Whole 30 Log- Round 2- April 18- May 17, 2017

[Abcd]

Starting Round 2 today.

I liked how I felt with Round 1 and then took some time off after Day 30 while I was camping and at the mercy of others cooking. There was loads of junk food around but I didn't want it usually. I had a bite or two of things to see how they would feel and just decided that was enough. It was lovely.

My dr wants me to be a certain weight. I started Round 1 with 30 pounds to lose. I lost 12. I gained some back so I'm starting Round 2 with 23 to lose. My dr wanted me to lose it 3 years ago. Now I'm aiming for September for my goal weight. I'm positive I can make it if I stay focused on healthy habits.

I'm horrible at keeping a log but I'm going to try.

Day 1 log:

B: 1/2 mango, 2 eggs w/compliant lunch meat, salsa, coffee w/almond milk

Note: I need to shop! I didn't realize we have nothing compliant in the house for easy snacks. Yikes!! I'm going to cut down on snacks this round, but I don't think going cold turkey is going to happen well with me.

S: zucchini sauteed in EVOO, mayo (compliant) with chipotle chili powder

W: 9:40 am- 32 ounces down

I'm going to stop mentioning when things are compliant, because if they aren't, I won't eat them.  Of course, there's always the chance I'll eat something that I didn't realize wasn't compliant. If anyone is reading this, please comment on non compliant foods I might have accidentally added.

 

[shii]

Best of luck to you! You've got this. While you are on the Whole30, don't worry about your weight. Eating whole foods will help, but sometimes you shift your body composition without losing any weight at all. (That happened to me on Round 3, this past January). In the end, what matters is building the habits that will help you past those 30 days.

 

[Abcd]

9 minutes ago, shii said:

While you are on the Whole30, don't worry about your weight. Eating whole foods will help, but sometimes you shift your body composition without losing any weight at all. (That happened to me on Round 3, this past January). In the end, what matters is building the habits that will help you past those 30 days.

 

That is so true!! I'd really really like my dr off my case, but I need to focus on health, first!!! You are 100% right!

[Abcd]

Day 2:

B: 2 eggs and sausage, coffee w/ almond milk

L: tuna with mayo and chipotle chili powder, berries, almonds

S: coffee w/almond milk, dried mango

D: fish baked with sausage and jalapenos, salad w/balsamic vinegar

[shii]

Sounds tasty!

Since it's something I'm thinking about, I'll ask you - how do you feel about your vegetable consumption? My goal is to eventually be at the 80% veggies to 20% meat ratio on my plate, but I'm often nowhere near that. (I love meat, it's a problem.) I associate protein and fat consumption with satiety (if all I eat is veggies, I'm hungry 2 hours later), but I think I've been having too much fat + protein and not enough on the veggies... endless challenge. 

[Abcd]

Shii,

I eat a lot of veggies- most likely as much as I should. I probably don't eat the fruit the RDA suggests. I love veggies. I love fruit more, but I just don't get it in. I just realized I probably didn't put them on the list. Oops. I usually have a very large salad with lettuce, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and anything else I can find in the fridge. We have a housemate who is afraid of nuts, but when she's out, we throw nuts in the salad. I absolutely love that! Last night's salad had 2 kinds of fresh squash and avocado, too, and very little lettuce because I was almost out of lettuce and needed to save it for the iguana (yes, she comes first).

We have started spiralizing squashes to use in place of pasta. That increases the veggies. I often throw in Swiss chard or spinach or kale when I'm making an omelet or scramble.

I've been having salads with fish on top or I'll throw meat in. I love warm meat with a cold salad. One of my favorites is chunks of warm meat, warm sweet potato, and cold greens. I'll also do taco salad kind of things and sometimes even just do a fried egg on a bed of lettuce.

I put salsa on almost everything. I am a salsa addict. I used balsamic vinegar last night and it was a nice change.

So, to answer your question, I get my veggies in.  I probably need a bit more protein. I get hungry easily and end up snacking more than I should. I'm working on that. Snacking on veggies after being hungry because of them isn't sort of counterproductive.

