Started 4/28 - Good, Bad & Bumpy!

[OilLabLifestyle]

Well hello there!! 

 

The first day is always easiest.  You're all fired up and ready!  I am no exception..  Did my "before" photos - EW!! - and sprang into the kitchen to meal prep.  

 

First project : made ghee from the pound of butter we had in the fridge.  easy, peasy! 

 

Breakfast:  4 eggs (yes, 4, per the pinned post someone had earlier about how many eggs u can hold in one hand is your serving) over easy, fried in ghee, over sautéed onion, peppers and power greens: kale, spinach and chard. Salt, dash of hot sauce (Frank's).  

 

That was GREAT!  I actually did finish it all, no problem, and it held me over from 10:30am til 2:30pm. 

 

Shared some cut up fruit with my toddler.  

 

Lunch: 2 apple sausage links over boston lettuce, with roasted sweet potato/onion/garlic and a hard boiled egg - a "warm salad", which feels nice on a rainy day.  Olive Oil & balsamic vinegar dressing.  

 

30 min HIIT Ropes class + 1hr yoga class 

 

Dinner:  Making Basil Lime Chicken on the grill from this site: http://www.katrina-runs.com/basil-lime-chicken, with a salad and the rest of the roasted sweet potatoes. Fruit + a few dates for dessert.  

 

How'd I to on the BEST day of Whole 30?? 

[Lesliechapman00]

^{Sounds amazing! I am so glad to hear others share about how much food they have been eating. Being a person who has been on Weight Watchers for the last year and a half its been difficult to ditch the diet mentality and jump on board to whole30. I worry I am over eating but in the back of my head I know I will be fine. I am working on no snacks in between my meals, I read on a forum that if you are snacking you should add more to your meals. This is hard for a DIE HARD snacker like myself! Lol. I hope by the end of my 30 days I will have kicked the habit.}

 

^{Good luck to you!!}  

[Present4Life]

Congratulations on such a positive, well-planned first day!!

[jmcbn]

Nice start   

Don't forget to add in a postWO meal on days that you work out - a few bites of lean protein, and optional starchy carb - roast chicken & sweet potato tends to be the favourite but any lean protein will do and your muscles have earned it!

Try keeping any fruit to have with your meal so that it won't impact blood sugars and have you spiking & crashing & thinking you're hungry when you're not... and if you need to cleanse your palette at the end of a meal try & get out of the 'dessert' mindset - try something pickled, or some olives - they work just as well!!   

 

[OilLabLifestyle]

Thank you guys!! I worked out and then came home to eat dinner I considered it my post wo meal, too. It was 2 chicken thighs - no skin and fat pared off, just personal preference- BIG salad with a handful of chopped dates on it. Kitchen is now closed, so is my belly

[jmcbn]

Your postWO should be in addition to your 3 regular meals. And dates are not really a good choice postWO due to their high fructose content which replenishes liver glycogen over muscle glycogen - sorry! This is why we recommend the starchy veg. Just a few bites is enough - as soon as you finish your work-out - then you can shower &  move onto your next meal - your body will thank you for it 

 

 

[Chellesdoingr8]

Wishing you all the best in your healthy lifestyle journey!!  You can do it!!

 

Cheers!!

 

Michelle

[OilLabLifestyle]

And we're at day TWO y'all!! 28 days to go!!  

 

My minion slept in until 9:30 today - and I did too!  By the time he was dressed, brushed, fed... it was about 11:15 when I had my breakfast.  

 

Ghee- sauteed peppers, onion, 2 apple chicken sausages with a kale/spin/chard mix, topped with 1 basted egg and hot sauce.  YUMMM 

 

Had a snack while at the museum - 3 dates + 1 closed handful of cashews. My son smirked at me while he ate his string cheese. 

 

Home again, lunch at 2:15... leftover salad w 2 grilled chicken thighs, 1/2 avocado and a sprinkle of cashews.  Olive oil/lime juice/fresh basil.  1/2 banana.  I'm hoping the dose of fats and protein will tide me over for a while!! 

 

Going to hold out until 6pm for dinner - drink water, nap, do whatever needs done to get there.  

