Surprise!! Did you think I was going to let you guys go cold turkey without a follow up day?? Never!! :-)
Today was interesting started like any other day, black coffee, breakfast scrambled eggs and bacon and off to work. Michael made me lunch a salad with leftover steak, I took it to work with me with my banana and tangerine. I had already decided that I was going to put the Marzottis Light Ceasers dressing I had in the refrigerator, but when it came time for lunch I changed my mind and I decided to go without the dressing, I did not need it.
I made it through most of the afternoon before indulging in the Godiva chocolate that was left on my desk in the beginning of January, and I decided I was only going to eat half. Well it was so good I ate the other half right before I left or the gym!! I have not touched the bag of dark chocolate I bought on Sunday, I am still holding off.
Dinner cheeseburger with mushrooms and bacon (no bread), I got home late so the kids finished all the French fries, no indulgence but I could have had one or two just to see how they tasted. And yes I do have a glass of wine, that did not not take long , but I am limiting it to one a night during the week.
Thank you to everyone who went on my journey with me and following my blog for the past month. I will miss writing it and sharing my story.
I leave you with this, if you have never done the whole 30 and you are thinking of trying it, you should. It is only 30 days and you will feel great after. I have made changes in my eating habits and I am going to try to stay with most of the program. I don't believe in " cheating", you make choices and its ok to chose what makes you happy after the 30 days.
I love my wine, so I will choose to drink it. Some people love soda and they will chose to bring it back into their diets, but just being aware of what you are putting in your body helps you with the choices you make!!
You can do anything for 30 days, and there is always day 31 to look forward to.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Day Thirty
Here I sit after thirty days and I have my glass of wine sitting right next to me. I have to be honest I am a bit sad that it is over. Yes I said it I am sad. There was something about this challenge that made this year start off with a little excitement. Now here we are thirty days later and I don't now that I really want to go back to the way it was before.
What did we do tonight? We ordered from Sticky Lips, we ordered just like pretty much like we were on he diet still, BBQ sauce on he side, mustard cole slaw, an tomato cucumber salad ( all Paleo complient, but not whole 30!!! I thought I might dip in the BBQ sauce but it all tasted fine without it, and the tomato and cucumbers were in an Italian dressing that I just did not like, so I did not eat them but he mustard cole slaw was amazing!!
I did stop at the liquor store and got some wine, we poured our wine so we could have it with dinner. It was funny but after two sips I decided I would rather have water. I saved my wine for after dinner. I am surprised that I am not really that excited to have the wine I could really go without it. I think I am drinking it because I can, not because I really want it,
So here we go the actual numbers:
Weight 151 - 13 pounds down
Waist: 30 - down 2.5 inches
Hips: 38 - down 3+ inches
I am a little disappointed in the workout times, I thought I did better this time when I was at the gym, but I did not, hard to admit but I was off by a second on each workout.
Backsquat 175
Diane 4:04
Row 2K 9:12
I am very proud of all the numbers and the thirty days, the before and after pictures are great!! In the end we all did a great job and everyone should be very proud for getting through the challenge.
I wonder what the next thirty days is going to bring...
What did we do tonight? We ordered from Sticky Lips, we ordered just like pretty much like we were on he diet still, BBQ sauce on he side, mustard cole slaw, an tomato cucumber salad ( all Paleo complient, but not whole 30!!! I thought I might dip in the BBQ sauce but it all tasted fine without it, and the tomato and cucumbers were in an Italian dressing that I just did not like, so I did not eat them but he mustard cole slaw was amazing!!
I did stop at the liquor store and got some wine, we poured our wine so we could have it with dinner. It was funny but after two sips I decided I would rather have water. I saved my wine for after dinner. I am surprised that I am not really that excited to have the wine I could really go without it. I think I am drinking it because I can, not because I really want it,
So here we go the actual numbers:
Weight 151 - 13 pounds down
Waist: 30 - down 2.5 inches
Hips: 38 - down 3+ inches
I am a little disappointed in the workout times, I thought I did better this time when I was at the gym, but I did not, hard to admit but I was off by a second on each workout.
Backsquat 175
Diane 4:04
Row 2K 9:12
I am very proud of all the numbers and the thirty days, the before and after pictures are great!! In the end we all did a great job and everyone should be very proud for getting through the challenge.
I wonder what the next thirty days is going to bring...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Day Twenty Nine
As I sit here staring to write I don't really know what to say tonight. Wow 29 days have
gone by and we are actually almost done with the thirty day challenge. As I look back at the last thirty days I can actually say that I am very proud of myself for taking on this challenge, doing it right and getting results!!
