27...

it's the final countdown!!!

My bestie is in town - I made and put together her brownie mountain without tasting it!!! Amazing! Can't say I didn't want to - I was around the pizza and chips and was fine but man I wanted the brownie mountain!

Got through the wedding w an undressed salad and fresh fruit.

This is rough.  3 more days!!

And 26

The final countdown da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I am down .4 from yesterday... now .3 away from goal #1... Come on, body!  Drop that last little bit so I can meet my 1st goal before the end of this!!!

Today is the last day of school with students - yay!  I have waited for this day since 2nd quarter.

My bestie gets in this afternoon - it's her bday.  I have a little party planned for her but I didn't plan my food.  I even made brownies and buttercream last night without tasting it!  That is a HUGE deal for me.

 Sigh... I'm a mess with this Whole 30 thing mainly bc I don't plan.  I think it will be easier to eat like this this summer.

Food for today?  I really don't know.

Day 25

Weight's the same as yesterday... still have a zit on my chin.  Had a hard time getting up this morning.
Today's food is just as disorganized as yesterday's.  Sherrie comes into town tomorrow and I'm trying to have a little party for her - gotta go shopping today for food.

2nd to last day of school yay!

Uneventful post but I really don't have anything else to say.

Day24

Yesterday evening I got a SUPER upset tum... Idk why.  Anyways, I feel like I spent most of the evening in the bathroom - gross.  Jaja.

Good news?  This morning I dropped a couple of pounds and I'm now only .7 away from my first weight loss goal - but 31 away still from my final weight loss goal :/  But still... upped my hopes that I will get to that first one by my friend's wedding yet!!!

I was bummed yesterday - our cauliflower rice went bad and the chicken wasn't thawed - so no yummy dinner.  Not like it mattered - I was partying it up in the baño anyway...

Food for today I'm really unsure of.  It is the first day of exams so only a half day woohoo!!!!

Memorial Day - Day 20, 21, 22, and 23

Ryan's parents were here; we only ate at home - lots of grilling out and walking.  Unfortunately, I seem to have stopped losing weight completely... I am now .8 heavier than I was a week and a half ago.   I also have a zit on my chin now :(

Saturday:
breakfast: spinach omelette
lunch: chicken and avocado
snack: apple with almond butter
dinner: grilled chicken with mango salsa and asparagus, chocolate coconut macaroons

Sunday:
breakfast: banana with almond butter and almond slivers, coconut coffee
lunch: turkey tacos (romaine lettuce "shells"), guac, macaroons
snack: apple with almond butter
dinner: grilled chicken and watermelon, banana "ice cream"

Monday:
breakfast: coco coffee, macaroon
lunch: apple with almond butter
snack: paleo cookie
dinner: zoodles with super green pesto and grilled chicken and watermelon

Today:
breakfast: banana
lunch: random stuff
snack:apple and almond butter
dinner: chicken and avocado

Day 19... discouraged

I am up .6 of a pound since last week Friday.  I truly don't understand what is going on and it makes me extremely frustrated.  It is very discouraging.  If it wasn't for the fact that we are going to start TTC again this month, I would seriously throw this out the door... not because I mind the food.. I really don't... but because it is just too difficult.  I am awful at meal planning and I miss the ease of just eating out.  Idk how this weekend is going to work with Ryan's parents and grandma being here... nor how we will get through my bestie's bday weekend with a wedding next weekend.

Anyhow, it's day 19... I really don't feel any different than before.  No "tiger blood."  If anything, my passion for food is just kinda gone bc there are so many things I can't eat.  I was hoping to try to make my MIL a paleo bday cake, but I don't have the time or ingredients.  They are coming tonight but tonight is graduation, and we are required to be here so I don't have time to make it tonight before they get here, and I don't want to make it while they are here in case it's gross.

Anyways,  no clue what I'm eating today... I haven't looked in my breakfast/lunch bag and idk what to have for dinner as it will be very limited time... I am going home at 2... so I'll get there at 2:45... and prob have to leave by 4 to avoid rush hour coming back... get back over here around 445... I'll have an hour and a half to kill cleaning my room or whatever, then get to go to graduation from 615-715 ish, and then get to go home... hopefully home by 8... so I guess we will eat dinner at 8?

18...

Haven't lost any weight in a week.  Nothing.  I am getting frustrated.  I guess this is why they tell you not to weigh yourself.  Grr.  I won't stop doing Whole 30 bc we are 12 days away from being done, but I am just mad at my body.  What the butt????  Why couldn't you have stopped losing weight 2 lbs from now??????  Whatevs... onward I go.

This week is DRAGGING.  The county we live in - school finished yesterday.  We still have a week and a half.  Again, what the butt?!?!?!?!

Ryan's parents are coming tomorrow or Saturday.  Our house is a disaster.  Gotta clean tonight - luckily he is off work tomorrow so he can also clean tomorrow... and grocery shop since next week is our last week of official Whole 30.  I think the only thing I will change is that I will allow Whole 30 baked goods (with honey).  That will make things more fun for me bc I would be able to bake.  Granted, I've cheated a handful of times with a tsp of honey here or there, but I've resisted baking all but once.,,and that one time I baked and tried the muffins, I felt guilty, so once this is done, I won't feel guilty and I will try more recipes!  Yay!!  Still 12 days away, but it's also still 8 days til end of school (for kids... 11 for teachers), 8 days til Sher-bear comes, and 9 days til Laura's wedding.

Back to my weight... I have high hopes yet that I will lose these jerk 2 lbs yet before the end of the school year... I had hoped to lose more during Whole 30, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.  Maybe I will be responsible and actually plan out our last 10 days or so instead of winging it jaja.

Food for today -
Breakfast - I think a banana with the toppings?
Lunch - I think an egg and fruit?
Snack - an apple with almond butter
Dinner - chicken or ground turkey... maybe on the grill if Ryan gets home early enough.

