ... to not weigh until year end! Not sure I could hold out that long, but maybe take it a month at a time... For this "home stretch" week, I've decided to buckle down and be a little more rigid ... no fruit, no nuts, no starches, no snacking. We'll see. I was feeling great/looking great at around day15, and then I feel like things went downhill a little for me, and I don't know why, since I've been following all the rules. Maybe it's all in my head. Either way, I think a more rigid final week could help. PS, if anyone is looking for a protein rich food WITH brakes, try Epic bars. Eek. No chance of mindlessly eating two of those babies. I brought one on a flight with me this past week and could only get down half of it. I guess it's an acquired taste. My one year old, however, goes NUTS for those things!! His reaction to this food is the definition of "primal"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Hi All River30 - I can see the sense in tightening up for the last few days. It, if anything, I've eaten more nuts and starchy veg over the last week or so to try to see now sustainable it is to eat like this. However, I realise that tightening things up in the way you suggest is going to produce more weight loss and I do want that. Hmmmm ... Just waking up to day 27 and still having very vivid dreams but now look forward to having my coffee black. Weird! Have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-lo55 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Hello, hello! Day 28! In the new whole 30 book they warn people not to fall off at this point as some people can convince themselves that 28 is almost 30 ayway... that's not going to happen here! River30, Tulip- yes I've been a snacky- bear all weekend too and I'd like to stop. It's the nuts!! Last night I also felt that I ate too quickly and then I over ate!! I'd like to pare down on the salt this week- I tend to use a lot of seasalt. I also am trying to cut back on fat as I think that I have too much at each meal- I need a lot to satisfy me. i'm feeling quite compulsive this morning already! Tuna cakes were delish btw...I highly recomment Nom-Nom Paleo- it's a first class, funny book with excellant recipes!! We are almost there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Maybe you get the munchies when the end is in sight but I'm hungry today - and yes I could eat steamed fish and broccoli! We are almost there. It I still have work to do on my thinking to make sure I choose healthy food from the end of Thursday onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted May 4, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2015 I was very resentful of our house- guest and feeling very rightous especially when she was served coffee out of my mug with cream Holy hannah, if someone besides ME ever drank anything out of my coffee cup they would be out on the curb on their ear! LOL, I'm sitting here at work trying to imagine an instance where that wouldn't make me insanely angry and I cannot come up with anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted May 4, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'd like to pare down on the salt this week- I tend to use a lot of seasalt. When eating whole foods (no processed junk), it's nearly impossible to eat too much salt. Your body will desire and appreciate the taste of salt at different stages. If you are finding foods way too salty then you need less. If you are loving the saltiness then you're doing just fine. Salt gets a bad rap and it's all because of the processed food industry, not how much you cook with or sprinkle onto your foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carissa! Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Okkay ladies!! It's day 28 for me... I feel crappy! It's that time of the month... and I feel bloated and crampy...TMI I KNOW anything to help?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted May 5, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hot water bottle and some lavender essential oil on your pillow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kage Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Not sure Carissa but sweet potatoes and bone broth seem to be the answer for every thing Day 26 here, the end is in sight. Not that I am really planning to change much but psychologically ticking off day 30 is a big deal. Last night my sister in law made lamb shanks (with vodka and worsteshire souce) and cheesy potato mash with broccoli and salad. So I ate broccoli and salad and 2 little tins of tuna. And I didn't even care. Even the amazing dessert she made wasn't enough to make me feel deprived. I really hope I can keep this dedication to healthy eating going once the super strictness of whole30 is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Kage - well done. That is quite a psychological shift since the days of feeling left out when your family were eating chocolate. I went to the cinema last night and my husband ate a massive bag of maltesers. Not only did I not have one - I forgot they were there! Imagine that! Day 28 here. I so want this (with minor tweaks) to become a way of life. I'm pretty certain that I'll end up eating some dairy (cheese) but I'd love to leave grains and added sugar behind me. We'll see. I have a long working weekend on days 31 and 32 (leadership team of school strategic planning for next year) and I'm definitely keeping going over that. Have a good day everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-lo55 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 hi there!!! Ladyshanny- thank you for providing a good laugh for me!!!! Arissa!