Shapin' Up Daily Meals & Moves

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January Whole30 Day 14 / 15

Day 14

Breakfast: Smoothie w/ coffee, dates, almond milk, 1/2 banana, vanilla bean (is this approved? meh), mini apple pie larabar

Lunch: Salad, grilled chicken, roasted cauliflower, avocado

Dinner: Grilled chicken, sweet potato fries

Workout: Cycling

Day 15

Breakfast: Green Smoothie

Lunch: Grilled chicken, sweet potato

Dinner: Paleo Chili, a grilled eggplant (yes, an entire eggplant), frozen fruit, dates

Workout: Cycling

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January Whole30 Day 13

Breakfast: 1/2 avocado, eggs, spinach, chicken sausage, coffee

Snack: Raw almonds, coconut cream Larabar

Lunch: Coconut green curry chicken, kale salad

Dinner: Coconut green curry chicken

Workout: Cycling

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January Whole30 Day 11/12

Day 11

Breakfast: Butternut squash, 2 eggs, spinach, coffee

Lunch: Coffee w/ almond milk, 1/2 banana, dried mango

Dinner: Brussels sprout, pomegranate, butternut squash, avocado and prosciutto salad

Workout: None :(

Day 12

Breakfast: Banana, almond butter, coconut, coffee

Lunch: Roasted butternut squash, 2 eggs, spinach

Dinner: Coconut Green Curry Chicken & Veggies, coconut water

Workout: Cycling class, 50 minute conditioning class

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January Whole30 Day 8/9/10

Day 8

Breakfast: Coffee w/ homemade almond milk, mixed nuts and apple chips

Snack: Cherry Pie Larabar

Lunch: Green Curry Chicken

Dinner:  Paleo butternut squash lasagna

Workout: Cycling class

Day 9

Breakfast: Apple chips, mixed nuts, coffee

Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken & veggies

Dinner: Grilled chicken, salad, sweet potato fries (maybe not 100% compliant)

Dessert: Dried Mango

Workout: None :(

Day 10

Breakfast: Coffee, Smoothie with almond milk, coffee, 1/2 banana, chia seeds

Lunch: None but some dried mango

Dinner: Grilled chicken, sweet potato, dried mango (whoops, lots of that today)

Workout: 1 mile run, weight lifting/conditioning, 75 min yoga

Update: I'm feeling great but haven't been so perfect at meal planning. I've been snacking on lots of dried fruit, more than I should, and am not making a filling breakfast a priority. For the week ahead my goal is to make solid breakfasts ahead of time so I can start my day off right and won't feel the need to snack as much. Also lots more water.

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January Whole30 Day 7

Breakfast: Coffee with homemade almond milk, coconut cream pie larabar

Lunch: Leftover salad with proscuitto, green coconut curry chicken

Snack: Go raw ginger cookies

Dinner: Green coconut curry chicken over cauliflower rice

Dessert: Frozen berries and mango

Workout: Cycling class

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January Whole30 Day 6

Breakfast: Coffee, homemade almond milk, egg fritata with veggies

Snack: Mixed raw nuts

Lunch: 1/2 avocado, 3 slices of proscuitto

Snack: Go Raw Ginger snaps

Dinner: Bowl of turkey chili, brussels sprout salad with roasted butternut squash and pomegranate seeds, sauteed in avocado/olive oil and Tessemae's zesty ranch dressing

Workout: Day off, it was cold and I wasn't feeling particularly motivated. 

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January Whole30 Day 5

Oh hi, long time no talk. Fell of the wagon (hard, ouch) but am attempting a Whole30 lifestyle for January. At least the first half of it.

Once again using this space to note my meals and moves. Sorta boring for you, but helpful for me to stay on track.