I am pretty sure the whole group that started this challenge on January 1 are all completing it successfully. And each one of us will tell a slightly different story on how hard it was, what the hardest part was, what the hardest thing to give up was , what we will stick with and what we will have as soon as the challenge has ended.
The hardest part was the withdrawal symptoms, eliminating sugar, preservatives, grains, alcohol, all at once made it difficult for the first few days and the lack of sleep mde me crazy!! I never thought I would sleep again!! Now sleeping is great and I have no problem falling asleep, no vices needed..
The hardest thing to give up, eating out (surprised you there didn't I ). I did not eat out for 27 days and it was difficult,. We did learn how to plan and cook through this, so as hard as it was not to go out I really enjoyed doing some cooking, eating at home. We found some great simple recipes that we plan on making as we move into our 'normal lives'. I also loved hearing what other people were cooking, it was great to share ideas.
What will we stick with, as I said last night most of it. We want to really limit our preservatives and I will not bring too much dairy back, I did not eat that much in the first place. I will look into a calcium supplement so keep up my levels and I don't end up with osteoperosis. I have been limiting grains for a while so I will continue that.
This one is fun, what will I have? This does not even have to be written down, we all know what it is for me. I have heard some different "firsts " from several people doing the challenge. Some people want dairy, some people want straight out sugar, I have had one vote for Progenix, and several votes for alcohol. It will be interesting sharing stories about what was the first non whole 30 thing everyone indulged in. :-)
Lets all just remember to take it slow, we don't know how our body will react when we reintroduce some of these things back in our diet .
Here is a thought what if I don't like my wine tomorrow night?? That's just crazy talk , or is it??
gone by and we are actually almost done with the thirty day challenge. As I look back at the last thirty days I can actually say that I am very proud of myself for taking on this challenge, doing it right and getting results!!
I am pretty sure the whole group that started this challenge on January 1 are all completing it successfully. And each one of us will tell a slightly different story on how hard it was, what the hardest part was, what the hardest thing to give up was , what we will stick with and what we will have as soon as the challenge has ended.
The hardest part was the withdrawal symptoms, eliminating sugar, preservatives, grains, alcohol, all at once made it difficult for the first few days and the lack of sleep mde me crazy!! I never thought I would sleep again!! Now sleeping is great and I have no problem falling asleep, no vices needed..
The hardest thing to give up, eating out (surprised you there didn't I ). I did not eat out for 27 days and it was difficult,. We did learn how to plan and cook through this, so as hard as it was not to go out I really enjoyed doing some cooking, eating at home. We found some great simple recipes that we plan on making as we move into our 'normal lives'. I also loved hearing what other people were cooking, it was great to share ideas.
What will we stick with, as I said last night most of it. We want to really limit our preservatives and I will not bring too much dairy back, I did not eat that much in the first place. I will look into a calcium supplement so keep up my levels and I don't end up with osteoperosis. I have been limiting grains for a while so I will continue that.
This one is fun, what will I have? This does not even have to be written down, we all know what it is for me. I have heard some different "firsts " from several people doing the challenge. Some people want dairy, some people want straight out sugar, I have had one vote for Progenix, and several votes for alcohol. It will be interesting sharing stories about what was the first non whole 30 thing everyone indulged in. :-)
Lets all just remember to take it slow, we don't know how our body will react when we reintroduce some of these things back in our diet .
Here is a thought what if I don't like my wine tomorrow night?? That's just crazy talk , or is it??
Monday, January 28, 2013
Day Twenty Eight
Ok the final countdown is really here, we have made it through the last weekend and now we are on to the last two days. It's kind of funny as much as I say I am over this and I just want it to be over I am glad that I challenged myself to the whole 30 program.
Let's roll the clocks back, lets go back to October. I was pretty adamant and vocal that it was impossible to do this diet and that it was something I could never do. I would never even think of giving up wine for thirty days (I know you never would have guessed by reading my blog that I missed my wine) :-). I did not cook at home that often, it was much easier to go out and grab stuff for breakfast lunch and dinner, way more expensive but easier! I also had no desire to read up and learn what was necessary to be successful in this diet. If I am going out on a ledge and challenge myself I was going to prepared and that was not in the cards for me at the time. So I sat back and watched several people run through the thirty days and literally complained the whole month of October about how I could never do it, how I would never give up wine for 30 days, and it was way too difficult to do with a family and three children with several different activities. At one point I even responded negatively to a blog written by Tony giving all the people doing the whole 30 kudos and basically telling the rest of us we were just chicken shits, boy did I start aton of trouble with that post!!
