Cheybee Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Whole30 start date: July 20th Vital stats: Australian, perpetual wiseass, lover of dumplings. Once tried going vegan for a month, but threatened to kill a man for a piece of smoked cheddar on Day Two, and caved and went out for gigantic steaks on Day Three. Cheybee's Log, stardate 1: (That should be heard in Captain Picard's voice, especially since today I drank a great deal of tea, Earl Grey, hot.) Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 1 kipper (I'm secretly Scottish), 1/4 avocado. Lunch: Curried coconut cauliflower soup with crunchy shallots. Dinner: Oven baked ginger-chilli salmon with stir-fried bok choy, mushrooms and eggplant. Snacks: A small handful of dry roasted almonds, 1 date, 2 chilli-stuffed green olives, and carrot sticks with cashew hummus. Drinks: A metric tonne of unsweetened hot tea (Oolong and Earl Grey), water. Observations: Main meals were not big enough - I'm a longtime snacker and, to break this habit, I'll have to eat more to keep me sane for 4 hours +. Had an existential sugar crisis around 3pm, which is not unusual. Waited it out with a short walk and some cashew hummus. Conversed with my local butcher at length about how it's difficult to make sausages completely Whole30 compliant, and what a tragedy this is. It's now almost 9pm and I'm feeling good - even made my boyfriend a brewed chai latte and didn't so much as taste it. Cemented position as Greatest Girlfriend Of All Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators LadyM Posted July 20, 2015 Moderators Share Posted July 20, 2015 Welcome! Good observations. Of all your meals, your dinner looks the closest to meeting the template, though you would have done better to have some added fat and starchy veg with it. Your breakfast needs veggies, your lunch needs protein, and if you must have snacks, they should look like mini meals complete with protein+veg+fat. Also, best to drink more water than tea. The template really is the heart of the program, and the best way to set yourself up for success and not being hungry is to follow it. Good luck and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheybee Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Cheybee's Log, stardate 2: Lessons have been learnt from yesterday's battles. Portions have been sized up. As a result, morale amongst the crew is high. Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs w/ sauteed green peppers and spinach, 1 kipper, 1/2 avocado. Lunch: Curried coconut cauliflower soup with crunchy shallots, 3 jalapeno-stuffed olives, 1 slice of prosciutto. Dinner: Oven baked ginger-chilli salmon with stir-fried bok choy, mushrooms and eggplant. A banana. Snacks: 1 "mini-meal" of 1 jalapeno-stuffed olive, 1 slice of prosciutto, carrot sticks, 4 almonds and a date. Drinks: 2 cups of unsweetened Earl Grey tea, 1 of Oolong tea and lots of water. Observations: I got super full after eating about 3/4 of my lunch, so I put away the rest of the olives and prosciutto to have as part of a mini-meal later. At about 3:30pm, it was there waiting for me. No mid-afternoon angst, felt pretty energetic. At one point I found myself staring pretty intently at a picture of a brownie on Pinterest, so I stopped looking at the internet and went back to whatever boring report I was supposed to be writing. Good day, in all. Also - thanks to LadyM for the advice! I'm going to plan my next batch of meals more carefully around the templates. I'm stuck with this week's soup, but my attempts to add some extras seemed to work for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannlib Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 If I have soup for lunch I have a couple of hard boiled eggs and roasted chicken thighs alongside to add protein :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheybee Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Thanks Hannlib! Next time I make soup, I'll divide it up into slightly smaller portions so I can supplement it with some extra protein like you do, and not get full up on the soup part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheybee Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Cheybee's Log, stardate 3: Today's mood was generally optimistic, punctuated by two bursts of extreme rage when I had to walk to and from work in the rain, without an umbrella. I can't blame Whole30 for this, but it's rare that I think about drowning strangers in a puddle because they're walking too slowly in front of me. So, that might be a sugar withdrawal thing. Or an anger management issue. Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs w/ sauteed green peppers and spinach, 1 kipper, 1/4 avocado, 3 strawberries. Lunch: Mini serve of curried coconut cauliflower soup, 4 jalapeno-stuffed olives, 1 slice of prosciutto, 1 green apple with a tablespoon of almond butter. Dinner: Rosemary and garlic lamb chop with roasted pumpkin and green beans. Snacks: 1 Blue Dinosaur Paleo Bar (Ginger Nut flavour), 1 slice of prosciutto. Drinks: 2 cups of unsweetened Earl Grey tea, 1 of peppermint tea and lots of water. Observations: The Blue Dinosaur bar is part of my emergency handbag stash, as I realised late there was going to be an 8-hour gap between lunch and dinner today because of a work event. Usually, I'd just have a decent snack to keep me going at around 5pm, so I might have to keep more supplies in the work fridge. A fruit and nut bar doesn't really seem to cut it these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheybee Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Cheybee's Log, stardate 4: Raging headache? Check. Bloating? Check. Irritability? Check. Feeling unaccountably hostile towards your coworker who seems to get in at 10:30am and leave at 4:30pm every day? Check. What is her deal anyway? Is she part-time, but didn't tell anyone? Is she just getting away with fudging her work hours? WHY DOES SHE MAKE MORE MONEY THAN ME EVEN THOUGH SHE APPEARS TO DO NOTHING ALL DAY???!!! Ahem. Yay for Day 4. Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs w/ spinach, 1 kipper, 1/2 avocado, 2 strawberries. Lunch: Curried coconut cauliflower soup, 2 jalapeno-stuffed olives, 2 slices of prosciutto. Dinner: Rosemary and garlic lamb chop with roasted pumpkin and green beans. Snacks: 2 olives, 1 slice of prosciutto, 5 carrot sticks with cashew hummus (all eaten together as a quasi-mini-meal). Drinks: 2 cups of unsweetened Earl Grey tea, lots of water. Observations: Given I was feeling exceptionally terrible all day, I'm not sure it would have really mattered if I'd tweaked my meals at all. I'm starting to worry that I'm eating too much salt, and will try to fix that up with next week's meal planning. Because it would be fun to impose another limitation on myself at this point. /sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheybee Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Cheybee's Log, stardate 5: Pre-workout: 1 hardboiled egg. Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with fresh salsa and sweet potato bake. Lunch: 2 strawberries, 6 dried cranberries, 2 chunks roasted butternut squash, 4 jalapeno-stuffed olives, 3 slices of prosciutto. Dinner: 1/2 roasted sweet potato, 1/2 baked potato with baby spinach, avocado, cucumber and pulled lamb shoulder. Snacks: Carrot sticks with cashew hummus, 1 green apple. Drinks: 2 cups of unsweetened Earl Grey tea, lots of water. Observations: Woke up feeling good - considering it was my first day back at the gym with a 6am wakeup time, I was super grateful. Workout went well - deadlifts felt easy and I had a lot of energy. I hit up a local Paleo place for breakfast and I was riding on a sweet endorphin high. Lunch was a bit of a mess though, since I couldn't face another day of terrible cauliflower soup and ended up playing fridge bingo with an assortment of snacks. Felt a bit cantankerous in the afternoon, but cheered up after a stretch class and a great takeaway dinner at a place that specialises in baked potatoes with tons of compliant topping options. Spent the evening chilling out and watching Magic Mike. This seemed to calm my sugar dragon. I think it finds Channing Tatum attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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