Well yesterday was my first trial day on Whole 30 - ended up having one cup of tea with a splash of milk and one small slice of toast with my omelette last night but apart from that I stayed on track.
Considering I'd usually have around 6 cups of tea I'm counting this as an achievement and one slice of toast with a 2 egg omelette is a lot less than I'd usually have at dinner - baby steps and all that!
So on to day 2 - on all the blogs I've read the one thing that stands out is how organised you need to be with your food prep - something I havent yet done which is going to cause me serious problems unless I get on it!
Had a banana with flaked organic coconut and almonds for breakfast. For lunch I planned to pick up a whole chicken from Tesco before work and have chicken breast with veggies for lunch and take the rest home for dinner....yeah they had no chickens ready at 8am this morning - FAIL!
So I wandered around looking for something I could have - all packaged meat has a million ingredients and bad things so they are off the menu and apart from a microwave we dont have any cooking facilities at work!
I ended up with a bag of salad, a sweet potato and an avocado - so uninspiring but actually after I had nuked the potato in the microwave and chopped it into the salad with the avocado it made for a really tasty and filling lunch!
The test will be how long it fills me up for!
There's pulled pork cooking in the slow cooker at home as I type so thats my plan for dinner along with a mountain of veg and I'll have the same for lunch tomorrow!
Still on the herbal tea and water for today which again is a miracle for me - no headaches so far either - winning!!
Def need to get some meals prepped this weekend, maybe I'll take this week as easing myself into it and do it fully next week - either way its definitely making me more mindful of what I'm putting in my body, although I was eating clean before I'd still maybe have some things with dodgy ingredients that I didnt realise so its all good!
Any Whole 30 blogs or recipes / reviews you can hit me up with then please leave a comment below!
Lisa xx
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Monday 11 November 2013
Whole 30 - one day at a time
Still here, still struggling, still looking for motivation but still maintaining a healhty weight, working out and enjoying life so its all good!
How fast has this year gone though!
A quick update before I probably take another 2 month blogging silence! I'm still trying to eat clean as best I can and not follow some faddy or restrictive diet, however as mentioned before its not all about being thin I want to be healthy and feed my body with the best possible foods I can.
On that note I've noticed a deluge of posts and info on Whole 30 recently - yeah I know its been around for years but for some reason it keeps popping up everywhere that I look - a sign perhaps?
It actually looks reaaaaally restrictive and to be honest I'm not sure how much of it I could stick to - no quinoa or chickpeas?? These make up a huge part of most of my meals! And the no caffeine or dairy might be the deal breaker, I only take a tiny bit of milk anyway but I think I'd struggle!
Anyways, I'm not going to go all gung ho and say yeah whole 30 for life (or 30 days!) only to feel miserable when I fail on day 5 - however as the title of this post suggests I am going to try it for a day at a time - they may not be consecutive days but I will try to follow the principles as best I can. I've seen loads of good results posts about how much healthier and better people felt afterwards so we'll see!
So, day 1 - its half 12 and I've still not had any caffeine - this in itself is blogworthy! I had a chopped banana with almonds and coconut flakes for breakfast with a cup of caffeine free fruit tea. Lunch was a chicken breast with some mushrooms, red pepper and a boiled egg, bottle of still water and more fruit tea.
There are some yummy looking recipes online so I'm thinking of some type of pork carnitas with sweet potato for dinner!
Have you done whole 30 or paleo or considered it? What do you eat or what eating plan if any do you follow? Let me know!
Lisa xx
How fast has this year gone though!
A quick update before I probably take another 2 month blogging silence! I'm still trying to eat clean as best I can and not follow some faddy or restrictive diet, however as mentioned before its not all about being thin I want to be healthy and feed my body with the best possible foods I can.
On that note I've noticed a deluge of posts and info on Whole 30 recently - yeah I know its been around for years but for some reason it keeps popping up everywhere that I look - a sign perhaps?
It actually looks reaaaaally restrictive and to be honest I'm not sure how much of it I could stick to - no quinoa or chickpeas?? These make up a huge part of most of my meals! And the no caffeine or dairy might be the deal breaker, I only take a tiny bit of milk anyway but I think I'd struggle!
Anyways, I'm not going to go all gung ho and say yeah whole 30 for life (or 30 days!) only to feel miserable when I fail on day 5 - however as the title of this post suggests I am going to try it for a day at a time - they may not be consecutive days but I will try to follow the principles as best I can. I've seen loads of good results posts about how much healthier and better people felt afterwards so we'll see!
So, day 1 - its half 12 and I've still not had any caffeine - this in itself is blogworthy! I had a chopped banana with almonds and coconut flakes for breakfast with a cup of caffeine free fruit tea. Lunch was a chicken breast with some mushrooms, red pepper and a boiled egg, bottle of still water and more fruit tea.
There are some yummy looking recipes online so I'm thinking of some type of pork carnitas with sweet potato for dinner!
Have you done whole 30 or paleo or considered it? What do you eat or what eating plan if any do you follow? Let me know!
Lisa xx
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