What made me change my mind ( read day one of my blog), but I did change my mind and I am glad I did. Here you go....
You were right Tony, and it was worth thirty days of no wine. ( I hope you are reading this because its the only time you hear it :-)).
This was a great challenge and a great way to cleanse your body of all the garbage that we put in our bodies on a daily basis. This has been a great experience and I am very happy that I did it and learned a ton. I was completely correct you have to be totally prepared and make sure you understood all the things that were good to eat, things that were ok to eat, things that were supposed to be limited and all the things that were supposed to be eliminated. If you were prepared did your reading, asked questions when needed then I am sure you had a successful thirty day journey and you have created new habits that will last once the thirty days are done.
We will all have the things we will go back to eating , it's un-natural not to have a piece of chocolate every once in a while!! Two more days until wine and chocolate!!
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Let's roll the clocks back, lets go back to October. I was pretty adamant and vocal that it was impossible to do this diet and that it was something I could never do. I would never even think of giving up wine for thirty days (I know you never would have guessed by reading my blog that I missed my wine) :-). I did not cook at home that often, it was much easier to go out and grab stuff for breakfast lunch and dinner, way more expensive but easier! I also had no desire to read up and learn what was necessary to be successful in this diet. If I am going out on a ledge and challenge myself I was going to prepared and that was not in the cards for me at the time. So I sat back and watched several people run through the thirty days and literally complained the whole month of October about how I could never do it, how I would never give up wine for 30 days, and it was way too difficult to do with a family and three children with several different activities. At one point I even responded negatively to a blog written by Tony giving all the people doing the whole 30 kudos and basically telling the rest of us we were just chicken shits, boy did I start aton of trouble with that post!!
What made me change my mind ( read day one of my blog), but I did change my mind and I am glad I did. Here you go....
You were right Tony, and it was worth thirty days of no wine. ( I hope you are reading this because its the only time you hear it :-)).
This was a great challenge and a great way to cleanse your body of all the garbage that we put in our bodies on a daily basis. This has been a great experience and I am very happy that I did it and learned a ton. I was completely correct you have to be totally prepared and make sure you understood all the things that were good to eat, things that were ok to eat, things that were supposed to be limited and all the things that were supposed to be eliminated. If you were prepared did your reading, asked questions when needed then I am sure you had a successful thirty day journey and you have created new habits that will last once the thirty days are done.
We will all have the things we will go back to eating , it's un-natural not to have a piece of chocolate every once in a while!! Two more days until wine and chocolate!!
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Day Twenty Seven
Wow it's my last Sunday and I have to say with three days to go I am really scared. What is going to happen in three days, what am I going to do, what am I going to eat? Will I want to eat different? What will I bring back into my diet and what will I eliminate from my daily diet? Will I even like the things that I have eliminate for the past month?
Wegmans was a tough trip today. The reality is we only have to eat clean for three more days and then what? I thought am I going to eat breakfast everyday like I do now? Should I buy enough eggs to get me through the week or just enough to get me through to Wednesday? Are we going to go back to eating out more or are we going to stick with cooking every night? I really like that we have been cooking at home so I am hoping this has become one of those habits that we don't break. I did shop like I was going to continue with the Paleo end of the diet once we are done on Wednesday. I assumed we would still be cooking dinner at home and we would need the food. As much as our grocery bills are I am saving a lot of money because I have not been eating out for lunch and dinner, yet another reason to keep cooking at home! In the end I did buy a couple of things I preparation for the end of the challenge. No I have not bought my celebratory bottle of wine yet, but I probably should have visited Lisa's Liquor Barn to get it today, however there is a bag of fresh Dove dark chocolate hearts in the candy drawer ( yes we have a candy drawer!).
I can tell you a couple of things I know for sure: From day one I knew I would never go back to cream in my coffee, as a matter of fact I would drink it more at night if it was not loaded with caffeine ( yes I know there is decaf but that is like drinking non-alcoholic beer). So, black coffee moving forward. Alcoholic beverages: Is there even a question?? :-) I will be more aware of the preservatives that are in foods, I do believe that eliminating the preservatives and chemicals makes a huge difference in how you feel . I will limit bread and pasta, no harm in occasionally partaking in a nice Pasta dinner. As for the rest I will take it a day at a time and see how it makes me feel.
I am also wondering what is the first thing I will have that I have eliminated. (Hmm. Bet no one can guess.)
