So today my Hubby and I decided we wanted to have a cheat meal since we've deprived ourselves of so many things this week lol. Taco Bueno was the final decision, I was alright with it because I really haven't eaten there in so long and I used to love it. I had some nachos (not the whole thing, not even half) and a party bean burrito. I think I got my Bueno fix for the year. It just wasn't good to me, and it made my stomach crampy. I know it's probably because my body was like "Hey woman you just cleansed me of this stuff, no way Jose!"
For dinner I was craving fried chicken, so I decided to make it myself because I knew I could make a healthier version. For the flour I used coconut flour, and for the liquid I cooked it in I used Olive Oil. Probably the healthiest I could get it to, to satisfy the craving and still not feel super horrible about it. I did make mashed potatoes (with butter ha!), and bread sticks...because I missed my bread ya'll!
So I called this Sunday Funday because I had 2 cheat meals :-) Not something I plan to do at all in the future, but I think it was just so tempting since I deprived myself of things this whole week. I still want to keep getting recipes from Whole30, and Paleo websites on Pinterest because I still like the idea of it. There will be more times than not that I will leave out dairy and breads, but I won't feel bad what-so-ever if I want a dang sandwich ya'know?
Hope everyone's weekend was awesome and eventful and everything you ever wanted in a weekend ;-) Until next time!
P.S. Probably won't be blogging daily, unless I just feel the urge.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Le' Struggle is Real!
This Whole30 program is no joke I tell you! The passed 2 days I have gone back and forth, trying to decide if I really want to continue this program or not. This diet is SO SO restrictive, I feel like it's turning me into a bitter person. So on that note I've decided to stop doing the Whole30. I know I know, call me a quitter, say I haven't given it long enough yet, say what you will I can take it! I'll just share with you guys the reasons I have for making this decision so maybe you'll understand why.
Ok so I started this program to reset my relationship on food, and my habits for healthy eating. If you've read any of my previous blogs from earlier this year, I was actually doing really good at eating healthy and going to the gym, and I was losing weight with that routine. When I got back from my Colorado trip that's when things went downhill. I started developing unhealthy habits, not cooking at home, not going to the gym, not caring really. I went through a lot at the time with getting my meds regulated and that really affected my motivation and moods. So yea I needed something to help me get back into healthier habits again. My friend has done Whole30 for 2 months and she has had awesome results, so of course I was like "Yea I'm on bored with this, I'm down, I can do this too."
I never knew how difficult it would really be on this program. I have had upset stomach pretty much this whole time, which I know usually comes with detoxing, but never experienced it for that many days consecutive. I have not experienced this awesome energy that people have talked about while on this program, for me it's been the exact opposite. I mean I'm falling asleep on the couch while watching shows by 9 p.m. which isn't me at all, considering I really don't wake up early in the day.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not giving up on healthy foods at all. Doing this for the week really has helped me get back into the habit of cooking homeade meals that are healthy. I will continue to eat healthy as I move along. I just won't be so restrictive with dairy and grains. I mean c'mon, brown rice........corn tortillas.....those aren't so bad for you. I understand if people want to eliminate those out of their diets, but I am telling the world now that I can't, and I really don't want to.
This does mean that I will stop giving myself lee-way of missing my gym workouts. If I decide to not stick to this program I need to be in the gym with the same routine I was having before I fell off the bandwagon.
So here's what I'm taking away from this experience and how I'm moving forward......
I will continue to eat healthy and have smaller meals throughout the day
I will start my gym routine again to help burn calories
I will not restrict myself to no grains, dairy, legumes all together, but I am more aware of not adding too much of all of them in certain meals.
So yea hopefully you guys aren't too hard on me for being a quitter, I'm for sure not a person who gives up on something. I've thought long and hard about this for 2 solid days, and it's just something I feel is right for me. I know what kind of things it was making me want to do.......like eat a whole cake or sheet of breadsticks....and I know that if you are feeding your body what it needs, you don't have the need or want to binge on certain things.
To finally wrap this up I'm excited to have my desire to make healthy foods again. I'll be in the gym tomorrow kick starting the routine so cheers to that lol. Check in with you guys tomorrow!
