Day 2 - Whole30

Woke up this morning at 5:30 with my alarm clock, but felt no real need to stay in bed any longer.  One thing I did notice the last time I did my Whole30 was that I was more energized in the morning and started to wake up before my alarm clock went off.  It took a week or two in order for that habit to start but once I reintroduced sugars and grains back into my diet, I started feeling more sluggish in the morning and didn't want to get up as easily.

Before I started house sitting I re-joined a gym so I can try to help my goal of toning up move along a little quicker than what is was when I was running and working out on my own.  One good thing about this gym is that they have several locations and one happened to be about 15 miles away from where I am house sitting.  Through out the past week I have been making the drive, almost every day to help keep me moving and active while being in a place where I don't have too much to do.

Yesterday my back was starting to act up again...I have a chronic lower back injury that I acquired many years ago during a gymnastics competition.  I went to perform a skill I was not ready to compete and landed wrong and ever since then my hips have been pulling in different directions and my muscles don't want to relax long enough for the bones to settle into the right location.  Anyway,  long story short, if I move the wrong direction, work out too much or sit wrong, I can end up pulling my back muscles and I wont't be moving very well for the next few days.

I took yesterday off to try to heal my back a little, however, this morning it wasn't feeling much better.  I wanted to travel over to the Anacortes Farmers Market and didn't feel it was worth the trip if I didn't go and work out first...so I sucked it up and make it through with a little pain.

My whole point is this...during my first Whole30, I started out with my usual back pain, the same that I am feeling now.  By the end of the 30 days of eating whole, clean foods my pain was gone.  I had a decrease in the inflammation and fat build up around the area and that allowed for more movement and less pain!!  I am hoping that I get the same results this time...I'll keep you posted.

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Onto today's menu (remember there will be lots of left overs because I'm still house sitting)

Pre-workout

• Sausage and veggie breakfast bake (small piece)

Post-workout

• Banana

Late Breakfast

• Coffee
• Red Grapes
• Sausage and veggie breakfast bake (slightly larger piece)

Lunch

• Sliced Chicken Breast lettuce wrap with mustard
• Sweet Potato
• Squash

Dinner

• Beef
• Oven Roasted vegetables
• squash
• Cucumber
• Grapes
• Cashews and a few Almonds

Feelings on today:

I need to stop snacking...it isn't allowed in this program...but if I don't I feel like I am pigging out during my meals.  Maybe my stomach will get smaller within the next 30 days...Thoughts? Do you snack during your Whole30?  Are your meals big? 

Enjoy!