Día Diecisiete!

Well, I am still the same weight I was last time I weighed myself - grr.  Still hoping to get out of the obese category by the end of the week but I guess my body likes this weight being 2lbs away.

Found out a student of mine is 5 months pregs...took everything I had inside not to cry.

Kinda sad but I figured out yesterday I don't really seem to care that much about food anymore - which should be good - but at least it used to give me something to look forward to... now I just look forward to going to bed and snuggling with my hubs and my pup (I would love it if the cats would join but well).

Kinda stressed about this weekend.  Ryan's parents are coming into town and they are "foodies" - which means restaurants.  They will be here days 20-23.  And today's his mom's bday.  Then next weekend my bestie is coming into town... she will be here days 26, 27, and 28... and also here for her birthday... and we are going to a wedding.  So basically, my last two weekends officially on Whole 30 are going to be rough ones.

Motivation is low today... not sure about food at all.

Day 16

Yesterday was okay... I was very nervous because I had to get a lot of blood taken this morning so.

By a lot I mean 22 vials.  I almost got sick, the girl had to take the needle out after vial 15 or 16 and wait for color to come back into my face.  Then I got to be repoked in my other arm to get the last 6 vials (one had to be redone - so I guess they really took like 22.5?)

We went on a long walk last night... I think we will do the same tonight, and tomorrow I will walk-jog- walk bc yeah.  I am counting down til I get to go home and lie down.  I'm tired.

Food today... ummm

Fruit juice right after blood was taken (all natural)
banana breakfast treat

Lunch: egg and berries
Snack: apple and almond butter, coconut coffee
Dinner: Chicken, avocado, and broccoli... prob some chia pudding too.

Days 13, 14, and 15

Today's the half way point!

This, I believe, will be my trying week.  TMI, but it's that time of the month, and I have to get fasting bloodwork (a significant amount) done tomorrow - and there were no morning appointments available, so I have to go after school... and there's a staff meeting, so I can't make it til 3pm... so no food for me tomorrow til probably about 3:30.  It's also the last full week of school and that is a lot of added stress.  Plus side?  I won't weigh myself this week!  Jaja.  Ryan's parents are coming this weekend - this will also really be a challenge bc I know we will eat out and I will have to have bland food and water.

Got through the weekend okay... went grocery shopping, have food for the week.  Yesterday was our first social engagements being on Whole 30.  I went to a Pampered Chef party - the hostess made me banana "ice cream" which I know is a no-no on Whole 30, but it was only made out of bananas - nothing else - she even got organic bananas for me - so I ate it.  Then, we went on a couples' date with our neighbors across the street.  We went to Outback... got grilled chicken and broccoli with no marinade, oil, or butter... basically what we make at home.  It was a lot of money for what it was but hey - we didn't have to cook or clean up AND we got social time with other adults that weren't colleagues or each other - so that was good :)  We had fun.

I tried on my dress for my friend's wedding - and it fits almost perfectly ... I think if I can lose another 3-5 lbs I will be happy.  Wedding is in 12 days. (which also means my bff will be here in 11 days AND school is done in 11 days too!!!!!)

Food plan for today:
Breakfast: banana, almond butter, coconut, and almond slivers
Lunch: pickles (ryan was excited about these :)), egg, strawberries and blackberries
After school snack: apple and almond butter, coconut oil coffee
Dinner: Not sure yet... chicken or turkey and some veggies with chia seed pudding for "dessert"

Day 12

Almost at the 2 week mark! This is exciting bc assuming we make it through Sunday, it will be the longest stretch of time since Ryan and I started dating that we haven't eaten out!  Jajaja.  I would say we are saving money, but we aren't.  Just instead of spending it on food, we are spending it on doggy stuff. I think our goal for this upcoming week is to spend no extra money besides food/gas.

I'm down about 3 lbs from this time last week.. a total of about 11 lbs total.  Strangely, my pants feel tighter though :/  On the plus side, I'm now at the lowest weight I've been at in at least a year, and I'm 1.5 away from not being obese.  Maybe another week will do it!

We had a 5k last night... finished in about 36 min - which is 6 min slower than my fastest, but 3 minutes faster than my slowest.  It was raining for part, and humid for part, but was fine overall.  We ran the whole first mile and then switched to 2:1s.  I finished 524 out of 1325 women.

Anyways... SUPER tired today, dull headache, and I feel really bloated.  I'm also a hungry pants.

Idk meal plan for today... I will come back and edit later jaja.

Breakfast... ????
Lunch... ????
Snack - apple and almond butter (thanks to my hubs going to the store and getting me an apple last night!) and coconut oil coffee
Dinner - naked rotisserie chicken from Whole Foods (again thanks to my hubby... I LOVE HIM!) and idk what else.

Day 11

Down another .4... I know it's good the weight is still falling, but since it was so fast the first week, I want it to continue to be fast this week!  I'm anxious to get out of the BMI category I'm in right now and feel a little better about myself.

This week I am only wearing clothing I haven't worn all year... so lots of skirts bc I really only wore the same 10 dresses over and over.

Tonight we  have the corporate 5k run downtown.  After school I have to run home, let Leo out, change, and head to Ryan's work... then together we will head downtown for the run.

Yesterday our neighbor across the street asked us to go on a couples' date to a Mexican restaurant on Sunday.  I want to go, but there is literally nothing ... NOTHING ... whole 30 compatible there.... not even a plain salad.  Also, I'm going to a pampered chef party on Sunday afternoon and they are making pizza and ice cream - can't have that either. Grr.

I did not do a good job grocery shopping this week and we are basically out of meal food.  Today's breakfast and lunch are a hodge podge of randomness left in the fridge... dinner, we will probably get a naked chicken from Whole Foods on our way back from the race tonight.  Gotta get to the grocery store STAT.

