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It Starts with Food. For the next 3. 0 days, I’ll be following a gluten- free, grain- free, dairy- free, sugar- free, soy- free, alcohol- free diet. It’s called a Whole 3. My husband warns that it may be flavor- free. Here’s hoping that Mr.
Right is wrong in this instance. I’ll be posting my food log here in a haphazard way. Quick Help for your Whole 3. If you want to skip the whole daily diary thing, you can read my review of the program and conclusions here. Need Meal Plans? Other quick links that you might find helpful: Day 1 Friday. Breakfast: Fajita omelet with saut.
Small black coffee. Lunch: Sauteed chicken nuggets, seasoned with Jamie’s Spice Mix (NYM Make- Ahead and Freeze Cookbook), steamed spaghetti squash, Easy Slowcooker Red Sauce, broccoli di cicco. Water with lemon and lime slices. Dinner: Large dinner salad with roasted beets, avocado, carrots, tomatoes, green onions, cashews, nicoise olives, and leftover chicken that I cooked at lunchtime. It was even better cold!
Sparkling water with lemon and lime slices. Impressions: I’m glad that I researched this diet and did my shopping before starting. I also slowly started eliminating the things that I’m now avoiding. So, I wasn’t going to give my body a shock. I really didn’t eat all that different today than I normally do except that I would have added cheese to my omelet, snacked throughout the day, added cheese to my lunch and dinner salad, drank a glass of wine during dinner, and eaten a slice (or more) of pizza that I made for the fam. It’s love to make pizza that you’re not going to eat. It Starts with Food gives you a template for building your meals.
It’s more than enough food! In fact, I was full before I ever finished a meal. I went ahead and finished (most of the time) since I knew I wasn’t going to snack in between meals.
Boy, was it tempting to snack! I wasn’t hungry between meals, but I wanted to eat! A trip to Walmart was torture. It seems like there is candy at every corner. Which makes me wonder about our nation. I don’t typically like them, but I figure desperate times may call for desperate measures. I’ll hold out as long as possible.(SPOILER: I ended up loving Cherry Pie Larabars by the end of my Whole 3.
My kids and husband love these Mamabars.)Now to figure out what to eat tomorrow. Lots of water throughout the morning. Lunch: Salad with leftover chicken from yesterday, tomatoes, carrots, green onions, avocado, and vinaigrette. Coconut milk latte after lunch. Dinner: I made roasted sweet potatoes as the starch in my taco salad, topped with seasoned taco beef, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole. Another banana and cashew salad for “dessert”.
Impressions: I awoke this morning with a pretty bad headache. That kind of surprised me.
This is to be expected due to the “detox” nature of the program. But, I thought that I had slowed down enough on my cheese, bread, sugar eating to counteract it. I reread their timeline. Just call me Charlie Sheen. Hubby asked me if I was going to do this forever. It’s too soon to tell.
I’ve found pleasure in plenty of new to me foods (like cashews and coconut chips) that I don’t feel deprived. I am always very full at mealtimes which I kind of like. I realize how mindlessly I eat, though. I had to remind myself not to nibble while I was making meals for the family. As a good chef should, I taste as I cook. That isn’t always good to do if I’m making a different meal for them than I am for myself.
I’m looking forward to trying coffee with a little cocoa powder in addition to my cinnamon and coconut milk. I would love to break sugar’s hold on me, as good as it is. According to the timeline the coming week is going to get a little rough. Glad I’ve got freezer meals for my family and kids who can cook! Day 3: Sunday. Breakfast: Vegetable Eggs Scramble (broccoli, mushrooms, bell peppers, garlic, green onions), Fruit Salad (orange, kiwi, almonds). Lime Water. Lunch: Taco Salad, take 2 with spinach, carrots, broccoli, green onions, grape tomatoes, seasoned taco meat, guacamole, and vinaigrette. A handful of cashews and a handful of coconut chips, followed by a banana later.
Dinner: Spinach Salad with grilled chicken, roast sweet potatoes and squash, green onions, shaved apple to remind me of cheese, toasted hazelnuts, red wine vinaigrette. Next time I’ll ditch the squash and use balsamic in the dressings.
Impressions: I didn’t really have a headache today, just a dull roar every once in awhile. I didn’t drink as much water as I have other days. I tried adding dried mint to my lime mineral water for a very fake mojito. It floated on the top like leaves in a swimming pool. Need to spring for some fresh mint or go buy a plant. I’m trying to give my breakfasts some variety. I got a great deal on eggs, so I’m being creative with them.
But, I need to incorporate other proteins besides eggs. Gonna start looking for ham without all the additives. I love cashews and coconut chips. I love the batch of bananas I bought. Nuf said. Today I was definitely craving sweet, but I’m trying not to overdo on the fruits.
That’s why I had sweet potatoes. Ha! My hips hurt significantly this afternoon. Kind of discouraging. Day 4: Monday. Breakfast: Skillet Eggs, Monkey Salad.
