LongfellowMama Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Prep day (unofficial day 1) Had a great time with friends and family last night, over-served myself a little. Starting the day with apple cider vinegar in warm water, then a mug of the bone broth I started before we went to the NYE party. Breakfast is ready for me when I am ready for it. Then I'm planning to do a big cook-up with the food I bought yesterday if my stomach can handle it! I haven't found any friends and family that want to Whole30 with me, but I'm feeling strong. If I'm buying and cooking the food, it should work out ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Day 2: So far so good. I wasn't feeling very well day the past 2 days, still not sure if I caught a bug, or just feeling bad because of detoxing. The weather was dreary, so it felt good to stay inside in my jammies all day. My husband was really helpful with the kids. Today was our first day back to school/work after a very long (17 day) winter break, so there was lots of prep to do. I posted the "meal template" on my refrigerator and have been encouraging my kids to plan their meals that way, too. My daughters packed their lunches last night according to the plan, but then put them in the freezer instead of the fridge. Frozen apples, yikes! I had a little more energy yesterday and organized my closet and a bookshelf. Trying to make my surroundings feel good, too! I'm feeling hungry today. So glad I packed emergency snacks with my lunch, but ate them all by 2:30, so I'm going to need to pack more food for work just in case. I think I'm mostly feeling the lack of foods that make me feel full and yucky. Brain fog, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Day 6: Feeling pretty good. More balanced mood. Have been feeling low-energy the past couple of days, but today I woke up with energy to tackle the day. It's been in the zeros to below zero for the past week at least, but this morning it was sunny so I put on my snowpants and took the dog for a much needed long walk. Then I brought the kids to the gym with me so my husband could have some time to himself. I have been feeling more patient with the kids the last couple of days--feeling good about that. I've started meal planning for next week and I downloaded a "10 week home organization plan" that does one room per week. We're going to start with the kitchen. I have a feeling we could just rotate through all year and still not keep everything in control, but it's worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Day 11: Still having some occasional tummy issues, but mostly feeling good. My mood and level of patience is definitely better than it has been in the last couple of months. It has been surprisingly easy to pass up food that is not whole30--I just think about how it will make me feel. I have been making sure to pack enough food for lunches at work, although I am missing some of my emergency food fallbacks-I didn't remember to buy them at the co-op this week. I will remember next week. I haven't been getting to the gym as much as I would like, but instead of feeling bad about it, I am letting myself feel good about how well I'm doing the whole30! I honestly thought not drinking alcohol would be the hardest part, but I haven't been tempted. And chocolate! Planning to look up some good crock pot recipes for next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathie C Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Love that you are logging your journey. I am doing the same on my FB page. This way I am including my friends and family in my journey and relying on their support. I am on Day 11 as well, and going into this I thought giving up alcohol was going to be my biggest struggle. I don't consider myself an alcoholic but I do tend to overcomsume more often than not for various reasons. I haven't really craved it at all so far. Although, I did have a moment Monday (Day 8) where I found myself stressed as I got stuck in the snow at 5am, and my first thoughts were to eat something unhealthy or how I just wanted a drink (to escape the stress); but that thought passed quickly. Otherwise, I have been feeling great. Sleeping so much better, energy all day long (no 3pm crashes), and not really craving 'bad' foods. Looking forward to the next 19 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Day 17: Past the halfway point! I was feeling pretty good for a while last week, then started experiencing candida die-off, I think. I came home from work Friday planning to go to a movie with my husband, and instead I went to bed at 6 p.m. I have also been experiencing headaches, some constipation, a white, scummy tongue. I was treated for candida last spring, experienced horrible die-off symptoms as my body was not processing the toxins well enough and had to stop treatment after spending a week in bed so that I could go back to work. I know based on my hashimoto's thyroiditis, that I can expect feeling good to take a little longer for me, so I am sticking with it. Trying to focus on the things that are feeling better--definitely more even mood. I also have been trying to focus on this as the one good thing I am doing for myself right now, and letting go of all the other "shoulds" on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Day 19: Woke up yesterday and today with "clothes fitting better." That