Whole 30: Week 1 Continued

By Thursday, I was totally getting sick of my food. Okay, I don't want any more avocado. Or even the delicious Shepherd's Pie I made. Luckily, it was almost time to go back to the store over the weekend and get some more food for the coming week and weekend.



I started looking at the Whole30 Timeline, something the program came out with that lays out, day by day, how you will feel on the program. Days 1-2 for me were right - I felt like, okay, I'm doing this, I feel the same! Days 2-3, I did feel a bit tired, as they stated, but it really wasn't too bad. Days 3-4, I definitely felt a bit more tired and a little cranky. The timeline stated that says 4-5, I may want to "kill all the things," but I definitely didn't feel that. Just a bit tired.

The tiredness is explained as:

"So what’s the deal?! Isn’t eating like this supposed to increase energy levels? Yes…in the long run. Right now, your body is learning that it can’t rely on all those easy access energy sources it used to know and love. Gone are the days of cinnamon crunch muffins and Frappuccinos. Now your body is learning to efficiently burn fat and protein as its fuel sources, and that takes more effort – and some time. If you can hold out just a bit longer, you’ll definitely reap the benefits." (Full text here)

I get that. I'm sticking with it, since I committed to 30 days, and I'm extremely stubborn when it comes to things like this. Days 16-27 are supposed to be the "Tiger's Blood" phase, where I feel awesome and have boundless energy... bring it on, Whole 30, bring it on.



Friday, I had planned to do leftovers of sorts for lunch, but as it turns out, we'd be celebrating a coworker's birthday with a pizza party! Joy. Although usually I'd get really excited for pizza (because PIZZA! Yum.), for some reason, I did not. Maybe it was because I was still excited about the novelty of the Whole 30 program, and feeling all awesome about my new found clean eating, but I wasn't interested in the pizza. Until I smelled it. Sigh. Definitely my first experience of food regret on this program.

Although I wanted the pizza, snickerdoodles with cinnamon chips, ice cream, and soda, I stuck to the salad with Avocado Tahini Dressing that I made. I brought a bunch of shrimp and added that to my salad, which made it pretty delicious. I was proud of myself for sticking with it!



Saturday, I started the day by meeting two of my running friends in the park to go for a run. Although my thighs were a bit sore from yoga on Friday, I planned to do 6-8 miles that morning. Al, a running friend, was planning on doing 20(!) miles in preparation for his marathon, so he wanted to do as much as I was doing with me (then go on on his own). Unfortunately, I just felt terrible! I felt out of breath, sluggish, and my legs were tired. I kept going, and was SO happy and proud I stuck with it when I was done! I guess my sluggishness was my body getting used to this whole more fats, less carbs (I think?) kinda deal. The timeline DID say days 6-7 were the "tired" days. In any case, over the tiredness, stuck with it, and now, hopefully the good stuff is coming!

That's not to say all I'm feeling is tired. I'm also feeling... better. Maybe more in tune with my body? I feel that I'm becoming much more aware of when I'm hungry, tired, full of energy. I feel like I'm feeling things more. That makes me happy. :)



Besides doing a bit of shopping for Christmas and Holiday presents this weekend (yay!) I did another bunch of meal prep and cooking to get ready for this coming week. As it's a short week, I bought just enough veggies to last me through Wednesday, and enlisted my roommate to help me taste-test (and eat dinner with me!) on Saturday!

Here are some of the veggies I made: Roasted Cabbage (not terrible, considering I thought of it as a bit experimental) and roasted tomatillos with serrano pepper, in preparation for my Chicken Pipian (also pictured)!

And my breakfast from this morning: An awesome pepper, spinach, egg, and chicken sausage scramble, with sweet potato, avocado, and grapefruit:

On the menu for this week is:

Chicken Pipian (Green Mole) (This can be frozen for leftovers easily!)
Salmon Cakes
Roasted Broccoli
Roasted Cabbage with Lemon
Chicken Apple Sausage (this was the only sausage at Sprouts that did not have added sugar! Only unsweetened applesauce!)

And I made my own mayo!


And now I will have a nap.


Happy ALMOST Thanksgiving, everyone!