Whole30 day 18: check yourself

Sleep:
7.5 - 8 hrs.
Am still feeling a little tired when I wake up, but I've definitely got more energy throughout the day.

Exercise:
none

Meal 1:
cauliflower fried rice with extra spaghetti sauce
coffee

Meal 2:

spaghetti squash with sauce (no picture because I ate in clinic in between patients -- it was a little crazy today)

Meal 3:

small bowl of spaghetti squash with sauce (no picture again because my parents were at my house and I just plain forgot to take a pic)

kabocha squash mash

strawberries

macadamia nuts

So you may be wondering what the title of this blog means. Lately Coach Rob has been emphasizing shoulders and mobility to keep proper form and prevent injury when lifting (almost everybody I know who lifts has a "shoulder thing"), and it's really become apparent to me that I have HORRIBLE posture. Without even realizing it, I scrunch my shoulders up and forward, which forces my neck and head forward as well. It's probably partly from being a slouch and partly how stress from the day manifests itself. 

Coach Rob does a mental check every hour to remind himself of his posture. I started doing a self check as well, and it's pretty amazing how easily/quickly I slip back into my bad posture! I also like to look at it as a reminder to not let the stress get to me. Maybe it's all mental, but when I relax my shoulders and square them, I feel more ready to take things on? Try it!

It's 9:28 pm, and my fuelband reads: 2487 

Whole30 Day 17

Sleep:
7 hrs, but very difficult to get up. edit: I take that back. It's always hard to get up at 4:50 am, no matter how much sleep I've gotten. I perked right up by 5 am, and was not dragging ass like I used to throughout the day.

Exercise:
Crossfit
Walk with Kina

Supplements:
Fish Oil
D3

Meal 1 + post WOD bonus meal:
the ever-present Kalua pork with veggies (tomato, mushroom, spinach, onion)
kale
half an avocado

small bonus: my pants felt looser when I put them on this morning!

Meal 2:
spaghetti squash and sauce

Meal 3:
cauliflower fried rice, which really doesn't taste or feel like rice, but delicious anyway. I was still a little hungry halfway through so I added some extra spaghetti sauce I had (not pictured).

I ended up snacking on plantain chips afterwards and ate more than I should have. Snacking is always an issue with me because I am such a volume eater (need to eat a lot in order to feel satisfied). Good thing there are no more plantain chips at home! It was probably also an indication that it was time to go to bed, but I ignored it and stayed up way too late watching TV (old habits die hard).

fuelband at 11:00 pm: 3000

Whole30 day 16

Sleep:
8 hrs. I did not go to Crossfit this morning because I didn't get home until 10 last night. I'm finding that sleep really affects my ability to stay strong in the face of temptation. If I'm tired, I give in more easily to cravings (or they surface more often -- see yesterday's post about wanting to nosh on something and eating too many nuts/plantain chips).

Exercise:
took Kina for a walk. We went on a different path, so I'm not sure how far we walked. It probably took about half an hour or so.
Went for oly lifting at CrossFit after work (class got out early, yay!). Today was my first official return to olympic lifting. I am the suck. I miss the days where any weight I threw around was a PR. My max numbers today were pretty sad when compared to where I was before surgery. It's frustrating to backslide, but I'm glad to be back at it, and as Coach Rob says, live to fight again another day.

Supplements:
Fish oil, D3

Meal 1:
Kalua pork with veggies (mushrooms, spinach, onion, salsa)
kale stir fried with garlic and olive oil

Meal 2:
sandwich in a bowl from Whichwich (turkey lunchmeat on a bed of spinach with tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, pickles, bacon and avocado)
I really need to cook something tonight. I don't like spending this much on food per meal

Meal 3:
I had nothing in my fridge, so I stopped by the market on the way home from crossfit and bought stuff to cook for the rest of the week.
I made spaghetti squash, sauce, kabocha squash mash and cauliflower fried rice. While I was cooking, I snacked a bit on sweet potato chips and strawberries that my mom bought from the farmer's market over the weekend (translation: a little bit of fat and carbs). By the time I finished, I wasn't very hungry, but I probably wouldn't make it through crossfit tomorrow morning if I don't eat at all, so I opted for a small bowl of spaghetti squash and sauce:

It's 8:45 pm, and my fuelband reads: 3126

Whole30 day 15

Halfway through!