feels good, finally. Still having trouble with meal planning/prep. Going to work on that more this weekend. I thought I bought a ton of groceries last weekend, but we still went through everything. And looking for more non-egg breakfast ideas. I also want to try some new sauces. I'm finding I can manage cooking "ingredients" pretty well that will last through the week, but getting bored. Energy level still pretty low during the day, then higher in the evening. Candida die-off symptoms seem to be a little better. Starting to think about after. Getting nervous about re-introducing foods, but at the same time, I know I will want to eat away from home eventually. Also missing alcohol. A part of me wonders about transitioning to the autoimmune protocol, but I'm not sure about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Day 22: I've been having headaches the last few days. Sometimes right after I eat, like breakfast this morning. I had an apple pie omelette (eggs, apple, cinnamon) and green tea. Right after I finished eating, I got a headache. Last night after dinner, too (we had burgers with mushrooms and onions and steamed broccoli). The white scum on my tongue is gone, which feels pretty good. I had some bloating and constipation over the weekend, but back to clothes fitting a little better this morning. I am hungry today. I'm finding that it's hard to eat enough at meals to do only 3 meals per day--I either need a morning snack and late lunch, or an early lunch and afternoon snack. And I haven't been doing a great job with protein at snacks. It's often nuts and/or coconut with some fruit. I'm feeling good that my family is starting to eat more of what I'm eating. i cook things I can eat, and if my kids want something else, they get it themselves. I have had such success with mood the last 3 weeks, I really wish I could convince everyone else to try this with me for a while. I suspect food (especially sugar) is triggering some of the mood swings I watch them experiencing. If I can talk my husband into it, I would love to "run out" of some of their foods and see how things go. The tricky one would be my daughter who thinks she doesn't eat meat. Occasionally she will eat bacon, but a small amount. And she is my wheat+dairy girl all the way. She could eat mac + cheese or pasta for every meal (actually very similar to how I ate as a kid, and probably got me into my current unhealthy state). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Day 26: Decided to go out to dinner with my husband tonight, so I looked up the menu at our favorite local food restaurant. I found two choices that would work for whole30, but when I ordered, I forgot to ask for no cheese on my salad! It was goat cheese, and I decided to pick around it the best I could, but i do feel like I had a reaction the next day. Going to stay away from dairy for a while longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Day 29: Went to my knitting group last night and one of my friends had just finished a whole 30! We had both done it independently. She was really happy with her results--lost 12 lbs, great skin. So far she had tried red wine and woke up with red blotchy skin the next day. I was very tempted to have some wine, but stayed strong. My fuzzy, white tongue has come back a little the last couple of days, as well as constipation. So more candida, i'm guessing. I had coffee (both decaf and regular) the last few days which I hadn't been doing (green tea instead), so I'm wondering if that is the culprit. Going to go back to no coffee for a while and see how it goes. I also had a little more fruit the past few days--for breakfast instead of eggs or meat, I've been making a fruit bowl with nuts and coconut. Delicious, but that might be the problem, too. It's making me want to stick with whole30 a little longer to figure it out before I start reintroducing, but the cocktails are calling my name! I have enough whole30 groceries for the week, so i'm going to try to stick it out sans coffee and see how it's going a few days from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongfellowMama Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Feb. 1: I ended my whole30 last night with a couple of margaritas. They were delicious, but I didn't feel great. Woke up a little crabby, too. I'm hoping this experience will make me more mindful about drinking alcohol--that was one of my goals. So today, back to whole30 eating. My digestion has still been feeling off, a little better today. I had 2 classes yesterday, got home at 7:30 and my husband had made dinner for himself and the kids, but not anything I could eat. That didn't feel great. I feel like meal planning/prep could be a full time job! I weighed myself in the morning--down 3 lbs total over 30 days. I have to say that was more than a little disappointing, but I'm trying to focus on my NSV. Clearer head, calmer mood, slightly better body composition, gut symptoms better overall, but not totally resolved. I feel like the hardest thing moving forward will be figuring out how to balance being social with this self care. I was definitely a hermit last month. The couple of times I socialized, it wasn't super fun to not partake in the wine drinking. And going to a restaurant was pretty stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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