19 days left of this.

Day 10

well, I think the fast part of the weight loss is over.  I'm only down .4 in 2 days now - compared to the first 7 days where it was like a pound a day.

Yesterday I went for a "run" again.  It was ok - just hot and humid with a pending storm!

When I got home, I realized I hadn't seen the baby cat... looked everywhere and couldn't find her.  I was hysterical.  I eventually found her hiding in the back of the pantry - though she wasn't in there when I first looked, so idk where she had been.  I really need this school year to finish.  Yesterday was an awful day... kids were extra lazy and rude, and I am just over it.  On top of that, payroll denied my shared leave request offered to me by my principal bc the dr's office took too long to get the form turned back in.  I had tears over that too.  On Monday, I had a girl who couldn't stop crying - all I got out of her was that she felt her life was out of control... and I have to say, that's how I feel lately too.  The only thing I can kinda control is how I react and what I put into my body.  My reactions haven't been good - while I think a counselor won't really help, I think I might need to try.  I'm just kinda waiting for the school year to end though.

One month from today we will be in Mexico City... I can't wait!  Churros, here I come!!!! jajaja  - Whole 30 and Paleo shall not be happening on that trip!

I'm still really tired and a bit on the emotional side.  Less than 3 weeks left of school and less than 3 weeks left of Whole 30...

Food today;
Breakfast: almond butter, coconut flakes, and a scoop of chia pudding (we are running low on food already!)
Lunch: Egg, carrots, and avocado
Snack: apple and almond butter
Dinner: chicken, avocado, and broccoli

Day 9

On to Day 9.  I am feeling tired, have a dull headache, and last night I didn't sleep very well.  Also - I am IRRITABLE!!! :(  I don't know what is due to Whole 30 and what is due to the end of the year craziness.  Two weeks from today is our LAST full day of school - followed by 3 half day exam days and teacher check out.  Woooooooooo!  So close, yet so far!

The cauliflower rice yesterday was okay - I made it in a splash of bone broth and a tbsp of olive oil along with salt, pepper, and garlic.  We are going to have that again tonight bc it is "best by" today.

Not a whole lot going.  Still waiting for my cycle to restart.  I need to run today but it's supposed to be raining, so we will see.

Food plan:

Breakfast: banana with almond butter, almond slivers, and coconut
Lunch: egg, carrots, strawberries
Afternoon snack: apple with nut butter, coconut coffee
Dinner: Chicken with cauliflower rice.

Man that looks sad, lol.  I really wish I was better at meal planning and all that, but I'm not.  Two weeks and a day from now and I get to eat lunch at home for 2 months.  YAYYYYYYY!!!!!

Days 6, 7, and now 8!

Well, we got through the weekend without eating out - a HUGE accomplishment for us.  It was pretty calm - went on a run on Saturday, lots of walks with Leo.  Took Leo to the beach for the first time... avoided eating junk when I found out yet another friend is happily into the second trimester.  I'm having a hard time, and maybe this wasn't the best time to be attempting a Whole 30, but it gives me something else to at least partially focus on.

Three weeks and 2 hours from now I will officially be on Summer vacation.  YAYYYYYYY!!!!!

So this weekend I made blueberry muffins for the newest neighbors and also our neighbors two houses down that just had a baby.  It was difficult not to taste test - but I did it.  I made a paleo muffin for us instead; I ate one and couldn't handle the texture...Ryan ate the rest of them.  I also tried making paleo shortbread cookies - so gross - that got spit out :/  Both recipes used coconut flour - I guess coconut flour texture and me just don't get along!  I also made a chocolate chia pudding which tastes quite delicious but, again, weird texture.  The chia almost turns into a tapioca type dealio.  All 3 of those recipes used honey, so I wasn't 100% whole 30 this weekend, but I am okay with that.  If having a little honey gets me through what I'm going through, I will have a little honey.  It won't hurt me, and I am eating it in extreme moderation (1-2 teaspoons a day - either in coffee or a baked good (which I also know we aren't supposed to be having, but again...)

Weight update:  Down a total of 8.4 pounds as of Sunday morning (so 1 week).  I have about 4 to go until I am to the "overweight" instead of "obese" BMI status... hoping to get there by the end of this week!!!  That is my "get through the week" motivation this week.

Food over the weekend:
Saturday:
Breakfast - Spinach and garlic omelet with coconut oil coffee
Lunch - 2 hard boiled eggs, an apple, cashew butter
Snack - cashews, an apple, almond butter (I started having anxiety and this was a better option than ordering a pizza or going and getting candy)
Dinner: Grilled shrimp, broccoli, and 2 of the icky shortbread cookies that got thrown away shortly after.

Sunday:
Breakfast: coconut oil coffe
Morning snack: apple with almond butter
Lunch: Homemade egg drop soup with a side of celery with cashew butter
Snack: Cashews
Dinner: Zoodles, grilled chicken, homemade super green pesto sauce (HIGHLY recommend), and the chocolate chia pudding on top of a banana with cashew butter and raw unsweetened coconut.  (Dinner was very satisfying!)

Today:
Breakfast:banana
Lunch:egg, carrots and pesto sauce (using up the leftovers!), celery and almond butter, strawberries
Afternoon Snack: Apple with nut butter, maybe coconut oil coffee
Dinner: Chicken with cauliflower rice, broccoli, garlic, and coconut aminos

Day 5!

First whole school week in the books!  It's been fine.  I just feel oddly exhausted - it's everything I can do to get myself out of bed by 6am and I need to leave for work absolutely no later than 615 - and I really should be leaving around 6 lol.  When I get home, all I want to do is take a nap - but I forced myself to run 2x this week, and we go for Leo walks every night as well.

