The Doctor-Donna and the Beest do Whole 30

Real-life AND internet friends @drdonnaatx and @bewilderebeest are trying the Whole30 experience this month, or maybe longer. Tune in for food posts and reflections. And inanity.

[drdonnaok]

So the Whole30 doesn’t have to super expensive. You just have to go to multiple stores, which UGH, but it works. For breakfast I had a scramble with prosciutto, green onion and poblano peppers: not bad. For lunch: ground turkey compliant, cauliflower rice, tomato sauce and an onion with spices: it’s ok, needs to be eaten with in a stuffed bell pepper. Excited to try the coconut milk with coffee tomorrow. Roasted veggies and roasted chicken for dinner. Day 1: not so bad.

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

@bewilderebeest ugh. Posted to the wrong one. 😂😒😢

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

We are doing the #Whole30 again.  I've done it twice but I feel the third time is the charm! Me and @bewilderbeest got this!

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

We’re back

We decided to do another whole30 together. I, @bewilderebeest , was unsuccessful at my first one, but @drdonnaatx I believe has done 2 successfully now, most recently during this past year.

We begin tomorrow!

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

Last night's dinner and breakfast just now. I'm going back on the Whole 30.

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

I like how @drdonnaatx and I keep accidentally reblobbing fandom stuff on here.

[bewilderebeest]

#whole30 lunch day 20! Not feeling great; I have bronchitis. Not giving up on the plan, though. I just had to take some medicine but my food is all compliant! I’ve got huevos y papas a la mexicana topped with green onion, dinosaur kale, and a lime la croix, because hydration is important and la croix is tasty!

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

Like I said in the initial post, just managed to get sick this week, which stinks. But I'm feeling good otherwise. I still want other foods, but I'm not having strong cravings for them anymore, and I'm not having a problem eating the vegetables, either, aside from a bit of greens fatigue last week. It being winter, my CSA is composed mostly of various greens week in, week out, but i dialed it back with the greens last week so now this week I'm ready to have a bit more.

I can't believe it's already day 20. I'm definitely going to slowly reintegrate food and test my reactions, and then keep mostly paleo after I'm done with whole30. I haven't worked out the schedule yet, but I'm thinking about making weekends days when I could have carbs or cheese, or something like that. We'll see what I settle on!

[writingforthetrade]

My favourite part of Deadpool was how Vanessa started as a sex worker and then remained a sex worker, because there’s nothing inherently wrong with being a sex worker.

Also, how Deadpool’s primary motivation was his own crippling insecurity about his physical appearance (even though there was no real indication that Vanessa would reject him because of his disfigurement), because everyone at some point in their lives feels that kind of insecurity.

Also, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, because Negasonic Teenage Warhead.

[lilinas]

My comment coming out of the theatre was - I’ve never seen a movie that was that overtly sexual without ever being sexist. And they wonder why women love the movie. It’s not Ryan Reynolds people! Okay, it’s not JUST Ryan Reynolds.

[krysylyn86]

All of this, plus that Wade never tried to change Vanessa, we never hear him put her or her chosen profession down, never told her to stop, there was ‘I love you’s’ and ‘marry me’s’ and ‘my girl’ but not once did he call her a whore or that he wouldn’t marry her if she didn’t stop. Not to forget that instead of figuring out what he could do to live his first act, once he found out about his cancer was to memorize her face, Wade is amazing, he loves Vanessa, all of her and never condemns her for it. 

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

So got out of practice of posting pics. But these are what I've been eating the last week and half. Slow cooker Kauna pork, pot roast, lettuce burgers. Steak and eggs. It's been rough BUT I'm loving how I feel now.

[bewilderebeest]

#whole30 Day 14 breakfast: Omelet with sautéed spinach and scallions with garlic inside, snipped scallion leaves in the egg, and fresh salsa (from HEB I didn’t make it!) on top. Delicious!

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

I haven't been cooking much of interest of late, just different versions of what I usually make, and that's been working for me. Lots of eggs (good thing I still love them!) and whole30 compliant sausage with mostly spinach and chard for greens, and peppers and onion with the occasional tomato appearances. And salads. One time, I even had tomatillos!

I'm feeling okay, I don't know that I'm feeling great, per se, but my cravings are finally tapering off.

I was having a really negative night last night, feeling bad about myself, and couldn't help but want to binge eat. I didn't. I instead ate an appropriate meal. I reminded myself that I am doing well, haven't cheated, have lost weight, and am demonstrating positive habits.

Last weekend I did a 5k, and I did the equivalent this morning, this time jogging the entire time with an additional .3-.4 mile walk to cool down.

Last night when I was feeling so bad, I needed a more powerful reminder to stay on track and reaffirm my commitment, so I did weigh myself. I've lost 10 pounds in the last two weeks! I realize that I'm "not supposed to weigh myself" to avoid focusing on the one aspect that is ultimately less important than mindful eating, but I was in such a bad place emotionally last night that just seeing the change in my physical appearance wasn't enough. I needed to quantify my progress so that I wouldn't stray, and reinforce that this is a positive change and producing at least one of my desired, positive results.

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

Day 9: Leftovers for breakfast and lunch. Dinner: lamb lettuce burger with sweet potato fries, grilled onions and mushrooms. It was spectacular. Energy climbing again. So that's good.

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

Day 8: breakfast and lunch were leftovers. Dinner was roasted butternut squash and pot roast. This was very good. No headaches this day and energy slowly on the rise.

[bewilderebeest]

EVOO, garlic, red onion, Serrano and poblano peppers (1 each), kale, 1 chicken sausage, salsa ranchero, tomato sauce, egg, top with avocado #whole30 day 8 dinner. Similar to what I did for dinner last night, but better!

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

Day 7: Oven fried prosciutto with scrambled eggs and salsa for breakfast. Lunch was grilled chicken. Dinner was sweet potato hash with hot links that were compliant. One week done. 3 to go!

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

Day 6: complaint chorizo and scrambled eggs for breakfast. For Lunch I had frittata but I made my hubs lettuce burgers with caramelized onions and sweet potato fries. For dinner I made chicken primavera. It was pretty labor intensive but it was good. Today wasn't bad but commercial are the worst. I HATE Taco Bell but I see commercials and I'm all like Taco Bell sounds good. 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

[bewilderebeest]

Dinner, day 5: sausage and egg with green onion thrown in at the last minute, sautéed poblano peppers, and some jalapeño peppers from a jar. #whole30

[drdonnabeestwhole30]

Day 5: leftovers for breakfast and lunch. Turkey burgers and sweet potato fries for dinner. Today wasn't as bad as yesterday. Still withdrawals suck very much bad. This is worth it!!!

[cecilbaldwin-fan]

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