SWYPO, CSA, KOMBUCHA and TRIATHLON TRAINING

I was in the middle of Round 2 and I slipped. I partook in SWYPO making pancakes with compliant ingredients. After that, I lost the momentum of Whole30.


Last night I attended CSA 101 at the library to learn about the CSA here and there was homemade bread, cheese, and gelato. I partook thinking a little wouldn't hurt. Now I've been nauseous ever since. I can't find any remedies to make it go away except time.

I need to write on a paper where I will see it every day:
DIANNA, DO NOT EAT GLUTEN, DAIRY, SUGAR! YOU WILL BE NAUSEOUS, ITCHY, BURPY, EXHAUSTED AND SOMETIMES ANXIOUS AND DIZZY!


What I learned: I can't even have freshly milled, local organic wheat or fresh organic pasture raised goat milk cheese/gelato. Now I know.


I don't feel like doing another strict round of Whole30 right now. I've lost 5 pounds this time. My round was only 3 weeks. I'm at 156.5 pounds! Sometimes I still struggle not to eat at bedtime. When I do it, I can't stop and eat a HUGE fourth meal. So now I just don't let myself have anything and I wake up feeling proud of myself for not binging.


I've begun training for my first triathlon! I am really enjoying swimming laps on a regular basis. I am enjoying a free 2 week membership at BroMenn Fitness Center. It is the nicest gym ever! I'll also get free weeks at LA Fitness and 4 Seasons. I plan on training with Whole30 nutrition except I'll take honey gels and electrolyte drink if needed.


I am making a batch of kombucha which I haven't done for years! Feels good to ferment again. I am trying two different brands of kombucha (GT's and Hummm) as the starter for a SCOBY and also two different kinds of sugar; white and coconut. We'll see which works best! I love doing kitchen experiments comparing foods. I have used different squash in the past for pumpkin pie and different kale chip flavors.


I'm really excited to be part of the PrairiErth CSA for 24 weeks in Bloomington! They are a farm in Atlanta, Illinois. They are certified organic and have a great philosophy on eating local. It will feel good to get my food fresh from my farmer instead of the grocery store. I also found out I can get my plant starts from them too. I want to begin planning my summer garden. I want to really focus my garden this year and have a plan instead of just planting whatever.  I still LOVE getting my eggs from my friend Cris from My Little Backyard Farm. We have also gotten their pork.


Now that I feel I have the have the hang of Whole30 I want to focus my blog on my triathlon and marathon training and on my creations with the CSA plus updates about how my garden is going. I'm hoping to plant herbs in the garden space by my front door. I haven't decided on what else I want to plant. So many options it feels so exciting!! I'm hoping the apple tree gives us lots of apples too! I want to make apple wine for the first time also!


Now if only this nausea would go away. From experience I know it will be gone by tomorrow. It always lasts 20 hours.

W30 R2 D8-15

I lost track of what day I was on. FIFTEEN ALREADY!! Time flies the second time around! A few days ago I had a sinus infection and took some generic Emergen-C vitamins in the middle of the night in water. For the next day I was severely nauseous and burpy. It was HORRIBLE! It happened after eating a banana/egg pancake but I think it was the Emergen-C not the pancake. But I'm forever grossed out by those pancakes. My body reacted the same way it did to that Ghirardelli chocolate bar I ate during reintroduction and regretted. I couldn't take the kids to school and spent the day on the couch in misery. I threw the package away so I need to go to Walgreens and see what was in it. It had to be sugar or artificial sweeteners.
Other than that and taking ricola for my cough I've been compliant. I took my last antibiotic today so I'm happy to be feeling better.

I still don't have Tiger Blood but I do have more energy because I ran for 1.5 hours yesterday and don't feel exhausted today. Improvement! I'm still really burpy though. It comes and goes after eating. I'm still trying to find the culprit. I think it is from sugar, even natural sugar, like fruit. It's annoying. When I'm REALLY burpy is when I also get nauseous.

Last night after showering I really wanted to step on the scale. I typically fight this urge. But yesterday I gave in. After running, eating and drinking water all day, I normally weigh 3-5 pounds heavier than I do first thing in the morning. So I was expecting last night to see a high number on the scale. It said 159. 159!!! I couldn't believe it!! I got on the scale 3 times to make sure it was accurate. This means I'm out of the 160s!! I've been working so hard to do this. That means I probably weight about 155 in the mornings. But I'll wait til D30 to find out!

