Day 16: 1/16/14

Road trip!!!!!! Wooooo! We decided to leave a day early! 

Hmmmm my brains so scattered I can't think right now. Oh yeah! I made biscuits with jelly and just plain butter for C. Mine had the jelly. Then we decided C was well enough to go to open gym so I scafed down a perfect bar.

After the gym, I had some dried mango and a protein shake with creatine. By this point I couldn't even focus straight because I was so excited to leave. 

Got home, got everything ready and ate some lunch.

-Chicken, sweet potato, peas, pepperoni and avocado 

We got headed onto the road and brought a massive snack bag. Stopped at in and out and got the usual for dinner. Double meat in a lettuce wrap with fries that C and I split. 

Hmmm snacks in the car. We shared some buffalo wheat thins. We both ate a banana. I feel like I ate so much more but it's not ringing a bell.

So good bye. Hello Newport. 

Day 15: 1/15/14

Been up all night. C was hacking it up in the bathroom. Poor baby. Really wish there was something I could do for him. :( 

Had a lazy breakfast again because it was like 10am and I did want to be cooking food.

Of course I'm psyching myself out and thinking I have a stomach ache. Gotta get over it and eat some lunch.

Had a maple almond butter snack pack. Need to get a new jar of it when we get back.

Bought no sugar added coconut milk ice cream. It's vanilla bean. Only 1g sugar. It's pretty good.

Dinner:

-5.8oz chicken, sweet potato, peas and avocado 

-Magnesium and fish oil

Wahhhh my poor baby :(

Made C some English muffins and of course myself some. Glad he's on the mend.

Day 14: 1/14/14

Lazy man's breakfast.

Perfect bar and Greek yogurt

Lunch:

-4.3 oz burgers, peas, avocado 

-Pink lady 

-Fish oil

Bought a hazelnut chocolate Justin's single pack for the road trip but ended up eating it when I got home. It was really good. I'm going to get some more for the trip. Then I made a protein coconut smoothie.

Had a protein shake with creatine after the WOD.

Dinner:

-Burger, peas, sweet potato and avocado 

-Fish oil and magnesium 

Snacked on maple almond butter after.

Weight: 131.8

Day 13: 1/13/14

Had a banana bread Larabar before I took C to work.

Breakfast:

-Burnt the crap out of my mouth having this

-Pills

Lunch:

-Pork, broccoli, avocodo 

-Applesauce with cinnamon 

-Fish oil

Had another larabar and some pb.

Had a banana, larabar and protein shake with creatine after the WOD.

Dinner:

-Rest of the leftovers

-Pills

Weight: 131.4

Day 12: 1/12/14

Breakfast:

-Mexican hash bake

-Pills

Yum! Had a strawberry banana odwalla and some paleo people crunch before heading off to the inland to get C's vacation haircut.

Lunch:

-Protein style double double with onions, tomatoes, pickles and mustard

-Half the fries

Cheat: 

-Two Krispy kremes: best thing in the world 

Had a small dish of the Mexican hash bake when I got home. Then I made some banana bread Larabars and coconut creme Larabars so I snacked on those while I made them.

Day 11: 1/11/14

Wasn't sure what to do before our noon class. Didn't want to over eat but I know I don't perform well on an empty stomach. Went with my leftover rice, sausage and guacamole dish and a strawberry banana odwalla.

After class, I had two dates, a banana and a protein shake with creatine.

It was about 3:30pm by the time we got home and showered so we didn't make a lunch. I had this bar that C brought me from work. It was pretty good. 

Dinner:

Sushi! And chicken 

After, I finished my two bites of almond milk ice cream. C also fed me a few bites of his ice cream. It tasted like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Weird, but good. 

Day 10: 1/10/14

Almost better. So tired though.

Breakfast:

-Half a perfect bar

-Protein coconut smoothie with creatine 

-All pills 

No appetite. Had to force lunch down. I hope my appetite comes back next week because this is no fun. 

Lunch:

-Tuna with guacamole and pickles 

-Applesauce with cinnamon 

-Pineapple

-Fish oil

Still have half the tuna left.

Just finished my perfect bar.

Had a protein shake and a banana after class.

Dinner:

-Hot sausage with rice and guacamole

-Fish oil and magnesium 

Thought I had bought chorizo but apparently I bought hot Louisiana pork sausage. Hmm. Anyways, it was still fine. 

Epsom salt bath after. 

Day 9: 1/9/14

Starting to feel much better. Still dead but at least I can sit up and watch tv rather than lay on my death bed.

Breakfast: 

-Half a peanut butter perfect bar

-Protein coconut smoothie with creatine 

Still don't have a huge appetite. Usually I would crush a perfect bar and want another.

Lunch:

-Last bit of pork with rice

Strawberry banana odwalla juice. 

Dinner:

-Ribs with rice and guac

-Magnesium and fish oil

-Mango

Epsom salt baths have saved my life.

 

Day 8: 1/8/14

Wow. Flu is no joke. Not sure I've ever actually had it before. Today was the WORST day by far. Literally a struggle to move without feeling pain. 

So. Trying to recap. 

