day fourteen & fifteen | don’t give up

Here we go, halfway there.  I have to say that these past two days have been my most difficult personally.  I am admitting this to you all, I almost quit.  Quit not just on the plan, but also just falling off of this day-by-day Whole30 challenge diary I have going here (hence my catching up with a double day post).  But this is what this blog segment is about, keeping a real account of what happens on my personal journey with the Whole30.

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day thirteen | health binge

Uh-oh.  I have a confession.  I have been “healthy” binging.  I am not saying that binging is healthy by any means.  What I am saying is that I have been consuming a lot of healthy foods (mostly healthy fats) to an excess.  Yeah, it’s time to stop that. 

day twelve | fat outta hand

So day twelve of my Whole30 and day two of my new training program and I have begun to notice something…  Where my carbs at?  Don’t get me wrong, I have NO adversity to fats.  In fact, I love fats a little too much.  I am a nut junkie, an avo connoisseur, I practically bathe in coconut oil/milk/flakes.  Because I am so in tune with my body now,  I realized that whenever I eat more clean, I tend to crave more fats, healthy fats, but fats nonetheless.

day eleven | chocolate craving

  Day eleven just kinda hit me.  Like, “whoa!” is it really day eleven.  According to the Whole30.com stats, day ten and day eleven are when most people quit the Whole30 challenge.  Well then, I guess I MADE IT!  I am home free, right?  Wrong.  I only hoped.  Today after dinner, after my first day back to work in three weeks, my first day on a new training regimen, I could have used a little square of dark chocolate. 

day ten | relaxation

Not much to report on day ten.  Kind of a boring day in the blogging world, but I have to say, I do love my Sundays. Meal prepping, cleaning, odds and ends, lounging about, stretching, mobility work, etc.  I will just go through my day in terms of eating real quick, then I am off to another one of my favorite Sunday activities: an epsom salt bath soak while reading a book!

day nine | willpower

Day nine.  Whoop!  I survived the Whole30 at my work holiday party!  Now that’s an accomplishment!  I guess I will start with the beginning of my day though.  Surprise!  I woke up and went to Crossfit ;).  Who would have guessed?  I used to bring a shake for during my workout to sip on throughout, but it is for sure NOT Whole30 approved.  Fructose anyone?  Great for fuel, but I have realized that not every workout needs the same amount of fuel.  

day eight | a smoothie & sliders

 I woke up this morning still starving from empty refrigerator after having spent three weeks at home in Texas.  I pushed through it though as I knew it was just a matter of a few hours before I hit up the grocery store after the gym.    All morning I just planned out my meals for next week and made my grocery list.  I am trying to be better about meal planning and sticking to my lists.  I did make a smoothie this morning to get me through my workout and shopping.