Sleep:
6 hrs. I got in late last night from the game, and woke up early this morning because I needed to make sure my lecture was ready (I am the ultimate procrastinator) before 9 so I skipped crossfit but was still up at 5 am to work.

Exercise:
none. See above

Meal 1:
kalua pork and veggies

Due to social engagements, energy spent organizing my house and poor planning, I did not make it to the grocery store this weekend. Nor did I get to prepare food for the week. I have a meeting tonight to go to  that will last until 10 pm, so I'm a little bit effed as far as Whole30 goes. I am too far in to screw up, though, so you will be seeing me eat out a lot until I can cook something.

Meal 2:
Grilled cajun swai (from California Fish Grill)
Sweet potato fries

decided to go to Trader Joe's during my lunch break, which was a HUGE mistake. I wanted something to snack on pretty badly, so I bought some plantain chips and some nuts (almonds and cashews).

I have been sitting here at my desk noshing on them like there's no tomorrow. I should not be allowed to buy nuts/chips unless I can prepackage them in reasonable serving sizes. (This was at 5 pm)

Meal 3:
Power Mediterranean salad from panera.
Part of a meatball from bucca di beppo until I realized there might be bread crumbs in it, then stopped.

I'm determined to prove I can survive "life as normal" while eating paleo. Thus far I have been pretty successful. I'm not going to sugar coat it and say it doesn't suck to be eating salad when everybody else is eating pasta and bread. The key is that I'm finally putting my own health in front of my need to fit in and be "normal," and food no longer owns me. It's incredibly freeing (while also incredibly restrictive at the same time. It's an odd sort of oxymoron)

It's 10:10 pm and my fuelband reads 2819.

Whole30 day 14

Sleep:
8 hrs? I didn't keep track. Just went to sleep and let myself wake up whenever I wanted to.

Exercise:
went to the OC Greatpark with Mom, Dad and Kina to try out my new bicycle. We did pretty well until I was playing on the grass with Kina, and slipped and fell on my bum. My pants were soaked through because the grass was still wet from all the rain we've had in southern California. End playing.

Meal 1:
Kalua pork with veggies
2 cuties

Meal 2:
1/3 lb burger in a bowl at the counter with mom an dad (grilled pineapple, tomato, onion, peppers)
Sweet potato fries

Since starting the Whole30, I've restricted my meals with my parents because my mom tends to go a little overboard on feeding me. It's been tough telling her to not cook for me (I realize this also sounds very first-world-problemy), but she has been really great at respecting my wishes. She has tried a number of times to bring me food, but my "no thank you's" are getting firmer, and her response has been more acquiescent.

Meals are a big part of quality time in my family, though, and to deny my mom that is pretty much to renounce my last name. So I took them out for burgers. Yes, I went to The Counter again. I tried for California Fish Grill, but my mom didn't feel like having fish.

My parents commented on how clear my complexion is, as well as how I've slimmed down already. My dad would like to try a Whole30, but when I told him "no soy, no cereal, no rice, no bread," his enthusiasm waned a wee little bit. :) It's ok. Baby steps. I'm hoping the change I show them in my 30 days will be evidence enough for them to clean things up a bit.

Meal 3:
Brat at staples center (clippers game)

Ah, dinner... met up with old friends from optometry school to go to a Clipper's game at the Staples Center. We went to a place called Corkbar to have an early dinner before the game. Everybody else ordered sliders, grilled cheese, steak sandwiches. I ordered salmon and asked to replace the lentils with broccolini.

The time came to leave (we needed to get in to the game) but my food and one other person's food had not come. I started to stress out a little bit because I knew missing the game was not an option, but stadium food is also horrible for a Whole30.

I'm a team player, though, so I cancelled my order and left without eating. At the Staples Center, I ordered a sausage that came drizzled in nacho cheese and peppers (I looked everywhere, and not a description in sight... I should have asked, but I didn't want to be that person that held up a huge line asking if the meat is organic and if there was dairy on it). So I scraped off the cheese (omg, did that really take some will power, because I love synthetic nacho cheese!) and ate the brat and peppers.