Ok so I started this program to reset my relationship on food, and my habits for healthy eating. If you've read any of my previous blogs from earlier this year, I was actually doing really good at eating healthy and going to the gym, and I was losing weight with that routine. When I got back from my Colorado trip that's when things went downhill. I started developing unhealthy habits, not cooking at home, not going to the gym, not caring really. I went through a lot at the time with getting my meds regulated and that really affected my motivation and moods. So yea I needed something to help me get back into healthier habits again. My friend has done Whole30 for 2 months and she has had awesome results, so of course I was like "Yea I'm on bored with this, I'm down, I can do this too."
I never knew how difficult it would really be on this program. I have had upset stomach pretty much this whole time, which I know usually comes with detoxing, but never experienced it for that many days consecutive. I have not experienced this awesome energy that people have talked about while on this program, for me it's been the exact opposite. I mean I'm falling asleep on the couch while watching shows by 9 p.m. which isn't me at all, considering I really don't wake up early in the day.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not giving up on healthy foods at all. Doing this for the week really has helped me get back into the habit of cooking homeade meals that are healthy. I will continue to eat healthy as I move along. I just won't be so restrictive with dairy and grains. I mean c'mon, brown rice........corn tortillas.....those aren't so bad for you. I understand if people want to eliminate those out of their diets, but I am telling the world now that I can't, and I really don't want to.
This does mean that I will stop giving myself lee-way of missing my gym workouts. If I decide to not stick to this program I need to be in the gym with the same routine I was having before I fell off the bandwagon.
So here's what I'm taking away from this experience and how I'm moving forward......
I will continue to eat healthy and have smaller meals throughout the day
I will start my gym routine again to help burn calories
I will not restrict myself to no grains, dairy, legumes all together, but I am more aware of not adding too much of all of them in certain meals.
So yea hopefully you guys aren't too hard on me for being a quitter, I'm for sure not a person who gives up on something. I've thought long and hard about this for 2 solid days, and it's just something I feel is right for me. I know what kind of things it was making me want to do.......like eat a whole cake or sheet of breadsticks....and I know that if you are feeding your body what it needs, you don't have the need or want to binge on certain things.
To finally wrap this up I'm excited to have my desire to make healthy foods again. I'll be in the gym tomorrow kick starting the routine so cheers to that lol. Check in with you guys tomorrow!
Friday, December 4, 2015
Day 5...some serious cravings going on here
Alright I'm 2 days away from making it a full week! Today went pretty dang well I have to say, but towards the end of the day I started getting some serious sweet cravings. I'll touch on that more when I get to it. Let's start with breakfast shall we...
Last night I was looking for some approved pancake recipes, because I miss my pancakes! I would seriously have pancakes twice up to 3 times a week before I started this. For all types of meals, it wasn't always for the breakfast meal....so yea I love me some pancakes. Well I found one that looked pretty easy, involved coconut flour (which I have) and simple ingredients. I'll just show you a picture of it before I describe the taste.
So they don't look to bad really, but I can't say they tasted too great. I made my almond butter sauce (Almond butter, coconut milk, almond milk, heated on the stove to thicken) to put on top to kind of give me creamy consistency , sorta like syrup but not as runny of course, but it just couldn't make these taste better. They were so bland and dry as heck. Let's face it, syrup makes me love pancakes. The other things I could think of to make these better just wasn't allowed in this diet so yea BUMMER. Needless to say I'll probably just bite the bullet and not even mess with pancakes through the rest of this process *sad face* The only good thing that came out of all that was me finally figuring out a good mixture to add to my coffee. Almond milk, coconut milk, and a little vanilla, all blended in the blender to make sure everything was mixed really well.
*Side note, you will most likely see me use coconut milk and almond milk A LOT through this whole thing, it's really the power duo in this diet*
Ok so let's move on to more positive things! Lunch was great :-) I just had leftovers from last night's dinner *Creamy spaghetti squash* It was as creamy and delicious as it was last night! You know how when you re-heat regular spaghetti, it always comes out dry and taste different? Not this one....like I said it was still creamy. I got really excited about that :-) Little things right?
