The Whole 30 2016: Week 1 Completed

I was very concerned about doing this because I worried it would take me back to my restrictive dieting days and set me up for becoming obsessed with food again and disordered eating habits.

Day 2 (Sunday) was the only day where I can say I felt some of those old familiar thoughts coming back but with 3 planned dinners and one snack, I was fine.

My plan is to eat 3 meals a day plus one Post Workout Snack and in case I get hungry another snack is okay as well. Preferably a fruit and fat.

Meal Prepping and Menu Planning

I’ve rediscovered the task of meal prepping. While I do cook most of my food, I wasn’t as regimented as I was during the competition dieting days and something about cooking a whole lot of food on Sunday and packing it reminded me of the restrictive days.

So I’ve decided to make it work for me. I cooked some staples on Sunday such as my Turkey Breakfast “Sausage” and some slow cooker shredded chicken.

Homemade Turkey Sausage Patties

I also planned my menu ahead of time. By knowing what I was going to eat ahead of time it made it much easier to plan and prepare everything. I have a fitness summit to attend this weekend so I wanted to make sure I had enough food prepared so that I am not scrambling around or just relegated to eating almonds all day.

Doing that competition diet did help me learn those habits but this is a world of difference!

How I’m Feeling

By Day 4 I had a headache but I can’t figure out if that’s because I have sinus congestion, I cut out coffee, or there’s some sort of sugar withdrawal.

Workouts are good once I get going. My energy does seem to be a little lower and so I’m doing some light high rep full body weight workouts. The book says this is completely normal not to go for PR’s the first week.

First Week Summary

I told myself that if I felt as if I were being restricted or I noticed those disordered eating habits returning or feeling anxious.

I went to a Fitness Summit this past weekend and I brought my lunch and snacks each day and it was fine. I went to dinner with my friends on the Saturday night and I had grilled Mahi Mahi and Veggies cooked in olive oil. I asked questions and the waitress was very nice about letting me know how the food was cooked.

I think knowing that this isn’t a diet and I’m not deprived or restricting calories really helps because even when I was out to dinner I didn’t feel as if I were missing out on anything like I did before.

I also believe that the nutrition plan being so high in fat helps with that because if you’re satiated, then you’re a lot less likely to crave and want sugar.

I don’t want sugar.

I believe it takes about a week for our bodies to get the effects of any new program so I should have more to report next week but so far.