For meal 1, he made fried eggs over leftover sweet potato and zucchini latkes. I was so happy that he used leftovers because normally they would have sat in the fridge for days! He has to see the benefits of leftover food as less cooking/prepping/planning! And next time he could turn them into a hash so that the food becomes less like leftovers and more of a whole new dish!
My meal 1 was a vegetables omelet made with spinach, tomato and mushrooms. I got it on the go since I was at Bar Method. Preworkout was a hard boiled egg and Postworkout was an Apple Pie LaraBar. I need to prep turkey/blueberry muffins for post workout so that I don't become reliant on LaraBars!
My meal 2 was a spinach salad with turkey, shrimp and vegetables.
After work, Ryan went to workout so he had a hard boiled egg pre-workout and a RxBar post-workout. I hope he can find an alternative to bars after working out but right now he sees them as convenience because he doesn't have to make a 4th meal. But he is still doing great and staying committed.
Meal 3 was absolutely delicious. We made pork ribs and brussel sprouts with prosciutto. I made homemade BBQ sauce since my order from Tessamae's hasn't arrived yet! I cooked the ribs for 1.5 hours and they were so juicy and sweet!
Now that Ryan is doing Whole30 and I see the portions that he is eating as a 6'5, 200 lbs male, I need to either make his portions larger (so that he is full longer) or I need to make mine smaller. We cannot eat the same portion sizes. We split the ribs and brussel sprouts, but really I should have had 1/2 of my portion and either saved the remaining ribs or given them to Ryan. I will play it be ear the next few days with portions. I don't want to start being hungry in between meals by making my portion smaller, but I don't want to over-eat. I am 5'1 and 112 lbs so Ryan and I should not be eating the same.
The homemade BBQ sauce ingredients included:
6 oz. can tomato paste
1 tbsp coconut aminos
3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup water
spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, cayenne, red pepper flakes, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder.
I mixed everything together over medium heat and then topped the ribs with the sauce.
We ate late at 7:30pm but by 10:30pm Ryan was hungry. I don't think he was actually hungry, but had cravings. Usually after dinner, he has a rice cake with peanut butter and nutella a couple hours later. He doesn't let his body digest and metabolize his dinner so he thinks he is hungry. He goes to bed full and doesn't sleep well because his body is too busy breaking down food rather than resting. His cortisol levels are thrown off because his body doesn't think it is time to sleep. He doesn't wake up hungry either since he ate so close to bedtime. I am sure he was hungry, but I also think he was craving the sweets as well as used to the habit of eating. He needs to see meal 3 as his final so he eats more fat and savors it. I am proud of him though because he did not eat and went to bed by 11:30pm.
Ryan could have 4 meals during the week if his body really needs it, but they need to be 4 meals, not 3 meals and a snack. It is up to him on how to divide his meals and time, but I do think 3 meals is enough.
He usually eats meal 1 at 7:30am/8am, meal 2 at 12:30pm/1pm and meal 3 at 6pm. The issue is then he doesn't go to sleep for another 6 hours. He needs to get in bed earlier so that he doesn't have late night cravings. But he has 28 days to figure this out and I know he will do great!
As for me, I know I am not going through the same detox I did in March because my body is used to the whole30 lifestyle. But with new goals of limiting nuts, nut butter and now lessening my portions, I have my own struggles. I know I ate too many nuts round 1 and used them as snacks. I would like to keep whole nuts to a limit, maybe 2-3 days per week and always with a meal. Whether that is on a salad or to encrust meat or fish! I also want to stick to healthy nuts like cashews, macadamia nuts, and hazelnuts and limit almonds and especially walnuts!
I had an amazing activity week. I went to Bar Method 3 days this week but my NikeFuel band was extremely active. I hit goal (2,000 fuel) every day Sunday - Friday and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I had record breaking goal day. I had my best Wednesday, Thursday and Friday since using the fuelband and yesterday I had 3,000 fuel and was active for over 7 hours during the day. It felt food to be active and walking and moving. I still need to do Bar Method 4 days a week so starting next week I need to do 3 weekdays or add on a weekend day. I also need to do a Level 2 class which is only offered on weekends so that will help with the 4 day a week goal. It is just difficult to go to weekend classes because I want to sleep in and also getting to SoHo isn't that easy. It's a lot easier to go to SoHo and then to work, but getting back home is a little more difficult. But I won't make excuses for not going to Bar Method. I just have to get my bar booty to the studio!
Have a great weekend everyone!
XO
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