My friend sitting next to me ate the bun and the cheese, and then proceeded to buy nachos with extra cheese and a beer. Bastard. Two seats down from me, my friend had popcorn. Jerk.

Me? I sipped my $4 bottle of water the rest of the night. Sigh.

Lesson: I CAN do it. It wasn't fun, but it also wasn't that hard. I felt pretty good about myself. Will I always be so iron-willed? Probably not, but knowing that I can will help me to pause a little longer the next time I'm faced with temptation.

fuelband: I forgot to log again, but at arond 11:15 pm last night, it read about 3200.

Whole30 day 13

Sleep:
Not sure, but around 8 hrs. Slept in until 8:30. I love Saturdays.

Exercise:
None. Chores and organizing my house.

Supplements:
Fish oil, D3

Meal 1:
Kalua pork (yes, I actually made more last night before going to the party) with spinach, onion, tomato and salsa.

I was still a little hungry after eating the plate above, so I decided to make some kale. I loves me some kale.

I've been meaning to organize my house for a long time. Since my parents moved here (and while they were living here), I let a lot of clutter go because there has always been something else to focus on. Things have been thrown helter-skelter into drawers, shelves, closets... wherever there was space. Opening closets and drawers drove me nuts, but I haven't had the time energy to clean up, so I've just been closing the door/drawer and pretending I didn't see it.

Maybe it's because my brain is clearer, or maybe my energy level is up, but I decided to tackle a couple of closets and rooms this afternoon. I made a pretty significant dent, but I still have a lot more to go (edit: I kind of think if I allowed myself to go on for another few years like this, you'd see me on one of those Extreme Hoarding shows. I have a giant pile of stuff that needs to be donated. I have no idea why I've hung onto it for so long).

The funny thing is, I feel so much better having cleared out some of the clutter. Is it crazy of me to say that the clutter was cluttering my brain, sapping me of my energy and making me fat? That's how I feel.

I got so caught up organizing my house that I completely missed lunch. The cool thing is, I wasn't hungry.

Meal 2:
Gyro plate with baba ghanoush and steamed veggies.

I was feeling a little too lazy to make dinner, so I went for takeout at a restaurant near my house. I was one of those people who asked a billion questions about how the meat and baba ghanoush was prepared ("is there any wheat, dairy, soy in the meat?" bleh. Ah well, I've come too far to mess it up on one silly meal) before finally ordering.

It's 7:35 pm, and my fuelband says: 3619. 

Whole30 day 12

Sleep:
7 hrs, no interruptions, but it definitely felt too short when I woke up. Good thing tomorrow is Saturday.

Exercise:
CrossFit
It's still raining pretty hard this morning so no walk for Kina :(

Supplements:
Fish oil, D3

Meal 1 + bonus post WOD meal:
Salmon
Kale stir fried with garlic and olive oil
Butternut squash purée
Half an avocado

Meal 2:
paleo chili

Meal 3:
paleo chili
handful of macadamia nuts at 6:00 pm after work, before going out to celebrate a birthday (so I could stay strong in the face of temptation).

Meal 4:

lettuce-wrapped burger with bacon and avocado (at the party)

I have a feeling I ate too much today in total, but dah well. Win some, lose some!

I forgot to log my fuelband points, but I was over 3000 before the party.

Social events are kind of tough. I really wanted to have some chips! The good news is, though, that my diet has been clean enough that the big, hairy, angry hunger monster doesn't take over anymore. Turning down stuff that isn't good for me is waaay easier when I'm not carb-addicted.

Whole30 day 11

Finally made it into the double digits!
I can honestly say I have never been this consistent for this long on any of my previous 30 day challenges. So, yay me!

Sleep:
8 hrs. Kina woke me up twice, though, so I'm not feeling particularly great this morning. :|

Exercise:
None. Recovery day! Also, it's raining outside. In California, that's enough of an excuse to not take Kina for a walk (poor girl. edit: I saw my parents as patients first thing this morning, and they offered to take her for a walk when the got home. No animals were harmed in the writing of this blog).

