Thursday, June 24, 2010
Day 4 of Whole 30
Today is day 4 on the Whole 30 plan and still going strong. Was pretty tired throughout the morning, but also didn't exercise until 4 pm, so I was a bit off schedule. I usually do my workout in the morning and that wakes me up, so that may have been why I was tired today until late morning. For breakfast, I had a lettuce wrapped burger (left overs from dinner), walnuts/raisin mix, and some grapes. Lunch was a chicken salad salad from the cafe down the street from my work - love that salad, but I skipped on the bread that comes with it. Instead, I had brought a cooked yam with me to work and had that as a complex carb with my salad. Snacks included strawberries, blackberries, cherries and celery with sunbutter, baby carrots, sliced yellow squash, sliced green bell pepper, and a couple spoonfuls of coconut butter. Dinner was a chicken breast with salad and oil/vinegar for dressing. I've been using oil/vinegar for salad dressing because most other dressings have either sugar or xantham gum in them, which is a corn product (i.e. another form of sugar). For exercise today, I did a bootcamp workout with folks from my work for about 40 minutes and then ran 4 miles. The run was hard because it was around 5 pm during the hot part of the day, but I had no pain in my shins or calves, which was great. I am definitely noticing an improvement in my inflammation problems after running and in the morning with the clean eating. I weighed myself this evening and am down almost 5 pounds already!
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Way to go Patti, keep up the great work! I too am on day 4 of the whole30. I am feeling really well not having any cravings which I thought for sure I would have. I am still struggling a little with my fueling for a run. I ran tonight and I just didn't feel I had the energy I normal would have! I think I need to add some more complex carbs into what I am eating.
ReplyDeleteToday's foods included:
Breakfast:1 egg 2 egg white omelets with mushrooms, onions, spinach and 1/2 of a sweet potato
Am snack: celery with 2 Tbs of almond butter
Lunch: Tuna with cucumbers, tomatoes and basil and 1/2 an avocado and 1cup steamed broccoli
Pm snack: strawberries, blueberries and some walnuts
Dinner: Chicken breast salad with strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges and pineapple and pecans.
What are your thoughts on my nutrition. Do see things I should add or take out? all ideas are helpful.
Make it a great day,
Kaci
Hi Kaci,
ReplyDeleteI would up the sweet potato or yams. I've been cooking one to two a day (small to medium size) - usually just one if it is medium and then I spread it out throughout the day. Basically a 1/4 to 1/2 in the morning and same for lunch and if I really feel I need it, then I have a little more with dinner. Since I usually do my run at noon, I make sure that I've ate some sweet potato or yam 1-2 hours prior to running along with some protein. I posted on the Whole 30 blog and asked about timing of meals - they said don't worry about that for now, but if feeling hungy 15 minutes after eating that I should eat some more good fats (nuts, advocado, sunbutter etc.)