Coquelicot Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Hi Everyone, I wasn't planning to start this on a Tuesday, which I did, but I just couldn't wait anymore. I was also afraid to start because I thought I was going camping, maybe going on a trip too, but I didn't want to wait so I decided to start anyway. I'm very excited to eat healthier and feel better. I've been feeling like I was retaining water and just so tired a lot all of the time before I started this. I'm on day 3 now and my appetite has disappeared which is sort of nice and sort of annoying. I'm not sure if my energy levels are better yet since my sleep habits have been awful. I'm an anxious sleeper, and I've had a lot emotional turmoil the last few days. I've been having fun saving lots of whole30 recipes from the blog, "theclothesmakethegirl" to an app called Paprika that let's me organize, save and edit recipes, meal plan and make grocery lists. Most of the things I've made were recipes from the blog, or the blog's author Melissa Joulwan's cookbooks. Also read most of the new Whole30 book. Anyhow, here's what I've been eating the last couple days: First off, salmon with a fresh squeezed orange juice marinade and spices. Riced cauliflower pilaf with dried apricots and raisins (found frozen riced cauliflower at Trader Joe's! thanks to a post I saw somewhere on the forums). Served with avocado/mango/red onion/lime salsa. So amazing! That was a very late lunch/breakfast the first day. I was feeling inspired to go crazy and cook up a storm. I had leopard melon wrapped in prosciutto (no sugar or sulfites added, also from Trader Joe's) and tomatoes from the garden with basil and salt and pepper. Chopped up a bunch of melon for later and have been snacking on it, with or without prosciutto. Chocolate chili made with beef and turkey and onions, spices (raw cacao, no sugar added) with baked spaghetti squash. This was very delicious. I really liked the spaghetti squash, which I'd never had before. The baked spaghetti squash was absurdly easy to make. Definitely doing that some more. (Froze a couple quart sized bags of chili.) I also baked a large yam in foil, ate some of that with ghee (a little weird tasting, I think coconut oil or coconut butter would be better), mashed up and froze the rest. New york steak with sautéed portobello mushrooms (sautéed in ghee and dried thyme, oregano, etc.). A very brown meal, so I ate a nectarine with it. Had another nectarine later too. Sautéed kale with coconut milk and homemade spice mix. Ate that with chicken breast (below). Oven steamed chicken breasts (season with salt and pepper, add a lemon or lime slice on top plus any fresh herbs, and wrap chicken breast in foil and bake at 400F for 15min. So easy, tender and mess free.) with lime, and fresh tarragon and fresh fennel seed pods from the garden. Chopped up some of that to have with the kale. Made a chicken salad with kalamata olives, cucumbers, extra virgin olive oil and salt and pepper. Haven't eaten it yet (that was last night). Mixed leftover kale with eggs, scrambled in coconut oil for breakfast/lunch today, but I just wasn't very hungry so I barely ate any. Also had a double espresso over ice with leftover unsweetened coconut milk and unsweetened almond milk in it today and yesterday. Silk makes an almond milk that's compliant and not bad. I'm only sort of liking almond milk. Whole coconut milk from the can is amazing but clumpy in iced coffee. I think that's about it..haha. Seems like a ton. I've never cleaned so many dishes...but I was having fun, and i had bought a lot of meat and veggies/fruits and then hadn't been home so I wanted to cook them before they spoiled. Oh, I also steamed cabbage on Tuesday and froze it in quart sized bags. I've managed to freeze, eat or cook and refrigerate almost all the fresh stuff except for some pears and zucchini. I've ordered a julienne peeler to make zoodles along with some coconut aminos, and some compliant seaweed snacks from amazon. Oh, and I hardboiled a dozen eggs...been snacking on those with nectarine. I've also had a chocolate/nut lara bar which was ok, but I think it might have upset my stomach. No sugar added, but maybe dates are just too much...or maybe its because I've hardly eaten today. Just had some melon to try to soothe my stomach. I signed up for the newsletter. I wish I could back date it and just get the emails for the last couple days instead of it being off by a few days as far as tracking my progress. I signed up in the early hours last night so it says this is day 0 for me. Well that's plenty for now :-) Best wishes. -Gabrielle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coquelicot Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 So for dinner last night I had more chocolate chili, roasted spaghetti squash and