Wegmans was a tough trip today. The reality is we only have to eat clean for three more days and then what? I thought am I going to eat breakfast everyday like I do now? Should I buy enough eggs to get me through the week or just enough to get me through to Wednesday? Are we going to go back to eating out more or are we going to stick with cooking every night? I really like that we have been cooking at home so I am hoping this has become one of those habits that we don't break. I did shop like I was going to continue with the Paleo end of the diet once we are done on Wednesday. I assumed we would still be cooking dinner at home and we would need the food. As much as our grocery bills are I am saving a lot of money because I have not been eating out for lunch and dinner, yet another reason to keep cooking at home! In the end I did buy a couple of things I preparation for the end of the challenge. No I have not bought my celebratory bottle of wine yet, but I probably should have visited Lisa's Liquor Barn to get it today, however there is a bag of fresh Dove dark chocolate hearts in the candy drawer ( yes we have a candy drawer!).
I can tell you a couple of things I know for sure: From day one I knew I would never go back to cream in my coffee, as a matter of fact I would drink it more at night if it was not loaded with caffeine ( yes I know there is decaf but that is like drinking non-alcoholic beer). So, black coffee moving forward. Alcoholic beverages: Is there even a question?? :-) I will be more aware of the preservatives that are in foods, I do believe that eliminating the preservatives and chemicals makes a huge difference in how you feel . I will limit bread and pasta, no harm in occasionally partaking in a nice Pasta dinner. As for the rest I will take it a day at a time and see how it makes me feel.
I am also wondering what is the first thing I will have that I have eliminated. (Hmm. Bet no one can guess.)
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Day Tewnty Six
On my last Saturday of my 30 days I did another thing that I had been avoiding during my 30 day challenge, I went out to dinner. I figured how bad could it really be we were with great company (The Longs) and we were going to go to Longhorn. Well. I can say I am glad I did not do this during my first weekend when I was feeling the withdrawal symptoms because I would have never made it through dinner without breaking down and ordering a drink (notice the word "drink", tonight was not a wine night it was astraight tequila shot night)!
We started off at Dicks to get Jason his wrestling shoes for the tournament tomorrow, then off to mall to meet the Longs. Just before leaving for Longhorn the kids had two slices of cookie cake and lemonade. Off to Longhorn, and of course it was packed! We were told about 35 minutes to get a table. We actually debated trying to find someplace else to go, but we knew we could get "clean" food at Longhorn so we stayed. Waiting 45 minutes for a table is a long time when you are not drinking, and you can't eat the peanuts on the bar, and the bartenders do not like serving water!
We finally get seated, after asking twice how long it was going to be. You could see the disappointment on the waitresses face when we all ordered water. She came back we let her know we were on a "diet" so we were going to be making some changes to the way they normally prepare the food, let the ordering begin:
Me: How are the green bens cooked?
Waitress: Green beans with a tomato glaze.
Me: What is ain the glaze
Waitress I am not sure they are on our healthy menu, they would be fine.
Me: Whats in the glaze we can't have certain things.
Waitress: Tomato's and other stuff, it's part of our healthy menu.
Me: Just give me the green beans without the glaze
Waitress - they are on our healthy menu
Me: I don't care bout the healthy menu, just steam my green beans.
After all the special ordering she brought us our salads ( less croutons and Tomato's) , one point for the waitress she took the croutons off, one negative point for the waitress I would have loved the Tomato's. I think she got confused because we all ordered the green beans less the tomato glaze, she must have thought we could not eat the Tomato's. Over 40 minutes later we got our food and if you think the first hour we waited was long just try to wait amother 40 minutes wih Jason, Abby and Ryan! I can tell you why we drink when we go out, it is much easier to ignore what.the kids do to prevent boredom when waiting fo food, and the time goes by quicker. I must not notice the feet in he air, rolling around in the booth, belching, and general loudness, or I have usually had enough wine to not give a hoot what is going on and what other people are thinking.
We made it out alive and it was really cheap (25% was taken off the bill for the long wait), and we ate " clean". I can tell you I that I am not planning on out again in the next four days!! I make better food at home, and it's easier to control without wanting to do shots by the hour!!
We started off at Dicks to get Jason his wrestling shoes for the tournament tomorrow, then off to mall to meet the Longs. Just before leaving for Longhorn the kids had two slices of cookie cake and lemonade. Off to Longhorn, and of course it was packed! We were told about 35 minutes to get a table. We actually debated trying to find someplace else to go, but we knew we could get "clean" food at Longhorn so we stayed. Waiting 45 minutes for a table is a long time when you are not drinking, and you can't eat the peanuts on the bar, and the bartenders do not like serving water!
