Sarasaurus Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Day 44 Meal 1: chicken coconut curry, green beans w/ coconut oil Meal 2: broccoli w/ coconut oil, 2 slices deli turkey, tuna salad (1 packet w/ homemade mayo), few bites of potato salad, mixed berries, fig Snack: 3 slices deli turkey, closed handful almonds (intended as PreWO but didn't make it to the gym) Meal 4: roast beef, horseradish mayo, broccoli w/ coconut oil, 3 figs Workout: none One more day! I'm looking forward to re-introducing foods and (hopefully!!) identifying the cause of the chronic bloating I was experiencing pre-W30. I'm also looking forward to being able to relax a little bit about every speck of added sugar! But I definitely can see how people end up with anxiety over what to eat post-W30 - the W30 rules make it easy to know you're doing it 'right', but once the rules don't really apply anymore and you're on your own... what are the rules now? My plan is to go through reintroduction as prescribed, with maybe some separate testing of certain items (corn, different types of dairy), but continuing to eat W30 in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Day 45 Meal 1: green beans, 1/3 sweet potato w/ coconut oil, 3 eggs Meal 2: hamburger patty, guacamole (>1/2 avocado), broccoli w/ coconut oil, handful of blueberries PreWO: 2 slices deli turkey w/ guac Meal 4: roast beef, horseradish mayo, green beans w/ coconut oil, nectarine, few bites of sweet potato Workout: Crossfit 45 days done! I'm going to switch to a Post-Whole 30 log to continue tracking reintroductions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Reviving my log for my new round, started on January 11! Over the past ~6 months I feel like I've let things slide more and more, and decided that another full W30 would be the best way to right the ship. Plus with the new year and starting a new job, it feels like good timing. One of the main reasons for my downhill slide recently was work - my workload had increased so I was putting in more time at the office which meant missing workouts and little time for meal prep, plus stress and less sleep. Once I start slipping on workouts, it's easier for me to get lazy with my diet too. And even though I know it does bad things to me, I had been back to my coffee (with half and half) habit. Day 1 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, roasted cabbage, mustard mayo Meal 2: pot roast, carrots/parsnips/onions, 2 clementines (had a salad but hadn't stocked my new office, so no fork) Meal 3: mixed greens salad w/ Tessemae's caesar dressing, hb egg, can't remember what else Workout: Crossfit Day 2 Meal 1: 2 fried eggs, hash browns cooked in avocado oil Meal 2: pot roast, carrots/parsnips/onions, don't remember Meal 3: don't remember, maybe more pot roast? Snack: 1/2 Larabar, spoonful of coconut butter (stayed up too late and felt hungry before bed) Workout: none Day 3 (today) Meal 1: 3 fried eggs, hash browns cooked in avocado oil, clementine, 1/2 Larabar Meal 2: pot roast, carrots/parsnips/onions, ginger zucchini soup, blueberries Snack: hb egg w/ mustard mayo, zucchini soup Meal 3: 2 Applegate hot dogs, baked sweet potato, roasted cabbage, blueberries Snack: zucchini soup before bed Workout: none Clearly I need to log every day, because I can't remember what I ate the day before! Did lots of prep today (yay 4 day weekend!) although my prep days ironically tend to not be great days meal-wise. Seeing my late-night (compliant) snacks the past 2 nights, looks like I need to increase my meal sizes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Too late to edit, but wanted to note that I've gained a not-insignificant amount of weight and really miss how I felt when I was sticking to a mostly W30 diet. On the plus side, after 3 days I feel like my stomach has de-puffed a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Day 4 (yesterday) Meal 1: 3 fried eggs, hash browns cooked in avocado oil Snack: cauliflower soup Meal 2: pot roast, carrots/parsnips/onions Meal 3: mixed greens w/ Tessemae's caesar dressing, beef sausage, sweet potato Workout: none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Day 5 Meal 1: beef sausage, roasted cabbage, mustard mayo Meal 2: pot roast, carrots/parsnips/onions Snack: hb egg, mustard mayo, blueberries Meal 3: 3 fried eggs, hash browns, roasted broccoli Workout: none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Day 6 Meal 1: ground beef, roasted cabbage, mustard mayo Meal 2: pot roast, carrots/parsnips/onions, ginger zucchini soup, blueberries Snack/preWO: 2 clementines, hb egg, mustard mayo Meal 3: 3 fried eggs, roasted broccoli, sweet potato, spoonful of coconut butter Workout: Crossfit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Day 7 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, mustard mayo, ginger zucchini soup Meal 2: ground beef, roasted cabbage, mustard mayo, 2 clementines Snack: Larabar Meal 3: 3 fried eggs, roasted broccoli, sweet potato, spoonful of coconut butter Workout: none Still a bit out of my routine as a result of the new job, and wasn't prepared for late afternoon hunger (when I usually plan for a snack/mini meal) so the only thing I had was the Larabar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice06870 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 How have you been feeling since you started? Better, worse, same? I know what you mean about missing how you felt when you were on the post Whole30 meal regimen. I mentioned it on my log, but aside from the fact that I need to drop some weight that has quickly latched onto me, I really want to get back to feeling as great as I did on a daily basis when I was eating a lot cleaner and not drinking as much. I'm on day 18 now, so hopefully I will be there soon. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 11 hours ago, Juice06870 said: How have you been feeling since you started? Better, worse, same? I know what you mean about missing how you felt when you were on the post Whole30 meal regimen. I mentioned it on my log, but aside from the fact that I need to drop some weight that has quickly latched onto me, I really want to get back to feeling as great as I did on a daily basis when I was eating a lot cleaner and not drinking as much. I'm on day 18 now, so hopefully I will be there soon. Good luck. I'm feeling better, definitely lighter/less puffy (although no real weight loss this early, I think). My first round I felt like fat adaptation happened around week 3, so I expect it will take at least that long this time around. I'm sure I'd be feeling even better if I was able to workout at the intensity I would like (and was used to, before my ~6 week break at the end of the year!), but I have a health issue right now that's forcing me to take it a bit easier. After my first Whole30 I felt great while I kept eating mainly to the template, but even with exceptions/splurges I continued to lose fat and was really pleased with how lean/defined I was. I'm hopeful that I've learned my lessons (no dairy, at least on a regular basis!) to stay in that place this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Day 8 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, mustard mayo, cauliflower/carrot soup Meal 2: 2 clementines, Rx bar, 1/2 Epic bar Snack: 2 hb eggs, mustard mayo Meal 3: blueberries, ground beef, roasted cabbage, mustard mayo, sweet potato, spoonful of coconut butter Workout: none Oof, today was a mess food-wise. Had to leave before lunch for a meeting 1.5 hrs away, so I ate what I had available to take with me. I was starving by the time I got home and ate the eggs. I'm pretty frustrated that I'm not able to workout like I want, but I am looking forward to starting a yoga class on Saturday. And coconut butter was on sale today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Day 9 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, mustard mayo, cauliflower/carrot soup Meal 2: ground beef, roasted cabbage, mustard mayo Snack: 1/2 Epic bar, blueberries Meal 3: 3 fried eggs, roasted broccoli, hash browns, spoonful of coconut butter Workout: none Still taking it easy as far as working out, but looking forward to a yoga class tomorrow. I need to work on going to bed earlier (as I write this at 11:40pm...) - I've always been a night owl, but I end up not getting enough sleep and I start feeling hungry again when I'm still awake 4 hours after dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice06870 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 9:41 PM, Sarasaurus said: My first round I felt like fat adaptation happened around week 3, so I expect it will take at least that long this time around. I'm sure I'd be feeling even better if I was able to workout at the intensity I would like (and was used to, before my ~6 week break at the end of the year!), but I have a health issue right now that's forcing me to take it a bit easier. After my first Whole30 I felt great while I kept eating mainly to the template, but even with exceptions/splurges I continued to lose fat and was really pleased with how lean/defined I was. I'm hopeful that I've learned my lessons (no dairy, at least on a regular basis!) to stay in that place this time! I am right there with you. I feel like it took a good 2, or more likely 3 weeks for my body to become fat adapted on my first Whole30. I am right on day 20 now, so I hope it's the same or better now (it's almost 5 years later now, so I'm sure my body doesn't fire up like it used to). But I felt the same as you, after it was finished, I stuck to the general template for quite a while and I got even leaner and my energy was excellent. I started taking it for granted and cheated or splurged a lot more often as the years went by until this past year when i was completely off of the wagon. I'm hoping I can get back on track and lean back out...and then not fall into the lackadaisical trap again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Day 10 Meal 1: hb egg, 2 slices deli turkey, mustard mayo, cauliflower/carrot soup Snack: Shine fruit/veggie pouch Meal 2: beef sausage, roasted cabbage, sweet potato, mustard mayo, blueberries Meal 3: 2 fried eggs, hash browns, Swiss chard, spoonful of coconut butter Workout: yoga 1/3 of the way there! Overslept this morning and had to scramble for breakfast before yoga class. Really enjoyed practicing yoga again, even though I was reminded of how