Supplements: fish oil, D3

Meal 1:
lemon dill salmon
kale stir fried with garlic in olive oil
butternut squash
coffee

Meal 2:

paleo chili. I have no picture because I ate at my desk in between patients. One of our morning patients came late and made me miss lunch...  so next time you're thinking about being late for an appointment, remember that your doctor needs to EAT LUNCH!

2 cuties
cashews

I seriously debated not eating this evening because it was 8:30pm by the time I got home and I wasn't actually that hungry. Whole9 recommends eating 3-4 hrs before bed, which isn't going to happen because I need to go to bed by 10 in order to get 7 hrs of sleep in before crossfit tomorrow morning. I knew I'd be starving before crossfit, though, so I made (btw, I've just read through this paragraph and can't help but be a little ashamed at how first-world-problemy I sound -- and really, when you think about it, the whole premise of any diet is very first-world-problemy -- "poor me. I have to pick and choose my food based on what's good for me so I don't get TOO FAT." So, yeah. First world problems):

Meal 3:
lettuce-wrapped turkey burger (topped with tomato, onion, avocado, and salsa)

Thank goodness for Trader Joe's and frozen turkey burger patties. I knew buying these would come in handy one of these days...

It's 9:10 pm, and my fuelband reads: 2567

Whole30 day 10

Sleep:
7 hrs. Kina woke me up once. Dragging a bit this morning when I got up for crossfit.

Exercise:
Crossfit. Definitely feeling stronger, more able to push myself this morning.

Meal 1 + bonus post-WOD meal:
Kalua pork with veggies (spinach, tomato, onion, mushrooms)
Salsa
Half an avocado

Meal 2:
Lemon dill salmon
Kale stir fried with garlic in olive oil
Butternut squash

Meal 3:
Paleo chili
Cashews

Got home at 9. Was a little hungry but more tired so I had a bite of leftover fish (literally a bite) and then went to bed.

Fuelband at 9:45 pm: 3046

Whole30 day 9

Sleep:
7 hrs. Kina woke me up at 2:15 to be let outside. I felt pretty tired when my alarm went off at 4:45

Exercise:
Crossfit. Feeling MUCH better. Didn't notice it until Coach Rob pointed out how much better my energy output was today in comparison to last Tuesday when a shorter WOD almost made me throw up --> progress, people!
Walk with kina (2.4 miles)

Supplements: fish oil, D3

Meal 1 + post WOD bonus meal:
Kalua pork with tomato, spinach, onion, mushroom topped with homemade salsa.
Not really sure what to call it, but it was great.

Meal 2:
Power Mediterranean chicken salad from panera
Did you know panera has a secret menu? I didn't either, until now, but it's great!

Meal 3:
apple
macadamia nuts

Meal 4:
Kalua pork lettuce-wrapped tacos with avocado and salsa

it's 8:35 pm, and my fuelband reads: 3225

almost 1/3 of the way done! Hunger is definitely down, and satiety is up (thanks to all the fat I've been eating). Latest craving: Japanese curry! I haven't been able to find a Whole30 compliant recipe though, and tomorrow it might be some other strange craving. If it persists, I will see what I can do about it this weekend.

Whole30 day 8

Sleep: 7 hrs, no interruptions! Felt very rested when I woke up.

Exercise: CrossFit (5:30 am)
Short walk with kina (less than a mile because I was running late for work)

Supplements: fish oil, D3

Meal 1:
Eggs scrambled with veggies (spinach, tomato, mushroom, onion)
Kalua pork
Coffee

my eczema is flaring up again. I'm wondering if it's because of all the eggs I've been eating, so I'm going to try cutting out eggs for breakfast (which means I will be eating more of the same food for all meals... sorry) and see what happens.

Meal 2: snack
Macadamia nuts
Apple

Meal 3:
Paleo chili (ground turkey, onion, broccoli, mushrooms, tomatoes, sweet peppers)
Spaghetti squash

Meal 4:
baked lemon dill salmon with roasted tomato salsa
kale stir-fried with garlic
butternut squash puree

it's 8:25 pm, and my fueldband reads: 3371

Whole30 day 7

One week down!

Sleep: 6.5 hrs. I allowed myself to stay up too late last night, but had to get up early to take Kina to the veterinarian for her vaccinations.

