Day 5 Whole 30

Arise and shine at 4:20 AM. 

Protein shake 

I headed to HVCF for a great class. 

   It took me 17:25 to finish the WOD.  I attempted a wall stand. I stayed in the wall stand for 25 seconds but definitely wasn't strong enough to attempt it one handed. 

I know it looks like my chest is about to smother me but I was more worried about my head exploding!  I now have another goal to accomplish at Crossfit. One armed wall stand here I come. 

Breakfast was three eggs, three pieces of turkey bacon, half an avocado and half cup of raspberries. 

I worked today and it's always a challenge to eat healthy.  I turned down some yummy Baskin Robins mint ice cream cake. I had an Apple Pie Lara Bar. 

It was pretty good and I would get one again. 

Lunch time at work!  It's so hard to stick to the plan. I didn't bring anything so I was just planning in going down to the cafeteria and getting a salad. My lovely friends/coworkers wanted to go to Cafe Rio. I can't say no to that. 

I ordered a chicken salad with no rice,beans,cheese or chips. I also had the vinegrette dressing. 

I got lots of pico and extra lettuce. The tortilla is my favorite and instead of going crazy on it and eating the whole thing I let myself have a few pieces and then threw the rest of it away. That was NOT easy. 

I had a snack of blueberries and hazelnut butter. 

I was only able to eat half my salad so I saved it and had the rest for dinner.  I added a sweet potato. 

My bedtime snack is one serving of (24) blueberry almonds and (36) 60% Caco chocolate chips. 

I am going to eat this snack in bed while reading a book. I am going to stay up a little late cause I don't have to get up so early in the morning!!  Yay for sleeping in! Who am I kidding I will still need to get up and pump so my chest doesn't explode. My baby is worth it though!

Day 4 Whole 30/Paleo

The day started off rough. When your three year old wakes up at 1am ready to play you know it's going to be a long night!  After laying by him for an hour and getting kicked, kissed and hugged I gave up and gave him the phone to watch a show on. 

I woke up at 4:30 so stinking hot and sweaty. I fell back asleep and woke up at 5:30 am to pump and head to Insanity. 

I was feeling shaky and light headed and almost went back to bed. Instead I ate a banana and a protein drink. 

I went to the class. While I tried hard I pretty much modified every move and took tons of breaks. I was just not feeling good!

I sent the kids off to school and made breakfast. Even though I know it's not Paleo or whole 30 approved I am going to eat oatmeal at least three times a week because I feel like I am losing my milk supply and I don't want that to happen. 

Breakfast was a cup of oatmeal sweetened with two packets of Stevia 

with 2 tsp of almond butter, half cup of blueberries and two eggs.   I also had a cup of almond/coconut milk. 

I was pretty full from that until about 1pm. I was heading into Costco and you don't going to that store hungry so I had a snack of an apple and a packet of almonds. 

Since I hadn't been feeling good I was unmotivated to prepare lunch/dinner for myself so I stopped at Durangos and ordered a small steak salad with fajita veggies, guacamole, extra poco and a little vinegrette dressing.  The girl was quite surprised I didn't want any tortilla, beans, rice or cheese. 

I loved this salad. 

There was a fundraising spagehtt dinner at the church so I knew I was not going to be eating that. I had leftovers from last night. 

 

Salmon, avocado and roasted cauliflower. 

My bedtime snack was a coconut cream pie Lara Bar. 

It was alright. Not my favorite but I did also get a carrot cake and apple pie to try. These bars are awesome in that they are made of all natural ingredients and Paleo friendly. 

So how am I doing at the end of Day 4? I am feeling pretty good. I want a treat but not really. I am sleeping good and I haven't been too hungry. I didn't drink enough water today. I went to the store at 8pm and bought all the ingredients for pumpkin Paleo waffles but didn't want to go to the effort. I think I will have to make those Sat morning. 

I should probably call this a Whole 30/Paleo challenge. It's not going to be a perfect Whole 30 but I am not competing against anyone.  I am just trying to do the best I can. 

Day 3 Whole 30

After a beast of a CrossFit workout last night I really thought about sleeping in this morning. Instead I dragged my butt out of bed, pumped and headed to class.  

  I am super weak on the sit-ups and I am only doing step ups instead of box jumps. The hill sprints kinda sucked too. 

Breakfast was the same except I added a cup of blueberries. 

I had a snack of an apple w/chocolate hazelnut butter. I may have licked that wrapper clean!

  I am getting good at this food staging huh!?!

After doing loads of laundry and dishes I had lunch. I just threw the rest of the turkey taco meat and chicken salad and had it over some spinach and romaine and tossed a couple strawberries on top. 

I put a little balsamic vinegar in top and I was good to go. 

I have had a few handfuls of almonds throughout the day. 

Dinner was salmon with roasted cauliflower and broccoli. It was good but I could of used a sweet potato to stay fuller longer. 

  

I make my kids the same thing for dinner as I eat. I do add more carbs for them though.   They wanted to show proof that they ate their salmon. 

Another day is in the books. 

I have worked out three days in a row!! Go Me!