cauliflower pilaf. Shared it with my boyfriend. He really liked it. He said he could barely tell there were restrictions on ingredients, and he's a foodie like me so it was significant praise. I was wanting a little something sweet after so I had half a key lime lara bar. I later read in the Whole30 guidelines don't use those as dessert, which makes sense to me. I'm going to keep that in mind for the future. I don't think I have a very significant Sugar Dragon issue, for me it's always been more about comfort carbs like chips as far as less healthy food cravings, and dessert isn't usually part of my normal day to day meals when left to myself...I'm much more likely to go for wine or chips and salsa...but...my bf loves ice-cream after dinner, late at night and since we've been dating I had gotten into the habit of having some with him. This hasn't been a habit in the last couple weeks but it will be interesting to see how I handle no wine or ice-cream while he's having his ice-cream. I guess this is something I should think about my plan for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coquelicot Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 For breakfast today I had leftover sautéed portobello mushrooms in scrambled eggs and half the lara key lime bar. A little later I had cold brewed coffee from Starbucks and a banana. I realized as I was eating it that a banana without protein was not ideal but they didn't have anything that was compliant that I could see besides the banana. Looks like I need to keep lara bars or rxbars on hand, or some sort of protein snack stick or nuts even. For my 2nd meal I had leftover chicken/cucumber/kalamata olive salad. Getting kind of tired of it. My bf was eating salami and cheese right next to me with mustard and I was getting a little jealous of the salami (which is one of my favorite foods) but this one had sugar and wine in it, so nope. Last night I was feeling upset and dealing with some hard emotions and my boyfriend's corn chips looked so good that I texted my friend to ask for her support in not eating them. She was very helpful and it was nice to have that support. Before I started this I asked a couple friends to be my support for this if I felt I was going to eat something off plan. I think I need more people though. There's no guaruntee either of them will be available. Anyway, did not eat the chips. Dealt with the hard emotions through talking and glad I didn't eat that. Thinking of going to the store now to make sure I don't run out of whole30 foods while at my bf's place. I brought a bunch of food over, but I don't want to get to that point where it's all gone and I'm hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 For breakfast today I had leftover sautéed portobello mushrooms in scrambled eggs and half the lara key lime bar. A little later I had cold brewed coffee from Starbucks and a banana. I realized as I was eating it that a banana without protein was not ideal but they didn't have anything that was compliant that I could see besides the banana. Looks like I need to keep lara bars or rxbars on hand, or some sort of protein snack stick or nuts even. For my 2nd meal I had leftover chicken/cucumber/kalamata olive salad. Getting kind of tired of it. My bf was eating salami and cheese right next to me with mustard and I was getting a little jealous of the salami (which is one of my favorite foods) but this one had sugar and wine in it, so nope. Last night I was feeling upset and dealing with some hard emotions and my boyfriend's corn chips looked so good that I texted my friend to ask for her support in not eating them. She was very helpful and it was nice to have that support. Before I started this I asked a couple friends to be my support for this if I felt I was going to eat something off plan. I think I need more people though. There's no guaruntee either of them will be available. Anyway, did not eat the chips. Dealt with the hard emotions through talking and glad I didn't eat that. Thinking of going to the store now to make sure I don't run out of whole30 foods while at my bf's place. I brought a bunch of food over, but I don't want to get to that point where it's all gone and I'm hungry. Snacking is really discouraged on Whole30 - unless you are genuinely hungry rather than eating out of habit. Your digestive system needs time to rest in between meals, and it is during this 4-5hr window that your body turns to fat for fuel. Fruit on it's own can spike blood sugar and as such should only be eaten with or as part of a meal. Larabars, RX bars etc are for emergency use only as in you're trapped on a bus that has a bomb on it, Keanu Reeves is driving in attempt to not let the bus go under 50miles an hour and there's enough fuel on that bus for him to keep driving for 8hrs kind