Exercise: none (more errands and chores)

Meal 1:
Eggs scrambled with veggies (tomato, onion, spinach)
Kalua pork
Coffee

Meal 2:
Leftover stir fry from mom's dinner last night
Half an Asian pear
Cashews (not pictured)

Meal 3: snack at the party (I turned down cookies and cake! Cookies and cake, people!)
Chicken drumstick

Meal 4: went out to eat at The Counter with some friends after the party (look ma, more socialization!)
Burger in a bowl with lettuce, tomato, peppers, grilled pineapple
Sweet potato fries (no ketchup/sauce)
I ordered a 1/3 lb burger with guacamole. It came out as a 2/3 lb patty with a bun. When it came back still a 2/3 lb patty as a bowl without guacamole, I decided to just stop sending it back and eat it. I am extremely full (I should have stopped after 1/3 lb), but it was exactly what I was craving.

I cooked up a pot of paleo chili, which is code for "cram as many veggies as I can into a pot with ground meat, cumin and cayenne pepper." I've discovered I really do not like eating whole vegetables -- too much chewing? I do much better when the veggies are chopped up into itty-bitty pieces.

I also made some roasted tomato salsa so I can have some kalua pork lettuce-wrapped tacos this week. I will need to find something else to make mid-week (probably fish again) for the rest of the week, but I'm off to a good start!

It's now about 8 pm and the fuelband reads: 2919

Whole30 Day 6

Saturday!

Sleep: about 8-9 hrs? I'm not exactly sure when I fell asleep. I slept in until about 8:30 this morning, though, and it was glorious.

Exercise: no specific activity. Kina didn't get a walk today because I had so many errands to run. :( She did, however, get a car ride to and from my parents' place, and a visit with my parents (her two favorite people... outside of me, of course).

Meal 1:
eggs scrambled with veggies (tomato, onion, broccoli slaw)
spaghetti squash

Meal 2:

I was out running errands when hunger hit, but I wasn't finished with errands. I'm a firm believer in making this work with my life, not letting it change everything about my life. That means I wasn't going to drive home to pull the kalua pork out of the fridge for my meal and then head back out to finish my errands. It would have been a phenomenal waste of time. 

So what's a girl to do? I went to Carl's Jr. for a turkey burger, low carb style, without cheese or any sauces. Why Carl's Jr? I had a choice between In N Out or Carl's Jr. Whole9 recommends going as lean as possible with meat if you don't know where it's coming from so as to minimize your exposure to antibiotics, hormones fed to the animals. In N Out has a commitment to "fresh" beef that comes from a source close enough by that they don't have to freeze the patties. I like that fact a lot, but it doesn't guarantee that the cows are healthy... ergo, I went to Carl's Jr. for a turkey burger: 

Meal 3: 

late afternoon "snack" of kalua pork and some cashews to tide me over until dinner at mom's.

Meal 4: 

beef stir fried with gai lan

chicken breast stir fried with sweet peppers (red and orange)

My mom had guests over for dinner, so I didn't feel that it was appropriate to pull my phone out to take a photo of my plate (my phone was safely tucked away in my purse, nowhere near the table). 

The most awesome part of dinner? The fact that my mom took my "diet" into account, and stir fried separate dishes for me without soy sauce (which, if you know my mom, is a HUGE victory). She tried to find olive oil for me, but didn't have any, so she used grapeseed oil. 

Technically this is enough to have counted as a "fail" on my Whole30. Please see, however, the sentence above about this working within the confines of my life, not taking over my life. Food should be fuel, not my everything, my all-consuming-i-just-ate-but-am-now-worried-about-what-I'll-be-able-to-eat-next-because-I-MUST-be-perfect master. I already felt honored enough that my mom made an Edeline-specific dinner while the rest of her guests ate whatever she made. I was NOT about to stamp my foot and fold my arms in the middle of the kitchen like a petulant child and INSIST that she cook my food with olive oil, not grapeseed or I wouldn't eat it.

I'm also pretty sure it is not a healthy response to food for me to become a recluse and not go out with friends/family/coworkers because I won't be able to eat Whole30 compliant foods.