[Abcd]

Day 3:

B: eggs & sausage, coffee with almond milk (x2), berries

L: dried mango, hashbrown potatoes, fish salad on a huge salad. Coconut La Croix water.

S: Blueberry Larabar, coffee with almond milk, Apple (this snack was over about a 3 hour period.)

D: Meatloaf made with ground beef, sausage/ground pork, hardboiled and other eggs, potatoes, onions. Handful of almonds

Got dinner on the run between kids/work. Meant to have a salad later but wasn't hungry at all.

[Abcd]

20 hours ago, shii said:

Since it's something I'm thinking about, I'll ask you - how do you feel about your vegetable consumption? My goal is to eventually be at the 80% veggies to 20% meat ratio on my plate, but I'm often nowhere near that. (I love meat, it's a problem.) I associate protein and fat consumption with satiety (if all I eat is veggies, I'm hungry 2 hours later), but I think I've been having too much fat + protein and not enough on the veggies... endless challenge. 

I answered your question yesterday after lunch and then for dinner I had no veggies. I was too full. I'm going through the stage of being hungry then not at all hungry when I should be. That's always a bit weird to me. I'm going to have to push for more veggies today.

 

[Abcd]

This never posted so I'm trying again just so I have the whole meal log when I'm done.

 

Day 1

B: 1/2 mango, 2 eggs w/compliant lunch meat, salsa, coffee w/almond milk

S: zucchini sauteed in EVOO, mayo (compliant) with chipotle chili powder

L: fish w/mayo and chili powder (ran off to a meeting before I got veggies. Took snack with me to have after)

S: apple, nuts

D: Salad (lettuce, bell pepper, celery)  with salsa, garlic shrimp on zucchini zoodles

S: tea with almond milk (allergies. I needed something warm to quell scratchy throat)

W: 64 ounces +

[Abcd]

Day 4:

B: coffee w/almond milk (x2), 1/3 mango, meatloaf

L: Lettuce, potatoes, fish salad, 1/4 mango

S: coconut water, larabar, banana

D: 2 burgers, 2 cups of sugar snap peas

S: teaspoon of cashew butter

NSV: I had a humongous amount of veggies today. Had a party for my work and avoided everything I shouldn't have. I wasn't sure I was going to make it. Thankfully folks I was with had done W30, ending last Tuesday, so they sort of understood what I was doing. That helped a lot.  A month ago, they would have pushed beer on me. Tonight they didn't at all.

 

[Abcd]

Had an opportunity to try some foods on Saturday I didn't fit in while I was doing reintro a couple weeks ago so I deviated. I'm starting back again and today is Day 2. I felt great on Saturday except when I ate licorice. Sadly, I'll stay away from gluten more than ever before from now on.

Day 1 (Sunday, April 23): @ an event... traveling, too, so I didn't have my stuff available. My fault, my loss, but it worked out just fine (if you consider a huge load of fruit okay. I do because I know I don't eat enough usually.)

B: Blackberries & blueberries, coffee w/ almond milk, Larabar

L/S: 2 hard boiled eggs, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apple, banana, Larabar

D: Salad with salsa and chicken, part of a coffee with almond & coconut milk at Coffee Bean.

I need to get more protein in. I felt great yesterday, though. Being outdoors, up and about almost all day, does well with my body!

[shii]

Yay! I wish I had been outdoors more. I've been inside a whole lot as of late. Not so good. I usually go hiking on the weekends, but I was helping out at a model united nations conference this weekend, so that kept me inside 11+ hours each day. Boo.

How's the veggie-focusing going?

[Abcd]

48 minutes ago, shii said:

Yay! I wish I had been outdoors more. I've been inside a whole lot as of late. Not so good. I usually go hiking on the weekends, but I was helping out at a model united nations conference this weekend, so that kept me inside 11+ hours each day. Boo.

How's the veggie-focusing going?

