Here's how it went:
Sunday: lots of eggs, lots of frozen veggies, cooked broccoli... decided alcohol didn't count against me, and allowed myself six Triscuits with my morning fritata :P
Monday: breakfast was HARD this morning, because I usually eat cereal pre-run... ended up having some cheese (another thing I decided didn't count against me) and calling it good; stopped at Chipotle for dinner after three hours of dance class at 9:54pm and got a steak bowl (also didn't count against me with my "rules")
Tuesday: had overnight oats for breakfast (I suppose plain quaker oats are "processed", but, again, this is why I didn't want to do a real Whole30-- because I'm unwilling to change my lifestyle SO much), and found them pretty disgusting... need to try adding other things beyond plain yogurt and oats; was pleased that our catered lunch at work had lots of veggies, baked salmon, and salad
Wednesday: overnight oats were better with milk and yogurt, but still not very palatable; ate tons of brown rice, broccoli and cooked turkey for meals; felt like it was getting easier, but that I still really wanted some freaking bread or crackers
Thursday: overnight oats were disgusting this morning-- too much cinnamon, didn't eat them and ended up with yogurt for breakfast instead; didn't have a good snack for work and ended up caving and taking one of the free snacks from the break room (potato chips); they were delicious :P; got back on the wagon for dinner
Friday: nailed the overnight oats (at last!) with yogurt, milk, and a banana; kind of "cheated" with catered chinese for a work lunch (white rice + chicken + broccoli, though, so it was a "healthier" option); was STARVING when I got home and enjoyed salmon, asparagus and rice (yay, grocery shopping)
Saturday: this was a challenge, since today was full of eating out; after a 10mi run, B and I did Flying Biscuit for brunch, where I had a veggie egg scramble (good), fruit (good), and a biscuit (not good... but I ran 10mi and was STARVING, so I ate it); my sis and I were out at an art fair over lunch and stopped into a deli, where I had a delicious salad (no dressing, 'cause I don't like it); dinner was taco eggs (beans, eggs, peas, salsa, cheese)... and then I wanted ice cream, but Jerry guilted me into just having plain yogurt instead
All in all, I think it was a good experiment. I know I can be eating healthier, and I didn't do too badly considering that, when I decided to do this, we hadn't grocery shopped for it, so I was improvising a lot. When we made this week's list, I actually planned out some meals, so hopefully that'll help me continue. I'm not going to be as regimented this coming week, but I am going to try to make a conscious effort to choose what I eat a bit more diligently than I have been... at least until Peachtree.
I'm not motivated by trying to lose weight. I'm really happy with where I'm at on that front (god, it feels so good to say that). I do, however, want to:
- get my cholesterol levels in the healthy level (HDL is too low, LDL is a little high-- this was a bit reality check/disappointment at my recent biometric screening at work)
- continue to feel good (I physically feel better when I eat right)
- help my times on the shorter distances by eating right
- stay fit and healthy to be able to bounce back (again) from the eventual Potato #2 in the coming years
- set a good example for the existing Potato
Biggest struggles:
- wanting convenience (if it's between spending six minutes mircowaving a sweet potato to eat or just grabbing a nutrigrain bar from the break room, I struggle to do the prep work)
- missing crunchy stuff like saltines, tostitos, bread, crackers
Best hacks to combat that:
- microwave in a bag stuff-- frozen veggies, brown rice, etc
- single-serving bags of veggies
- prepping things early and just having them there to "grab and go"
- overnight oats
- small tupperwares of pre-chopped veggies
- baking chicken early, shredding/dicing it up for easy salad topping
- hard-boiled eggs
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