jecre Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Hello! This is the first day of my first Whole30. I am going to try and use this for my own records and for accountability. My reasons for starting: -nausea after eating often -low energy -depression -poor sleep -foggy brain/memory issues -prediabetic/insulin resistance -chronic hives (have to take zyrtec every 2-3 days or I get unbearably itchy, and almost always have red marks from where I touch my skin/scratch lightly) My first day's meals: Meal 1: Chocolate Chili from clothesmakethegirl 1/2 sweet potato mini cucumber Meal 2: 2 roast chicken thighs 7 green olives mini cucumber cherry tomatoes sugar snap peas Meal 3: Pad Thai from clothesmakethegirl drank water and herbal tea throughout the day Feelings: Felt pretty good until about 5:30 when I started losing some concentration and got really tired (this was at the end of a 9 hour work day). Now, around 8:30 at night I have a headache in the front of my head... I'm not sure if I can have a sugar-craving/detox headache so soon. I started eating whole 30 at dinner last night, so it's just been 24 hours. I usually have 1 coffee a day, and had no caffeine today, so that might be it... or my body is so sugar addicted that 30 hours or so without sugar freaks my body out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieME Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 It's my first Whole 30 as well, I'm on day 2! Trying to stay motivated! I had a hard time last night after dinner as I usually always have something sweet and junky while watching tv. I really wanted to give up, but instead I went to bed early. Feeling better this AM, really wanting to beat this sugar dragon. Good luck with your whole 30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jecre Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Thank you! You too! My hunger isn't as bad today... no headache yet either. I do notice that every so often I wil just have a flash of wanting something sweet. And when I got home from work today it was about 5pm, and I had this idea about what I would even do for the rest of the evening. It seems like food and eating must have taken up more mindspace/time than I realized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jecre Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Day 2: Meal 1: Leftover Pad Thai mini cucumber sugar snap peas with a bit of sunshine sauce decaf americano with a little coconut milk Meal 2: Pulled pork broccoli arugula sweet potato Morroccan dipping sauce green onion Meal 3: Guacomole sweet potato freeze dried blueberries applesauce No headache today. Much less hunger feelings. Many times of sugar cravings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jecre Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Day 3: Meal 1: Egg salad with OOmayo butter lettuce Meal 2: Chocolate Chili 1/2 sweet potato olives Meal 3: Egg salad cashew & macadamia nuts with some raisins Water throughout the day Feeling not very hungry today. Had some cravings because I was back at a job that I usually snack at, but distracted myself. I could have just done with eating 2 meals today. Energy fairly normal, got tired around 8pm at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jecre Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Day 4: Meal 1: Egg salad butter lettuce cherry tomatoes cashew & macadamia nuts with some raisins coffee with some coconut milk Meal 2: Coconut Shrimp Thai soup green beans bit of nuts+fruit Hunger was low again today. I felt brighter and did not get depressed/teary like I often do on days off. I was a little bit fuzzy brained- had a bit of a hard time recalling some words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jecre Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Day 5: Meal 1: cocount milk "latte", smoked salmon, butter lettuce, capers, bit of OOmayo Meal 2: Bit of pulled pork, sweet potato, guacamole Meal 3: steak, salad, sweet potato, broccoli Felt pretty good, still having some trouble with work recall (fuzzy brain). Got a little angsty in the morning, but managed to bring myself back down. Day 6: Meal 1: tea big salad with steak and veggies some nuts + raisins Meal 2: Chocolate chili green pepper some fresh fruit Meal 3: Thai coconut soup (ran out of veggies- will stock up!) Felt pretty good today but had my first moderately bad cravings for a hot chocolate shop by my house. I did use nuts and fruit to help calm this after sitting with it for hours, because I was at work and could only distract so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Well done on making it to day 5 If you're having cravings try a distraction technique (go for a walk, paint your nails, do the dishes) rather than feeding the craving with fruit - that is just feeding the dragon & keeping it alive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jecre Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Day 7: Meal 1: Chocolate chili coffee with coconut milk (still out of veggies) Meal 2: Giant salad with lettuce, tomato, avocado, green onion, chicken thigh, egg, and vinaigrette ice tea Meal 3: Chicken garlic sausages (2) spicy brown mustard spaghetti squash with marinara Day 8: Meal 1: Egg salad (3 eggs) celery (4 stalks) Meal 2: can of tuna in olive oil celery (4 stalks) fruit and nuts Meal 3: 1/2 chicken thigh 1/2 avocado 1/2 cherry pie larabar (this was a small/hard meal because I had some stomach issues which made it difficult to eat) Day 9: Meal 1: Coffee with coconut milk Egg salad (3 eggs) celery (3 stalks) Meal 2: tbd Meal 3: tbd On day 7 I felt good- clearer, more energy. I'm noticing I'm rising in the morning earlier, and not feeling exhausted when I wake up! On day 8 I had a small bout of depressive feelings, lack of energy, and wanting to eat a lot. I am wondering if this is because of the salad I had the day before. It was at a restaurant (I had been really proud of myself- my dining partner had a big sandwich and a cocktail) and although I asked them to leave cheese and bacon off the salad, and asked if there was sugar in the dressing (there wasn't) I wonder if the chicken was marinated or glazed with soy sauce or sugar of some sort. I tend to notice a correlation between getting accidently "glutenized" and feeling depressed. Day 9 was great again... good energy, felt very present at my job. I use my intuition in my job, and have noticed it being clearer and more right on in the past week! My cravings are lower- wanted some sugar after my first meal, but sat with it and drank water... it moved by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jecre Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Falling behind on posts because...life. But still going strong on the whole30! I've hit a bit of a wall- felt low energy/strength... and had dreams of eating sweets. But made some steak on a whim and feel better after that. Made a couple new recipes, which have me more interested in eating again. Day 15: Meal1: Steak and veggie chopped salad with Moroccan Dipping Sauce dressing Nuts/raisins Meal2: Smoked Salmon Asparagus Lettuce Capers OOMayo Meal 3: Greek stew Veggies Fresh fruit salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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