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*

Breaking Point Day 10/30

I think i have come to a breaking point in this Whole30...

NOT with quitting it or giving up and no I didn't cheat. Ha. This feels like a relationship I HAVE to hold for 30 days before I break up... can you imagine what our world would be like if we had a certain time period we had to give a relationship before we were able to jump ship or keep diving further in? I am thinking new reality show yes? I get the credit for this one!

 I feel like I am breaking away from some cravings and learning to embrace this way of eating. I am starting to enjoy this process a little bit more. I am also embracing a bit too much almond butter. First it's cashews and now almond butter.
*sigh*
My body feels better inside but outside is not too happy with the unable to workout very intense (due to pelvic pain from my UTI not caused from Whole30, actually i think it saved me from anything worse.) and all these freaking delicious nuts and butters.

SO Now I know I'm not preggers and am feeling a little bit better. I am going to add in a 6 week fitness challenge in the loop. I start tomorrow.
I don't like scales... i actually despise them! I have seen too many of my clients ruin their progress because they relied on the scale to show them success. Instead it's ALL about the numbers, pounds, and progress pictures.

Examples:
How many reps can I do with a certain amount of weight and for how many sets?
How many sprints can i accomplish in a set time?
How many push ups with perfect form am i able to perform in one minute?
How many pull ups with perfect form can I accomplish in a minute?
How many inches am i losing from my stomach?
Are my glutes becoming rounder and firmer?
Are my shoulders looking more defined?
How do my clothes fit?

These are going to be how I measure my progress.
Feel free to join me.

Today on my whole30:
Breakfast was 2 eggs & 1/2 banana w/ 2 tblsp AB (almond butter)
Lunch... delish! Chicken, sausage, onions, garlic sautéed together w/ a dollop of avocado on a lettuce wrap! ( I know my Iphone isn't the best quality but it works!)

Wyatt throughly enjoyed his meal! Can you tell?

Snack was fresh organic ham wrapped around green apple pieces... one of my new favorite snacks!

Dinner consisted of a can of tuna and no salt added peas.... don't judge me it was awesome! Heat them up for 1 min and add natures seasonings, cheap, tasty, healthy dinner!

After cycle I always feel like I'm starving. Thanks goodness my husband made me a 3 egg, ham and pepper omelet! Never underestimate eggs for dinner! 

I should've been done after that but Wyatt wanted to share some dates with me and almond butter... I gave in. Notice how it's Wyatt's fault right? That was my choice. Yes I regret it. It is what motivated me to start my own fitness challenge tomorrow for 6 weeks though =) I had a breaking point and realization with how many calories I am consuming from the nuts and I decided I am going to use a meal plan also and not steer too far from it. It will be whole30 approved until my 30 days is up then depending on how I feel I may add rolled oats, protein powder, Xtend and Ezekiel bread back in.... and I may not we shall see!

I'm pretty pumped and nervous for my fitness challenge... 

Why am i nervous? After all I AM a trainer. I LOVE working out and challenging myself right?

Well I am nervous because I haven't been able to really workout hard for about 3 months from a previous subluxtion in my shoulder (band slipped while doing assisted pull ups) and then this pelvic pain came on when my swelling in my traps went down. Not to mention I just told everyone what I want to do so feel like if I don't do it I will be the ultimate failure. 

Time to get these muscles back and even better than before!

I am excited to share and hope to inspire along the way!

Keep yourself Healthy, Fit, and Fabulous!!

*Lallenia*