For dinner I made Basque Chicken W/Bell peppers and tomatoes. It turned out really good, more like a stew type. I really wanted Corn tortillas with it, or even rice, but of course can't have those. So I decided to have steamed broccoli and cauliflower. It actually went together pretty well.
I did add more juices to this dish after I took the picture, just wanted you guys to see what it looked like before I made it look a mess. I kind of added my own spices to it because it was very simple on it's flavors. It calls for whole canned tomatoes, but next time I make this I'll probably use smaller ones so I can eat them. These were harder to eat whole, even when I tried to break them down.
Now for dessert! Dessert you say? Aren't you just so curious what I had! I mentioned before that I was having serious sweet cravings, like I wanted cookies so bad. It got so bad that I was sitting here thinking to myself, "Why am I doing this diet? I know I can still eat clean and healthy and allow myself to have breads and occasional snacks, and still lose weight because it'll be better than before." I had to snap myself out of that thinking, because I'm doing this super restrictive diet for a reason! That being that I do need to reset my body into having a better relationship with food again, and to get rid of the crap I've been putting into it. So I searched Pinterest, there HAS to be something that I can have, and I found it......
Whole30 Chocolate pudding! It's literally 3 smashed bananas & 100% dark chocolate cocoa powder. I mixed the 2 with a mixer and added a little coconut milk to give it more of a creamy texture. I also heated mine up a bit because I like warm pudding. I ground up some cashews to put on top for that crunch factor. I looked up the sugar on the cocoa powder and it said 0g sugar, so I was like surely this is allowed. I looked up on the website to see if infact it was, and apparently the creators of the Whole30 program are split on it lol. They don't tell you not to, but they don't tell you to either. I know for myself, I'm not going to make this every single day and justify it, even tho it seems to be ok to do. I also know that if I don't treat myself to this every once in awhile, I'll go crazy and I will most likely back track in a bad way. Fact is, is that I know what foods I need to eat....I know what foods are good for me. I was actually doing really good before, this is why I'm doing this program, to get me back to how I was. Kind of get me out of my funk I was having. This is pretty extreme lol, but seeing my friend's results on it really helped push me in this direction. I think it also helps that she's still doing it. She's awesome about checking up on me and being there if I have questions or hard times through it. I'm glad I made the decision to do this!
I'm starting to get some sort of motivation back to go to gym so I'm trying to run with that feeling! I will most likely just start out by doing cardio sessions, then work my way up to strength training.
I think that's about all I have for today :-) I'll be back tomorrow to let you guys know how it goes
Last night I was looking for some approved pancake recipes, because I miss my pancakes! I would seriously have pancakes twice up to 3 times a week before I started this. For all types of meals, it wasn't always for the breakfast meal....so yea I love me some pancakes. Well I found one that looked pretty easy, involved coconut flour (which I have) and simple ingredients. I'll just show you a picture of it before I describe the taste.
*Side note, you will most likely see me use coconut milk and almond milk A LOT through this whole thing, it's really the power duo in this diet*
Ok so let's move on to more positive things! Lunch was great :-) I just had leftovers from last night's dinner *Creamy spaghetti squash* It was as creamy and delicious as it was last night! You know how when you re-heat regular spaghetti, it always comes out dry and taste different? Not this one....like I said it was still creamy. I got really excited about that :-) Little things right?
For dinner I made Basque Chicken W/Bell peppers and tomatoes. It turned out really good, more like a stew type. I really wanted Corn tortillas with it, or even rice, but of course can't have those. So I decided to have steamed broccoli and cauliflower. It actually went together pretty well.
Now for dessert! Dessert you say? Aren't you just so curious what I had! I mentioned before that I was having serious sweet cravings, like I wanted cookies so bad. It got so bad that I was sitting here thinking to myself, "Why am I doing this diet? I know I can still eat clean and healthy and allow myself to have breads and occasional snacks, and still lose weight because it'll be better than before." I had to snap myself out of that thinking, because I'm doing this super restrictive diet for a reason! That being that I do need to reset my body into having a better relationship with food again, and to get rid of the crap I've been putting into it. So I searched Pinterest, there HAS to be something that I can have, and I found it......
