Whole30 Challenge: Week 2

So! To follow up on my last post, I wanted to write about how my experience has been so far with the Whole30 Challenge.

To recap what the challenge is: No grains (including quinoa, rice, etc), no sugar, no alcohol, no dairy, no legumes (this includes peanut butter!)

The past couple of days have been particularly "challenging" - but let me start with Week 1.

I mentioned before that I had been weaning myself off of the "no's" so the strictness wasn't a huge shock to my system at all. Once I committed to it, eating grains or sweets, or cheese was just a non option.

Let me also add, I really don't like many fruits or vegetables. HA! Now that makes things interesting. I read somewhere you should have 2 cups (2 cups!!!!) of vegetables per meal. Um yeah definitely not even close to that.

I've been eating a lot of protein to say the least. I workout every day, so I'm still getting carbs from eating fruit in addition to the energy from all of the fat I'm eating.

So - Week 1 - pretty breezy. I made meatballs and chicken as my main meals. I make a DELICIOUS breakfast concoction of a ripe banana plus almond butter and cinnamon that I stick in the microwave for 40 seconds and results in a delicious warm gooey breakfast.

The weekend proved challenging just because I really wanted to drink. I'm so used to having at least ONE drink when I'm out. And I did go out friday and sunday night. And it was even hard when I stayed in on Saturday to not crush a 6 pack or bottle of wine. But I made it.

Week 2: BIG MISTAKES I made the same exact meals of meatballs and chicken and the thought of them literally makes me want to throw up. I CAN NOT eat them anymore. And I haven't been. So that has led to me being very hungry, but I also have no appetite for what is available because I CAN'T STOMACH MEATBALLS AND CHICKEN. I hate chicken, why did I think I was going to like chicken during this challenge?!

And it's all I have! I save the weekend to prep all my meals since I've been super busy at work this month, staying until at least 7pm every night and then going to the gym. I've been turning to eating eggs at home, which surprisingly I am not sick of yet. I'm sure I will be soon though!

I had a minor "moment" last night at 11pm at Walgreens, where I MAY have cried. (I did, I teared up), because I was just sooooo hungry, but I didn't want ANY thing.

I read that Day 10 and 11 are the most likely time for someone to quit if they are going to quit at any point. In that moment I really wanted to quit and just eat a burger (with the bun!!) and fries and milkshake. Luckily my man was with me and was SUPER supportive during my embarrassing Walgreen's meltdown. If he wasn't there I prob would have gotten McDonald's.

I think (hope!!!) I made it through the hump though! I took the night off from the gym just to make some new food so I don't have to stomach those horrible meatballs and chicken anymore (they actually really weren't bad Week 1!). I also spent some time planning some really yummy looking meals for the weekend and next week. Then it's just one more week after that - hurray!!!!

As for the results I'm noticing so far with my bod - pretty good! Especially last week! I think this week I've just been eating such random things I haven't leaned out more than last week at all. My energy levels feel pretty much the same, I'm also drinking a SHITLOAD of coffee because black coffee with pumpkin spice mixed in tastes like DESSERT to me right now....

Here is a progress pic! Guess I have some sorta abs under my layer of fat - sweet!