Black coffee. Lunch: Spinach salad with grilled chicken (I bulk grilled several days’ worth last night), avocado, tomato, hard cooked egg, and leftover squash and sweet potato. I tried balsamic vinaigrette this time, homemade, reusing the bottle. Lime water. Dinner: Date night at Chipotle – salad with carnitas, guacamole, and mild salsa.
A spoonful of coconut butter when we got home for a little sweet. Impressions: As you can tell by now, my interests in vegetables lean toward salads and leafy greens. I calculated how many meals worth of greens I would have left before I needed to restock. Trader Joe’s has some good mixes for a great price, so I timed it to land on date night. We did double duty of Chipotle and Trader Joe’s.
A friend has encouraged me not to let yesterday’s pain deter me. It hasn’t been thirty days and the idea is that it takes awhile to get the offender out of your system. I will say that I do feel a lot more alert than I have in quite some time.
The house is cleaner and I feel a little more with- it. I’ve also done a lot more label reading lately. There are hidden sugars in everything. Bacon for heaven’s sake! I know that sweet bacon is a nice treat, but I had no idea how difficult it would be to find sugar- free bacon that was also nitrate/nitrite- free. US Wellness Meats has it, but I can’t afford that. So, I’m learning a lot about our food supply through all this.
As if I needed to learn more! I feel like The Girl Who Knew Too Much. There are so many hidden things in the foods we eat. Hidden things that probably don’t always need to be there.
I did splurge on some sugar free, nitrate/nitrite- free sliced meats, namely proscuitto and roast beef so that I can mix breakfasts up just a bit. I’m getting a little weary of eggs. Edited to add: I had a Larabar (Chocolate Coconut Chew) with decaf after date night. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but it was really good! I wish I had eaten it sooner in the evening. It was probably a little too close to bedtime, about an hour or so. I woke up groggy and couldn’t walk straight.
Not sure if that was the blood sugar issue, just a part of the diet to be expected, or the fact that I dreamt I drank a few swigs of hard cider and had a vicarious drinking binge. But, I did love the Larabar. I’ll be getting that one again. Day 5: Tuesday. Breakfast: Proscuitto Egg Cup (without the cheddar), Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Monkey Salad. Coffee with coconut milk. Lunch: Chicken Salad Wraps (chicken salad had chicken, apple, almonds, green onions, homemade mayo, and shredded carrot, all wrapped in napa cabbage leaves. Water. Dinner: Meatballs with Pork, Beef, Mushrooms, and Onions, Spaghetti Squash, Red Sauce, Steamed Broccoli.
I made a salad, but didn’t need it so I saved it for tomorrow. Impressions: Today was tasty, but it was a lot of work. I think that eventually (soon?) I will come up with some quick(er) meal ideas and get on the ball with advance prep. If I had only known about this plan when I did my freezer cooking a few weeks ago. My typical breakfast is very heavy on fruit, dairy, and grains. And I like my little food rituals, so that’s hard to get out of the mindset. This morning’s proscuitto egg cup was very tasty.
I’d never had proscuitto, so I’d call that a win. Busting out, I am. I even tried my hand at homemade mayonnaise.
I made a half- batch of this recipe, but used lemon juice instead of the vinegar. I imagine it will take awhile to get used to a different flavor than my beloved Best Foods. I’m kinda proud of myself for trying something new.(update: I ended up trying three or four different mayonnaise methods and combinations before I landed on this one.)So far it’s really fine. I don’t want to go bake Christmas cookies or anything.
That would be hard, but I’m mindful that these alternatives to the regular stuff I eat are really good for me. I’m curious to see where this goes. Day 6: Wednesday. Breakfast: Snacky plate of roast beef, cashews, cucumbers, orange slices, pepper.
Black coffee. Lunch: Skillet Eggs and Greens, avocado with vinaigrette. Water. Dinner: Baked sweet potato, salad with grilled chicken. Decaf coffee with coconut milk for “dessert”Impressions: This is really not that hard — if you plan ahead.
Eating Clean For Beginners . Clean eating involves choosing whole foods, avoiding processed foods, and creating a healthy, conscientious approach to what foods you eat. Cook your own food. The easiest way to control what goes into your food is to be the one who is preparing your food. Read the nutrition labels. When eating clean for beginners, you need to get pretty familiar with nutrition labels because they will tell you everything you need to know about the foods you’re considering eating. Eat whole foods. Whole foods are foods that haven’t been modified or tampered with in a lab or manufacturing plant.
Avoid processed foods. Processed foods are easy to identify since they often come in a box or jar.
Eat well- balanced meals. Make sure the foods you are choosing contain the right amount of protein, carbs, and fats since all three are essential to body functioning anyways.
Limit added fat, salt, and sugars. Since clean eating has the intention of eating food in it. Eat 5- 6 meals per day. Forget the concept of counting calories. Make mindful decisions for everything you choose to eat, like lean protein, complex carbs (as opposed to sugar) and fats, fresh fruits, and vegetables — six times a day in the right amounts. Eating this way prevents you from over- eating, skipping meals, and feeling fatigued or jittery from unstable blood sugar levels. It also helps you lose weight.
Don’t drink your calories.