Front Porch Ramblings: Whole30 Day 1

Day 1 on the Whole30 found us at a friend's house for a New Year's Day brunch! This scared me. I wasn't sure if I would really be able to hold my self back from the amazingness of her waffles and donut waffles! But, I did it! I said no to the white flour, sugar laden heaven-on-a-plate. Huge hurdle for me. It helped that my friend knew of my Whole30 plan and she has even done it before so she was very supportive and not offended that I passed on the waffles. So, my daughter and I took what we could eat and picked from the buffet to meet our goal for the breakfast meal.

Breakfast:

Butternut Squash, Spinach and Onion Fritatta

Hard boiled Avocado filled eggs

Raspberry, blueberry, blackberries - just a few

Coffee with whipped coconut milk (no sugar added)

water

Workout Meals:

Pre-w/o Hard boiled egg

Post w/o 3 egg whites scrambled with 1/2 sweet potato

water

I love that if I want to eat more on the Whole30 it means I need to workout in order to get in another couple meals. Tell me I can eat if I workout is definitely a motivation for me to get out there. It was the first run/walk interval in months for me and it was one of only a few times in my several years of training that I actually didn't hate the run. This is pretty big for me. I ran with The Civil Wars Pandora channel playing in my ears to my programmed interval trainer. This was an interesting comparison for me. There was a war raging in my thoughts for sure! I realized that there are not many things I actually finish in my life. I start so many projects and fizzle out before it gets done. I start training for things and then make excuses not to go out and get moving. Only childbirth, 5 times, have I finished something but only because I couldn't honestly be pregnant forever. The war rages in my head most days between good and evil voices battling it out for my affection. For my exercise routine it usually starts the night before I know I have something scheduled the next day and my mind starts fighting thoughts of "you know you want to do this" and "you know you want to sleep in. Don't do it." I'm going to try to raise the white flag to these thoughts and just move through my world right now with nothing but positive energy reinforcing my choice to be healthier. So, yay! I worked out and got to eat...twice!

Lunch:

Honestly, I forget what we had......

Dinner:

Taco salad with ground beef, lettuce, spinach, jicama, salsa, avocado

Clementine

water

After dinner my body started fighting back with my decision to cut sugar out of my diet. I am completely and utterly addicted to sugar. I have been cutting back since before Christmas little by little knowing this was coming up and cut it out altogether a few days ago (with the exception of the Mojito on New Year's Eve). My body felt like I had just lost a UFC fight. My back between my shoulder blades were so, so, so sore!!! I am not kidding when I use the word sore. I remember when I had gone off of sugar before, but still had other sweeteners, that it was painful, but not like this. This time it hit sooner than last time. It was awful. I had to have hubby massage my back for an extended period of time while I contemplated crying. Good grief, why do I do this to myself? No more sugar. Seriously, wth! Addiction detox is nothing to take for granted. Listening to my body through this will hopefully get me to a different place of thinking from now on with not just food, but with my physical health.

Hope you find your sore spot today and recognize it's source. Maybe it's not physical. Maybe its relational. Maybe its spiritual. We all need exercise in detoxing the icky stuff out of our lives. For some of us, it's minor and for others it's huge. I will pray for you any way I can. Let me know if you need prayer.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.