Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Started the whole 30 on Monday, October 15th. Weighed in at 134lbs, 5'4". I wanted to have a DXA completed this week for body composition but it hasn't worked with my schedule. I will have it done next week. I am a full time PhD student. Like to trail run and bike (anything outdoors). Crossfit 4 times per week. Running a trail 1/2 marathon this weekend and finished my first Tough Mudder this past weekend. Married and mother of two girls (5 and 7 years) Day 1 Worked out first thing (20 minutes clean work, 15 minutes handstand push-up work) postworkout 3 hard boild eggs and 1 egg white, orange Meal 1 Chicken stirfy with almond butter Meal 2 Chicken breast, grapes, and pecans americano Meal 3 Homemade vegetable soup with chicken breast Salad (green leaf lettuce, spinach, avocado, tomato, cucumber, balsamic vinegar) Snack almonds Day 2 5:30am cycle class Bacon, scrambled eggs, sweet potato (within 30 minutes of class) Meal 2 Chicken stirfry with almond butter Meal 3 Americano Celery with raw almond butter Meal 4 large spinach salad with chicken breast, walnuts, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper Snack orange Day 3 Meal bacon and eggs Workout EMON 10 minutes (power snatch + 1 hang snatch + 1 hang squat snatch + 1 OHS) Felt the low energy from consuming lower carb the past 2 days. 5x5 bench press 1x 10 seated box jump ( highest possible) 1×10 depth jump ( highest possible, drop off 18/12 inch box) 1×10 three step box jump ( highest possible) WOD Grace (awful time, had nothing in me) Post WO Meal 2 boiled eggs, 1/2 cup grapes, 1/2 sweet potatoe Lunch Chili ginger chicken thighs, orange Dinner Baked sweet potato with homemade chili on top (sausage and sirloin, zucchini, onion, mushrooms, tomatos, tomato sauce, chilis) Snack Salad (green leaf lettuce, spinach, avocado, tomato, cucumber, balsamic vinegar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea D. Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 You go girl!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Day 4 Meal 1 Bacon, Eggs, Orange Workout Strength 5×3 high bar back squat ( 75%,80%,85%,90%,90%) WOD – 6 rounds -NOT for time* 5 snatch balances 10 toes to bar 15 jammer twists 45/25 (alternate R/L every other round) Conditioning 2k row Felt very tired and weak during the workout. Hard to be explosive. Post-workout meal Sweet potato Banana 2 hard boiled eggs Americano in the afternoon Meal 2 (leftovers) chicken stir fry with almond butter Vegetable soup with chicken On my 5 hour drive. almonds, grapes, tea and water Struggling this am (day 5), very very hungry and tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Today was a tough day. Felt hungry all day and was never satisfied. Then tonight we went to my daughter's school fall festival. The dinner provided was pulled pork, hot dogs, nachos and chili. I ate before going to the event. We ended up sitting right by the dessert table, which actually had these amazing looking desserts. My husband and each of our girls had a cupcake but I held firm. I feel very tired physically and sleep wise. I am not looking forward to my trail 1/2 this Sunday because I feel like crap. Meal 1 Eggs with kale, spinach and arugula 1/4 sweet potato orange 2 chicken thighs Meal 2 stew (stew meat, mushrooms, onions, sweet potatos) grapes olives Meal 3 chicken breast cooked in coconut oil (salt and pepper) baked sweet potato salad (spinach, avocado, cucumber, tomato, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper) Had some pulled pork at the event Half an apple with almond butter. I am hoping tomorrow goes better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbly Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 If you're hungry maybe you should eat more? I started the same day as you. I haven't felt abnormally hungry. I'm ready for my meals, but not hungry all the time. I posted up my eats and one of the forum moderators said I wasn't eating enough. I'm an inch shorter than you and about 4lbs heavier, I also do crossfit, run and ride. So I guess we should be eating somewhat similar amounts. I'm trying to get more protein in after the feedback I got. It's not easy though. Hang in there. Hope you have a better day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thanks for the comment. Yes, I don't think I was eating enough in the beginning of last week. Even though I didn't feel hungry between meals Monday-Thursday, I think it finally caught up with me on Friday and Saturday. It is really hard to push yourself past that level of satisfied to really full when eating a lot of protein foods and vegetables (not necessarily a bad thing). I think I am getting plenty of protein, I just need to work on my fats a little bit more. I am starting my challenge over. Yesterday was the first day of my restart. My weekend just did not go as I had hoped, but here we go again. My trail half marathon went better than I hoped on Sunday. Yesterday was kinds of crazy because we were buying a house and I was still in Kirksville. Breakfast Eggs with kale Sausage stuffed acorn squash Snack strawberries and cuties Lunch Pork chop salad beets sweet potato fries Dinner Paleo meatballs yellow squash Evening snack Pear I ended up drinking 1/2 of a iced coffee (black) on my drive home last night from Kirksville to Manhattan (5 hrs). I ate more fruit that I wanted yesterday and not as much fat but I was grabbing and going yesterday. Today I think I am back under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbly Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Sorry to hear your weekend didn't work out as you'd hoped. Good that you're straight back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Awake at 6am and only had 5 hours of sleep due to driving 5 hours home last night and getting in at 12:30am. Felt fine when waking up buty by 3pm I had a strong need for a nap and took a 45 minute nap. Overall I have felt good today but probably didn't eat as much as I should have. My only exercise was an easy ride on the indoor cycle for 30 minutes followed by stretching. Knees are still tender from the race on Sunday and I am needing to recover from 2 back to back weekends of racing. 