After dinner, I came home to relax a little bit, but made the mistake of keeping the cashews open. I started mindlessly snacking on them, and ate more than I should have. While these are Whole30 compliant, my compulsion to overeat them is not. I think I should not purchase bags of nuts anymore until I can better manage my "feed" compulsion.

It's about 11:30 pm, and my fuelband reads: 3222. Running errands and doing housework!

Tomorrow is my first social event. Here's to making it work!

Whole30 day 5

Sleep: 7 hrs! No interruptions. I think I woke up a couple times because my legs were so sore it hurt enough when I changed positions to wake me up, but I went right back to sleep.

Exercise:
Crossfit (5:30 am): did not complete the WOD (called it after 30 mins) but did not feel like throwing up. Still scaling a lot of the movements. Awesomeness will come later. For now, I'm just showing up and doing work.
2.4 mile walk with Kina immediately after

Supplements: fish oil, D3

Meal 1 + post WOD bonus meal:
Eggs scrambled with broccoli slaw, tomato, onion (I'm almost out of broccoli slaw, so thus will change soon)
Leftover Kalua pork
Spaghetti squash

Meal 2 @ 12:30:
Cauliflower fried rice (cauliflower, egg, chicken breast, onion)

Meal 3 (not pictured because I ate it before a goal setting meeting at Crossfit. I was starving because it had been 6 hrs since meal 2):
Kalua pork
Kabocha mash

Meal 4 (about an hour and a half later):
Kalua pork (I will be eating this for a while)
Kabocha mash
Spaghetti squash

It's now about 8:20 pm, and I just finished meal 4. I'm feeling pretty good, but maybe because it's Friday and I'm used to splurging on Fridays, I want something carby/fatty. I just set a goal to be down a size in 6 months, though. I tried my "almost fat pants," which are a size smaller than my current pant size just now, and I have A LONG WAY to go! So, even though my brain is saying to eat something else, I'm going to close down the kitchen for the day.

Nike fuelband points: 3954. Crossfit day.  'nuf said. :)

This weekend will be a test for me. I have a baby's birthday party to go to on Sunday (my first social event since starting the Whole30). The plan is to eat before I go so that I'm not hungry, and to arrive a little later so that the food will already be picked over. I also need to find some time to prepare meals for the next week. Wish me luck!

Whole30 day 4

Sleep: 7 hrs + 1hr of "snoozing." I meant to get up to take Kina for a walk but couldn't drag my butt out of bed. Poor Kina! :(

Exercise: none. Recovery day! My legs are still sore from Tuesday and Wednesday --> I'm still walking funny.

Supplements: fish oil and D3

Meal 1:
Eggs scrambled with broccoli slaw, tomato, onion (used coconut oil because I'm out of avocado for fat)
Spaghetti squash
Coffee

Meal 2:
Chicken cacciatore
Green beans
Kabocha mash
Treat: cuties!

Meal 3:
Pulled pork (modified from Nomnompaleo's recipe) -- omg. SO GOOD. So. Good.
Kabocha Mash
Spaghetti squash

Feeling pretty awesome today. This is supposed to be the start of the Kill All the Things phase, but I was actually in a pretty good mood today. Not super lethargic in the morning like I have been (although I did still miss taking Kina out for a walk in favor of sleep), and not easily annoyed with people! 

My skin is starting to clear up, and my head feels pretty clear (or at least it feels like that... maybe I'm reading into it?). I got hungry mainly because of the length of time between meals, but it's not all-consuming. I had a small craving in the afternoon for something carby and sweet which I blame on a little bit of work-related stress (patient almost fainted on me), but that passed.

Nike fuelband (at 8:40 pm): 2530. I probably won't make it to 3000 today, but that's ok. Today is rest and recovery day!

Whole30 day 3

Sleep (last night): 6.5 hrs.
I started watching a documentary on PBS? called "my big fat diet" that kept me up past my bedtime. I finally dvr'd the rest and went to bed. It was about Native American people in Canada and the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, etc since European influence and a doctor who recommended that they return to their native diet to reduce these diseases. He started a yearlong study with about 60 of them. I'll fill you in on the results when i finish it. What did their diet sound a lot like? I'll give you one guess...

