• Monday, September 26th…seeing as how I am
bloated from a weekend of carb over indulging, the last thing I wanted today
was carbs. Well, processed carbs. I’m cool with my carbs from fruit
and veggies. I really want to shed this water weight I picked up over the
weekend…the sooner the better. I wasn’t super hungry today, probably due
to the overindulging over the weekend. On top of being bloated I also
have horrible heartburn and super achy joints and felt almost like a hangover when
I got up this morning from all the gluten I ingested over the weekend.
Ugh. Not happening again any time soon. It’ll happen again, because
I’ll forget how I feel right now, just not any time soon. I stuck to what
I had planned to eat, except I wasn’t able to get to the broccoli due to being
stuck somewhere that I couldn’t get away from at work for 2 hours. I did
work overtime, so I had my strawberries and apples w/AB.
• Tuesday,
September 27th…the bloat is going away fast and
when I put my hands on the sides of my torso, I feel less softness and more of
the muscles. YAY! And, I really wanted something sweet and the
first thing that came to mind was fruit. Fruit isn’t overly sweet like
candy or other processed junk is to me now. So, I traded my broccoli for
some fruit instead today and was completely satisfied with that decision.
I did eat ONE Frito scoop with some homemade chili that reminded me of my
favorite Pacific NW local brand of chili (Nalley, in case you’re
wondering). But that was all.
• Wednesday, September 28th…elbow still hurts a little bit from the carb
bender over the weekend, but other than that the achy joints seem to have
mostly dissipated. The bloat has gone down even more and I’m getting
closer to where I’d like to be (well, the top end of where I’d like to be,
anyway) right now with my weight as a result. Didn’t eat my broccoli yet
again today. Ugh. I’ve got to eat my broccoli! Tomorrow!
• Thursday, September 29th…I’ve
done really good all week with sticking to the paleo way. I’m feeling so
much better and the bloat from the weekend is pretty much all gone.
• Friday, September 30th…still
going strong with sticking 100% to the paleo way. I’m not sure if I was
getting a smidge sick (sinus infection) or not, but I felt a little light
headed and yucky for part of the day. So, not sure if that’s due to lack
of processed carbs since they’re finally all cycled out of my system now.
I’m really proud of myself for adhering so well to the paleo way all week!
• Saturday, October 1st…BBQ with a friend.
I went to the store beforehand and got some gluten free bread to eat my brisket
with (and it’s REALLY good!!! But not
fully paleo as it has rice flour and potato starch in it). I did eat some
of the BBQ beans, even though beans aren’t paleo-approved. And then I got
a few boiled eggs to eat later in the day off the sides buffet line. I
love boiled eggs.
• Sunday, October 2nd…Mexican food with a friend,
so there was some processed carbs eaten today. I had the taco salad, so
there was the taco shell. And of course the chip basket with creamy
jalapeno ranch to dip the chips in (if you live in central Texas and have been
to a Chuy’s, you understand my obsession with the jalapeno ranch). Anyway,
that’s my carbs for this coming week. And I have no plans with friends
for next weekend, so I won’t be having any processed carbs next weekend.
I’m thinking of maybe trying that paleo pizza dough recipe I found and making
myself a post-long-run pizza next weekend. YUM-O! For dinner today I had 3.3 ounces of the lamb
roast I’m making in the crockpot for this week’s lunches and about 14.5 ounces
of strawberries.
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I pretty much went over my concerns
in Monday’s entries when it comes to me overindulging in processed carbs.
While I don’t think I’m full on gluten intolerant and I definitely do not have
celiac anything, something I’ve noticed as I’ve lost more and more weight is
that my body likes gluten less and less. Like I mentioned, if I overindulge
I get horrible heartburn to the point where I think I might throw up. My
joints are super achy and the arthritis in my left elbow flares up and so do
the bulging discs in my lower back. I get bloated. Oh and let’s not
forget the carb hangover I had Monday morning. Ugh. That was
ridiculous. I had such a difficult time getting up and moving. I
was so beyond groggy. I haven’t felt that way in I don’t know how
long. And I don’t want to feel that way again any time soon. I
mean, I don’t want to feel that way ever again, but like I said, I’ll forget
how all those extra carbs made me feel eventually and I’ll do it again. I
just hope it’s far, far into the future.
Paleo fueling for my runs is going
well. In fact, I find I need LESS fuel during a run, which is
awesome! I have to start thinking about what I’m going to feed myself
during the relay later this month (the end of next week, actually!
Eek!). I know I’ll take my Epic bars and other paleo-friendly nutrition
bars, probably apples with almond butter and some berries. I might see if
I can find some paleo-friendly sausage that I can eat cold for some extra
protein. And of course sweet potato. Well, I guess that about
covers it really! Now to just keep everyone else out of my food.
Haha!
I do not plan to do processed carb indulging every single
weekend. So, don’t be worried about me in that regard. I do not
enjoy the after effects of eating that way, so it’s not worth it to do it more
often than just every once in a while. I
definitely didn’t over indulge like I did last weekend, so that’s good. And then, like I said, I have no meals out
planned for next weekend, but if I end up meeting a friend for Indian food, I won’t
get any naan (I might, however, put some butter and garlic on some slices of
the gluten free bread and bake it to take with me to sub for the naan!) and I’ll
get a salad (or other veggies, or fruit) instead of the rice.
This week’s menu
will consist of:
Pre-long run (Sunday only): medjool
dates
Breakfast: 4 boiled eggs & 2 Italian sausage links
Lunch: 4 oz shrimp baked in coconut oil and butter
w/some Tone’s 6 pepper seasoning & 3 oz lamb roast w/sweet potatoes and
onions
Snack: pineapple
& almonds
Dinner: watermelon
Overtime snacks:
apples w/AB & grapes
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