7am 3 scrambled eggs, 3 pieces of bacon 1:00pm 2 paleo meatballs banana spinach salad (tomato, vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper) 6:30 pm carrots and 2 eggs after riding went to the grocery store since I was out of food 8 pm Fajita salad (skirt steak, red onion, lettuce, 1/2 avocado, tomato, mano salsa) handful of pecans The kitchen is closed for the night. Drinking some camomile tea and I am very tired, looking forward to a hard sleep tonight and productive day tomorrow. Tomorrow I will make homemade mayo for the first time to put in some tuna salad. Plus, I need to increase water consumption tomorrow. I going to bed with a slight headache but I think that is due to lack of sleep last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 I posted my detailed goals today. http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/4203-starting-whole30-take-2-even-the-dietitian-isnt-perfect/page__view__findpost__p__37181 I obtained 8 hours of sleep last night and I could really tell this morning. Felt great and no headache like I did when going to bed last night. I also managed to not drink any coffee today. I made some homemade mayo today and it was wonderful. Getting ready to make some hard boiled eggs and baked sweet potatoes for post-workout meal tomorrow. I have two days a week that I do not complete any type of training so my goals those days is just consume one piece of fruit and no starchy vegetables. Which I am proud to say i accomplished, which is a big deal for me. I have always loved fruit while not being a big vegetables fan. I always made sure I had a serving with lunch and dinner and but that was as far as I went. And of course I knew the wonderful benefits of them. Refilled my canteen several times today and had 2 cups of ginger tea at work. Breakfast 8:00am 3 eggs scrambled with a handful of spinach 2 pieces of bacon 3 large strawberries 8oz almond milk 12oz english breakfast tea Lunch 12:00pm Fajita salad (1/2 avocado, lettuce, tomato, skirt steak and read onion) carrot sticks cucumber slices started feeling hungry at 4:30pm but knew my roommate was bringing dinner home at 6pm. When I got home from work at 5:45 I had a handful of pecans which was just what I needed. Dinner 6:00pm Jen ended up grabbing the wrong to-go container of food from her restaurant. It ended up being breaded chicken instead of the pot roast she was going to bring home. Improvise!! I had some pork chops thawed for tomorrow night (hadn't decided what I was going to do with it) so I became a mad scientist in the kitchen. Threw some coconut oil in the skillet, salt and peppered the pork chops. Scooped some the homemade mayo I made this morning onto a plate. On another plate I combined coconut flour with onion powder, paprika, and garlic powder. Tossed the pork chops into the mayo and coated both sides then covered them with some of the coconut flour mixture and wala = fried porkchops. We also had a large salad with pickled onions, cucumber, hard boiled eggs, pepperoni, salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar. Hopefully tomorrow goes just as well as today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 Today was not a star quality day for eating or exercising. I overslept so I did not get my food prepared for the day. Was crazy busy so no real time to grab anything. Didn't even get my workout in. I feel very blah...stomach is slightly upset but I consumed pretty much protein today so they may be why. Breakfast eggs with kale (this ended up being the only vegetable I consumed today. I said I was going to come home for LIFE group tonight and eat a vegetable snack but I wasn't hungry) bacon pear Lunch....what lunch???no lunch grabbed a couple handfuls of pecans during the afternoon. More nuts than I typically consume, try to keep it to small 1/4 cup handful when I consume them. About 5:30pm a bowl of chicken salad (chicken breast, homemade mayo, red onion, unsweetened cranberries, spices) Went to LIFE group and brought chicken salad where the dinner theme was soup and salad. I figured someone would bring a vegetable or fruit salad of some sort. Nope, there was only potato and pasta salad. All the soups were non-compliant. So I ate chicken salad and brisket. Since today was a meat day maybe tomorrow should be a vegetable day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Day 5 of restart 6:30am 2 HB eggs 7:00am workout Part 1 for time 30 toes to bar 20 kb or db thruster 55/35. ( both arms) 1 k row 20 kb or db thrusters 55/35. ( both arms) 30 toes to bar * 5 minute rest* Part 2 for time 20 tire flips 40 hand release pushups 30 ring rows 40 hand release pushups 20 tire flips 8:30 breakfast 2 pieces of bacon 1 med sweet potato 3 scrambled eggs with kale and spinach 11:30 lunch strawberries homemade chicken salad with homemade mayo sliced homegrown tomoto (one of the last ones I have) sliced cucumber 3:00 handful of pecans and an orange black coffee 6:00pm Chipotle (pulled pork, lettuce, guac, mild salsa, and green chili salsa) Had a sour stomach most of the day but overall a good day. Had to make a last minute 5 hour drive at 7:00pm last night to kirksville, MO. My husbands clutch went out on his car so that has thrown a loop into what I had planned to eat for the weekend. But I will stay on track this weekend, unlike what happened last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie A 'Thompson' Snyder Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 I should comment that although I feel "good" the rest of the day my workouts are suffering but I am expecting that the first couple of weeks. I have not speed, power, strength, and endurance are all taking a hit. But we will see where I am at when Day 30 arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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