I weighed myself again this morning.. I'm down a total of 5.8 lbs since Monday morning - which normally I would be stoked, but I was 3 lbs light than this weight 2 weeks ago, so I'm mad!  Disney and my week away from Whole 30 really must have been rough jajaja.  At least I got to eat delicious - my taste buds don't regret that - though the rest of me might!

Anyhow, because of that, I took a look at my fitness pal and realized that due to all the nut butter I've been eating lately (oops) I've been having closer to 1400 cals a day instead of before when it was about 1000 cals a day - thus causing slower weight loss, I suppose.  However, I shouldn't be under 1000 cals a day anyways - prob 1200 would be a better #...butttttttttttt we aren't supposed to be tracking weight or calories during Whole 30.

Leo the pup has been super barky this week and we don't know what to do about it.  We have to get him into puppy classes - the sooner the better.  He needs to learn to listen.

Food for today:
Breakfast: banana and cashews
Lunch: Carrots, egg, and an apple
Snack: apple and cashew butter; coconut oil coffee
Dinner: Chicken and asparagus.

Day 4

Two words.

CASHEW BUTTER.

Omg.  It is so delicious I can't even.  I used the rest of my almond butter yesterday and went to open a new jar when I remembered we had gotten cashew butter at Trader Joe's over the weekend. I decided to try it.  YUM.  Yummy yummy yum yum yummy! New favorite "healthy" food!

Yesterday I almost had a slip up bc I took the chicken out to thaw but put it in the fridge instead of the counter.  Well, when I took it out of the fridge, it was still frozen.  We have frozen shrimpies in the freezer which thaw in about 5 minutes (un)fortunately... otherwise it would've been pizza! jaja

Today is a running day... so I have that to look forward to this afternoon :/

I am having a hard time 1. getting up on time - just really tired... and 2. staying off the scale.  I am down 5 lbs since Monday morning, but I am still up 4 lbs since pre-Disney.  It's frustrating me bc Ryan has already dropped all the weight he regained during our week off.  Granted I know it is water weight but still... I'm hoping to drop at least another 10lbs during this and I would like that to happen today, please jaja

Food:

Breakfast - banana with CASHEW butter, coconut and almond slivers.  yummmmm

Snack - cashews

Lunch - egg, carrots, applesauce

Snack - apple with cashew butter, coconut oil coffee (I found I like it a bit more with a splash of coconut milk in it too)

Dinner - chicken with avocado and asparagus

Day 3

I'm doing okay!  I made it through 2 days... now onto day 3.

Yesterday I made some almond butter "fudge"  - aka almond butter and coconut oil mixed together... not my fav... I'll leave it at that.

I also decided to start running yesterday.  I went for 20 minutes.  I think I'm going to start doing it for 20 minutes 3-4 times a week.  We booked our plane tickets and hotel for Mexico City yesterday and I have 36 days until we go - so I am currently motivated to stick to Whole 30 and exercise so that I will look and feel better when we go there.  Just need to make sure I can keep my motivation up!!!

Yesterday I tried making some almond butter fudge using a recipe I found on pinterest of almond butter and coconut oil... all the reviewers were like - this is great!  It wasn't.  I cut the recipe in half so there would only be 4 servings, Ryan and I together didn't even eat one serving of it... texture was weird and it tasted like weird almond butter... so in the future, sticking to almond butter and apples :)

Today's food:

Breakfast - banana with almond butter, coconut flakes, and almond slivers
Snack - cashews
Lunch - egg, carrots, strawberries
Snack - apple and almond butter, coconut oil coffee
Dinner - chicken and broccoli

Plan is to take Leo on a 3 mile walk this evening, and then I will run again tomorrow.

Day 2

Well I got through yesterday just fine.  I will admit - I used the rest of our honey in my coconut oil coffee, though!

Today I felt kind of sick driving to work, and I am very emotional.  I snapped at my 1st period class this morning, and almost had to cover for another teacher during 2nd but the sub ended up showing 5 minutes before the end of 1st.

I have to choose what I am going to teach next year and my dept head told me I need to take 2 preps... so my options are 4 sections Span 1, 1 section Span 3, 4 sections Span 2, 1 section Span 3, 3 sections span 1, 2 sections span 2 or vice versa.  I'm not sure what to do... but will prob keep Span 1, so have to decide between teaching Span 2 or Span 3.... I'm leaning towards either 3 Span 1 and 2 Span 2, or 4 Span 1 and 1 Span 3.

Food... I was given a cupcake from a student...I thanked them and then gave it away in the next period.  So that was good for me!

Breakfast - cashews and applesauce
Lunch - an egg and strawberries
Snack - Apple and almond butter, coconut oil coffee
Dinner - grilled chicken and broccoli

I'm trying not to weigh myself this week... I gained back all the weight I lost in the first week - so guessing it was a lot of water weight?

And RESET....Day 1 - WHOLE 30

So, this weekend was, quite bluntly, a disaster.  I was an emotional wreck and made very poor food decisions.  Last week wasn't very good either and as of this morning, I have gained back ALL the weight I lost in my 10 days of healthy eating.  Sad.  I am not happy with myself at all... and the weight gained back has motivated me enough to restart.  I also am feeling motivated to start exercising again (at least at the moment - we shall see how long that motivation lasts for jaja).

We went grocery shopping to Trader Joe's and got almost all organic food, along with both almond and cashew butter.  We also found "affordable" ghee and portion controlled cashews.

Started off this morning in a rush.  I was EXHAUSTED yesterday, forgot to call my mom til 930pm... then my bestie called at almost 10 and I talked to her for like 20 minutes... then passed out.  This morning, alarm went off at 5, I fell back asleep... went off again at 5:30... And again at 6... I got out of bed at 602 and was out the door at 617... almost forgot my water :/  I have no clue what's in my lunch bag bc Ryan threw it together quick for me and I haven't had time to check it (10 minutes til my prep period and breakfast time!)  However I'm sure it's all Whole 30 good!

