Ryan's goals
Workout 4x week (2x at home, 2x at gym)
Be in bed by 11:30pm week 1-2, 11:00pm week 3-4
Hit NikeFuel goal (3,000 fuel) 5 days a week
No snacking late night after Leslie goes to sleep
Eat 3 meal #3's per week not in front of television
No caffeine after 5pm
Leslie's goals
Go to Bar Method 4x week
Take 1 Level 2 Bar Method class
Hit NikeFuel goal (2,000 fuel / 8,000 steps) 5 days a week
Limit Lara Bar/Rx Bar to emergency only - not pre/post workout
Eat 3 meal #3's per week not in front of television
Let Ryan plan and cook 3 meals per week
No plantain/apple chips (SWYPO)
Limit nut butter to recipes only - not snacking
Read one paleo/nutrition book (Eat The Yolks)
Today was Day 1 for me, Ryan and my mom on Whole30. Starting May 15 through June 13, we will be following Whole30 - that means no grains, wheat, dairy, soy, legumes and sugar! Because this is my second round I now know my weaknesses and SWYPO food items so I will also be restricting plantain chips, nuts and nut butter. Last round I used nuts and almond butter and plantain chips to satisfy a craving rather than for nutritional purposes. For this reason, I know that I need to restrict my consumption of them because I have a hard time controlling myself.
Ryan is having a hard time not snacking. He is used to eating small meals frequently throughout the day so he is having a hard time figuring out how big each meal should be in order to feel full for 4-5 hours until his next meal. His hardest time of day is light night. Because he eats meal 1 and meal 2 so early, meal 3 is usually at 5pm and meal 4 is at 9pm. But meal 4 is usually nothing nutritional (a rice cake with peanut butter and nutella). For him, that late night snack will be the hardest restraint. We will have to work together to extend the length between his meals so that he can feel full until 6pm so that he can eat his last meal later in the day. Unlike me, he stays awake a long time after his meal so one goal of his is to get into bed earlier without each week. I have high hopes that once his eating habits are under control, he will have more energy during the day, need less caffeine in the afternoon and therefore be able to go to bed earlier.
I have been without caffeine for 1.5 weeks now. I decided that for my second whole30 that I would give it up. On day 31 we receive an email about starting another whole30 and it doesn't have to be food related. It could be 30 days without caffeine, 30 days of working out, 30 days of calling your mom every afternoon - so I chose to do 30 days without caffeine. During it during whole30 makes it easier to say that it is one of the things I am giving up. That way I feel less deprived. I was sick last week so any migraines or nausea that I may have felt, I didn't really notice. I do feel a little down around 2pm/3pm so I have found a delicious kombucha green tea decaf to sip on when I get food cravings or caffeine cravings. So far so good!
I am excited to share the whole30 experience with my family and I hope they learn as much as I did my first round. I hope they embrace the change and the new way of life and it opens them up to seeing food differently. Food is healing as much as it is harmful and whole30 is about finding the benefits of food and eating whole food and giving our body the best nutrition that we can. When we poison ourselves with processed foods, we slow ourselves down physically and mentally. Whole30 helps make us be the best version of ourselves!
I can't wait to see all of the delicious recipes that Ryan wants to make. And this round I will let him control a lot of what we cook and eat so that he can enjoy the experience and not feel like I am dictating every aspect. It is his journey just as it is mine!
Tonight for dinner I was out with a friend so we had sashimi and naruto rolls. I even brought my own coconut aminos!
Ryan was on his own and I was nervous about that for day 1 but meal 3 look delicious. He made sweet potato and zucchini fritters with a turkey burger! I was very impressed that after a long and hard day of work he came home and cooked!
Oh and I guess I should mention that yesterday's Day 0 was pizza. It was my first pizza since February! It was gluten free and I made sure that mine had over 5 vegetables so that it would limit the amount of cheese that could fit on the pie! I went to bed feeling sad but not guilty because I knew that even without starting Whole30, I had the tools to move past 1 meal and not see it is a bad week or weekend. It was 1 meal and after it was done, I moved on and started the next day with eggs and chicken sausage and vegetables! I did wake up feeling extremely bloated and gassy. I also did not sleep well and woke up feeling tired and not rested. I won't say that I will never eat pizza since it is Ryan's favorite food, but it will have to be extremely limited and worth it for me to want to eat it! Sharing Day 0 with Ryan was worth eating it!
Tomorrow we are going to spend time meal planning for the week so that Ryan will feel prepared. I am not home a lot for dinner next week and I don't want Ryan to feel abandoned. He needs to prepare otherwise he will think it is easier to order pizza! I am here to support him and I know we can have a successful 30 days together!
XO
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