I started at 183 at my heaviest. When I started Whole30 I was at 169. So I've lost 10 pounds on W30 in 1.5 rounds plus a month of reintroduction. NOT BAD!! This includes NEVER logging what I eat or counting calories. When I was doing My Fitness Pal I lost weight too. But would always gain it back when I stopped counting calories. So this is a BIG NSV!

I'm still trying to figure out my nutrition with exercise. I ate 2 hard boiled eggs and 1/2 a left over chicken apple sausage with zucchini for breakfast. I ate a larabar before the St. Patrick's Day 5k. I ran doing 1:00/:30 intervals keeping my heart rate at 140.  I felt fine afterwards so I ran another 40 minutes with MJ. I ate Thai Chicken Curry and felt burpy and nauseous. I thought maybe it was from the larabar and chia banana/strawberry packet I ate earlier. Fortunately the symptoms didn't last long and I bounced back. But I wish I could figure out exactly what makes me nauseous after exercise. I know when I go too hard I feel sick but I've been going really gently lately.

I started 30 Days of Yoga today. It felt good to do some stretching. My friend, Tara, from Tucson posted on Facebook about it which is why I'm doing it. It started 3 days ago but I procrastinated. Better late than never...

I've given myself permission to eat SWYPO foods this round but haven't. Mainly because I haven't felt like baking. But making Paleo bagels sound amazing...

R2 D1-7

I began R2 on February 27, 2017 with Courtney, Reuben, and mom.
Start Weight: 161 lbs, Waist: 35 inches
This round I am allowing myself to have some SWYPO foods but the ingredients need to be compliant.

This time around I had NO HEADACHES/NAUSEA during the first week. This is a HUGE NSV for me! I do feel tired though. I miss that Tiger Blood that I got from the first round. Hoping it comes back soon! I am now training for Lake Bloomington Half Marathon May 6 so I am running/exercising alot more than I was during the first round. I also came down with a cold so I took cold medicine and sucked ricola (not compliant due to honey) because I needed something for my bad cough. I also have worked alot more in the past week than usual so that may be adding to my tiredness.

I hosted a 14 person Prep Freeze Cook Whole30 party last week! I now have 10 Whole30 compliant meals in my freezer! It is going to make it SO EASY to stay compliant.
Here is the Clean Eating/Paleo/Whole30 menu:
Chipotle Glazed Pork Roast- Spicy, Kevin and I love it, Kids don't
Carnitas
Cuban Pork Roast
Lemon Pepper Chicken Tenders- Kevin's favorite
Cilantro Lime Chicken
Italian Chicken n Veggies- YUM! I made homemade dressing
Thai Chicken Curry- I add more curry powder to this one
Apple Basil Turkey Burgers- Great for the grill!
Sweet n Sour Meatballs- My favorite!
Chili- Paleo- I add celery to this one!

Some GOALS for this round:
1. Continue to be motivated to run/exercise. Get faster using Heart Rate Monitor Training and Jeff Galloway Run/Walk/Run Method. (Last round I wasn't motivated but that has changed.)
2. Regain Tiger Blood and feel like cleaning again.
3. Continue to offer my kids W30 food and try to get them to eat more of it. This will be the biggest challenge.
4. Lose at least 5 pounds and another inch off my waist. (Last round I lost 7 pounds and 1 inch off my waist. During Reintroduction I lost 1.5 pounds.)
5. Continue to have no bloat or itchiness. (Last round I had this. It has since gone away!!)
6. Continue to have my eyes no longer burn for no reason.
7. Focus on drinking 9-12 cups of water a day.

I Never Want To Forget

It's been awhile since I've blogged last. Lots has happened. I did a slow reintroduction. This list won't be very detailed because I haven't blogged in so long and forget the details of how I felt.

Here is the order and the results:

Yogurt (dairy): burpy

Paleo Desserts (sugar/honey): itchy

Yumz Sushi Restaurant (I'm guessing I was exposed to soy, dairy, sugar, gluten): small headache that didn't last long

Champagne and Wine on Valentine's Day (alcohol): small headache that didn't last long.

Ghirardelli Chocolate Bar: Nauseous for 20 hours. So bad I couldn't get out of bed to take my kids to school. I almost called in sick to work. The next day I was back to normal. I think the reason I felt SO BAD was because I ate SO MUCH chocolate. I couldn't stop. It is food without breaks.

Pulled Pork Mac n Cheese and 3 slices of Beer Bread (gluten): I had no energy the next day.

CONCLUSION: Diary, gluten, sugar make me itchy, burpy, and tired.

I really like Whole30 and the energy I feel on it. I'm starting another round on Feb 27 with my sister in law, brother, and mother.