 

Dinner plan:  Pan fry some chicken: cut into cubes, dredge in a little seasoned almond flour (garlic, onion, salt, pepper, cayenne) and sauté in ghee, served over a cabbage sesame stir fry I found here: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/15622/cabbage+ginger+and+sesame+stir+fry - going to use some toasted sesame oil/olive oil in place of peanut oil and skip the soy sauce.  

 

Wish me luck!! My sister has already bailed on Whole30.  I am NOT going to follow suit.  

 

Thanks for reading and commenting!  Pictured is lunch, and me w Desmond 

 

Love, 

 

Aviva 

 

 

[OilLabLifestyle]

My booty could not drag on the ground any harder today.  

 

But, my sweet toddler was awake since 4am too.  

 

I have had a headache and some sweating going on since last night, off and on.  But at this very moment, I feel fine - I discovered coconut oil/coconut milk CREAMER that someone posted.  And it's delish in coffee.  

 

Breakfast around 9:30 - Leftover cabbage stir fry from last night with 2 basted eggs and an apple chicken sausage.  1/4 avocado, some grape tomatoes, salt/hot sauce on top.   Finished w a blood orange.  

 

NO snacking between breakfast and lunch.  YAY!  Must have been the extra dose of fats and protein.  Let's try that again!!

 

Lunch: 1:15pm 3 basted eggs, the last remaining apple chicken sausage, roasted sweet potatoes/radish/red pepper, drizzled with olive oil/balsamic/salsa.  Coffee + organic coconut oil + coconut milk (canned, organic).   1 date. 

 

Dinner... we're planning to make turkey meatballs with sauce over spaghetti squash or zucchini "fettuccine" + salad.  

 

How is everyone doing?? 

 

Love, 

 

Aviva 

[JulieP757]

What's in the coconut creamer?  Is it just coconut oil and coconut milk?

[OilLabLifestyle]

Yeah!  2T coconut milk (canned) and 1T oil.  Pour your coffee on top and use a stick blender to whip it frothy.  MMMMM mmmm 

[ShannonM816]

Hi, OilLabLifestyle -- I've merged your previous topics into one. It's really best to just keep adding to one thread for your log. It's easier for you to look back on later and see how everything went at different points (like, if you decide to do another one sometime and want to compare), and it's easier for moderators to find if you ever are having issues and post over in the Troubleshooting forum -- you can just link us to your log and we can see what might be going on, instead of having to search out up to 30 days' worth of previous threads.

 

If you'd like me to change the name of the thread, just let me know what you'd like it to be called.

[OilLabLifestyle]

Hi, OilLabLifestyle -- I've merged your previous topics into one. It's really best to just keep adding to one thread for your log. It's easier for you to look back on later and see how everything went at different points (like, if you decide to do another one sometime and want to compare), and it's easier for moderators to find if you ever are having issues and post over in the Troubleshooting forum -- you can just link us to your log and we can see what might be going on, instead of having to search out up to 30 days' worth of previous threads.

 

If you'd like me to change the name of the thread, just let me know what you'd like it to be called.

 

 

Thank you!  I'll keep it all together then! Could we change the thread name to "Started 4/28 - Good, Bad & Bumpy"? 

[jmcbn]

Thank you!  I'll keep it all together then! Could we change the thread name to "Started 4/28 - Good, Bad & Bumpy"? 

Done 

[OilLabLifestyle]

Today marks Day #4!  WHEE!!

 

Still tired.  Cranky.  Short tempered today. We went to church and that helped for about 25 minutes at least! 

 

Reloaded at BJ's for the week of produce.... onward!! 

 

Breakfast around 10:30 - 2 basted eggs, 1 apple sausage, purple potatoes/onion hash. 

 

Lunch at 1:30pm - leftover spaghetti squash/sauce and one turkey meatball. Got full pretty quick and couldn't finish my squash.  Coffee w coconut oil/cream.

 

Snack at BJ's at 3ish - Date rolls with almonds and coconut.  YUM!! my toddler loved them too I was careful to stick to the recommended serving size on the label because of their high sugar.  