Day 5:

Breakfast: Egg fritata with mixed veggies, 1/4 avocado, coffee, homemade almond mlik

Snack: Roasted eggplant, handful almonds

Lunch: Turkey chili

Snack: Dried mango

Dinner: Turkey chili, 1/4 avocado

Workout: Cycling class

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Whole30, Round 2, Day 12

Breakfast: Banana, almond butter, shredded coconut, macadamia nuts, black coffee

Lunch: Sweet potato soup, almond butter and banana, macadamia nuts

Snack: Cashews

Dinner: Major cheating! More on that below.

Workout: Cycling

Feelings: Definitely losing my resolve for this Whole30 thing right about now...

So those "feelings" I wrote at about noon on Friday (I'm writing this party Monday morning). I just was not excited about Whole30. The first time around everything was new and challenging and I stayed fully on track because I was so excited about the final reveal and telling all my readers/friends/anyone who would listen about my experience. I only took two weeks off before jumping back on the Whole30 train and ya know what? I think it was too soon.

Instead of trying to go 100% in and being the all or nothing person that I am, I think I need to learn moderation. To me, that's even more challenging than going on Whole30 all-in for the entire time. 

Friday night (Halloween) I debated breaking Whole30 and after going back and forth all afternoon and night, I decided I'd take a breather. While with friends having a mini-Halloween party, I broke. I ate candy corn, swedish fish, sour patch kids, baked brie, crackers, mini hot dogs and tater tots plus one glass of wine and one beer. How's that for breaking Whole30? I felt pretty ill after about 20 minutes and cut myself off. By Saturday morning I was back on the Paleo plan (I won't call it Whole30 because Whole30 means 30 days no cheating and clearly that didn't happen). Taking the night off, although it left me feeling like poo, was worth it. It was worth it because it strengthened my resolve for Saturday and the rest of my weekend. 

I think my new approach is allowing a cheat meal every week. Once a week I'll let myself chill out, eat a meal of what I want, plus a dessert and then carry on with my Paleo eating.

I still fully support Whole30 and think the plan is amazing. I highly recommend it to anyone toying with the idea but perhaps not two Whole30s just a few weeks apart.

I'll continue to post my meals and moves for anyone interested. It's all about finding what works for you and I think this might work for me. Let's find out.

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Whole30 Round 2, Day 11

Breakfast: Banana, Cherry Larabar, Black Coffee

Lunch: Salad with veggies and roasted chicken. Treat of dried mango and pineapple

Snack: Macadamia nuts

Dinner: Roasted vegetables, steak and sweet potato fries

Workout: Cycling, Bikram

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Whole30 Round 2, Day 10

Breakfast: Banana, almond butter, dried coconut and black coffee

Lunch: Salad with tomatoes, hearts of palm, figs, grilled chicken and olive oil/balsamic vin

Snack: Lemon larabar

Dinner: Chipotle (all whole30 approved ingredients) followed by 4 figs and 2 spoonfuls of almond butter

Workout: Cycling class

Feelings: Couldn't control my eating at night! It wasn't even that I was hungry, and now a day later I can acknowledge that, but at the time I just wanted to keep eating...so I did. Not great and woke up feeling blah. Lesson learned.

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Whole30 Round 2, Day 9

Breakfast: Black coffee, raw coconut and Masala Chai Super Cookies from Go Raw (I know that imitation cookies aren't ok on Whole30...these are by no means cookies, more like flat disks of sprouted organic ingredients)

Lunch: Leftover spaghetti squash with ground turkey

Snack: Coconut cream pie larabar

Dinner: Leftover spaghetti squash with ground turkey, lots of grilled eggplant and 1/4 a pomegranate for dessert

Workout: RowHouse 50 minute row/core class

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Whole30 Round 2, Day 8

Breakfast: Black coffee, roasted potatoes, egg whites, 1/2 avocado

Snack: shredded coconut

Lunch: Salad with steak, 1/2 avocado, sun dried tomatoes and Tessamae's dressing

Snack: Unsweetened dried mango, proceeded to get a horrific stomach ache, don't know why