- I hope that you're feelingb etter- certainly glad that I don't have to deal with "that" anymore!! Tulip- you are awesome and my thoughts for future eating are somewhat similar to yours. Kage- well done with the dinner party- your sister bangs out a pretty delicious sounding menu! I was having fun trying to imagine what the desert was!! Day 29 here. Really struggling with negativity this morning- I've convinced myself that I've gained weight on this diet. Had to resist the scale again this morning- at one point I even almost undressed to get on- but I didn't. I go back and forth between thiking that I look smaller but then concentrating on my big tummy and feeling that I don't. I do know that I have been overdoing the fat. I should have not been adding any extra fat with the first meal because I have coconut milk or cream in my beverage and sometimes I have 2 cups of beverage. I also wonder if the coconut cream has been congesting me- something is- even woke up this morning with this little bit of something in my throat. I'm not sorry that I'm trying this though- no way- I'm going to finish- it'll be worth it no matter what happens tomorrow morning on the scale. My weigh-in preceeds a visit to my naturopath. I've been trying to optamize my thyroid at the same time as doing this with new medications and I think that that also has been affecting things. Sorry if I've said this before- broken record!! I'm thinking of you all on this day we're all so close!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted May 5, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 5, 2015 Had to resist the scale again this morning- at one point I even almost undressed to get on- but I didn't. I go back and forth between thiking that I look smaller but then concentrating on my big tummy and feeling that I don't. Hey lo-lo. I lost a significant amount of weight about 7 years ago. The one thing that struck me as super strange (but obvious in hindsight) was that my overall body shape never changed. The proportion of my belly to the rest of my body stayed the same. So even when I was super (too) skinny, I still had what I thought was a "big tummy".....only.....it was in proportion to the rest of my body. Don't fret, you will always look the same to you in the mirror and your stomach and breasts and bum will more than likely stay in the same proportion to each other which makes it really hard to judge personal weight loss when looking in the mirror. Does that make sense? What I'm saying, I guess, is that eating whole, unprocessed foods in reasonable quantities is never going to be wrong. So even if you haven't lost the weight you want to lose yet, don't despair, your body may be prioritizing other healing over weight loss. Just keep eating this biologically appropriate diet and it'll all come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River30 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hi all! Lo Lo, that's part of the reason why I don't want to weigh myself this weekend... I too feel like I haven't lost any net weight, though I did sense that I went down a good deal after the first week/two. Then maybe my body adjusted and went back to stasis? Regardless, I'd rather just focus on how I feel, how clothes fit, and how I'm able to sustain good habits. Why is weighing even necessary? So much of the W30 mantra is focused on killing the scale. And in other news -- it's COLD BREW season, peeps! There's a boutique coffee shop across the street from me that makes the best ... but sometimes I make it myself, and throw a sliced vanilla bean in there while it's infusing away. GOOD STUFF. Also, unlike iced coffee, it's not watered down and bitter, so doesn't need any cream or milk -- in fact, I think it's much better without it. You can also follow the same method with any kind of tea leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Evening Everyone! Having started the day so strongly, I have had to try very hard not to nibble at work - and I almost caved in! So much for my great resolve! I suppose this shows me that I will always be tempted even without the torment of cravings (which I feel I have largely shaken off). If I give in to the temptations regularly enough, I will be overweight, unhappy and feeling cr*p. If I stick with clean eating, I will feel in control and in good health. I am convincing myself here, but I also know I'm right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-lo55 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Oh wow!! Ladyshanny I just saw for the first time that you are in BC- so am I! I'm on the island but actually I grew up in Poco!! Coquitlam actually. Can't wait to read your blog! I took a quick look and saw that you're doing some fermenting- it's also on my long, long list of things to do. I was getting really good at Kombucha but I decided that there was too much sugar and extra caffine in there to continue. Thank you for your kind words- I seem to remember even when I lost weight as a teenager (this has been a life-long battle and I'm 55) my tummy would still be big and my boobs and butt would shrink. I'm having so much of a better day today- decided to have a cup of coffee after my tea and that brought on the tiger- blood alright- have been so busy getting through my list!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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