 

4:45pm, hunger is catching up to me.  Had one more turkey meatball and the rest of the squash I didn't eat for lunch.  I am still hungry now though... I don't want to load up on fruit any further, so eating the one remaining chicken thigh in the fridge.  

 

I may nap it out for a minute - I do feel fatigued! 

 

We're planning for dinner around 7pm: Seabass grilled with cabbage/avocado/apple slaw and some fruit salad.  Basically the avocado gets mashed with apple cider vinegar, salt/pepper/old bay seasoning and garlic.  Combine with cabbage shreds.  

 

New fruit alert!!  Jackfruit  it's pretty awesome!

 

Hope you all are having a great day.  

 

-A 

[OilLabLifestyle]

YEAH day SIX!  

 

Day 5 didn't get documented because I had to have it out with a number of habits that had to change - not drinking enough water, not sleeping enough and feeding my sugar dragon too much yesterday.  Are they all fixed with a stern talkin' to?  No.  They are not. BUT... moving on..

 

Today was a bit better.  

Breakfast at 10ish - 4 basted eggs over some peppers/mushrooms/greens.  

 

No Snacking!  Whoop. 

 

Lunch at 1:30pm - Leftover shrimp pesto zoodles from last night with a greens salad.  About 10 shrimp and a chicken sausage added in for good measure.  I feel I had the fats and proteins covered this meal! 

 

About 4pm I did have 3/4 of a date roll with my toddler, during his snack time.  

 

Yoga class at 6:30pm

 

Dinner was around 8pm - chicken thigh with sweet potato "noodles" in a coconut milk/curry sauce.  This was yummy!  

 

Bowl of fruit salad with 2 date rolls during our TV time.  My minion mooched some of the fruit salad and dates off me.  

 

I drank about 50oz of water today.  It's progress. 

 

Today, I'm happy I exercised.  I'm happy I had Whole Foods.  I had 3 fabulous meals!  

 

Goals for Tomorrow:

1.  I'm hosting a play date with a mom friend and her kiddos.  The date rolls will be on a pretty platter so they won't be here anymore. 

2.  Do my favorite exercise class, HIIT with Ropes  

3. Have a post WO meal - hardboiled egg and sweet potato bites packed and ready for immediately afterward. 

4. Drink more water, 55oz. 

[stonemg]

                    

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Posted Today, 12:01 PM

I started on May 1st. Today is Day 4. My husband is also doing this with me, but I'm worried about him making it as well. He is a medic in the 911 system here, and he is one busy man. At sixty, he needs to do things differently and get more rest and eat to keep going. I recently lost my mother, two best friends left me, and over the last year and one half have eaten and drank myself far up the scale. I wanted to challenge myself and commit to 30 days of eating differently.  It was expensive when we purged and repurchased. The homemade mayo nearly broke me in two on day 1. Not to mention all the prep. By day 2, I was in a fog, lots of physical pain, emotional roadblocks. Day 3 I was just plain mad. Today, I've started out OK, we'll see how the fatigue and moods play out.  We made a huge compliant chicken salad. Turkey, beef, parsley, onion meatballs. A huge spinach and compliant sausage frittata with plenty of added vegetables. Dairy has always been big around here; wine too. Both gone. Cereal, oats, breads also big, gone. My husband is having to pay attention to every little label if he shops, I'm used to it. Lots of work to prepare and keep preparing. I hope to make it through with support from this forum!  Meg

[OilLabLifestyle]

DAYYYY 8! 

 

So.. NSV.  On day 6 we went to a party and I did not touch anything.  Nope!  Ate before we left and was fine.  Yay! 

 

Yesterday I didn't get to log my meals.  Today isn't looking so hot either, but basically i'm "good" in the morning, but more of a snacker for lunch thru dinnertime. I am working on it, but caring for my tot gets me distracted where I only eat bits along the way.  

 

I do think I'm overeating - we felt over stuffed after dinner tonight.  I spiraled 5 potatoes and we ate them all.  So 2.5 potatoes worth of "noodle" under 2 meatballs and sauce.   

 

Water intake was no bueno today.  Ok.  At least it was a clean food day, if nothing else.  Try again tomorrow.