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Post Whole30.

Reminding myself this journey was not about weight loss is a struggle.  I finally stepped on the scale this morning and the official change is -5 lbs.  So yeah, a loss!  Other successes were inches lost in my waist and chest.

But it still felt insignificant.  This is kind of a gross picture, but it is a good reminder that 5 lb is actually a big deal.  Interesting to note though, this 5 pound loss…

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ELAAD Times 3

ELAAD.

Eat Like An Asshole Day. 

This is a term my friends and I concocted back when we were all simultaneously dieting. It was our version of a cheat day. I know Whole30 despises Cheat Days and now I can see why.

This weekend, Sara and I attended two Flogging Molly concerts and a musical production of the Wizard of Oz all while throwing all our good dining habits to the wayside. I drank waaaaay too much and it’s weird how much weirder beer tastes after not having it for a month. Apparently I also discovered I don’t like Maker’s Mark.

Thursday Sara and I had her celebratory alcoholic drink from the arcade bar near our house. She was a huge fan. I wasn’t that fond of my Not Your Father’s Root Beer, as it tasted syrupy. Then we went to have Mexican Martinis and queso at one of our favorite Mexican places. I really could feel the alcohol hitting me harder. We had to wait around and drink some water before we were good to go on.

Friday we ate Panera and Texas Roadhouse. My Panera choices were poor ones, but the steak and shrimp I got for dinner made up for it. I had a few too much to drink and poor Sara had to drive my drunk ass home.

Saturday we ate Cracker Barrel on the way home, basically we just had bread for all parts of the meal, and then picked up food at Costco for our early dinner before the show.

3 days filled with poor decisions chasing us back to the waiting arms of the tenants of Whole 30. We both decided that going back for a week would help us feel better, that and I am going back to the gym after work tonight. My plan this week is to get 3 good workouts in. Sara, too, is feeling the after effects of terrible eating. We need to pull back on going crazy and find out if dairy and/or gluten is the cause for her digestive based funk.

ELAAD had its desired effect. We don’t want to eat that crappily for a while.

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What’s Next?

I’m 2 days post Whole30. I really don’t know exactly what to think. Sara and I had Mod Pizza the next night. It was really nice to have something with cheese on it. I had a few Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets at the staff meeting, much to Sara’s dismay.

Overall I just kind of feel like meh. I had a cookie, like not a homemade one, but from a bag and I felt absolutely shitty. I got all sweaty. I don’t think I want to go back to that.

Sara brought home some pre-made meals for my work tonight. I was thoroughly unimpressed. I had a My Fit Meal with chipotle barbecue chicken. It was just sort of bland. Despite all the effort, I kind of miss our homemade meals.

I have 3 days off coming up, 2 of which will include me attending concerts. I’ll have to make sure I don’t go too crazy on the beer. I did promise Sara that we could go get her favorite drink before hand.

Working out hasn’t gone as planned. When I get back from my trip up to DFW, I’m going to hit the gym with renewed vigor.

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Post Whole30 Musings

I didn't want to post right away after I was done with Whole30, mostly because I wanted to kinda see where things went.

I had been stupid and forgot to weigh myself before I did it, but I had a weigh in from July 2014 and I knew I had gained a few pounds over that at the very least.  The weigh in on day 31 was 3lbs under that July weigh in.  So yes, a plus!

I also lost a half inch off my neck, a half inch off my arms, and a whole inch off my waist and thighs.  Not bad, not bad..

So, a few days in to my reintro period and... I really like my usual breakfast of almond butter and an apple or banana.  I also am using a LOT less sugar in my coffee - just a splash or two of cream and a small bit of turbinado sugar (one packet at the most).  

Gluten reintro is something I am on the fence about. I am not completely killing it out of my diet, but I am definitely striving for much less. Dairy less so - I <3 dairy and I have not made any plans to kill that completely.

Have not had any soy yet, or beans, so who knows about those.  I feel like I will probably be having more of a whole30 diet from now on, but less restrictions on things like bacon with sugar in it.  Because, man do I miss me some bacon.

Oh and, I did splurge on my Saturday and have a bunch of fresh popped popcorn in olive oil with butter. Yep. Heaven.

Overall I think I am OK with the progress I made, and little changes along the way I think will help me continue. Yayyy.

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10/8: Weigh-In Plans

Ok people, real talk: going off Whole30 is hard. I mean it's easy to eat freely but I really don't want to gain the weigh back that I lost. Too bad, it's already creeping back!

So here's the deal, no one really reads this blog (if you want my real blog, please visit shapinup) and it's more for me to keep track of things and for those interested, to follow along, so I'm just going to go out and give my numbers because who cares. Lots of the blogs I follow (like eminnyc & losingweightinthecity) have been recently doing this with their challenges so why not join the fun.

Pre-Whole30 Weight: 122.5 (please note, my highest weight in life ever.)

Immediate Post-Whole30 (as in Day 31) Weight: 113

1 Week Post-Whole30 Weight: 117.5 (WHY!)

Here's what I'll say about my weigh-in this morning. I was not good last night or the night before with my eating. I didn't eat things that were necessarily bad but I had a lot of things, a lot of weird combos of food that didn't need to be eaten. And I ate them around 8-10pm which is on the late side. So while I was sad to see 117.5 this morning I would not consider myself overly surprised by the number. Oh and if I'm being completely honest, I weighed myself before spin class and I was 118.5 and was so sad that I let myself weigh in after class and was slightly happier to see 117.5 and that's what I'm sticking with.

Also, not sure who else feels this way, but I think I have a weight that my body just reverts back to if I'm not extremely careful with what I eat. That weight is 118. I'm not unhappy at 118 but I'd like to be in the 112-116 range instead, I'm much happier and feel better in that range. It's annoying how careful I have to be to stay under 118 but I really want to make it happen. My weigh in this morning is a wake up call to get it back together.

I haven't really strayed a ton from Whole30 rules but I've eaten more than I was on the plan and was less careful in general. Sure, I didn't indulge in the cupcakes at work but I did have wine and then I did come home and eat all the healthy things I could get my hands on. Healthy or not, I overdid it the night before weighing in.

I'm going to weigh in every Wednesday morning. I'll give you a heads up that next Wednesday will likely be terrible as I'm about to spend 4 days eating my way through New Orleans. After that I'm really going to stay on track.

I'm going on a surf and yoga retreat in early December and for that I want to feel my best. Like hang-out-in-a-bikini-all-day-every-day best. And lastly, my Whole30 before and after pictures are a serious wake up call. My face looks swollen in the before and thin and awesome (IMHO) in the after. Let's try to stick with that after photo, shall we?

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Sunday 10/5

Breakfast: Leftover spaghetti squash apple kugel, coffee

Lunch: Burger with tomato and mustard, side of roasted potatoes, dried mango, tera chips

Dinner: More spaghetti squash kugel, mushroom soup, grapes

Workout: Bikram yoga, 2 mile run

Did well today EXCEPT for those chips. They were leftover from the night before and they are my favorite sooo I finished the bag and now they are out of my life for good (until we buy more which won't be for a while). I can't have those in my apartment and not eat them. Oh also I probably didn't need to eat and entire package of dried mango (Just Mango from Trader Joe's) but it happened.