much fitness I've lost recently. I've had two dreams already where I was eating/drinking something noncompliant! Still struggling with wanting sweets and other noncompliant foods at times, and reminding myself it's still early in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Day 11 Meal 1: beef sausage, roasted cabbage, mustard mayo, cauliflower/carrot soup Meal 2: 2 fried eggs, hash browns, Swiss chard, blueberries Meal 3: steak, roasted broccoli, beets, horseradish mayo, spoonful of coconut butter Workout: none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Day 12 Meal 1: beef sausage, sauteed kale/spinach, mustard mayo, cauliflower/carrot soup Meal 2: chicken, green beans, beets, ~1/2 avocado, blueberries preWO: 3 slices deli turkey, Larabar Meal 3: salmon cake, roasted broccoli, caper/dill mayo Workout: Crossfit Took an avocado to work planning to split it between lunch and preWO... it had so many bad spots only about half of it was edible. Day 12 and so far I've had 3 Larabars and an RX bar, and that's not good... I'm resolving to do my best to plan better (taking mayo to work as a backup fat tomorrow). On the plus side, back at Crossfit tonight and I felt out of shape, but no other issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Day 13 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, sauteed kale/spinach, mustard mayo, sweet potato Meal 2: chicken, green beans, beets, ~1/2 avocado, blueberries Snack: 3 slices deli turkey, mustard mayo Meal 3: salmon cake, roasted broccoli, caper/dill mayo, beets Workout: none Tried on a few pairs of pants that had been very tight the past couple months, and I think they seemed a tiny bit looser! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Day 14 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, sauteed kale/spinach, mustard mayo, sweet potato Meal 2: chicken, green beans, beets, blueberries, coconut butter preWO: 3 slices deli turkey, mustard mayo, coconut butter Meal 3: 2 fried eggs, swiss chard, sweet potato Workout: Crossfit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Day 14 Meal 1: chicken, green beans, beets, cauliflower/carrot soup Meal 2: ground beef, tomato basil marinara, broccoli, coconut butter preWO: 3 slices deli turkey, mustard mayo, coconut butter Meal 3: blueberry balsamic salmon, mixed greens w/ Tessemae's caesar dressing Workout: Crossfit Had another dream about eating something noncompliant! (This time it was ice cream.) Next week is going to be a struggle, I'll be in the field all day on Monday and traveling to an out of town meeting Thursday and Friday. Since I'm new at this job, I worry about making a "high maintenance" first impression by being super picky about what I eat. Luckily the hotel has a mini fridge and microwave in every room, so it will just be the social part that's difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Day 15 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, roasted brussels sprouts, sweet potato, mustard mayo Meal 2: ground beef, tomato basil marinara, broccoli, coconut butter Snack: chicken Epic bites Meal 3: 3 fried eggs, hash browns, mixed greens w/ Tessemae's caesar dressing Workout: none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Day 17 (yesterday - my numbering got off track somehow) Meal 1: few bites of leftover hot dogs/roasted brussels sprouts/sweet potato/mustard mayo; cauliflower/carrot soup, Epic bites Meal 2: 3 fried eggs, hash browns, spinach Snack: Epic bites Meal 3: blueberry balsamic salmon, roasted brussels sprouts, mustard mayo, coconut butter Workout: yoga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Day 18 Meal 1: blueberry balsamic salmon, roasted brussels sprouts, mustard mayo, grapefruit Meal 2: spaghetti squash, ground beef, tomato sauce Meal 3: salmon cake, sauteed spinach w/ coconut oil, caper/dill mayo, coconut butter Workout: none Had ANOTHER dream about eating noncompliant food! I think I had one of those dreams during my first W30, not sure what it means that I'm having so many of them this time. Did some food prep today but wasn't excited about any of my options... not sure if it's food boredom or that final burst of sugar/carb cravings, or just a funky day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Day 19 Meal 1: 2 Applegate hot dogs, roasted brussels sprouts, mustard mayo, grapefruit, coconut butter Snack: Larabar Meal 2: egg salad, apple, Epic bites, roasted sweet potato, fruit/veggie puree pouch Meal 3: 2 fried eggs, spinach, sweet potato, few bites of broccoli/ground beef/tomato sauce, grapefruit Workout: Crossfit Was in the field today so lunch was late (2:30), had the Larabar to hold me over... definitely a fruit/sugar heavy day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager07 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hi and welcome back! I remember your posts from my 1st round in May 2016. You're awesome and such an encouragement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasaurus Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thank you @Jager07, that's so nice to hear! I hope things are going well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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