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Sarah's debut Whole30


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Belated logging of my food on my first Whole30:

Day 1 -5

Day1

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin tuna in springwater

Breakfast

1/2 red pepper

1/3 cucumber

handful shredded coconut

Lunch

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Cucumber

Olives

Smoked mackerel

Beetroot

6 dates

spoonful hazlenut butter

Supper

Scallops

Bacon

Courgette

Leek

Raisins

Day 2

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin tuna in springwater

Breakfast

Frittata muffin w/green pepper, onion, garlic and proscuitto

Lunch

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Cucumber

Olives

Salmon

Beetroot

Red pepper

Small handful raisins

Small handful shredded coconut

Supper

Thai curry with tilapia and prawns, sweet potato, onion, broccoli

Small handful raw nuts

Day 3

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin tuna in springwater

Breakfast

Frittata muffin w/green pepper, onion, garlic and proscuitto

Lunch

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Cucumber

Olives

Smoked mackerel

Beetroot

Celery sticks

Spoonful pumpkin seed butter

Supper

Cocoa chilli w/ avocado

Day 4

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin mackerel in springwater

Breakfast

Frittata muffin w/green pepper, onion, garlic and proscuitto

Lunch

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Cucumber

Scallion

Tuna

Sesame salt

Olives

4 dates

Coconut milk

Supper

Chicken, sweet potato fries, broccoli, leftover chilli

Small handful nuts

Day 5

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin mackerel in springwater

Breakfast

Frittata muffin w/green pepper, onion, garlic and proscuitto

Lunch

Chicken

Lettuce

Olives

Peppers

Olive oil

Paprika

Garlic

Handful raspberries

Coconut milk

Supper

Shaksuka with chicken, chorizo, 2 eggs

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Day 6

Breakfast

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Lunch

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Cucumber

Scallion

Olives

Chorizo

Celery

Supper

Sirloin steak, sweet potato fries, salad

Berries with whipped coconut cream

Day 7

Breakfast

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Lunch

Slow cooked ribs with sugar free bbq sauce

Supper

Omelette with chicked, chorizo, tomatoes

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Your veggies look good. However, your breakfast looks too small and too light on protein. The standard is meat as big as the palm of your hand or as many eggs as you can hold in one hand.

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Thanks Tom, all guidance gratefully received :) I train then come to work - so have been packing breakfast that's handy. I guess cooking up some chicken and bringing that would work - or boiled eggs?

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Day 8

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin mackerel in springwater

Breakfast

Stewed apple with coconut milk, raisins, almond butter

Lunch

Smoked mackerel

Lettuce

Peppers

Cucumber

Scallions

1 carrot cut into sticks

Supper

Cocoa chili with slow fried veggies - courgette, onion, squash, mushrooms, yellow pepper

Again - light on breakfast protein - as will be the case for today, but Day10 onwards should improve!

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Day 9

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin tuna

Breakfast

Stewed apple with coconut milk, raisins, almond butter

Lunch

Smoked mackerel

Lettuce

Peppers

Cucumber

Scallions

Spicy kale in coconut milk

Supper

Chicken breast with leftover cocoa chili with avocado and slow fried veggies - courgette, onion, pepper, asapargus

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So I'm on day10 and today has been epic!

At the box this morning, strict presses were enjoyable (not said that before) and I PB'd my 3RM.

Work, which has been draining of late, has benefitted from a flurry of activity and monster attempts to move things along in a project I've been bogged down in (sadly still quite frustrating but I've taken control!)

It sounds really odd, but I feel like I've got a big dose of clarity and focus (after Monday (day 8) when everything was a bit of a fog, starting with turning up at the box without my work clothes - cue lengthy diversion post workout pre work).

I've eaten mostly clean paleo (but inclusing dairy) for about 8 months before starting my W30 - so my expectations were that taking out dairy etc wouldn't result in anything massive, but maybe I was wrong wrong wrong :)

Today rocks!

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Day 10

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

1/2 tin tuna

Breakfast

Stewed apple with coconut milk, raisins,

2 eggs

Lunch

Smoked mackerel

Lettuce

Peppers

Cucumber

Scallions

Olives

Sugar snap peas

Supper

Lamb meatballs in spicy tomato sauce

Cumin roasted carrots

small handful almonds, raisins, coconut

One third done - feeling good for it :)

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Day 11 update: After a ropey start - stumbled through my morning routine to get out of the door, the day has just got better and better. Energy is definitely feeling much more consistent through the day and I'm really not feeling the need to snack at all between meals (when for years I've been a morning snack/afternoon snack get home ravenous and graze until supper's ready kinda gal)

Loving eating more and not thinking about it

Bring on supper and then day 12

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Day 11

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

Tuna

Breakfast

Stewed apple with coconut milk, raisins, shredded coconut

2 eggs

Lunch

Smoked mackerel

Lettuce

Peppers

Cucumber

Beetroot

Olives

Avocado

Spicy kale in coconut milk

Supper

Chicken and (sugar free, nitrate free) bacon, steamed broccoli, baked squash

berries in coconut milk

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Start of day 12: sleep not so great last night due to mistakenly making caffeinated not DECAFFEINATED coffee after supper. Well, now I know that I can't do that again and sleep well!

Strangely I see to go through periods of foggy brain (e.g 'forgetting that I should have been going or the decaf last night) into super clear brain. Interesting....

Training has picked up after a bit of slump last week, interested to see where that goes from here too....

Already thinking of logging more here to refer to when I do this again....although it's got it's ups and downs I'm really enjoying the experiment.

