Can I just say that I am loving this timeline.
It has been a wonderful tool to help Kyle and I prepare for the days ahead. It gives us clarity on feelings we might have, and hope for the rough days to come, because it outlines when the results will start to show, mainly the energy!
Oh energy, please don't hesitate to come as soon as possible! It has been long enough!
Day's 6&7 are "I want a nap"
And let me tell you, we wanted to nap.
But we didn't.
My sugar cravings are going away. I still think of Milk Duds… I ate those a lot before I started the Whole30.
Blast.
But we keep trucking forward!
They talk a lot about people getting sick of eggs for breakfast. So far, we haven't had this problem. I love eggs and we have had them scrambled, fried, 'mcmuffin,' and with sausage. We have plans to make an egg tortilla for breakfast burritos, steak breakfast burritos!
Lunches have mainly been leftovers, but we have also had tuna lettuce wraps, apples, monkey salads and more leftovers. Seriously, leftovers are awesome. Because you eat dinner the night before and you love it, then instead of stuffing your face, you just say "It's all right. I'm having it for lunch too!"
Dinner's have been amazing every night. Day 6 we grilled beef kabobs. Mmmm! Delicious!
Day 7 was interesting because I didn't really have a plan. I did, but then I didn't… So I've been wanting to bake the squash and zucchini we had bought. I layer it out so pretty in the pan. It's just sprinkled with a tiny bit of olive oil and spices are just salt and pepper. Then I sprinkled some green onions on top as well. I threw in some left over bell peppers from our Stushi to fill up the pan.
Then I just cooked chicken in the frying pan. I think I just put coriander, cumin, garlic salt and pepper on. I honestly don't really remember for sure though! And we made cauliflower rice again too.
That stuff is amazing. I will definitely be making cauliflower rice often, even after the Whole30!
I got a lot of things accomplished today. I think it is a combination of me feeling more confident because of the willpower and self control I have had, so I am in a better mood so I am more patient with Kacie so she's been taking better naps (2 today!) and so I actually got things done instead of watched TV while she was asleep. But whatever it is, I'm already seeing little specks of results and it's only the 7th day!!!!!!
And today, I pulled out my yoga mat and DVD. I have been missing it!
The biggest reason I started the Whole30 is because you are supposed to get more energy. And I need more energy so that I will exercise!
As you can see from the indentations on my mat, it has been a while…
I like to keep my mat indentation free!
Honestly, I am doing great overall. I knew I had a sugar addiction. I had been trying to stop it for months. The Whole30 is really hard for me. I am completely exhausted. I am going to miss out on the chocolate fountain for Relief Society activity next week. And Kacie smelled like Skittles tonight.
But I am beyond proud of myself for deciding to do this, sticking to it, and having a good attitude about it. (well, most of the time…)
I am so proud of myself for taking a step to a healthier me. Not just physically, but in my duties as a mother as well. I don't want Kacie to grow up with an unhealthy relationship to food. I want her to learn from the start that food is for health, not comfort.
Kyle feels tired as well. He's ready for it to be over, but he won't quit - wouldn't be manly to give up. Also, he's just awesome like that. He's been going to the gym. Just waiting on that promised energy too!
I believe that there are different stages in our lives, and that some time in the future I might need some comfort food. But I've spent the last year being very unhealthy and I let it control a lot of parts of my life. It's time to stop letting food comfort me, and let me comfort me! Or my husband, cause he's pretty awesome at comfort!
I keep thinking back to the first day (was it really only 6 days ago?) when I got yelled at by a tenant. And how I kept thinking 'Of course that would happen my first day!'
But guys, bad days are going to happen.
They just will.
And it's always a great time to try and be a little better!
I embarrass myself on here a lot these days, and I'm about to do it again!
But I was reading another blog. This lady is also doing the Whole30. She posted about how one day she bought heart shaped Reese's for her boys - not the bite sized ones. The 4 or 5 bite sized ones. Then ended up opening one on the ride home. And another when she got home. And a few hours later ate two more. And before she knew it, she had eaten all 6.
I was so glad that she was willing to share this, because I have done the exact same thing.
Well it was Snickers Eggs (seriously, they should just sell those year round!)
She said how embarrassed she was to be sharing it but how good it felt to put it behind her and make better choices. As I read that I knew exactly what she was saying! I had felt all of those before.
It's ok to make mistakes. It's fine to have weaknesses. In fact, it's human!
But it's even better to take control of your weaknesses!
Look them in their creamy, chocolatey, gooey faces and say "I'm done with you. You have no power over me anymore!"
Anyway, I've ranted on for long enough. I am just feeling really great about taking a stand in my life. It's awesome to be in control my body.
We'll just be staying home for that ^^ terrifying picture
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