Had a Greek yogurt and perfect bar for breakfast. And a banana before too.

Lunch: Pork with rice 

Dinner: Same??

I think that's what I had. I had some cashews and lemon ginger tea at night. C also brought me a vitamin c monster Odewella juice (?). Think that's what they are called. The are like naked juice. That helped cause I knew I needed some juices since I was dehydrated. 

Day 7: 1/7/13

Ugh. So sick. Thanks, C. 

Breakfast: Had a banana, peach Greek yogurt and a perfect bar. All my pills.

Had to get everything done as quick as I could with this stupid cold coming on. 

Lunch:

Tuna with guacamole and pickles 

Tomato soup

Pineapple

Fish oil 

Dying here. Ugh. Had some more of the tuna and a bag of apple chips. Bout to crush another peanut butter perfect bar. Don't care. I'm sickz. I'll spend $372938 on them just to make me feel better. 

Death. I'm feeling a little better now (jan 9th) so I'll update the best I can.

Luckily I had pork in the crockpot and another crockpot meal all ready to go for the next day. This could not have beefed planned for being as sick as I was. 

Dinner:

C fed me a cup of pork with rice. Appetite is way down. I had some cashews with two cups of lemon ginger tea. The tea was so good. So glad I grabbed fresh ginger today at the store. 

Then, I died. No, but I wish. 

Day 6: 1/6/14

Day four of sick C. Disaster. Woke up and had a banana and a protein coconut smoothie cause my stomach was about to die from hunger. Had my pills after.

Had two kiwis before lunch.

First lunch:

-Chicken, broccoli, tomato soup an guacamole 

-Fish oil

Had a peach Greek yogurt when I got back from the store because the packed stuck his finger through the lid. I feel like they always do that. So annoying.

Second lunch:

-Burger with white rice and guacamole

-Fish oil

Had a banana and protein shake after our WOD.

Finally!! Creatine has arrived. Had some with water later.

No dinner- just ate almost the entire thing of this almond milk ice cream. And a date.

Day 5: 1/5/14

Breakfast:

-12oz strawberry banana shake

-C generously let me have his last peanut butter perfect bar so I could get on the move to get him some meds.

-Zyrtec d

Got back from Target and was starvinggggg.

Lunch:

-Chicken (5oz), broccoli, guacamole and some crappy chicken soup I bought for C's throat

-Mango 

-Fish oil and magnesium 

-30oz water

-Paleo nut clusters 

Dinner:

-C's leftover chicken and sweet potato with guacamole 

-Fish oil and magnesium 

-Coconut smoothie protein shake (15oz)

-Two slices dried mango

-30oz water

Final water intake: 87oz- woah! 

Weight: 133.4???? Maybe. Gotta start writing them down.

Day 4: 1/4/14

Had a banana and a Greek yogurt before my lonely WOD. Poor baby doll is sick. :(

After class, I ate another banana and a protein shake (12oz). 

Lunch-ish:

-Pork(4.6oz), peas, sweet potatoes for days and half an avocado

-Fish oil

Didn't finish the large sweet potato and I ate the apple about 30 minutes after. Probably had about 16oz of water between class and the morning. Not sure exactly how much so I'll just say it was that. 

Just had a peanut butter perfect food bar. Omg. Why do they have to be so good? I would eat five a day... Same with the quest bars though. Can't find them out here so I might have to wait until SoCal and see if we can get some boxes down there and bring them back. I don't want to pay shipping on bars. Did you use amazon prime (B)? If I can find some with free shipping I would get a box. There are so many kinds though so I want to try them all. I really like the chocolatey/peanut buttery ones. Obvs.

Bought to pound some banana nut clusters now. Lots of lounging and nursing C back to good health today=lots of crossfit YouTube videos. 

-30oz water

-coco pb

Dinner:

-Pork belly with peas and sweet potato 

-Fish oil and magnesium

-Pineapple 

-30oz water 

Had a date and a bowl of applesauce with cinnamon.

20oz water and a few more pieces of the paleo clusters 

Final water intake: 108oz

Weight: can't remember for sure. It was either 132.8 or 133.8

Day 3: 1/3/14

Breakfast:

-Had a few swigs of mango tango before I left

-Had a coconut smoothie with protein when I got back (14.3oz/27g protein)

-Fish oil, magnesium and Zyrtec d

Lunch:

-Chili! With a sweet potato and half an avocado

-Fish oil 

-30oz water 

Snack:

-One slice dried mango

-Coco pb

-Peanut butter Perfect bar around 4pm

-30oz water 

-Finished my mango tango 12oz

After WOD, protein shake(12oz) and a banana.

Dinner:

-Chili with sweet potato and avocado

-Fish oil and magnesium 

-30oz water 

-7oz more water before bed 

Final water intake: 135.3oz

Weight: 133.8

Day 2: 1/2/14

Breakfast: 9am

-Quest bar (20g protein), 

-Chobani (11g)

-Two slices bacon (4g)

-38oz water (had 8oz before I left)

-Fish oil, magnesium and Zyrtec d 

Lunch: 12pm

-Two cans tuna (7.4oz protein, ate 5oz) mixed with guacamole and pickles 

-1/2 cup applesauce with cinnamon 

-3/4 cup peas

-30oz water

-Fish oil 

Cheese stick at 3pm.