Day 12 and the weekend ahead, here we come

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Day 12

Pre WOD

Boiled egg

Fistful almonds

Post WOD

Baked sweet potato

Sardines

Breakfast

Stewed apple with coconut milk, raisins, shredded coconut

2 eggs

Lunch

Prosciutto

Lettuce

Peppers

Cucumber

Beetroot

Olives

Avocado

Supper

Salmon baked on brussels sprouts with garlic cauliflower pilaf

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Day 13

Breakfast

2 eggs fried in coconut oil, proscuitto, sugar snap peas

Lunch - missed this, not good, busy busy day

Snacked on nuts - not massively but notable more than 'usual'

Supper

Pan fried venison haunch steak, roast squash and sweet potato, stir fried courgette, mushrooms, onion

Berries with coconut milk, coconut shreds, flaked almonds and cocoa powder

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Day 14

Breakfast

2 eggs fried in coconut oil, proscuitto, red pepper, scallion

Lunch

Pea shoots, lettuce, rocket, cucumber, red pepper, celert, baked (sugar free, nitrate free) bacon, homemade jalapeno sauerkraut

Supper

Roast pork shoulder, sweet potato fries, stir fried courgettes

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So day 15 already!

Second weekend successfully negotiated (even if it meant passing on our next door neighbour's wedding anniversary party).

This morning at the gym, found the WOD harder than I thought I would - had to go lighter than I planned on the weight, but that's just one of those things.

Total upside ripped a callous last week - first part Tuesday and the other bit went on Friday and it's healing really really fast - could this be at least partly down to the eating cleaner?

So far today then

Pre WOD

Boiled egg, fistful almonds

Post WOD

Sweet potato, sardines

Breakfast

Turkey mince cooked in coconut oil with apple, onion and spices - spicy green beans in coconut milk

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So, turns out today is a hungry day!

Lunch

Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, avocado, leftover pork and chicken, sugar snap peas

5 dates in a teaspoon(ish) of hazlenut butter

Hopefully that'll see me through :)

Re the turkey mince - just fried up some onion, then added some grated apple and then the turkey mince with some cinnamon and nutmeg for good measure. I ate it cold at my desk and it was still nummy, but better hot (ah, the pains for being 20 floors away from the nearest microwave!)

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Day16....

So supper last night was an awesom piece of tuna steak cooked perfectly medium rare by my lovely husband with some roasted carrots, fried mushrooms and boiled asparagus

berries with coconut milk and toasted almonds

Today has started on a buzzy high, slightly freaking some of my buddies in crossfit class out!

Pre WOD

Boiled egg, fistful almonds

Post WOD

Sweet potato, tuna

Breakfast

Turkey mince cooked in coconut oil with apple, onion and spices Cocoa toasted cauliflower (upped the volumes given yesterday I got hungry before lunchtime)

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Well, guess what?, yup eating more at breakfast meant I didn't feel hungry all the way through until lunch, which was:

Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, homemade sauerkraut (feisty!), leftover pork and chicken, sugar snap peas and pumpkin seed butter

Have to say that I'm so enjoying the liberation from the scales and the principal that eating more (of good things) is a good thing. Year and years of conditioning that less is good hasn't been that hard to let go of personally when the evidence in how you feel speaks for itself.

Now, back to work

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Hello day 17!

Feeling chipper this morning, sleep is good and deep and everything is peachy despite a stressy few days with family stuff.

Yesterday supper then was

Cocoa chili with roasted squash and sweet potato

Handful or two of nuts

Day 17 log so far:

Pre WOD

Boiled egg, fistful almonds

Post WOD

Sweet potato, tuna

Breakfast

Turkey mince cooked in coconut oil with apple, onion and spices with spicy almond green beans with a few chestnuts

Lifting this morning at the gym - strength was there definitely but tekkers sadly not!!! Feeling great anyway :)

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Lunch yesterday was

Lettuce, cucumber, that homemade sauerkraut, more leftover pork and chicken, cucumber, tomatoes

5 dates and hazelnut butter

Supper

Remains of the chilli with a load of pan fried courgettes and roasted carrots

Couple handfuls of nuts

Today was funny - was home alone for supper and the nuts were pre chilli, bit of a habit throwback, but now I've realised that and will be conscious of it again.

Day 18 has started well - tekkers day at the box so lots of nice whip marks from double unders (or not, as the case may be) and a frustrating time with snatch tekkers - bruised left butt cheek from repeatedly falling on it! Wish the W30 could improve technique as well as strength!

Breakfast

Cocoa cauliflower with baked bacon bits

2 boiled eggs

Back to the spreadsheets!

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So then, lunch (in the middle of a brain testing busy day)

Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, smoked mackerel and then some sugar snap peas with almond butter

Energy levels are levelling pretty constantly across the day - I've been super productive which makes a nice change, even if I'm getting inwardly shouty with numbers and spreadsheets :)

Can't really believe it's day 18 already.....and I think even my colleagues are getting used to the food choices - although every day the cry goes up "that's not breakfast"!

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Supper last night was chicken breast with some W30 compliant chorizo fried up with onion, courgette and pepper. Nice!

Had a few raspberries that were in danger of going mouldy and a handful of nuts. Was heading for nuts before supper but, armed with my new self awareness stopped myself - happy!

Today then,

the usual pre WOD, egg and almonds and post WOD sweet potato and tuna

Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, spicy green beans in coconut milk

Been a tough week of programming this week, but have dealt with it well I think. No PBs, but dealing with the workload well. I'm definitely a happy bunny this sunny Friday!

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So, last lunch of my working week:

Lettuce, beetroot, cucumber,tomato, smoked mackerel

Mixed nuts and raspberries

Americano at lunch - have been working this week on breaking the link between food/drink and rewards, self awareness being the key to so much of this. So this lunchtime whilst I was out and about I got a coffee just because I'd enjoy it. So much healthier attitude wise.

Really enjoying he way the W30 has given me cause to re-examine the realtionship I have with what I consume - another unexpected benefit.

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