Dinner: Spaghetti squash with ground turkey and an entire eggplant (whoops.), lots of pomegranate seeds for dessert. Proceeded until completely full

Workout: Cycling class

Feelings: This time around on Whole30 I'm not taking my hunger/full cues very well. I'm sort of ignoring them. For example, had a tiny feeling that my stomach wasn't responding well to the dried mango but ate the entire bag anyways. Horrific stomach pains ensued. Last night, kept eating that damn pomegranate until I was on the verge of a stomach ache. New goal for self: pay attention to how I'm feeling and stop eating when full!

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Whole30 Round 2 Days 5, 6, 7

I had a low key weekend, allowing me to easily stick to Whole30!

Um ok I was going to write down everything I ate but I honestly can't remember. The highlights were grilled chicken and a sweet potato, steak, roasted potatoes, eggs...yea things like that. I snacked more than usual because I was home a lot his weekend and didn't eat three large meals, more like 2 normal meals and a side of snacking.

Sorry, did a bad job of recording this weekend but will get back on track today!

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Whole30 Round 2 Day 4

Breakfast: Scrambled egg whites, roasted potatoes, 1/2 avocado, black coffee

Snack: Almonds and coconut

Lunch: Kale & spinach salad with grilled chicken, apples, tomatoes, cucumber, balsamic vinegar

Dinner: Grilled basa (fish), roasted butternut squash (in avocado oil), 1/4 an avocado and cauliflower rice with nutritional yeast.

Workout: Cycling class, ab workout

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Whole30 Round 2, Day 3

Breakfast: almonds and coconut, black coffee

Lunch: RxBar, 1/2 an avocado

Snack: Mini apple pie Larabar

Dinner: 4 persian cucumbers dipped in Tessamae's dressing

Workout: Cycling class, Bikram Yoga

Feelings: My day of eating was a little bizarre. I know that 4 mini cucumbers isn't a real dinner and I also know that an RxBar and 1/2 an avocado is a very strange lunch. Because I got home from vacation Monday morning and haven't had time to grocery shop, sticking to Whole30 while being very unprepared is a challenge. Also my Bikram class last night was at 8pm so I didn't get home until 9:45 and at that point didn't want an actual dinner, the cucumbers were enough and then I was off to bed.

I'm still figuring out how to balance my schedule with my new job, cycling classes and blogging so without proper meal planning, I've been way off my game. I'll get back on it soon, just need to schedule a trip to Trader Joe's asap!

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Whole30 Round 2 Day 2

Breakfast: Black coffee, raw almonds, dried coconut

Lunch: Kale salad with tomatoes, hearts of palm, avocado, grilled chicken, cucumbers, balsamic vinegar

Snack: Mini bag of dried apple chips

Dinner: Cruciferous salad mix with Tessamae's dressing, 1/4 avocado, yellow squash grilled with avocado oil, a handful of dried coconut chunks

Workout: 1 hour at the gym (mix of cardio and weights)

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Whole30 Round 2, Day 1

Hi, remember me? I went off the grid for a for a few days (vacations in New Orleans and Michigan) and I'm back! With my surf and yoga retreat only about 6 weeks away, I'm getting back in the Whole30 game. Yes, I'm going to do it again, only two weeks after I finished it. Is that crazy? It might be but I felt SO good on it and unfortunately I'm an all or nothing kinda girl and I want to go all in. I have a friend giving it a go as well and I want to be there to support her. So, with that, let's do this!

Breakfast: Black coffee

Lunch: Salad, with grilled chicken, cucumbers, olives, rosemary roasted potatoes, balsamic vinegar

Dinner: Grilled chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, white potatoes and onions. A few pieces of dried mango.

This week will be a bit weird. I got back from my vacation Monday and went straight to work so grocery shopping and cooking wasn't in the cards. My week is busy but hopefully I can stay on track even without the proper prep.