After a salad and soup I went to watch the news with Ryan. While I was sitting there, I was thinking "just make it through the next commercial break without dessert" and then the next "just make it to 6:45pm without dessert" and again "just make it to 6:50pm without dessert" and then I walked in to the kitchen to get water and I caved...not DESSERT or sugar, but the sweetness of a snack which is a no no with Whole30. My post dinner snack was 5 baby carrots, a small spoonful of almond butter and 1 fig. It was pure natural sugar but it hit the spot and I was able to walk away and feel satisfied. I am confident that by the end of Whole30 I can break the cycle of need and reward with sweet foods.
I worry for tomorrow, Day 2, at work where there is an abundance of fruit. I usually have a pear or orange in the morning before lunch, an apple at 2pm and a banana at 4pm. It's a lot of sugar and I need to eliminate it. I don't know if it is better to go cold turkey without the fruit or to slow it down to 1 a day.
I am going to Bar Method in the morning so this will be my first morning not home to make breakfast. As part of Whole30, I also need to have a pre and post workout "meal." Before I leave at 5:30am, I plan to have a handful of cashews. Since I won't be home to make breakfast I was planning to get a fresh made omelette at a deli near work where they have an omelette station and you pick your vegetables. Since eggs are an easy whole30 breakfast, it is safe to eat, but I have to figure out what to have at 7:30am after Bar Method but before 8:30am breakfast. I might have half a larabar post workout and save the other half for another day. I don't want to use the larabar often because it is made with dates which have a lot of sugar, but it is quick and easy. A hard boiled egg would be great, but not if I am having an omelette 1 hour later. I need to figure out other breakfast ideas for days when I work-out. I could microwave eggs and make scrambled eggs in a mug with a side of berries and almond butter - but there have to be other options besides eggs. That will be next weeks goals - slow cooking or meal prepping breakfast.
Hopefully tomorrow night after dinner I can fight the urge for the sweetness. I am planning on having soup again and maybe broccoli and pork seared on the stove. I have not bought coconut amino acids yet (soy sauce replacement) but maybe I will on the way home from work tomorrow and make a pork stir-fry. I have been researching a lot of recipes, but right now I need to cook what I have in the house already - this is getting expensive to buy lara bars, breakfast on the go and all of the paleo friendly condiments like ghee and coconut amino acids. I also bought Rx Bars which look great for whole30, but again, I can't have one every day because that just makes another bad habit. I have to find a way to incorporate them into daily routines and not create a pattern.
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