#whole30day10

[katiesrunning]

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Day 164 Miles Completed: 4.2 Total Mileage: 803.3/2018 #katieruns2018 Status: Behind 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ Been a minute since I’ve hit a milestone like this, but I am doing everything I can to get back on top of these miles and my training schedule! 🤞🤞🤞 #running #runnersofinstagram #runtheyear2018 #runtheedge #easyrun #800milesdown #1200togo #healthyliving #goals #whole30day10

[tayloreddesigns]

Pretty excited I closed two rings before I left the gym this am😁 #whole30day10 #thatworkoutwasawesome #healthyliving #happytiredgirl #lovemyurbanlife😍 #blessed #designerlife👌🏻 (at Minneapolis, Minnesota)

[bucketsofjoy]

Cauliflower fried rice with sesame salmon #whole30 #whole30day10 #whole30round2

[paleopineapple]

#whole30 #chickenroulade with #pistachiopesto - this is my favorite meal so far. #whole30day10 #whole30lunch #whole30dinner #spinach #mushrooms #paleo #pesto #gettinghealthy

[chunky002]

Whole30 Days 9-12

Okay so it has been a CRAZY week. Since I’m on day 12 and have a really shitty memory, don’t hold me to what I ate -exactly- on days 9 and 10. But I was on point with it, I swear on whatever there is to swear on. 

This week was a bunch of up and down. Fortunately I FINALLY found an apartment. It’s at the very top of my budget and I’ll definitely need to pinch pennies to save for Christmas gifts this year, but it’s a cute apartment with a full kitchen and I have it all to myself. 

The Whole30 folks weren’t kidding about days 10 and 11 being awful. I’d say day 10 was my hardest to date, insofar as battling cravings. And they were right - I didn’t want anything in particular like day 2, I was just missing the fact that I COULDN’T eat stuff. I went to my nearest Redbox the night of the 10th, which happens to be in a grocery store, and I swear (I’m swearing to a lot of stuff today, aren’t I?) I have never had so much determination NOT to eat a carb/dairy. I’m looking at you Safeway brand potato salad. 

Nevertheless, I survived. Day 11 I was still wanting food I couldn’t have, but putting a new word, MISSING, not CRAVING made it easier to bear somehow. Maybe because it forced me to think about what I was feeling when I wanted to break the progress I’d made and see that I didn’t want it, I just missed it. 

Not to get too much into the TMI with you all, but it’s kind of an NSV. Having PCOS my time of the month doesn’t come every month, and being the weight that I am doesn’t help. So in a horray/oh fuck moment, my not-so-friend showed up for the first time in eight months. That’s right eight. 

I do have a confession. I know they repeat over and over not to measure or weigh yourself for the full month, and to let this be a way to break the dependency on the scale, however... just no. I’m not measuring or weighing myself daily, but I am weighing in periodically because I have scale goals. I do, and I’m not ashamed of that. Yes, I want to get fit and strong, but I also want to lose fat and watch the number on the scale drop like a horrifying amusement park ride. 

And I’m proud to say, that even on my period, on day 12 I am down 10.3lbs. 

On to the food tracking.

Day 9 Foodage:

Breakfast - coffee with coconut milk, 2 bananas

Lunch - really awful thai chicken in coconut milk (two bites and I was done), package of almonds (1 oz)

Dinner - 2 program-compliant sausages, my (now a staple) chili with tons of kale

Day 10 Foodage:

Breakfast - coffee with coconut milk, a banana

Lunch - 2 servings grilled chicken, 1 serving skirt steak

Dinner - 2 program-compliant sausages, chili with tons of kale

Day 11 Foodage:

Breakfast - huge coffee with coconut milk because the assholes ran out of bananas

Lunch - salad with tons of grilled chicken (2 servings), lettuce (obviously), and salsa

Dinner - 2 program-compliant sausages, chili with tons of kale

Day 12 Foodage:

Breakfast - coffee with coconut milk, a banana

Lunch 1.5 servings grilled chicken, 1/2 serving skirt steak

Dinner - almonds and cashews (wasn’t too hungry but thought I should get some o’ those healthy fats in my system and eat a little before bed)

I’m still not drinking enough water, and have yet to work out. In time my dears. This weekend I’ll start doing some cardio and hopefully return to lifting weights (YAY!!), and I’ll try to better monitor my water progress throughout the day now that I feel like I have a decent handle on the food thing.

- chunky out

[strmyweather]

Whole30, Day 10

I'm still knocking ALL the wood when I say this, but my skin is finally doing MUCH better. The spots that cropped up on my forehead earlier in the week are fading and I'm not seeing any new ones. There may actually be a day in my near future when I don't have to wear makeup to work. Also -- again, knocking ALL the wood -- seems like a couple of my psoriatic fingernails miiiight be growing out a little bit more normally (if I look really hard, it seems like the proximal couple millimeters of nail look smoother/healthier). Also, today was the first day that my GI tract felt fully normal. AND I slept 10 hours last night (though still woke up twice to pee). AND my belly finally looks a tiny bit flatter. We're definitely not in Tiger Blood phase yet (I was feeling overconfident this morning and got on the scale, which HAS. NOT. BUDGED. ONE. SINGLE. POUND. #dammit), but small positive changes are definitely happening. 

Workout: squatting, which felt HEAVY. I was supposed to do 6 sets of 5 at 123#, but ended up only doing 3 sets at that weight because I couldn't hold good form. Putzed around for a while; did one set of back squats and a couple of heavyish cleans (ended on a single at 123# that felt super solid, albeit still too heavy for something that's 20# under my max). Ended with an 10-minute EMOM of 3 kipping pull-ups; increased to 4 and then 5 on the last couple of sets. Buy-out was 3 sets of 5 GHDs, slow and controlled. My back felt fine afterward despite all this, so I'm choosing to feel good about the day even though it really didn't feel fantastic. I have a competition next weekend and I think I need to work on increasing my carbs a little so that I don't feel so draggy.

Brunch: the last veggies I had in the house were some frozen greens, so put them in a pan with salt, pepper, ghee, garlic powder, lemon juice, and a tiny bit of cayenne. Then tossed them in a bowl with two chopped apple sausages and two sunny eggs. Oh. Em. Gee. I cannot imagine a more delicious post-workout breakfast. I know I used to eat greens all the time; how did I get away from that?!? Yet another habit that needs to be changed. (But this one won't be hard, because holy yum.)

Got a massage this afternoon -- first one in a month. I had booked 90 minutes, but I had so many knots that poor Kevin spent TWO HOURS AND TEN MINUTES on me! I had been starting to wonder whether my biweekly massage habit was becoming "too much of a luxury," but four weeks is definitely too long. Will try to split the difference next time and try three weeks.

Dinner: I 'traded' an area rug to my friends Nicole and Mel in exchange for a Whole30-compliant dinner at their house. They made lemon-garlic chicken in the crockpot, roasted broccoli, and mashed (local) turnips. DEE-licious. I did not feel full afterward and wanted to eat more, but we ended up watching a movie and I didn't get home until 10:45, so just had a mug of white tea and went to bed.

[gastropost]

From Gastroposter Lorrie Thornhill, via Instagram:

Orange slices with a fresh mango and pineapple sauce!