messing up on day 11. =(

I sit here dreading what I have to admit today. I thought about just “forgetting” about it and pretending it didn’t happen but that would be lying. My hope is that this will open eyes to others as it has for me today…

Soooo…. Here I go…

Today my little boy had an icky cough on him and wasn’t eating too much. He was being a little fussy and really wanted to get out of the house, “mama IIII go bye bye.” Every 5 minutes.

I was trying to figure out a way to get my husbands fathers day gift home (a grill) and get Wyatt out of the house without being around too many kids and eat something relatively healthy. Then the idea came to me… I’ll call Brad and pretend my car broke down and was pulled into Lowes parking lot. He will have to come get me but will really be picking up his new grill and going to lunch with us. Perfect idea!
 

It turns out Brad was having an inspection at his job site and was really stressed since he is running the job. So needless to say he didn’t have lunch with us and it didn’t go the way I planned… He did get the grill though. Yes, he loves it but said that was horrible timing to try to be cute. Lol. I tried.

So here I am with my Wy man who is saying he’s hungry. I have a groupon for Smash burger and decided that wouldn’t be bad just don’t get the bun or sauces and Wyatt will eat there. We get there and I realize it is a little harder than I anticipated ordering;

 “Yes I’ll take the BBQ, Bacon, Cheeseburger without the BBQ, the cheese, or the bun. Please add a side of grilled onions and guacamole but only if it’s real avocados and is not processed. Oh and can you put the cheese, BBQ sauce and bun on the side because my son might eat them. Also a side of sweet potato fries for my son and an extra patty for him.”

I’m confused writing it out I can only imagine how the poor new cashier felt!

We get our order.

It was so awesome. I LOVE smash burger! 

Wyatt and I are just hanging out enjoying our lunch date when he puts a sweet potato fry in my mouth... 

I ate it. 

He kept feeding them to me and MINDLESSLY I ate the dang things. Literally, I was NOT in the slight bit thinking I was doing anything wrong. I was in a zone/habit. I had my healthy meal and felt really excited about it yet here I am eating sweet potato fries that are not like the healthy ones I make at home they are definitely fried and my guess it's NOT olive oil and parsley. 

After about 20 fries (really) I go take a drink of my water which turned out to be his watered down lemonade water. I realized crap thats not my water i can't drink that! Wake up lallenia! I looked down and realized i ate half of the sweet potato fries and was so sad i did could've cried.

I am still shocked at how easy i forgot about my Whole30 and just went along with the flow. This was a HUGE wakeup call to me! 

I hate it happened but might be a blessing in disguise. I'll be honest it wasn't very disguised today! I felt feel horrible, not just about this little fall in my challenge but my body!

I love when people think it's the vegetables that cause gas and bloating. False. I go from eating pretty dang awesome with tons of vegetables to eating 20-30 sweet potato fried fries and feel it draining me. No joke. It took a lot out of my body to process this kind of food leaving me sluggish and tired.
 It made that much of a difference in only 10 days. Think of the whole30 days of clean eating.

I am so upset that happened!! I really did not want to steer away at all for the whole30. I will chalk this up to an eye opener and learning experience.

On to happier notes. My son is singing E-I-E-I-OOOO and "tinkle tinkle wittle star" in his bed right now. He sings himself to sleep. Its SO cute!

I started my 6-week fitness challenge today! I focused my workout on back. I will start posting workouts soon I promise!

Dinner i made for the guys was supposed to be a meatza but ended up being a hamburger pie.
I asked my husband how it was and he said good enough to eat. lol I think i have ALOT of learning to do with this one!

My body needs to get to sleep to finish digesting my mindless eating escapade.
Pay attention at all times whats going into our precious temple God built for us to maintain in a healthy way.

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. - Franklin P. Jones

Keep yourself Healthy, Fit, and Fabulous!!

*Lallenia*

Day 1 out of 30!

Day 1

I wake up at 4:15am to get ready to teach my amazing forged fit camp this morning. Brush my teeth, drink my coffee (black) and 20oz of water,  make sure my music is ready and load up my trunk with Sandbells.

As i am crusin down the road I realized my breath smells like coffee... yuck! I go to grab a piece gum and realize oh... this is processed I am not going to have this or anything else processed for 30 DAYS! I grit my teeth annoyed, wondering what was I thinking to agree to this? I'm sure my crew was super exited to know i had some mint smelling lip gloss to cover up coffee breath! =)

My good friend and client has turned me on to this Whole30 day challenge. We agreed to do it together from June 4th til July 4th.  If you want to learn more about it go here > http://whole9life.com/start/

(When I mention the word I diet I am talking about its real meaning: habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat.)