Day 2 Whole 30

I slept in.  Well I had to get up at 4am to pump and then it was back to bed till 6:45 when my 3 yr old climbed into our bed. No one is getting sleep if he is in the same bed  

I ate a banana w/almond butter at 4am. 

Breakfast was the same as yesterday 

I had a snack of grapes and 2 tablespoons of almond butter

  I went to Walmart hungry. Not a good idea. After taking a dozen random things the 3yr old put in the cart out and enduring no less then five crying episodes I wanted to dive into the salt water taffy display! 

  I resisted and instead bought these almonds. 

  I know they are not totally Whole 30 approved but they are yummy and keep me out of the candy aisle. 

Lunch was a Chicken Salad Wrap. It has chicken, apple and walnuts mixed with some olive oil mayo.  

  I was worried that I would still be hungry after this but I was full by the last forkful. 

Drinking lots of water. 

 I decided to go to a CrossFit class at 7pm. I knew from experience that eating within two hours of working out would be a big mistake. I instead had a protein drink. 

I knew the workout was going to be a beast 

   It was for sure a "gut check". It took me  41:43 to complete this workout.  I was like one of the last five to finish. But I finished dang it!!

   This is what I looked like after a workout like that 

Dinner was simple. 5oz of turkey taco meat and broccoli. 

I am chugging the water. Kind of giving myself a gut ache with all the water. 

  I haven't had a headache today so that's good. I haven't really had too many cravings for candy but I am sure those will come. 

  I am in the super focused stage of this challenge. It's going to be this weekend where I will need to stay strong. 

  Day 2 done!  Kenny is also still going strong. 

Day 1 Whole 30

Wake-up call at 4:20 am

Drink 8oz of water

I had to get up way early to pump and pick up my friend by 4:50 am

5am CrossFit class

  I haven't worked out in 2 weeks!  I have been babying my back and it's been feeling better. I need to strengthen my core so bad!  This was a good workout and that backwards run was uphill and made the legs burn SO good. 

Here is my starting weight/weekly weigh in

Breakfast was

Two eggs, three pieces of toast and half an avocado. Yummy.

Drank lots of water. Around 24 oz. 

Lunch was 5oz of tuna, half an avocado and some salad with olives, artichoke hearts and banana peppers all mixed together and topped with some balsamic vinegar.  

          Yummy but not very breath friendly. 

I began to have a headache about 3pm and it is still lingering. I expected this and know that it won't last more then a couple days. 

I had a snack of an apple and a few almonds 

I filled this thing up a few times. 

    Lost count of all the bathroom breaks. 

Dinner was 5oz of chicken with a big handful of spinach and 1 white onion that I sautéed together and a sweet potato. 

I am now headed for bed. I have a pretty good headache going in right now. I am hoping to sleep it off!  Also I need to avoid the dark chocolate chips in my freezer!

This Is Happening!!

I am an addict. A sugar addict. A food addict. I am not really joking. I can easily down a whole batch of cookies. It's getting out of control.  So I am taking what some might say is drastic measures. 

   I am doing a Whole 30. If you want details go to www.whole9life.com. I am posting this from my phone so I don't know how to make links work. 

I am also going to be following this Whole 30 plan I found on the website www.robinssweetconfessions.com. She has a great plan set up complete with recipes. I recommend checking out both sites if you plan on doing a Whole 30.

  I am pretty confident that I am going to do well. I have done a Paleo challenge before and won and that challenge lasted 45 days. I know it's going to be hard but I am looking forward to the challenge.

  I am also excited that my Mom and sister is going to do the challenge with me. I have even challenged my 8 yr old to go 30 days without junk food. If she does then I will take her on a Mommy/daughter date. I hope she does it cause I really want to go on that date with her.

  I plan on posting every day and posting on my Instagram. Feel free to follow me @ jmeek32.

  I am off to get my food ready for tomorrow!!

Game Plan

I had a great post all written out and ready to go but I somehow deleted it. Lame.

The fitness challenge that I did ended on Thursday. I lost a total of six pounds and a few inches. Not bad but not that great considering the minimal effort I put in.

The Game Plan is this. I will not focus on how much I have to lose. I will not focus on the time it will take. I will not focus on what I cannot eat.  I will not make myself crazy thinking about exercise and clean eating. I will focus on losing the 80lbs I want to lose slow and steady. I want to keep this weight off!  I want to be able to enjoy treats though. I will not be a never eat sweets/bread kind of girl. 

I want to focus on losing 2lbs a week. I want to drink LOTS of water. I want to get some form of exercise in 5 to 6 days a week.  I will have my kids involved in my healthy eating efforts. I will make cookies (I just won't eat the whole batch). 

At 2lbs a week it is going to take me 40 weeks to lose the weight I want to. I know that some weeks won't go my way. I know that I will sometimes get in my way. I also know that if I don't start now I will never come close to reaching my goal. 

I am also aware that having a nursing baby is going to be a challenge. I accept that challenge!

So here is my weigh in this morning

That's a 5.2 lb loss since last weigh in. I will take it. 

What's a post with out a selfish

I need to lose some lbs so I can wear my other scrubs!