I'm starting to get some sort of motivation back to go to gym so I'm trying to run with that feeling! I will most likely just start out by doing cardio sessions, then work my way up to strength training.
I think that's about all I have for today :-) I'll be back tomorrow to let you guys know how it goes
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Day 3...oh yea and 4
I totally forgot to blog about my day yesterday, so I'll be bunching yesterday's and today's festivities together.
I'll start with yesterday....of course...I had officially run out of all the good foods in my house, and still hadn't gone to the store. I was experiencing moment of weakness and I ordered delivery from Fuzzy's Taco. I had ground beef nachos....In hindsight it's really not the most unhealthiest food I could have eaten, but on the grounds of Whole30 it's not aloud because it has Feta cheese, and tortilla chips. Which I though that corn tortillas, and tortilla chips were ok to eat, but nope found out they aren't on the Whole30 program :-( I felt bad for even that small slip up! I FINALLY went to the store though (the clouds parted, and the angels sang) I came home actually excited to have all this healthy food in the house knowing that I could snack and eat without feeling guilty! I ended up making Sweet Potato & Chicken Sausage Skillet for dinner. For some reason I didn't put chicken sausage on my grocery list, I put turkey sausage. So the minor change was I made it was turkey sausage.
Despite the look of it lol, it was actually really good! It did feel more like a filling for something, like I really wanted to put it in some corn tortillas and chow down. I found a recipe for Coconut flour tortillas, so yea that's going to happen! All in all I would for sure make this again for a filling for possibly Coconut flour tortillas or something like that.
Later that evening I had a bowl of mixed fruit with a sauce I made from Almond butter and Almond milk for my "Dessert". I probably should've emitted the almond butter mixture and saved that for fruit like apples, but it gave me that sweet I was craving. End of Day 3 :-D
Today I did tons better, simply because I had everything in the house that I needed. I should've had breakfast but I didn't. For lunch I had tomato, turkey bacon, and chicken sandwich meat roll up...?....I kind of made it up so I don't know what to call it. Here's a picture of that...
I just put sliced tomatoes and pieces of turkey bacon on the chicken breast sandwich meat and rolled it up. The flavor was really good, and 4 of these little things actually filled me up. For some reason I didn't buy lettuce of any kind at the store, but I'll most likely go and get some, because I think something like this needed the crunch and texture of lettuce around it. A good and easy idea for lunches :-)
I was excited to tell you about dinner....is it so bad that I get super excited about food??
In any case, I made Creamy Chicken Spaghetti Squash
These pictures crack me up, because it doesn't make my food look good lol, but I assure you it tasted so delicious! I'll post the 2 recipes down at bottom if you're interested in looking these up. I honestly didn't even miss the pasta noodles in this dish. The sauce was good, flavorful, and truly creamy. The 2 things I left out was the sliced sausage, and asparagus. Honestly I didn't want to add asparagus to this meal, but I didn't grab turkey smoked sausage like I usually do at the store so that's why I didn't add it. I wish I had though, because I know it would've been even better! I'm excited about this sauce, I know I'll be putting it on other stuff :-D
I haven't gone to the gym yet, I don't know why I have such a lack of motivation on that. I'm hoping to get some before Monday, but by Monday I won't let myself get by without going. I'll have to just force myself to go.
I still feel really good though. I'm always really tired by the end of the day which is strange because I usually don't ever feel tired at night. Seems like it's easier for me to fall asleep, no running thoughts that occupy my mind. I feel lighter, not so weighed down, most likely because I don't feel like I'm retaining so much water and not bloated. I'm not missing other foods as much as I thought I would. I mean I've never gone this long without having chocolate....and I haven't really even craved it!
Okie dokie that's all for today, I'll check in with you guys tomorrow :-) STAY STRONG my fellow Whole-30ers WE GOT THIS
Recipe Links:
*Sweet Potato & Chicken Sausage Skillet - http://www.5dollardinners.com/sweet-potato-chicken-sausage-hash/#_a5y_p=3157795 (You'll see they used sliced sausage, I for some reason got a different kind of sausage, in any case it still tasted good)
*Creamy Spaghetti Squash - http://stiritup.me/?p=1995
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Has it been 30 days yet?
