Day 2 - Wednesday
Breakfast: egg/chorizo/avocado/onion/pepper/spinach casserole
Lunch: turkey meatloaf (made with ground turkey breast, onions, celery, carrots, and central market organic pasta sauce), mashed sweet potatoes with cinnamon
Snack: cashews and raisins (good combination!)
Dinner: really don't remember?!
Wednesday's workout was my usual PAC Brick downtown - we rode for ~40 minutes and ran about 2.5 miles with a stop at Blues on the Green in the middle. I felt pretty normal through the day and my workout. Normal being I could hardly keep my eyes open come 5:30 and it took every bone in my body to get to the 7pm workout. I feel that way most Wednesday evenings though, so no real surprise or noticeable difference there.
Day 3 - Thursday
Pre run - 1/8 cup cashews
Post run - 1 hard boiled egg
Breakfast - 3 bard boiled eggs and a banana
Lunch - turkey meatloaf and an apple
Snack - 1/8 cup cashews
Dinner - egg casserole
Thursday morning's run wasn't great. I felt a little more run down than usual and could start to feel the effects of all of this catching up to me. Still no crazy hunger throughout all of this - although when it is time for a meal, I feel like I get very hungry very fast.
Day 4 - Friday
Breakfast - 2 hb eggs, banana with a little almond butter (not a bad combination)
Lunch - turkey meatloaf, apple
Snack - cashews
Dinner - HEAVENLY - Chipotle Salad with lettuce, carnitas (only meat not cooked in soy), guacamole, and salsa
Friday is an off day from workouts. I was looking forward to going home and doing nothing...and eating my Chipotle!
Day 5 - Saturday
Pre run - 1/8c cashews
During run - 1 cliff kids fruit rope (no sugar added, made from fruit puree)
Breakfast - 3 scrambled eggs with a splash of coconut milk, apple with almond butter
Lunch - tuna with homemade mayo - tried to put it on celery but it appears I still don't like celery
Snack - Larabar - one of the few store-bought "snacks" that is compliant - made completely out of fruit and nuts and nothing else
So today's run was awful. Completely absolutely awful. I knew it was going to be bad when my HR was already 170 after running the .4 miles (that includes a significant downhill) to meet my crew. My crew included 3 pregnant girls today who kicked my butt into the ground...awesome...they aren't just a little pregnant either. Anyways, I struggled the first 4 mile loop big time. It has a few hills and I just had nothing in me to get my fat butt up them. My left arm was fatigued after just a mile or so from carrying my handheld water bottle. Really? Really. The entire muscle chain down the back of my legs hurt. I was supposed to do 8 miles and after 4.5 I had to throw in the towel. I walked an additional 1.5 miles but even that was stupidly slow. I knew it could this was a possibility at some point, but boy did it hit hard today. I just want to know when it gets better...apparently this is all the body learning to burn fat vs. carbs for fuel. We'll see about that. No doubt there is plenty of fat to burn, but clearly my body hadn't found it yet by this morning. Now I feel like I did a 20 mile long run. Not how I want to feel. At all. Apparently it gets better, I just hope it is soon. I have eaten more carbs today, including the Larabar, and will try to make sure I'm eating more carbs on a daily basis to hopefully help avoid the awfulness that was this morning's run. It is just a bit different and challenging when none of those carbs are going to be allowed to have a stitch of grain or sugar in them.
The most overwhelming emotion I still feel is sad. I feel like there is something new to make me sad each day. I've now been to 3 high-end specialty stores (Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Central Market) and am sad to learn how many products at each have bad things added. This plan allows meat, even some fatty meat, so you think "bring on the bacon!" Well...fat chance finding any that doesn't have either sugar, soy, or carrageenan in it. Same goes for ham. I used turkey chorizo in my bfst casserole and thought it was a but potent so hoped to use ham next time around. Not a chance. Turkey lunch meat? 1 variety out of hundreds meets the no seed oil/no soy/no sugar/no MSG, nirates, or carrageenan rules.
I thought for sure at least Whole Foods would be my go-to for the one meal here and there I actually wouldn't have to cook for myself. So far they have 1 chicken breast variety that is compliant and nothing else really. I headed there Friday morning for some eggs and veggies and salsa off their breakfast taco bar, thinking that could be my go-to on weekends after long workouts. WRONG. The put freakin' SOUR CREAM and CANOLA OIL in their scrambled eggs. Really? Really. So, the sadness continues at all that I cannot have. Sadness that pretty much I will have no social life during this time because most of our socializing revolves around food and/or drinks, none of which I can have in public. I know it is temporary, but still a revolting realization.
I guess the obvious question while reading this is "then why the hell are you still doing it?" Honestly, I do hope I stick it out and hope I do experience the amazing energy, great sleep, and overall feeling great that is promised. I am already learning to look at labels with more scrutiny than ever before and it is a bit sickening to know what all is put into food. But honestly, avoiding all that stuff is downright hard, if not impossible. I don't want to be banished to my own home for every meal I have for the rest of my life - it just isn't the least bit realistic. If nothing else, I hope I gain a few healthier eating habits out of this.