of an emergency...! If it helps you can be Sandra Bullock in this scenario BTW... Try increasing the size of your meals so that they satiate you for 4-5hrs, and if you are genuinely hungry have a snack of at least two of the three food groups - protein, fat, veggies. Great idea about texting a friend for support to avoid the corn chips - other things you can do are things like painting your nails, going for a walk, making some herbal tea, running a bath.... anything that is a distraction. A craving is only temporary and WILL pass... Keep going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coquelicot Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Jmcbn, funny you bring up the snacking since I was just thinking about snacking so far, and how I want to cut that back. I know it's discouraged in the Whole30 and I'd like to improve on that. I've been reading some of the other posts in the forums and I'm realizing I really need a big breakfast to start off right, along with making sure I get 2 other solid meals, but I think the breakfast is key. In the past I have gone without breakfast at all, usually just having espresso with half and half and starving myself most of the day, just not wanting to deal with food. I think this whole30 is a great opportunity to break that self destructive habit and form better ones. I'm going to focus on on that next. Thanks for the pointers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coquelicot Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Ok, update on my log... last night I went shopping for food pretty late and bought a bunch of things for more whole30 meals which I'm excited to try. I decided not to make a fancy dinner when I got back though since it was so late (after 10pm). Instead had: almond butter, 1 banana, 2 garlic chicken sausages (checked the ingredients for no-nos) with mustard, prosciutto with grapes and then a little later some raspberries with coconut milk. Stayed up way too late! Aug 29 (day 4) Meal 1: Got up very late and had a mug of chocolate chili, mixed with some cauliflower pilaf, and the rest of the raspberries with coconut milk. The chocolate chili first thing was very satisfying, but I'd say this first meal was still too small because a couple hours later I'm still quite hungry. Meal 2: had a sea snack pack (seaweed) and some raw almonds and sparkling lime mineral water, decided to make it a meal instead of a snack, and added a bunch of mashed yam with coconut oil, and a big bowl of chocolate chili. (I'm going to work on delineating meals and snacks so I can see the patterns more clearly and make sure I'm getting 3 large meals, instead of snacking or skipping.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coquelicot Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Something i forgot to mention in the last post...I had coconut water this morning as well. It was very refreshing. I think I was feeling dehydrated. And a small almond milk with my food...which I didn't even want, but I'm staying with my parents right now and my father asked me are you drinking that almond milk? Which to me meant, "that almond milk is taking up room in my fridge, are you actually drinking it? Or you should throw it away"...sigh, so I drank some even though I don't care for it as a beverage and I believe it's not recommended as a beverage really. More of an ingredient. Maybe he was just curious, and I just took it that way, but I think it's interesting to note how we get caught up in what we think other's think of our eating etc, and let that change our decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coquelicot Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Aug 29th, day 4, Meal 3 Took a short nap late and woke up feeling really nauseous and groggy. Was planning to cook but the thought of most food made me feel sick so had a hard boiled egg, half an apple, some almond butter, a small amount of raisins and some coconut water. The raisins reminded me of this comfort food I used to make myself with raisins and honey and peanut butter, when I was a kid. Eating them now I was struck with how super sweet they are and how I was reaching for them as a "safe" comfort food. Feeling really woozy and light headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coquelicot Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Things to work on: 1. Less snacking: eat a large breakfast, when snacking have 2 out of protein/veg/fat at least, check that truly hungry when wanting to snack. 2. Cut back fruit. Eat veggies at every meal. Don't replace with fruit. 3. Get 8 hrs of sleep regularly. In bed earlier and up earlier. 4. Only use dried fruit as an ingredient in recipes, but go light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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