Exercise: 5:30 am crossfit. I scaled the shit out of the WOD, but felt waaaaay better.
Took Kina for a 2.4 mile walk

Meal 1 + postWOD bonus meal:
Eggs scrambled with broccoli slaw, tomato and onion (becoming my default brekkie)
Leftover lemon dill salmon
Leftover butternut squash purée
1/2 avocado
Coffee, black

Meal 2:
chicken cacciatore (it is very sour, and too much liquid! Need to modify that for next time)
braised green beans
kabocha squash mash (it's green because I actually mashed the rind into it too. I used ghee and a little chicken stock. H'oh man, it's YUMMY)

Meal 3: happened at 9 pm (that's when I got home from work), so it was leftovers I had prepared this weekend. I am so thankful that I prepped ahead of time and made this, because the last thing I wanted to do when I got home is make dinner.

Cauliflower "fried rice," modified from Everyday Paleo and Nomnompaleo:

As I was pulling this out of the fridge, I realized that I only have enough protein prepped for lunch tomorrow (another long/late day). I wanted to punch myself in the face. So... even though I'm pretty tired (and very sore from yesterday and this morning's WODs), I put pork tenderloin in the slow cooker. I'm attempting Kalua Pig a la Nomnompaleo. I'm a little apprehensive because lately everything I've thrown into the slow cooker has turned out dry. 

It's about 10 pm and I am just sitting down to rest for the first time today. According to Whole9, I should have worked another meal into my day, but the patient schedule was just too tight this evening and I wasn't able to take a snack break. I ended up going from meal 2 at 12 pm to meal 3 at 9 pm. My hunger level wasn't too bad when I got home, though, so I'm hoping I might already be fat-adapted!

Nike fuel points: 3894! Phew! I knew I was tired!

Day 3 is done! I'm off to bed. I've managed to acquire a few more readers, which actually really helps with accountability (knowing I have to blog/photo everything I put in my piehole makes me think twice before putting it in, heh). Thanks for reading!

Whole30 day 2

Sleep (last night): 7 hrs total. Woke up 3 times (drank too much water before bed I guess), once for kina
Exercise: crossfit (5:30 am). Felt HORRIBLE. I've never come this close to throwing up after a WOD

Supplements: fish oil, D3

Meal 1 + post WOD bonus meal in one:
2 eggs scrambled with tomato, onion and broccoli slaw (I bought it and then discovered I didn't know what to do with it... So into my eggs it goes!)
boiled Kabocha squash
Chicken cacciatore (modified from nomnompaleo's recipe)
1/2 avocado
Coffee, black

Meal 2:
Spaghetti squash and homemade spaghetti sauce (tomatoes, tomato paste, peppers, onions, broccoli)
(it tasted a lot better than it looks)

Meal 3:
Chicken cacciatore
Kabocha squash mash (yum!)
Braised green beans

Thus far have not felt hungry at all. Had a little mid-afternoon craving for something to snack on, but was able to distract myself with work. If my clothes don't start feeling looser I may have to cut back on the portions. 

Small headache this afternoon and this evening. Probably the carb hangover that Whole9 describes here. I can't wait for the Kill All the Things phase (had a small urge to snap at one of my coworkers this afternoon already, heh).

It's about 8 pm, and my nikeplus fuel points total is 2968. I've set a goal for 3000 each day. Phew... Day 2 in the books!

Whole30 Day 1

Starting another Whole30 after holiday debauchery and just letting myself slide over a few months.

It didn't occur to me until I'd finished dinner that I could post pics of my meals here. I will try to keep this as interesting as possible with photos, but I mainly want to keep myself accountable and share my struggles experience here.

Day 1:

Meal 1 (breakfast):
2 eggs scrambled with broccoli/cauliflower slaw from trader joe's, tomato, onion. Used olive oil.

Meal 2 (lunch):
cauliflower fried rice (cauliflower, egg, diced chicken, onion)

Meal 3 (dinner):
lemon dill salmon (baked with olive oil)
baby broccoli (sauteed with garlic in olive oil)
butternut squash puree (butternut squash, ghee, chicken stock)


Off to a good start! Made chicken cacciatore from nomnompaleo's slow cooker recipe for tomorrow. Wish me luck!