Dinner tonight - chicken and some veggies... after school snack will be an apple with almond butter.

We can do this! :)

Day 2 - Easing into Whole 30

Well, yesterday wasn't a complete disaster, but I wasn't completely Whole 30 either.  I ate more nuts than I probably should have, and I also made a Paleo compliant coffee drink and a Paleo compliant dessert...but other than that, I did fine.  I really don't know what my issue is... I can tell that I have given up, but I'm not really sure why.  I did well for the week I did it...I lost weight... didn't have any bad experiences.  On the flip side, I had really upset tummies both days at Disney, so that should be further motivation to continue with Whole 30... yet I've had pizza twice this week.

On a positive note - delicious coffee drink - a cup of coffee, a tbsp of coconut oil, and a dash of honey... blend... YUM!

Paleo dessert was "brownies" - made from 2 bananas, a half cup of nut butter, and a fourth cup cocoa powder.  I food processed the "batter" bc I couldn't get it to mix super well by hand... pop in the oven for 20 minutes at 350 and viola!  Brownies...kind of?  They taste more like banana bread and the texture is like fudge.  It is odd, but also oddly tasty.  I'm eating some of them this morning for breakfast. (Healthy... but for real... it IS healthy... just not Whole 30)

I figured I've messed this whole entire week up, so I am going to finish it out Paleo style... Sunday is Mothers' Day and that is going to be hard for me, so I am going to have a free day... and then make an extra effort to restart the REAL whole 30 on Monday since we have nothing going on for about 3 weeks at that point so maybe it will be easier?  Idk...but I really just need to suck it up.

Food Plan for today:

Breakfast: Brownies (jajajaja)
Lunch: Fruit salad, carrots and guac, an egg
Snack: Coconut oil coffee, and honestly, prob more banana brownies
Dinner: Chicken and Broccoli

Tomorrow --> gotta get Ryan's tux for prom and then we NEED to go grocery shopping with a plan.  They don't lie when they say you need to PLAN for this.

Struggling to restart... hopefully Day 1 of actual Whole 30.

So, we were supposed to restart Tuesday... that was a fail... jaja.  Then we were supposed to restart yesterday... and again, fail.  I need to get it together.  I have regained 4 lbs (I'm guessing water weight, but still).  That is not the direction I need to be headed!

I was excited to start Whole 30, I was doing fine while on it, but I just can't seem to get my head back in the game.  I need some sort of external motivation.  Today there is no special food at work, so I'm hoping that will be enough (though I didn't eat the treats at work yesterday...)

I've also been having a rough time getting up in the morning and so my breakfasts and lunches have just been thrown together, which I think is also part of the problem.

Here's the food for today:

Breakfast - banana with almond butter, coconut, and almonds
Lunch - carrots, egg, half a larabar (see what I mean about my lunch being thrown together??)
Snack - apple with almond butter and coffee with coconut oil
Dinner - Grilled chicken and whatever veggies we have in the fridge... I think zucchini?

Looking forward to grocery shopping on Saturday.  We need to lol.

Come on, Katie!  STICK TO IT TODAY!

Days 11, 12, 13, 14... a wash :/ On to day 15 (but really day 1 of reset)

So, I fell off the wagon on Saturday... it was a rough day for me emotionally and I broke.  Sunday and Monday we were at Disney... I ordered off the kids' menu for lunch, had snacks, it was fine - I wasn't a complete disaster but I was not eating healthy food either.  My tummy was SUPER upset Sunday and Monday nights, so I guess it didn't like the unhealthy food.  Yesterday I was going to start back up on Whole 30 but forgot it was Teacher Appreciation Day, and now it's Wednesday.

I am having a tough time already today.  I don't know what my issue is.  I was fine doing Whole 30 last week - no complaints really... so I don't understand why I am wanting chocolate and pizza and soda and bread so much today and I've only eaten my breakfast!  I'm not hungry....

I guess part of it is that there's always something going on... so this week is Teacher Appreciation Week - and Monday there were donuts (I wasn't here though...), yesterday there was a Mexican food lunch, but I just had the 2 snack candies and soda that were in my mailbox.  Today there is an Italian food lunch, I think?  I'm not going to find out.  Tomorrow there's something - I don't remember what - and Friday is a sandwich lunch.  Then Saturday is prom and they provide dinner for us... and Sunday is Mothers' Day... and I know it is going to be a really hard and sad day for me, so I am expecting to "fail."  Then there is nothing for 2 weeks but after that, Ryan's parents will be here, the following weekend Sherrie will be here... and it will be eating out.  Maybe we can get a whole month in June after Sherrie leaves but before we go to the Caymans.  That or I just learn to suck it up and not eat anything at restaurants when we go out with people (which would be weird)...

Anyhow... hopping back on the bandwagon at least for today, tomorrow, and Friday... and probably Sunday...

Food today:
Breakfast - banana with almond butter with chia seeds and coconut and almond slivers
Lunch - an egg, carrots and guac (and strawberries I think?)
After school - apple with almond butter
Dinner - Buffalo chicken casserole Ryan's coworker's wife made for us.  (She brought it by yesterday - super sweet of her.  I almost had tears but I pulled it together until after she left).

I need to get back on drinking all my water and taking my supplements... test was almost back to negative meaning we can try again soon and I need to be in as healthy of a state as I can!  Taking a raw prenatal, a methylated b12, and ubiquinol... also baby aspirin.

WHOLE 30 bug, bite me again please and inspire me!  (Not you, jerk horse fly!  My ankle is already swollen enough because of you!  Grr!)