Breakfast: egg/chorizo/avocado/onion/pepper/spinach casserole
Lunch: turkey meatloaf (made with ground turkey breast, onions, celery, carrots, and central market organic pasta sauce), mashed sweet potatoes with cinnamon
Snack: cashews and raisins (good combination!)
Dinner: really don't remember?!
Wednesday's workout was my usual PAC Brick downtown - we rode for ~40 minutes and ran about 2.5 miles with a stop at Blues on the Green in the middle. I felt pretty normal through the day and my workout. Normal being I could hardly keep my eyes open come 5:30 and it took every bone in my body to get to the 7pm workout. I feel that way most Wednesday evenings though, so no real surprise or noticeable difference there.
Day 3 - Thursday
Pre run - 1/8 cup cashews
Post run - 1 hard boiled egg
Breakfast - 3 bard boiled eggs and a banana
Lunch - turkey meatloaf and an apple
Snack - 1/8 cup cashews
Dinner - egg casserole
Thursday morning's run wasn't great. I felt a little more run down than usual and could start to feel the effects of all of this catching up to me. Still no crazy hunger throughout all of this - although when it is time for a meal, I feel like I get very hungry very fast.
Day 4 - Friday
Breakfast - 2 hb eggs, banana with a little almond butter (not a bad combination)
Lunch - turkey meatloaf, apple
Snack - cashews
Dinner - HEAVENLY - Chipotle Salad with lettuce, carnitas (only meat not cooked in soy), guacamole, and salsa
Friday is an off day from workouts. I was looking forward to going home and doing nothing...and eating my Chipotle!
Day 5 - Saturday
Pre run - 1/8c cashews
During run - 1 cliff kids fruit rope (no sugar added, made from fruit puree)
Breakfast - 3 scrambled eggs with a splash of coconut milk, apple with almond butter
Lunch - tuna with homemade mayo - tried to put it on celery but it appears I still don't like celery
Snack - Larabar - one of the few store-bought "snacks" that is compliant - made completely out of fruit and nuts and nothing else
So today's run was awful. Completely absolutely awful. I knew it was going to be bad when my HR was already 170 after running the .4 miles (that includes a significant downhill) to meet my crew. My crew included 3 pregnant girls today who kicked my butt into the ground...awesome...they aren't just a little pregnant either. Anyways, I struggled the first 4 mile loop big time. It has a few hills and I just had nothing in me to get my fat butt up them. My left arm was fatigued after just a mile or so from carrying my handheld water bottle. Really? Really. The entire muscle chain down the back of my legs hurt. I was supposed to do 8 miles and after 4.5 I had to throw in the towel. I walked an additional 1.5 miles but even that was stupidly slow. I knew it could this was a possibility at some point, but boy did it hit hard today. I just want to know when it gets better...apparently this is all the body learning to burn fat vs. carbs for fuel. We'll see about that. No doubt there is plenty of fat to burn, but clearly my body hadn't found it yet by this morning. Now I feel like I did a 20 mile long run. Not how I want to feel. At all. Apparently it gets better, I just hope it is soon. I have eaten more carbs today, including the Larabar, and will try to make sure I'm eating more carbs on a daily basis to hopefully help avoid the awfulness that was this morning's run. It is just a bit different and challenging when none of those carbs are going to be allowed to have a stitch of grain or sugar in them.
The most overwhelming emotion I still feel is sad. I feel like there is something new to make me sad each day. I've now been to 3 high-end specialty stores (Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Central Market) and am sad to learn how many products at each have bad things added. This plan allows meat, even some fatty meat, so you think "bring on the bacon!" Well...fat chance finding any that doesn't have either sugar, soy, or carrageenan in it. Same goes for ham. I used turkey chorizo in my bfst casserole and thought it was a but potent so hoped to use ham next time around. Not a chance. Turkey lunch meat? 1 variety out of hundreds meets the no seed oil/no soy/no sugar/no MSG, nirates, or carrageenan rules.
I thought for sure at least Whole Foods would be my go-to for the one meal here and there I actually wouldn't have to cook for myself. So far they have 1 chicken breast variety that is compliant and nothing else really. I headed there Friday morning for some eggs and veggies and salsa off their breakfast taco bar, thinking that could be my go-to on weekends after long workouts. WRONG. The put freakin' SOUR CREAM and CANOLA OIL in their scrambled eggs. Really? Really. So, the sadness continues at all that I cannot have. Sadness that pretty much I will have no social life during this time because most of our socializing revolves around food and/or drinks, none of which I can have in public. I know it is temporary, but still a revolting realization.
I guess the obvious question while reading this is "then why the hell are you still doing it?" Honestly, I do hope I stick it out and hope I do experience the amazing energy, great sleep, and overall feeling great that is promised. I am already learning to look at labels with more scrutiny than ever before and it is a bit sickening to know what all is put into food. But honestly, avoiding all that stuff is downright hard, if not impossible. I don't want to be banished to my own home for every meal I have for the rest of my life - it just isn't the least bit realistic. If nothing else, I hope I gain a few healthier eating habits out of this.
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