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February 7, 2022

So I finished January Whole30 on February 2, though I continued until the 5th. That day, there was a family decision that took a while to finalize, and we were a bit stressed and it was late, so we ordered pizza.

This last weekend was crap for reintroduction and eating, but in trying to get back on track. Yesterday and today, I was about 90% in compliance. So I'll continue with getting back in the whole30 mindset this week and start a nee round next week.

Well I am happy with my results from my last round. I have more energy, a clearer mind, sleeping better, mostly better mood. I lost 11 pounds, and around 10 inches off my body. 2.5 inches was off my hips alone!

Tonight for dinner we had simple burger patties, Cole slaw with Primal Kitchen Ceasar dressing, and turnip fries with turnips grown from our garden.

Last week I made Spinach, potato, egg, and apple chicken sausage for breakfasts, Tex-Mex beef fajitas with some nacho "cheese" sauce, and sesame chicken with broccoli and cauliflower rice.

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January 24, 2022

I'm not sure the last time I posted what foods I've made, but here are some pictures. I'm on day 22 of Whole30, so it's almost over. Though I'm thinking of going longer since I'm having dreams of non compliant foods like waffles and chocolate, on top of being bombarded with advertisements for candy and other baked snack foods.

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Jan 11, 2022

I've not posted much the last few days. Mom life and busy with house stuff didn't leave time for updates.

Last week was a lot of left overs.

This morning I made Potato and Kale Hash with Eggs in the Whole30 Fast and Easy cookbook. It was ok, will have to try it again with larger bits of kale. I also had a banana with the Mixed Nut Butter as my plated fat.

Since I am a week into my Whole30 journey, I can say my mon scale victories have been obtaining more energy, and getting some bloating down. In addition, I've got over my starving feeling between meals, which would result in me having a "snack" of dried apples, nuts, and hard boiled egg.

One thing I need to work on is drinking more water. So far it's been three 12 ounce cups of water at meals, 12 out especially of coffee, and maybe a can of Waterloo sparkling water.

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Jan 3, 2022

Lunch wasn't so great since we left the house and I wasn't hungry at the time. But I did pack a hard boiled egg, chomp stick, seeds and nuts, and dried fruit.

We had left overs for dinner, so nothing too fancy.

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Jan 3, 2022

Breakfast- Chorizo and Sweet Potato Skillet in the Whole30 Fast & Easy cookbook.

Regular coffee with Nutpots sugar Free and dairy free pumpkin spice creamer

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Jan 2, 2022

Made from scratch pop tarts.

To minimize processed foods in my kids diet, I made strawberry pop tarts. They are quite sinful.

A few things I would change would very the thickness of the pastry, and the size. The recipe says to roll out the pastry to a 1/4 inch thick, then divide into 3x5 inch rectangles. The recipe makes 6 pop tarts.

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Jan 1, 2022

I thought this was posted, but I guess there was an error.

Dinner tonight was whole30 approved roasted chicken with mesquite seasoning from Primal Gormet cookbook, green beans, mashed potatoes with Ghee and coconut milk, and freshly picked strawberries with coconut milk.

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Jan 2, 2022

Dinner today was a huge success. When you have toddlers who like to push boundaries and refuse dinner most nights with the excuses "I don't like it," "it smells bad," "it's not my favorite," for them to eat is amazing. When Beast said "you made a good brisket, mommy" it almost made me cry. This recipe is a win for my family.

So I made mustard-braised brisket with potatoes and cabbage. It is in the Whole30 Slow Cooker book.

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It's been a while since I've been on Tumblr. So long that my previous account got deleted.

I probably won't be consistent with posting about my weight loss journey.

Let's begin. I've always been overweight, but not too bad. By my late teens I decided to lose weight, and lost 40 pounds, so I think I weighed around 154 pounds. Then I gained weight, and lost. At one point I got up to 194, and then lost 30-40 pounds. Around this time I started dating my now husband, and went on birth control. That caused me to gain all the weight I lost back in less than a year. Then we got married, I was in grad school, then got pregnant, had a baby, and breastfed. Well what they tell you about wight loss and breast feeding is a lie, I gained wight.

Anyway, by the time I got pregnant my weight got to 204 lbs. I started keto, lost 10 pounds and got pregnant. I didn't stuck with keto because I craved carbs. Well with my pregnancy I gained 40 pounds, and lost 15 of it after giving birth. Then I maintained that weight, until I decided to work on losing weight again. I lost about 22 pounds when I got pregnant again when my eldest T was 14 months old.

Weight gain with my second pregnancy was slow and about 15 pounds. With this baby I was able to breast feed for a year, and didn't want to change my diet since when I did, my supply would dip. Well after having baby A I lost my pregnancy weight within 2 weeks, which was amazing. But it crept back and I gained more weight. So by the time my baby was 10 months old, in October of 2020, I was at 232 pounds.

Around this time I was reading about Whole30 and how people learn about food sensitivities and to tame the Sugar Dragon. I know I have an addiction to sugar, mainly candy and desserts. So I wanted to do a reset and control my sugar addiction. In October 2020, I dove in and tried Whole30 for a week to make sure I liked the food and wouldn't feel anxiety over cooking in a new way.

I was amazed that I lost 8 pounds. After that I decided after the holidays I would put forth a full round on Whole30 in Janurary 2021. Which I did. I lost 13 pounds and learned so much about food and my body. I learned that beans do not sit well with me, so I avoid them, and know that snacking, or grazing is my worst enemy.

Since then, I have stuck with eating Whole30 about 80% of the time, and have managed to lose more weight.

Then at the end of March, beginning of April, I gained 6 pounds.. so starting April 11, I decided I needed to get moving and exercise, as well as keeping on with eating healthy. My downfall at this point was due to thr stress of house hunting, and Easter.

I did not do another round of Whole30, but stuck with the meal template, but still had take out and junk food. From April 11 to May 2, I lost 7 pounds, and an average of 2 inches.

Now I plan to do more whole eating, and exercising to hopefully get down to 132 pounds.

Start weight: 232.8 lbs (Oct 2020)

Current weight: 198.6 lbs (May 2, 202)

Goal: 132 lbs