Day 10 (day 6 of whole week)

DAY TEN!  If we were doing the real Whole 30, we would be a third of the way through already!  I weighed myself and I am down another 2.2 lbs for a total of 9.8 so far!  3 more pounds and I will drop into the "overweight" BMI instead of "obese" BMI.  (BTW, that makes me sound huge, but I am tall and have a larger frame for a female.  I wear a size 12).  At the beginning of the year, I was hoping to be there when my parents came back in March, but we were expecting at that time and my weight wasn't a top priority.  Then we lost them (this is a long, complicated story... not for this blog) and I had a slight free-for-all before deciding it was time to get as healthy as possible so the blame on myself would be less.  Thus the real reason for doing the Whole 30 comes out.  I figured cold turkey would be the best and quickest way to improve my health - and I do have to say that, weight wise, it seems to be working.

Today and tomorrow left (Day 10 and 11) until we go to Disney!  I plan on doing Whole 30 compliant breakfasts (I'll bring hard boiled eggs and fruit with us to have in the hotel room) and snacks (probably apples), and trying to make good decisions for lunch and dinner (which there are only 2 of each and we will be at restaurants with my brother's family). I'm a little nervous as I am currently doing so well, but this is life and I knew going into it that we would be breaking the Whole 30 to go to Disney...but I guess I didn't realize how "easy" Whole 30 would be....and my weight loss so far is really motivating me to keep it up.

We are signing up for our next 5k tonight... the Corporate Run - we will be on my school's team - so I should probably start running again so I don't embarrass myself.  We have 3 weeks... I can improve a little in that time, right??  Maybe we will go for a jog Sunday evening after Disney once my brother and fam go back to their room.

We are running low on Whole 30 food, so gotta get to the store tomorrow.

Food for today:

Breakfast - hard boiled egg and fruit bowl
Lunch - hard boiled egg and carrots
PM snack - apple with almond butter
Dinner - Chicken and spinach?  Zucchini?  Not sure, but those are the only 2 fresh veggies we have left.

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Day 9 (#5 of whole week)

Wow... already at 9 days of healthy eating (minus Saturday evening, that is!)!!

I can honestly say I don't feel any better or worse.  We almost had a slip up last night because doggy was sick and I really didn't want to cook, AND I had forgotten to take the chicken out.  However, Ry guy was supportive and reminded me we wouldn't be eating the healthiest on Sunday and Monday and that we have food that will go bad if we don't eat it before Saturday.

I have a canker sore on my tongue which has been making it difficult to eat saltier foods, which is annoying.  I hope it gets better soon... but it's been 3 days and it's as annoying and painful as ever.  Grr.

I did not weigh myself this morning (pat on the back, Katie!).  We were in bed by 9 last night, but once again, had a very difficult time getting up this morning.  Got up about 5:40, went on a quick 10 min walk with Ryan and Leo, then got lunch ready quick and headed out.

Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!! :) Today, due to yet more testing (I am missing about 10 kids in all my morning classes), we are having a make up work day...so easy, yet frustrating!

I am still very low on calories.  Yesterday I didn't even get to 1000.  I didn't feel hungry besides right after school, but still, not okay.  I need to go buy some more nuts for a quick high calorie snack / addition.

Food plan for today:

Breakfast - banana with almond chia seed butter, coconut flakes, and almond slivers
Lunch - Fruit bowl and carrots with guacamole --- until my owie on my tongue heals, I can't have the salad dressing we have (it's a balsamic and it HURTS my owie big time)
Snack - apple and almond butter (lots of fruit today!)
Dinner - I'm thinking some sort of chicken lettuce wrap.

Two more days til I get to hug my Soph-a-saur and little Grayson!  :) :) :) :) :)

Day 8 (day 4)

Well, before jumping into Whole 30 stuff, yesterday's dr appointment was kind of a disappointment.  Test results weren't in, dr couldn't answer a lot of questions, but I am set up to go get 30 different blood tests done and a special US.  Also got the name of a counselor specializing in this stuff, so we are going to look into that.  We are really hoping that all these tests come back normal and we were just unlucky, or that if there is a problem, it is an "easy fix."  I just want this all to be done with!

Now back to food... yesterday I barely ate... I had my banana during 2nd period, and then I had a parent I had to deal with during lunch and also getting the posters organized for my afternoon classes, so I had a few bites of my salad and ate some of my fruit bowl during 5th period.  Then the dr's office was running about 45 minutes behind and our appt went a bit long, and so I didn't get home til about 4:45.  I ate an apple and almond butter, and then when Ryan got home around 7ish, we had grilled chicken, avocado, asparagus, and strawberries.  I had a handful of nuts too to get my calorie intake up bc it was unhealthily low.  Oh!  And I hard boiled eggs :)

Weighed myself this morning, down another .6 of a pound from yesterday.  I'm going to try to stay off the scale now until Saturday.  My pretty awesome hubs is down almost 30 lbs from the beginning of the year and now weighs less than me :/  But he also goes to the gym every day during lunch.  I don't.  I go on a 30 min walk with the dog after school.  So there's that jaja.

With all this emotional / hormonal stuff going on, I honestly don't know what is being caused by what.  My headache is back, but I don't know if that is due to hormones, the lack of additional sugar, the low calories, the pup throwing up and then barking like a crazy pants, my students not doing their work, etc etc.  I'm also very tired, but again... not sure as to the cause.

As for my non-food goals.. I have been in bed around 9... last night it was prob closer to 9:30... but getting up is a different story.  Yesterday I got up about 540, today it was 550.  Tomorrow I will shoot for 5:30 again, but it's so hard!  Jaja.  I'm tired and my motivation is shot.

5 weeks til summer break, the kids are checked out and not doing their work and it is EXHAUSTING to deal with them all day.  On the plus side, I have a job and there's only 5 weeks left til summer.  We are going to Disney Sunday and Monday with my little brother's fam and I am very excited to see them - it's been a little over 5 months!

Now on to today's food

Breakfast - Banana and a hard boiled egg
Lunch - Salad and Fruit bowl
Afternoon snack - Prob an apple with almond buter and/or carrots with guacamole
Dinner - I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer, so shrimp with "zoodles," olive oil, spinach, and garlic.