Are you a teacher? MUN is great! I've only experienced it through "my kids" since as a math teacher I've usually been called to do other things like SAT practice and such. I'm not in the classroom these days, tutoring instead. Might go back to the classroom next year as a sub. We'll see.

My veggie consumption is very irregular. Today I had a moderate amount. Yesterday, tons. Some friends made some compliant veggie beef soup that I've been loving so I'm getting them in that and as a salad on the side. I made my family a chilaquile casserole that was full of Swiss chard and onions from the garden. It wasn't compliant so I didn't try it, but after making such a vegetable heavy dish, I was in the mood to add more to my soup. Swiss Chard was a wonderful addition.

[shii]

I'm a graduate student and part-time instructor, so I teach to pay the bills while working on my PhD. It was one of my former students that organized the conference; he needed another "fancy-schmancy" person and asked me, a complete novice. I had a blast, though! Glad I did it. 

Wish I could do swiss chard. They sell rainbow swiss chard at Sprouts, our favorite grocery store, but my husband has... bad childhood memories regarding swiss chard, so bans it from the house. Well, I could do it myself, he wouldn't stop me, but he doesn't want it, and mostly, neither of us wants to take the effort to cook separately.

[Abcd]

Haven't posted in a while. I've been eating pretty well but not keeping track of everything. I need to decrease my nut and dried fruit consumption.

For the first time I had a colleague ask if I've been losing weight. YEAH!

Monday:

Breakfast: eggs with veggies

Lunch: fish salad in a bell pepper with lettuce on the side

Snack: dried mango, fresh mango

Dinner- roasted vegetable soup with eggs and almonds on the side.

Tuesday:

Breakfast: avocado with fish salad, coffee w/almond milk

Lunch: almonds and dried mango

Dinner- zoodles w/shrimp and sun dried tomatoes.

[Abcd]

I'll admit doing R2 is a lot harder for me than R1 was. I have an idea of what works well for me and what doesn't. It's a challenge to go back and stop eating those things that are fine. With that said, I'm starting R2 for a 3rd or 4th time today. I will make it!!!

[shii]

Ah. Best of luck! You can do this. 

 

I will admit that my first attempt at doing a round 2, about a week after I finished the first one, was incredibly difficult. I basically had a nervous breakdown and crashed out around day 10. What has worked for me is waiting a month or two between rounds. If I try for another one too quickly, I basically rebel at the renewed restrictions and mentally resent it to the point where I give up. Whereas if I wait a few months, then I'm grateful for the return to structure. Your mileage may vary, but I guess I'm suggesting that if it isn't working for you right now, you might want to give yourself some breathing room before doing another Whole30  

[Abcd]

Shii- You are so right!!! I took a couple more days off to have some new and old stuff. Now I'm back. I'm going strong and not doing the "oh, it won't hurt" thoughts like I did from moment 1 every time before.

 

 

[Abcd]

R2- I should finish June 7th. That sounds great since I'll be on the road starting June 16th and I really don't want to deal with asking everyone "what's in that?"

Note: I always get enough water. I'm not even mentioning that.

D1: (5/9/17) B: eggs, potatoes, berries, coffee (x 2).  S: Larabar   L: pork soup, avocado, lime, w/ salad.     S: almonds, dried mango.  D: zoodles w/ shrimp, salad.

Felt bloated and yucky from too much dried fruit.

D2: (5/10/17) B: Pork & egg, coffee.     Workout w/Meredith.   S: almonds, dried mango. 1 mile jog.  L: potatoes, pork soup, avocado, lime, berries, salad. S: small amount of almonds, coffee.  D: pork chops, twice baked potato (garlic, water, potato, onion), salad, coffee. S: mango.

D3: (5/11/17) B: potato, Swiss Chard, green onion, turkey sausage, egg scramble with salsa, coffee.

Goals for the week: 1) cut down on coffee (3 a day or fewer), 2) cut down on dried fruit, 3) cut down on nuts, 4) increase exercise.