We finally get seated, after asking twice how long it was going to be. You could see the disappointment on the waitresses face when we all ordered water. She came back we let her know we were on a "diet" so we were going to be making some changes to the way they normally prepare the food, let the ordering begin:
Me: How are the green bens cooked?
Waitress: Green beans with a tomato glaze.
Me: What is ain the glaze
Waitress I am not sure they are on our healthy menu, they would be fine.
Me: Whats in the glaze we can't have certain things.
Waitress: Tomato's and other stuff, it's part of our healthy menu.
Me: Just give me the green beans without the glaze
Waitress - they are on our healthy menu
Me: I don't care bout the healthy menu, just steam my green beans.
After all the special ordering she brought us our salads ( less croutons and Tomato's) , one point for the waitress she took the croutons off, one negative point for the waitress I would have loved the Tomato's. I think she got confused because we all ordered the green beans less the tomato glaze, she must have thought we could not eat the Tomato's. Over 40 minutes later we got our food and if you think the first hour we waited was long just try to wait amother 40 minutes wih Jason, Abby and Ryan! I can tell you why we drink when we go out, it is much easier to ignore what.the kids do to prevent boredom when waiting fo food, and the time goes by quicker. I must not notice the feet in he air, rolling around in the booth, belching, and general loudness, or I have usually had enough wine to not give a hoot what is going on and what other people are thinking.
We made it out alive and it was really cheap (25% was taken off the bill for the long wait), and we ate " clean". I can tell you I that I am not planning on out again in the next four days!! I make better food at home, and it's easier to control without wanting to do shots by the hour!!
Friday, January 25, 2013
Day Twenty Five
On my final Friday night of the challenge I did something that I have been avoiding since the start of the 30 days: Putting myself in a situation where there was bad food and wine and beer everywhere around me. There are many places this atmosphere exists, but tonight I went to an Amerks game, and to make it even better it was with a ton of kids it was Klem North night. The perfect storm.
We planned ahead knowing that was no food that we could possibly eat at the game so we decided to eat before tha game. Today was mix up day for food. I had meatballs for breakfast (we ran out of all our breakfast food), leftover bacon wrapped chicken for lunch, and sweetpotato hash with fried eggs (went to Wegmans) for dinner. Dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner as long as I was eating clean I guess it doesn't matter what order I have my meals.
On to the game, we got there a little late of course so we missed the beginning of the game. We did it on purpose so we would not have to sit around and wait for the game to start, that is when we usually have our drinks. There was food and drinks all around us, Michael bought Jason some nachos that were spilled all over him and his chair within a minute of handing them to him. I had to clean up all the nachos cheese ( or whatever it is) and it was all over my hands. Thank god for napkins because it was a mess. I was pretty content with my water until I saw the pretzels, they looked really good tonight! I really wanted to rip the pretzel out of the kid's hand but I couldn't eat it anyway so why make the kid cry.
In the end it did not bother me that much to be there and we saved a ton of money I think we spent less than twenty dollars, that is unheard of when we eat the food and have a few drinks. TheAmerks won, and Jason had a blast with his friends, so there's that.
Last Friday night down, only a few more days to go.
We planned ahead knowing that was no food that we could possibly eat at the game so we decided to eat before tha game. Today was mix up day for food. I had meatballs for breakfast (we ran out of all our breakfast food), leftover bacon wrapped chicken for lunch, and sweetpotato hash with fried eggs (went to Wegmans) for dinner. Dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner as long as I was eating clean I guess it doesn't matter what order I have my meals.
On to the game, we got there a little late of course so we missed the beginning of the game. We did it on purpose so we would not have to sit around and wait for the game to start, that is when we usually have our drinks. There was food and drinks all around us, Michael bought Jason some nachos that were spilled all over him and his chair within a minute of handing them to him. I had to clean up all the nachos cheese ( or whatever it is) and it was all over my hands. Thank god for napkins because it was a mess. I was pretty content with my water until I saw the pretzels, they looked really good tonight! I really wanted to rip the pretzel out of the kid's hand but I couldn't eat it anyway so why make the kid cry.
In the end it did not bother me that much to be there and we saved a ton of money I think we spent less than twenty dollars, that is unheard of when we eat the food and have a few drinks. TheAmerks won, and Jason had a blast with his friends, so there's that.
Last Friday night down, only a few more days to go.
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