barkley Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 never posted in an internet forum before BUT looking for a place to keep track of my food, mood, and post pictures of my meals. I've been mostly vegetarian for ~6 years. Planning on eating fish for the next 30 days. My job is very active (usually walk about ten miles and burn ~2200 calories per day, according to my FitBit). I'm doing Whole30 as a challenge, and to see whether my lack of energy over the last 8 months is related to my love of bread and sweets. Day 1: lunch: 3 eggs fried in olive oil and 1 large sweet potato post-work snack: 2 carrots and 1 clementine second snack: 1 larabar dinner: greens with olive oil, half can of tuna, walnuts and half an apple more snack: pistachios and pineapple I made a salad dressing with roasted garlic, olive oil, cumin and lemon juice but then had to toss it because my lemon juice had sulfites! Boo. At least I checked the label before eating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkley Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 Day 2: late breakfast: 1 soft boiled egg, carrots, potatoes & onions cooked in olive oil over mixed greens. mini-meal: 1 hard boiled egg, 1 serving walnuts, 1 carrot and half of a bell pepper dinner: same salad as last night - greens with olive oil, half can of tuna, walnuts and half an apple mini-meal: avocado with Maldon salt OR sweet potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabbitFood Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Love the photos! barkley + 10 miles = dog trainer? Caught my eye because my best friend trains dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkley Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Hey RabbitFood! Great guess, I'm a dog walker by trade. Definitely keeps me active! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkley Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 day 3. My brain felt disconnected from my body all day, like there was a scoop of cotton candy at the top of my spine. Not sure if I've got some unrelated mild illness, or if it's whole30 related. late breakfast: 1 soft boiled egg, 1 avocado, carrots, potatoes & onions cooked in olive oil over mixed greens snacks: 1 clementine, 1 banana, 1 Larabar dinner: 2 salmon cakes, broccoli roasted in coconut oil and roasted garlic mashed potatoes with homemade mayo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ShannonM816 Posted March 5, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 5, 2017 Even though you're doing this as a pescatarian, you still need to get protein. When you have eggs as your only protein in a meal, have as many whole eggs as you can hold in one hand. I suspect you're not feeling great because you're not eating enough. As an example of what would be a big enough meal, this salad came up on the Whole30 Recipes Facebook feed -- if you notice it says it feeds four. Compare that to the size of your meals. I'm not saying you have to make this for a meal, although it does look pretty tasty, but just to give you some basis for comparison as far as how much you ought to be eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkley Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Hey Shannon! Thanks for the info. I upped my breakfast from one egg to three this morning, and I think that made me feel full for a lot longer. Thanks for the tip, I appreciate your advice! Day 4: late breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in coconut oil, roasted sweet potatoes, and onions, peppers and mixed greens cooked in olive oil post workout: banana + almond butter (I know, this violates all the post-workout rules but I really didn't want to eat more eggs) dinner: tuna with homemade mayo, avocado and mixed greens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkley Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Today has made me a believer in Whole30. I had so much energy, blasted through a hard workout, and my mood was good all day. My roommates were snacking on banana cake and tortilla chips and I wasn't even tempted. breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in coconut oil, roasted sweet potatoes, and onions, peppers and mixed greens cooked in olive oil lunch: 2 salmon cakes, broccoli roasted in coconut oil and roasted garlic mashed potatoes pre-workout: banana with almond butter post-workout: 2 hard-boiled eggs late dinner: mashed avocado with roasted sweet potatoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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