Day 7 (day 3 of whole week)

It's Tuesday!  Yay!  No more Monday til next week and we'll be at Disney with my favorite niece and nephew (and my little bro and sis-in-law) - so a HAPPY MONDAY! :)

Last night I was in bed by 9 but didn't fall asleep until later (I would guess 10 but I don't really know).  It was rough getting up this morning and I struggled to get up by 5:40 - so missed that goal - grrrrr.  However I still got to go on part of the walk with Ryan and Leo.  This afternoon is our follow up doctor appointment, so I think I'm going to have a rough evening with not being able to comfort eat.  I need to get my list of questions organized today during the day.

I weighed myself this morning - down another pound for a total of 7 lbs since last week Monday.  I'll take it!  If only I could lose 7 lbs a week for 5 weeks - then I would be back at my goal weight! ;)

Yesterday I was really hungry.  I only ate whole 30 foods, but gosh... and this morning I am still hungry.  Looking forward to my banana breakfast in about an hour! (I wasn't overly prepared for class this morning so even though I got here early, I had to get everything ready for the day (hole punching, getting online work set up, etc)... therefore I didn't get to eat yet, buu!)

Today's food:

Breakfast: Banana  (I really need to hard boil some eggs tonight...)
Lunch: Spinach and fresh fruit, carrots with guacamole
Snack: Apple with almond butter
Dinner: Chicken with avocado and asparagus

Exercise - Leo walks bc I'm not organized enough to plan anything else at this point! jajaja

Day 6 (Day 2 of whole week)

So last night I was a bit hungry so I had a little snack - but it was Whole 30 approved, so it's okay :)

I decided to add a bit more to my plate (jajaja pun intended!) and make weekly non-food goals as well. This week I am doing two - one is to be in bed by 9pm every night, and the other is to get up between 5 and 5:30 so I don't have to rush so much in the morning and I can also go on Leo's morning walk with him and Ryan.  

Last night, we were in bed around 9 and we got up at 5:27.  I went on the walk with Leo and Ryan and still left a little earlier than normal (about 6:10).  We have also started using an essential oil diffuser.  Ryan got it for me with a little set of oils as a surprise :)  Idk if that stuff actually works, but the pup has been a little calmer and it smells nice, so why not?  Last night we also did the dishes, did laundry, cleaned the cat boxes, and took out the garbage.  Today I need to put all the laundry away.

Food plan for today:

Breakfast - Ryan was excited to make me the breakfast I gave him for the past two days - a banana with almond butter, coconut flakes, and almonds.  He loved it... I haven't tried it yet!

Lunch: Salad and fruit salad

Snack: Carrot sticks and guacamole

Dinner: Not super sure but probably stir fry with coconut aminos instead of soy sauce.

Exercise - Leo walks are all that are planned for me today!

Sunday - Day 5 (really Day 1 of whole week of Whole 30)

Well, yesterday we ended up eating not that much chocolate, but way too much pizza jaja.  We did the 5k and I was kind of proud of myself for running 8 minutes straight before a walk break - then doing the rest of the race basically 3 min run, 2 min walk.  It was hot and sunny and I hadn't gone running in over a month!  We finished in about 39 min, which isn't very good, but again, we haven't run in over a month and so.  Until we get pregs again, I am going to try to run 3-4 times a week to try to get my 5k time back down to 30 min.

Anyhow, after the race, Ryan had a glass of wine, we each had a marshmallow with chocolate on it, and some Peterbrooke chocolate covered popcorn - SOOOO good!  We ordered a large pizza on the way home instead of a small and we ate the whole thing.  Then, we ate the last of our wedding cake.  So while we were on track til about 4pm... we were definitely NOT whole30 afterwards.  Today we are back on.  I guess you could say we are easing into this.  Three days, 1 meal break.  Now we are going one week, and will have two days off.  Then it's the real deal starting May 3. Eek!  Now real question - did I have a hard time eating the junk food?  Nope.  No upset tummy, though I did have a little guilt (not much though - we did agree that we would have Saturday "off" bc of the race! ;))

So back to today.  We went grocery shopping this morning and got our fruits, veggies, eggs (we went with cage free), shrimp (frozen), and chicken for the week.

Food:
Breakfast - apple and tea
Lunch - egg salad (with homemade mayo) on a lettuce leaf, carrots and guacamole, strawberries
Afternoon snack - apple and almond butter (Ryan and I shared a Larabar... he ate most of it bc I didn't like it)
Dinner - chicken and steamed broccoli, Larabar (again, shared... Ryan also ended up eating most of it bc I didn't like that one either jaja... I need to get over my pickiness I guess!), coffee with unsweetened coconut milk (not too bad!), and macadamia nuts.

My main concern at the moment is that I have barely been hitting 1000 calories a day (besides yesterday jaja - thanks pizza! ;)).  I "lost" 6 lbs in the 3 days we did the Whole 30 last week.  I doubt I will keep losing at that rate (though that would be AWESOME) but I don't think it's healthy to lose 2 lbs a day!

Day 4... "cheat day"

So yesterday was my first day with absolutely no added sugar.  I did just fine, but I tracked my food and only had about 900 calories, so that's not so good.  I weighed myself this morning and I am down 6lbs since Tuesday - which must be mainly water weight as 1. it's not healthy to lose 6 lbs in 3 days and 2. my clothes don't fit any differently and I don't look any different.  Good news about that is that now I am only 2 pounds from my pre-not good situation weight so I feel less bad about myself than I did the other day.

Today we have our Wine and Chocolate 5k and I will be having some tasty delicious chocolate!  I am going to skip the wine though, and not overdo it on the chocolate.  I am also considering sharing a small pizza with my hubs for dinner along with a Whole 30 friendly salad.  Tomorrow we will go Whole 30 complete (no added sugar) for a week until Disney.. have 2 days off and then start our real Whole 30.

