Well...Day 2 of my second whole30 is winding down now. Yesterday went smoothly as I knew it would, but I came to a realization late in the day. I realized that the snacking habit that I had broken during my first whole30 had come back in my life during my two weeks on vacation. I didn't eat unhealthy snacks, but they were still mindless calories. So...that is my struggle again this time.
I went to the gym this afternoon for my workout and I am excited because I can feel myself getting stronger again with every workout. I am taking it slow, because, as I mentioned before, I will spend the rest of my life recovering from the damage I did to my body during my younger and more athletic days. That is okay though. Instead of increasing my weights each week and doing 3 sets of 10, 8, and 6 reps with a higher rep each set, I will be staying at 3 sets of 12 reps all at the same weight and not increasing until it becomes ridiculously easy. Just as with everything in life, the ability to adapt and change is the key to survival!
Day 1 recap
Breakfast:
2 eggs scrambled
3 pieces of compliant bacon
1/2 of a cucumber sliced
fresh cherries
Lunch:
Taco salad with seasoned ground beef, spring greens, spinach, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, salsa, guacamole, and a sprinkle of lime juice
Dinner:
Steak grilled with Trader Joe's Everyday Seasoning
Boiled red potatoes with green beans (both from the farmer's market)
Watermelon
Workout:
30 min. of yoga
2 hours of yardwork ;-)
Wishing you love and sunshine,
Sarah
This has been one of the single worst days for me...not even whole30
related. I hurt my "good" knee yesterday (good knee because it has only
had one surgery as opposed to my bad knee which has had 8!) I felt okay during my workout, but when I was walking down stairs on my way out of work, a sharp pain went thru my knee and it buckled on me. I iced it last night twice and took Advil, but it remained so painful all night that I couldn't sleep and was still really bad this morning. I have never
been in this much pain (even post surgical) and when I went to my
doctor, I was told to just take advil and tylonal for a couple weeks
until insurance will approve an MRI. I feel like I might cut my leg off
myself by that point, but I have no choice. (to make it more ironic, I
work for the insurance company...lol) So between the pain and last
minute appointment I didn't feel like eating much breakfast and didn't
have time to eat all my lunch. Now it is an hour till dinner and I am
starving, lightheaded, in pain that is keeping tears in my eyes... but
you know what?!?!?!?!
