I woke up early, texted Ryan to make sure he was up and on his way to the airport and got ready for Bar Method. My pre-workout meal was a small bowl of n'oatmeal, which barely even made a dent in what is still left! It was still sweet and thick and the fat from the nuts is a great start to the day, and more interesting than my usual handful of whole nuts! I took citibike to SoHo and had an absolutely AMAZING class with Amanda. I was shaking, sweating, and feeling so calm and relaxed. We even did pretzel, which if you know me, you know it is my favorite. I took citibike home, waited for my FreshDirect order to arrive and prepared Meal #1. Ryan's flight landed early so he came home an hour earlier than he thought! My post-workout meal was half of a blueberry RxBar. I think this is where my day started to go wrong.
Half an RxBar and then 1 hour until my next meal, I don't think I was full. I think I was fearing I was eating too many calories and that Bar Method is not as intense a workout as spin or heavy lifting so I didn't need as much protein to recover (some Whole30 people do not have a post-workout meal after yoga so I guess I assumed I shouldn't, or have less after Bar). I don't want to rely on Larabars or Rx Bars for post workout meals but right now they are conveneint to eat in the locker room early in the morning or on my commute home. You are supposed to eat 15-20 minutes after working out in order for your muscles to repair so I definetly need to eat something because during the week and on the weekends my Meal #1 is not for an hour after I work out. So I just have to figure out the best amount of protein to eat after Bar Method. I could also play it by ear based on the individual class itself and how hard my body worked.
Soon after I finished eating Ryan came home; Haley ran to the front door crying and let him hold her, which is extremely unusual. Haley hates being touched, unless of course she wants to be! What a New Yorker! He came home and immediately asked what we were eating. Since I had just finished Meal #1, I was not hungry and wanted to not go into the kitchen or tempt myself - he made a ham and cheese sandwich. 30 minutes later had a bowl of cereal - oh man, I knew Week 1 was too good to be true, no wonder I didn't have cravings or any trouble; Ryan wasn't around to eat every hour! At 2pm I prepared Meal #2, a bowl of the last of my vegetable soup with baby carrots, almond butter and cashews on the side (Ryan also had a bowl, so that's Meal #3 in the 2 hours he has been home). I don't think this meal was large enough. It had vegetables, protein and fat but the proportions were off and even though I felt full after eating it, it didn't last long. I was hungry by 4pm but really didn't want to eat Meal #3 early and I wanted to control my snacking, so I had the other half of my Rx Bar. If Meal #2 had been more substantial I think I could have made it to Meal #3 without any problems. I also think I could have gone without the snack but I let hunger win. I can't remember if I was hungry or bored but I ate anyway (Ryan had a rice cracker with nutella and peanut butter).
Meal #3 started of rocky - I was going to make tandoori chicken, but the recipe I had called for 4-8 hours of marinating the chicken. I knew that too, I remember last week telling myself that, but with the excitement of Ryan coming home, I forgot. So I quickly went over the meal plans in my head that I had prepared and decided to make almond-coconut encrusted chicken instead. I still made the prosciutto wrapped dates and broccoli sauteed in ghee. Then Ryan tells me he doesn't like dates...could this meal get any more difficult. Well, I told him we were having dates...and that prompted an argument about me controlling the meals and him being forced to change his diet just because I change mine, but he can't effect mine by offering me chocolate or else I will get mad. And he is right - if he tried to change the way I eat, I would be so mad, yet here I am making him change his diet. I know it's not fair, but I have a really hard time letting go and giving up control, so here I am making dinner plans for the week for us, knowing full well that he doesn't like spaghetti squash (yet that is what I am planning for one meal this week). We decided to compromise - 3 meals together during the week and 2 on our own so that he can eat whatever he wants, at whatever time he wants and I won't feel bad, and he won't feel useless waiting for me. He was also upset that I bought a lot of groceries for a weeks worth of food but nothing for him like cereal, yogurts, milk (the non-paleo stuff)! I guess I wasn't thinking about him, or I was thinking that he would just adapt to whole30 with me. But that's not fair.
Well, dinner turned out great (Ryan ate the prosciutto but not the dates). My only mistake with the chicken was that I made it in a baking dish instead of on a cookie sheet so the coconut and almond meal didn't get as crispy as it could have, but it was still great and now I know for next time!
adapted from i.run.on.nutrition
1 lb chicken breasts
3/4 cup almond flour (or make your own with almonds in the food processor)
3/4 cup unsweetened coconut
2 eggs
salt, pepper, chili powder, garlic powder to taste
1. Preheat oven to 400 and grease cookie sheet.
2. Prepare 3 bowls, 1 for the eggs (beaten), coconut and almond flour (mixed with salt, pepper, chili powder and garlic powder).
4. Dredge chic in the almond flour.
5. Dip chicken in the egg again (this adds crispiness).
Serve and Enjoy!
Proscuitto Wrapped Dates
21 medjool dates
7 pieces of proscuitto
1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Slice each piece of proscuitto into thirds length wise.
3. Cut date in half and remove pit. Put two halves back together.
5. Repeat with all dates.
6. Bake for 30 minutes, or until proscuitto is crispy.
Well, lessons learned today
1) Read your labels (refer to the update in "Read Your Labels" post regarding soy in herbal teas)
2) Ryan does not like dates
3) For crispy chicken, use a cookie sheet, not a baking dish
4) Eat larger meals with proportionate fat, protein and vegetables
5) Listen to my body for post-workout meal
6) Compromise with Ryan - he is giving up just as much as I am for whole30 and it wasn't his choice! I can't let my frustration get the better of me because I will take it out on him!
I am glad we ate later though today because I am still full from dinner and do not need a snack. The dates were so sweet that I saved them on my plate until the end because it was just like dessert! I am glad I was able to control my snacking today even though it was really difficult. I am just feeling tired from having to work so hard to eat right. So much cooking, so much planning, so much cleaning; it really is hard to eat well!
Tomorrow I am slow cooking ribs and while they cook I am going to make zucchini fritters and egg frittata muffins for the week. I have to figure out the meal plan so that I can marinate the tandoori chicken while I am at work. The recipe calls for 4-8 hours of marinating (the chicken will absorb the marinade and become mushy if marinating for too long) so it cannot be a day when I do Bar Method. Maybe tandoor chicken on Wednesday? I will have to rework my meal plan for lunches and dinners (lunches are based on leftovers)!
I think today's struggle came from being my first Saturday doing Whole30 - Saturday is usually my "fat" day where I don't count points and I just eat whatever and whenever and it is usually what Ryan eats. This was my first Saturday with restrictions so I think I mentally restricted myself too much so that I wouldn't overeat or go off program. Because I was home most of the day I think I was scared to continually be hungry rather than trust my body. The plan has been great for 5 days so I don't know why I doubted myself. I just need to treat each day as it's own and not worry about what I did in the past.
Have a good night everyone!
XO
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