I talked to a co-worker about what we are doing and she thinks that it is good that we are "easing" into it - thinks that it will be easier for us to do since we will have been eating 80% whole 30 compliant for 2 weeks prior to doing the actual Whole 30 even though we will have 3 off days.

I feel fine today.  My headache seems to be completely gone.  We got an essential oil diffuser yesterday and a sample of lavender essential oil.  We had that going last night and cleaned a little this morning.

Plan for today is to plan out our food for the next week so we can go grocery shopping and be prepared for our 7 days of Whole 30.  We also attempted to make our own mayo today so make egg salad for tomorrow's lunch.  (It seems really runny, so we will see how it turns out...) We have the Wine and Chocolate 5k this afternoon at 4:30.

Next Saturday we will go shopping for our real Whole 30 before we go to Disney.  I think we will also bring Whole 30 friendly food for breakfast and snacks, and just be off for lunch and dinner.

Today's food:

Breakfast: Apple and almond butter (this, honestly, is super tasty)
Lunch: Shrimp with veggetti-ed zucchini, olive oil, garlic, and spinach
RACE = CHOCOLATE :) :) :)*
Dinner: Half a small pizza* and spinach salad

*= obviously not Whole 30, but in my defense - I will be eating much less chocolate than I would've before, and normally we each eat half a LARGE pizza, so this is a better decision for us :)

Day 3

Two days down and I realized last night we have a 5k race on Saturday that is the Wine and Chocolate run.  I know I should just say no and not have any chocolate, but well... we are in the "trial run" before Disney, so I am going to have a little bit.  It's the reason I signed up for the race!!! Jaja

Yesterday went fine.  My hubs got home late from work so I had to eat without him (crazy growling tummy!) and I felt bad.  This weekend I really need to plan meals for the upcoming week.  My headache seems to be gone this morning - fingers crossed!

So far, I don't feel any different and I really haven't had any major cravings.  Yesterday afternoon I saw the saltine crackers sitting on the counter (I really should put those away) and thought about eating one, but then I had an apple and almond butter instead.  Probably higher in calories, but a healthier decision regardless!

Today's food plan - first day with 0 added sugar:

Breakfast - Mr. banana.  (he was very ripe... )
Morning snack - 3 carrot sticks
Lunch - fresh version of previous 2 days' salad
After school snack - Apple and celery with almond butter
Dinner - Chicken and avocado and/or broccoli with coconut aminos.

TGIF!!!!  6 hours til my weekend begins :) :) :) :) :)  Plans are the race tomorrow evening and getting Ryan's tux for prom ordered (wooo chaperoning!!  Prom is May 7.  Hoping this food plan will help me fit into a dress...)

Day 2

So yesterday went okay.  I didn't end up eating my grapes because they were too squishy and I didn't like that.  Instead I had an apple with almond butter - which was quite tasty together.  The almond butter by itself - not so much.  I had a plan in my head for today, but I overslept, so I don't even know what is in my lunch bag jaja.  Oh gosh.

This morning I am tired and have a dull headache.  I don't think either is related to WHOLE 30, but rather just how I've been feeling this whole week.  (I had a migraine on Monday that messed up our anniversary dinner, and it still hasn't completely gone away.  While it is no where near migraine status, I've had a dull headache since Monday morning.  It got really bad by the late afternoon, and was back to being dull by Tuesday morning.  It's now Thursday and the dull headache is still there, though "lighter" than it has been.  Hopefully it will go away today! :))

I read a bunch from our Whole30 book last night and got kind of overwhelmed.  It's not the food that freaks me out, but the fact that it says no snacking and that we are only supposed to have 2 servings of fruit a day that now has me on edge, jaja.  Also, supposedly the worst days of this are days 10 and 11 - which are our last two days before Disney.  We are still going to stick to it (not at Disney but for the next 10 days) but I'm starting to wonder if it is a good idea or if we should just wait til after Disney.  But then I think - why put off being healthy longer?

Tentative food plan for today:

Breakfast - Banana
Lunch - Same salad as yesterday
After school snack - grapes and carrots (which might turn into apple and almond butter again)
Dinner - Chicken and avocado (same as yesterday - avocados are ready to be eaten, and we all know that stage only lasts a couple of days!)

Exercise - 1 mile walk with the pup after school, and will try to do a second walk after dinner.

Victory yesterday - it was Wednesday and for the first time in MONTHS, we didn't eat pizza... and we survived!!! ;)

Day 1

Good morning from the Sunshine State!  Ryan and I made the decision a few months back that we wanted to do the WHOLE 30 eating plan.  However, we kept putting it off and putting it off.  Well, 2 weeks ago we found out something very sad and difficult for us, and we decided that the best way we can help ourselves is to take care of our health.  We decided, after 2 weeks of emotional eating, the time is now.  We celebrated Ryan's 28th birthday and our 1st anniversary over the weekend, and we are ready to get a jump start on our health.

We are going to Disney with my brother's family in 11 days, so we will be taking a 2 day hiatus from WHOLE 30 and restarting when we get back, so this will actually be a WHOLE 11, 2 day break, WHOLE 30.  Post WHOLE41, we are planning on continuing forward doing an 80/20 paleo diet.

Side note: In addition to WHOLE 30, I have also started a raw prenatal vitamin and ubiquinol.  We went shopping at both Publix and Whole Foods to make sure we had fresh, whole foods available to us for the week.

DAY 1 food plan:

Breakfast - Banana and my vitamins
Snack - Strawberries
Lunch - Spinach salad with toasted almonds
Snack - carrot sticks and grapes
Dinner - Grilled chicken breast with avocado

Tonight I am planning on hard boiling some eggs in order to have some protein for breakfast.

We will see how today goes and how I feel tomorrow!