I'm such a baby in the first week of dieting I swear. This is my 2nd day and I'm already planning my cheat meal at the end of the 30 days. Is that normal? I do have to say I'm pretty proud of myself though, I have't cheated at all. Yesterday went pretty well, I found myself really hungry a couple hours after dinner though. I would go open the fridge, look around, find nothing I could eat, go to the pantry....find nothing....repeat that process several times before I finally just ate a banana. It's not that I can't eat food, I just still haven't gone to the store to stock up on the foods I can eat. I have no choice but to go tomorrow though, I really ran out of all my protein I had in house, and I have no more fresh veggies.
Today's food was super simple...
*Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pieces turkey bacon, and I had Orange Passionfruit Green Tea
*Lunch - Banana, strawberry herbalife shake
*Dinner - Grilled chicken pecan salad
*After dinner snack.....I have a cup of fruit waiting for me to eat in a little bit because I know I'll get hungry before going to bed.
As far as how I feel, I already feel great! My motivation to get up and get stuff around the house has increased so I've been getting things done that I've been wanting to tackle for along time now. Feels good to kick the lazy procrastination in the butt! And I kid you not I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 204lbs. It's been 2 solid days on this, and I'm already down 4lbs then from what I started out. I give that thanks to my Herbalife supplements and that's why I love them so much. They seriously get rid of water weight, and bloating. Let me know if you're interested in getting any of the products, my friend sells it and he can hook you up! I know that none of that is actually body fat, it's purely water weight I'm sure....still I feel lighter and less bloated, and that's such a great way start to it all.
I really can't wait to go to store so I can have more good foods in my house. I can tell my metabolism is starting to pick up again, so I'm hungry every few hours. Usually I'll have a healthy snack in between meals to keep my hunger at bay, so I for sure need some healthy snacks so I'm not starvin like marvin!
I still haven't gone to gym yet.... Can you tell I'm just a hermit at heart? For some reason it is so hard for me to leave the house sometimes. I'm trying to work on that, and it has gotten better ever since I got my depression leveled out. Hoping I will get the balls to go to gym tomorrow, or at least sometime this week. I know for sure by next Monday I'll need to be in it because obviously just a diet won't give me the results I want!
That's pretty much the whole gist of my day today!
2 days down, 28 to go :-D
Today's food was super simple...
*Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pieces turkey bacon, and I had Orange Passionfruit Green Tea
*Lunch - Banana, strawberry herbalife shake
*Dinner - Grilled chicken pecan salad
*After dinner snack.....I have a cup of fruit waiting for me to eat in a little bit because I know I'll get hungry before going to bed.
As far as how I feel, I already feel great! My motivation to get up and get stuff around the house has increased so I've been getting things done that I've been wanting to tackle for along time now. Feels good to kick the lazy procrastination in the butt! And I kid you not I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 204lbs. It's been 2 solid days on this, and I'm already down 4lbs then from what I started out. I give that thanks to my Herbalife supplements and that's why I love them so much. They seriously get rid of water weight, and bloating. Let me know if you're interested in getting any of the products, my friend sells it and he can hook you up! I know that none of that is actually body fat, it's purely water weight I'm sure....still I feel lighter and less bloated, and that's such a great way start to it all.
I really can't wait to go to store so I can have more good foods in my house. I can tell my metabolism is starting to pick up again, so I'm hungry every few hours. Usually I'll have a healthy snack in between meals to keep my hunger at bay, so I for sure need some healthy snacks so I'm not starvin like marvin!
I still haven't gone to gym yet.... Can you tell I'm just a hermit at heart? For some reason it is so hard for me to leave the house sometimes. I'm trying to work on that, and it has gotten better ever since I got my depression leveled out. Hoping I will get the balls to go to gym tomorrow, or at least sometime this week. I know for sure by next Monday I'll need to be in it because obviously just a diet won't give me the results I want!
That's pretty much the whole gist of my day today!
2 days down, 28 to go :-D
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