In a nut shell it is basically where you eat fresh foods and nothing processed. Kind of like a paleo diet but it is a little more in depth as to what you eat. (Oh! No counting calories or ratios of fats, protein and carbs... I love that!!!!)

I have always thought I am a substantially healthy girl. I did not think this would be very different from how I do eat. It may only be Day 1, but I can tell I am in for an eye opener! For instance:

• Breakfast I always have berries, 3 eggs and 1-2 pieces of sprouted bread. I am not going to have bread in the morning anymore... i will replace it with a kale shake. (yay!! i can still have my coffee!)

• My Favorite snack is oatmeal, a tablespoon of PB and chocolate protein powder.... none of that is on the list of foods to eat.

• I love almond milk shakes with protein powder, a banana and peanut butter... I will now have coconut milk with a banana and raw almond butter.

As one can see this will be an endeavor for me. Lets not forget I live with 3 guys...my husband who still loves to sneak white bread in the house and M&M's, my "little" brother who is 21 and brings junk food home from his church, and a little 2 1/2 year old who doesn't know what he wants half the time.

Why am I doing this? A couple reasons to be honest;

• I want to see what kind of changes i will experience as far as cravings & resetting my body's natural instincts. Yes, I have a crazy sweet tooth which is why we do not have sweets in our house (not just because its unhealthy but I will eat all of them).

•  I am excited to see the change in energy levels (I know some of you are thinking i do not need more energy!)

•  I want to see how much it costs to the "average" person and how difficult it really is or isn't. That way when/if I make a recommendation I have been there and done that.

•  I am SO tired of all these lose weight fast shakes and processed bologna (pun intended) companies who are only in it to make money! I have tried them out both drinking them and "selling." It is not for me. They are so easy to get sucked into (I've been there!). I want to feel healthy about who I am and what I am doing. I do not want to get "rich" because other people are buying my products that could potentially not be healthy for them in the end. My job is to help people on the right path to feeling healthy, fit and fabulous! I feel like the Whole30 people are right there with me!!

 This is the only life we have to live! Why not live it feeling the best we can by eating what God gave us to eat. Our bodies will look and feel better as a result of taking care of the environment by eating locally grown produce and meats that are not full of chemicals and junk.

Today's meals Consisted of:

Breakfast:
2 eggs made by my wonderful hubby over easy/medium yum!!
Shake: 1/4 cup full coconut milk, 1 cup kale, 1/2 banana, 2 prunes with ice blended.
I will be honest here... this shake was not the best! I am still playing with this kale, and my magic bullet finally died so it didn't get it all blended up =(

Lunch:

-2 pieces watermelon
-handful of cashews and almonds
-Organic Ground beef, kale, broccoli, onions, garlic, baby peppers, and 1/2 avocado.
Sauteed it all together (except avocado) Took about 20 minutes to chop and cook it all in a pan. Not bad! Plus I made extra for my husbands lunch tomorrow (saving time and money!)

I always sit my son next to me so he sees how mommy makes him healthy and strong! Its so cute because he tries all the veggies & food with me! He LOVES peppers and avocados! (he calls them "uh-bah-cah-dos") However he thinks raw white onions are "ucky mama."

Snack around 4 is an apple with Almond butter smeared on top, a few cherries & handful of raw almonds.

Dinner: My husbands friend gave us fillet mignons so i grilled these up with onions and peppers, sweet potato fries (chop, olive oil and broil 15 min= delish!) and sauteed yellow squash... total of about an hour considering we have a old charcoal grill (which the lid just broke on me... haha not having great luck today with my appliances!)

Probably one of my favorite meals! I do have to be careful with those sweet potatoes... I love em!

Snack: Craving sweets a little so we cut up a pineapple and I had some more raw cashews and almonds before bedtime to tie me over.

Can you believe my brother just walked in with a BOX of donuts!?? REALLY? On my first day with nothing processed he comes in with donuts?? Where in the heck was he yesterday??  ;)

Don't worry I ran as fast as I could to my room and started writing in my blog to distract me! (thanks guys!)

I do feel a little hungry right now even though i feel i ate a lot today and did not go hungry so i am thinking this is just my mind and habit kicking in OH and maybe those donuts on the counter nagging at my brain... i will choose to ignore that feeling....

Looking forward to tomorrow and getting some of my clients in my new home gym!! It's so close to being completely finished!! It's nothing fancy but yet so perfect!! Just like my life! =D Happy Monday!

Keep yourself Healthy, Fit, and Fabulous!!

*Lallenia*