30oz water 

Two slices dried mango

Finished the tuna 

Couple handfuls of paleo clusters

10oz water 

Dinner: 6pm

Paleo chili with a sweet potato and half an avocado 

-Fish oil and magnesium 

-30oz water 

Had some pineapple, more clusters (going to make my own when we run out), and some coco pb. Still wanting more food but I'll stop. 

2oz water- oh yeah 

Final water intake: 110oz

Weight: 131.8 

My weight is taken every single morning at the same time. 

Day 1: 1/1/14

Not sure if I should start with day 1 or continue and call this day 144. Thinking of going with 1 since I'm already feeling like I don't want to do this. First day and first week will be the hardest. I know that. But I still feel like I want my sweets which is probably a good indication of why I should cut them.

This time around is going to be a little different. I'm not doing it to prove I have will power or what my body doesn't tolerate. I know I have will power and I know that I can't stomach gluten. This time is going to be more about seeing if my workouts improve. I think it may be hard to measure since I'm still new and making a lot of gains but it will be interesting to see none the less. 

I don't have everything set and stone with what I want to do with this. I will be sticking to a "primal" diet with around 1-3 cheat meals a week. I've learned a lot more about nutrition (still don't know everything) but I think that is the route to go for what I want to get out of it. I don't want to deprive my body of things it "wants" and there is benefits to spiking your insulin. However, I don't want to get too loose on my goals since I could spiral downwards and not stay on track. My thoughts now are one dinner a week (our Saturday dinner) and possibly one treat (probably Saturday as well since C doesn't care if he eats a donut or two). I will know more as my journey progresses. 

I still need to set specific numbers I want to reach but I'm not quite sure how yet. I want to make reachable goals but don't know how to necessary say why they are reachable. For example, I can deadlift 200# right now. In my head, I would love to get to 260# because that's double my body weight. Now I have NO idea if that's something that is reachable or way out of my league. Maybe it's super easy and I'll be there in two months. I just don't know. So number setting may not be in my league. Another area is my weight. I have no idea what to do with it! Do I want to drop back down to 120# and stay all muscle (is that even possible?) or go up to 135-140#? Or even 145#? I have no idea!! I obviously want to get stronger and lift more so I know I need to continue to get bigger but will that come at a cost? Will I ever even be able to be 140#? If I start cutting out my treats like I will be for the next month then I know I'm going to lose weight. Hmm. Another bump in the road.

So as you can see, this blog is riddled with questions. Stress, anxiety and excitement about the next few months are all in this wheel house! I want to eat well, train hard and place top 10 in Rookie Rumble 4 (well top 3 but really 1st) are what I want to accomplish. Could that be possible? Probably not but I still want to think it can be. I better stop with all the what ifs. Let me move onto my food for the day. The main reason of this blog. Food tracker.

Breakfast: 10am

-Two eggs, four slices reduced sodium bacon, veggies and half an a avocado 

-Fish oil, magnesium and zyretcd

-Water (30oz)

Drank 30oz of water during the WOD. Had a protein shake after along with an apple and two dates.

After the WOD: 3pm

-Pork, sweet potato and half an avocado

-Fish oil

-Water (30oz) 

Forgot to mention that I'm doing my food portions like this:

1/3 protein, 1/3 veggies, 1/3 fat

And for after WODs:

1/2 protein, 1/2 carbs and possibly a little fat to help keep me full

That will be how I will be portioning my meals from now on. 

Just went to Whole Foods to buy some boxes of Quest bars and they didn't have them. So mad. And we forgot coconut milk. Did get some good things to hold us over though. Guess I'm going to have to suck it up and spend some money on amazon to get some paleo treats. Just tried the banana nut clusters you sent and they are amazing! Will definitely be using those when I need something crunchy. Also just had a mozzarella cheese bar. Only four left so I will eat those then stop. I'm allowing some dairy like Greek yogurt so I'm not too against it. Just don't want to have it a ton since we still think I have a slight intolerance to it.

Oh, I texted but didn't write- I had a chocolate peanut butter quest bar. That's why we wanted to go to Whole Foods. It was so good. It will definitely serve as a treat type meal for me so I can have something chocolatey. Gonna go look now at them online...

Dinner: 8pm

-4.3oz chicken, peas and guacamole 

-Fish oil and magnesium 

-30oz water

Never would have guessed that was 4oz of chicken!! I have definitely been jipping (keeps changing this to kipping- is that how it's spelled?) myself on protein! So happy we got that food scale. I won't measure much else besides meat but originally I had half that on my plate and thought it was a lot. Learning new things everyday.

About to eat two pieces of mango now. Can't wait to start doing my coconut smoothies again!! And for our creatine to get here. Can't believe we ran out. I will be making lots of coconut-protein-creatine smoothies!! Woohoo!

So to cap out the first day- I had those two slices of dried mango and a handful of the paleo nut cluster.

Good night.

120oz water consumed plus 12oz in protein shake.

Weight- 132.4lb