Monday, October 25, 2010

Eight is Enough? No Way!

It is Day 8 of the Whole30 Program (http://www.whole9life.com/) and the start of my second week of squeaky clean eating. The time I spent planning and preparing my meals yesterday made today so much easier! I ate three times and had a cup of coffee with coconut milk before 8:30 (pre-workout, post-workout, and breakfast). Lunch was roasted turkey breast, steamed veggies, and avocado. Afternoon snack was sliced beef, spinach, and a few macadamia nuts. Dinner was ground turkey stuffed acorn squash, based on this recipe http://whole9life.com/2010/10/stm-stuffed-acorn-squash. All in All, a very tasty day!

TMI alert: I am experiencing digestive 'discomfort' and belly bloat. I attribute the bloat to the concentrated intake of vegetables and dense fat sources and wondering if the Fish Oil supplements are causing me to be a bit dispeptic.

I wanted to add a little inspirational message to this post so I used Google to search "Overcoming Food Cravings". I chose the second result from the top, the article that was published on Otober 16, 2010. Here is the image that was at the top of the article:
 
I will be providing feedback to Wikihow, the publisher of the article letting them know that this is not a good image to display when people are trying to overcome cravings! Luckily, this doesn't look nearly as delicious as the ones I bake, so I am not tempted! Say no to the vegan chocolate chip cookie!*^_^*

2 comments:

CF Lewisville said...

digestion problems are normal and usually are attibuted to the new intake of fat and the veggies. Keep trucking along you will make it through. I would say try playing with different amounts of the fat and veggies and see what makes you feel better.

david

Cathy said...

i am glad to hear that my experience is normal. today, day 9 of the Whole30 program, is much better in terms of my digestion and I am getting a feel for the right balance (and timing) of what I choose to eat.