Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

merigayle · August 27, 2013, 07:24:30 PM

Me too.

wherestheportojohn · August 28, 2013, 07:03:19 AM

Meri,
Yay to those improvements!

triciaflower · September 20, 2013, 05:40:28 PM

I was beginning to think this thread went away forever!

I am now 18days into my Whole30. And I FEEL AMAZING!!!! I've lost 10 lbs and my blood pressure firmly in the "normal" range.

My only problem is I am getting bored. I bought two new cookbooks, "Well Fed", and "Against the Grain." I'm hoping to avoid what caused my downfall last time. Which was BOREDOM with the food!! I know there are a million things to eat. But what?!

Any advice from the veterans?

CheryG · September 20, 2013, 06:48:45 PM

congrats tricia!

when I get bored I click on Pinterest and do a search for Paleo. TONS of ideas pop up and I waste a lot of time drooling over recipes. Some aren't 100% Whole30 compliant, but many are.

Here's my recipe board...
http://www.pinterest.com/gelindeful/fude/

merigayle · September 20, 2013, 07:13:51 PM

Wtg Tricia!

diablita · September 20, 2013, 10:01:34 PM

that's great!

triciaflower · September 21, 2013, 12:08:45 AM

Pinterest!! YES!! Thanks! I also came across this:

http://www.paleofood.com/

Not pretty, but there seems to be a lot of ideas.

CheryG · September 21, 2013, 07:27:50 PM

I like that it's not fancy! Good one!

RioG · September 21, 2013, 07:45:28 PM

I think I'm working my way up to a whole 30 attempt. I just need to wrap my head around black coffee.

CheryG · September 22, 2013, 12:40:37 AM

Try it cold? I don't know why but of coffee is hot I prefer it with stuff in it. Cold I prefer it black. The DH makes a pot in the morning and turns the coffee maker off so by the time I get up it's perfect.

GreenMan · September 22, 2013, 01:06:01 AM

I have iced cold-brew coffee every day. Cold-brewing makes it taste SOOO much better.

CheryG · September 22, 2013, 07:29:55 AM

And Rio, for sure I'll cheerlead here but over at the UDBB there's a pack of rabid Paleo/Whole30 folk that would be thrilled to help. JamiD, Nianine, etc. I think horse people are more open to trying it because we're so fussy about how we feed our critters. The Whole30 seems totally normal and/or even less obsessive by comparison.

onawhim · September 22, 2013, 09:31:26 AM

You can add coconut milk. That is what I do. Or almond milk.

Courtney · September 22, 2013, 12:03:09 PM

Can you make it a mocha somehow?

My morning caffeine is what stops me from trying something like this. Terrible, but true!!

CheryG · September 22, 2013, 07:09:50 PM

Well, if that's all that is stopping you, use chocolate coconut milk!

Courtney · September 22, 2013, 09:23:18 PM

Quote from: CheryG on September 22, 2013, 07:09:50 PM
Well, if that's all that is stopping you, use chocolate coconut milk!

I hate coconut milk.

. I tried to like it, but it tastes.... Coconutty!

I'm reading a lot on this. I think it's the route I should go.

CheryG · September 22, 2013, 09:59:27 PM

Almond milk maybe?

Doooo it. If you don't like it you can always stop. Even then, it's only 30 days.

I am insanely glad I tried it!

Maybe Tricia should tell more about how amazing she feels!

triciaflower · September 22, 2013, 11:12:59 PM

I am so glad I gave it another go.

When I did it in May, I wasn't completely 100% on board. And as a result, I ran out of ideas and just got so bored with food. I LOVE to cook. I LOVE to eat. This time around, I got so sick of feeling sick. Feeling cloudy. Tired. Irritable. Fat. So I went all in. I researched recipes. I shopped the night before and cooked the night before so I would have food for the next couple of days.

I find that if I cook ahead a bit, I am more likely to have no problems. I also try to have some sort of quickie thing ready in the fridge. Soup. Grilled chicken. Tuna salad (I found a compliant mayo.)

I FEEL SOOOO GOOOOD. I have no bloating issues. I feel it mostly in my gut. My clothes are fitting better. And I've lost pounds.

I will say this. If you eat out at restaurants for most of your meals now, you are doomed.

merigayle · September 23, 2013, 06:57:38 AM

i drink black tea

Courtney · September 23, 2013, 09:46:53 PM

Quote from: triciaflower on September 22, 2013, 11:12:59 PM
I am so glad I gave it another go.

When I did it in May, I wasn't completely 100% on board. And as a result, I ran out of ideas and just got so bored with food. I LOVE to cook. I LOVE to eat. This time around, I got so sick of feeling sick. Feeling cloudy. Tired. Irritable. Fat. So I went all in. I researched recipes. I shopped the night before and cooked the night before so I would have food for the next couple of days.

I find that if I cook ahead a bit, I am more likely to have no problems. I also try to have some sort of quickie thing ready in the fridge. Soup. Grilled chicken. Tuna salad (I found a compliant mayo.)

I FEEL SOOOO GOOOOD. I have no bloating issues. I feel it mostly in my gut. My clothes are fitting better. And I've lost pounds.

I will say this. If you eat out at restaurants for most of your meals now, you are doomed.

We eat out a lot right now, for a whole host of reasons. The big one is that I'm being lazy.

Thank you for sharing that, Tricia. I feel like we've had some of the same issues over the years, so I really am thrilled for you, and I find it incredibly hopeful and inspiring. I need to get my DH on board. I can't do it without that, I'm sure. I'm also very easily swayed, apparently, which is just a side effect of not being invested and wanting to really make a change. I feel like I've constantly got something "special" going on, and I tend to fail pretty hard then. For example. Thursday I have wine & painting night with friends, then the weekend after this coming one, I have a trip home to my family's house where my mom will make amazing food, and then the weekend after that, we have company in the form of DH's cousin & wife, and we will be literally hanging out at a beer festival (although, I don't drink beer due to gluten) and eating bar food as a result. I just feel like it sucks so bad to not be a part of things, which is totally my issue, but knowing that doesn't make it suck less to me. I want to be able to be normal, and eat food in moderation and not have special circumstances be a huge deal.

Yet, I also want to feel better. Even after giving up gluten, I still have plenty of GI issues. They are far better, mind you, which has made it entirely easy to stay way from it.

A lot of this is in my head (not the feeling better issue) and I know it's stuff I have to work on. I'm not, and have never been, good at being black and white at stuff. So going whole hog into a plan is always tough for me. When I get a handle on moderation, I do ok, but that doesn't fix the GI issues, for sure.

Did y'all want a novel on the inner workings of my mind?

And tea is gross.