11/4 check-in

[wambam]

Day ?

GO VOTE.

[flygirl22]

Day 9. Yesterday I hit the no energy period. Fell asleep on the couch at 7, went to bed at 8. I'm still tired this morning.

Today will be a challenge. I have an eye appt at 10:45 and the immediately go to a workshop in the afternoon. Workshop should have lunch.. I brought a banana and cashews, I'm hoping they have something compliant on the menu.

[pixy0stix]

Day 3

I did! Albeit at the last moment, but my ballot has been cast.

[emilyj]

Day 31. I guess I'm technically post plan now, but I'm going to keep going until I leave for Peru on 11/19.

Or do I need to stop after 30 days for some reason?

I'm going to run out in between meetings this afternoon and vote!

[wambam]

Nov 4, 2014 10:26:17 GMT -5 emilyj said:

Day 31. I guess I'm technically post plan now, but I'm going to keep going until I leave for Peru on 11/19.

Or do I need to stop after 30 days for some reason?

I'm going to run out in between meetings this afternoon and vote!

Definitely not! KOKO

[emilyinchile]

Day 17 over here.

I am proud of myself for going through with a slightly uncomfortable phone call in the name of Whole30, asking a restaurant to work with me instead of asking my friend to choose another place (I'm taking her to lunch for her birthday, she of course picked a place that does a different set menu each day!). I get embarrassed explaining "well, I don't eat X, Y or Z" and am not great in general about feeling like I'm bothering people with stuff like this, so sucking it up and calling was good for my personal growth...or something like that

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Today is Day 9

This is hard.

[wambam]

Nov 4, 2014 12:01:06 GMT -5 @bk said:

Today is Day 9

This is hard.

What are you struggling with in particular? Anything we can help you with?

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Nov 4, 2014 12:08:39 GMT -5 wambam said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:01:06 GMT -5 @bk said:

Today is Day 9

This is hard.

What are you struggling with in particular? Anything we can help you with?

Cravings for sure are the hardest.  Not all the time, just when something outside of my control becomes available.  Like the Halloween candy and then yesterday my friend at work and I went to Happy hour and drank margaritas and ate chips.  It's not often that we have the opportunity to go to happy hour so it was hard to turn down.  Now I am having pizza cravings and I'm afraid I'm going to do that for dinner tonight.  I did really well days 1-5 but there was nothing really around and I didn't have cravings.

[wambam]

Nov 4, 2014 12:13:51 GMT -5 @bk said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:08:39 GMT -5 wambam said:

What are you struggling with in particular? Anything we can help you with?

Cravings for sure are the hardest.  Not all the time, just when something outside of my control becomes available.  Like the Halloween candy and then yesterday my friend at work and I went to Happy hour and drank margaritas and ate chips.  It's not often that we have the opportunity to go to happy hour so it was hard to turn down.  Now I am having pizza cravings and I'm afraid I'm going to do that for dinner tonight.  I did really well days 1-5 but there was nothing really around and I didn't have cravings.

Are you eating enough at meals? In particular, are you eating PLENTY of protein? I find that it's easier to resist things if you're full and sated with plenty of protein. Remember that this is 30 days. In less than 30 days, you can go to happy hour and eat pizza to your heart's content. 

Also, this: whole9life.com/2011/10/halloween-candy/

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Nov 4, 2014 12:16:37 GMT -5 wambam said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:13:51 GMT -5 @bk said:

Cravings for sure are the hardest.  Not all the time, just when something outside of my control becomes available.  Like the Halloween candy and then yesterday my friend at work and I went to Happy hour and drank margaritas and ate chips.  It's not often that we have the opportunity to go to happy hour so it was hard to turn down.  Now I am having pizza cravings and I'm afraid I'm going to do that for dinner tonight.  I did really well days 1-5 but there was nothing really around and I didn't have cravings.

Are you eating enough at meals? In particular, are you eating PLENTY of protein? I find that it's easier to resist things if you're full and sated with plenty of protein. Remember that this is 30 days. In less than 30 days, you can go to happy hour and eat pizza to your heart's content. 

Also, this: whole9life.com/2011/10/halloween-candy/

I think I am eating enough protein, for breakfast this AM I had 2 hardboiled eggs and an apple.  For lunch I am having chicken soup (huge bowl), grape tomatoes and an orange.  For dinner I'll probably finish the soup and make a veggie and have an apple.

[wambam]

Nov 4, 2014 12:19:52 GMT -5 @bk said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:16:37 GMT -5 wambam said:

Are you eating enough at meals? In particular, are you eating PLENTY of protein? I find that it's easier to resist things if you're full and sated with plenty of protein. Remember that this is 30 days. In less than 30 days, you can go to happy hour and eat pizza to your heart's content. 

Also, this: whole9life.com/2011/10/halloween-candy/

I think I am eating enough protein, for breakfast this AM I had 2 hardboiled eggs and an apple.  For lunch I am having chicken soup (huge bowl), grape tomatoes and an orange.  For dinner I'll probably finish the soup and make a veggie and have an apple.

Your breakfast is probably not enough protein. You should be eating at least the number of eggs you can hold in one hand - which I would bet is probably 3-4. I recommend replacing one or two of your fruit servings with vegetables. If you had to guess, how much chicken would you say is in the bowl? It should be at a very minimum a palm-sized portion, but probably more like 2 palms.

