It has officially been one week since Kaci and I started this little adventure. This morning we did a long run and my legs felt great afterwards. My pre-run meal included one scrambled egg, 1/4 sweet potato, and about 5 baby carrots. My energy was good throughout the run and I was able to play soccer later in the day.
So far, I am still not having any "strong cravings", although something about hot summer nights makes me want ice cream, but I'll go for a handful of cherries that I picked from our cherry tree this weekend instead.
Controlling insulin response, inflammation, and acidifying effects are the main reason the Whole 30 program is so strict. Many foods can have negative effects without us really realizing it. Before doing this program, I often enjoyed eating oatmeal, brown rice, bread, string cheese, and plain greek yogurt. So, the idea of giving up dairy and grains for this was not appealing to me and hard for me to understand, since I felt like what I was eating was healthy. Since on the program, I have noticed improvement in recovery time, mental concentration, and no pain in my knees in the mornings, which I was really suffering from before. I am not entirely sure why the improvement and whether it has anything to do with removing dairy and/or grains from my diet, but once I start to reintroduce those back into my diet after the 30 day program, I may have a better idea. The links below are Dallas and Melissa's grain and dairy manifestos which explain their reasoning for taking these out of the diet.
Grain Manifesto
Dairy Manifesto
Denise and I have read the whole 30 website. We are going to start as soon as we get home from Hawaii! I am already mostly eating this way except for eliminating the grains. I'll also need to eliminate the diet pop and drinks like sobe. We have a few questions, like what are you doing for salad dressing?
ReplyDeleteWe have been eating sunflower sprouts, pea sprouts, and radish sprouts over here in Hawaii, have you ever seen these in Vancouver? They are sooooo good in salad.
Thanks, Renee
Patti, thanks again for the great run on Sunday morning! I really enjoyed my time with you, thanks for pulling me along. (as for the run I really need to get in more consistent long runs 6 + miles) Nutrition wise I think adding the other half of the sweet potato has helped a ton.
ReplyDeleteI am feeling really good! I wake up with more energy, (even with the lack of sleep I have been having due to work)my energy stays high throughout the day(without the mid day coffee pick me up I was having daily)I too believe my focus at work has been better.
Renee hope you are having a great time in Hawaii! As if I need to ask... As for salad dressing I haven't been using any I haven't felt like I need any, I think Patti mentioned that she was using olive oil/vinegar. I have in the past used balsamic vinegar which is always great in my opinion. I have seen pea sprouts, and radish sprouts at whole foods but not sure they have them all the time.
Blessings to both of you,
Kaci
Hey Ladies -
ReplyDeleteRenee - That is awesome. I'm excited for you and Denise to start it and hear about your reports of how it is going. I'm sure there will be a some "vices" that will be difficult the first few days or so....for me, it was the Americano with half and half each morning, but the switch to black coffee only took me a few days to get used to. Yes - for salad dressing, I just use olive oil and vinegar. I take a really small tupperware like container, pour in some olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar, and then some fresh ground pepper, put the lid on, shake, then pour onto the salad. I add lots of veggies to my salad like radishes, cucumbers, bell peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes, and avocado. With all the flavors of the different veggies, I don't really need much dressing, so the olive oil and vinegar works just fine.
Kaci - Thanks so much the run as well. It is always nicer to have someone to run with and what a beautiful morning it was! Glad to hear your energy is good. I was going to say that you may want to eat a little more at least half hour or so before a long run. If I remember right, I think you said that you just had half of a banana, which probably wasn't enough. I had one egg, a little sweet potato, and a few baby carrots, which seemed to keep my energy good throughout.