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Nov 4, 2014 12:16:37 GMT -5 wambam said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:13:51 GMT -5 @bk said:

Cravings for sure are the hardest.  Not all the time, just when something outside of my control becomes available.  Like the Halloween candy and then yesterday my friend at work and I went to Happy hour and drank margaritas and ate chips.  It's not often that we have the opportunity to go to happy hour so it was hard to turn down.  Now I am having pizza cravings and I'm afraid I'm going to do that for dinner tonight.  I did really well days 1-5 but there was nothing really around and I didn't have cravings.

Are you eating enough at meals? In particular, are you eating PLENTY of protein? I find that it's easier to resist things if you're full and sated with plenty of protein. Remember that this is 30 days. In less than 30 days, you can go to happy hour and eat pizza to your heart's content. 

Also, this: whole9life.com/2011/10/halloween-candy/

I liked what they said about Halloween candy, the challenge is there is a giant bag of it in my house (my son's).  Fortunately I've encouraged him to eat all the candy that I like so most of the stuff left isn't my favorite.

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Nov 4, 2014 12:23:56 GMT -5 wambam said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:19:52 GMT -5 @bk said:

I think I am eating enough protein, for breakfast this AM I had 2 hardboiled eggs and an apple.  For lunch I am having chicken soup (huge bowl), grape tomatoes and an orange.  For dinner I'll probably finish the soup and make a veggie and have an apple.

Your breakfast is probably not enough protein. You should be eating at least the number of eggs you can hold in one hand - which I would bet is probably 3-4. I recommend replacing one or two of your fruit servings with vegetables. If you had to guess, how much chicken would you say is in the bowl? It should be at a very minimum a palm-sized portion, but probably more like 2 palms.

Ok you are right, not enough protein.  I made a huge pot of it in the crockpot and it was 4 thighs so probably only half a thigh in each bowl.  I'm going to have to figure out something to add on tonight.  And I'll add some eggs to my breakfast too.

[wambam]

Nov 4, 2014 12:26:38 GMT -5 @bk said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:23:56 GMT -5 wambam said:

Your breakfast is probably not enough protein. You should be eating at least the number of eggs you can hold in one hand - which I would bet is probably 3-4. I recommend replacing one or two of your fruit servings with vegetables. If you had to guess, how much chicken would you say is in the bowl? It should be at a very minimum a palm-sized portion, but probably more like 2 palms.

Ok you are right, not enough protein.  I made a huge pot of it in the crockpot and it was 4 thighs so probably only half a thigh in each bowl.  I'm going to have to figure out something to add on tonight.  And I'll add some eggs to my breakfast too.

Oh honey.

Not enough protein. Not even close. 

Sorry, that sounded harsh. 

You need more protein.

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Nov 4, 2014 12:28:11 GMT -5 wambam said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:26:38 GMT -5 @bk said:

Ok you are right, not enough protein.  I made a huge pot of it in the crockpot and it was 4 thighs so probably only half a thigh in each bowl.  I'm going to have to figure out something to add on tonight.  And I'll add some eggs to my breakfast too.

Oh honey.

Not enough protein. Not even close. 

Sorry, that sounded harsh. 

You need more protein.

yea, and because I'm single I'm eating that soup for like every meal.  What should I eat with it?  Options are I could make a piece of salmon, have a handful of shrimp or an hard boiled egg?  I have more chicken thighs but they are frozen.

[wambam]

Nov 4, 2014 12:40:02 GMT -5 @bk said:

Nov 4, 2014 12:28:11 GMT -5 wambam said:

Oh honey.

Not enough protein. Not even close. 

Sorry, that sounded harsh. 

You need more protein.

yea, and because I'm single I'm eating that soup for like every meal.  What should I eat with it?  Options are I could make a piece of salmon, have a handful of shrimp or an hard boiled egg?  I have more chicken thighs but they are frozen.

All of those are perfectly valid options. I would suggest some of the fish or shrimp because you've already eaten HB eggs today - that's just for variety though.

[pixy0stix]

You're definitely not eating enough protein, fat, and calorie wise. You need to add in more food.

[bullygirl979]

Day 9 for me as well. I'm already having the "omg, do I have to eat that AGAIN?" feeling. I am making a new recipe for dinner, though. Hopefully that should help.

[greenmonster]

Nov 4, 2014 10:26:17 GMT -5 emilyj said:

Day 31. I guess I'm technically post plan now, but I'm going to keep going until I leave for Peru on 11/19.

Or do I need to stop after 30 days for some reason?

I'm going to run out in between meetings this afternoon and vote!

Congrats! Just a word of caution, I did my first W30 right up until leaving for a trip, including the reintroduction. I intended to stick with it as much as possible, but it was tricky on vacation. My stomach was not happy with me at all because I fully fell off the bandwagon. Totally self induced but I wanted my mojitos by the pool!

[emilyj]

Nov 4, 2014 19:50:44 GMT -5 greenmonster said:

Nov 4, 2014 10:26:17 GMT -5 emilyj said:

Day 31. I guess I'm technically post plan now, but I'm going to keep going until I leave for Peru on 11/19.

Or do I need to stop after 30 days for some reason?

I'm going to run out in between meetings this afternoon and vote!

Congrats! Just a word of caution, I did my first W30 right up until leaving for a trip, including the reintroduction. I intended to stick with it as much as possible, but it was tricky on vacation. My stomach was not happy with me at all because I fully fell off the bandwagon. Totally self induced but I wanted my mojitos by the pool!

Thanks!  I'm going to hike the Inca Trail, so we are going to be on a strict 'no booze' rule because of the altitude.  I'm planning on bringing my own snacks for supplemental food, so it's going to be all W30 anyway. I think I'll be ok, but I'll be keeping my eye out for potential issues!