kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2013 (Year 3!) - CLOSED (Page 8)

I've been reading up on the whole9 site today too. Seems that my almond milk & coconut milk are not really whole. Kind of bummed about that.

For my goals/resolutions:

1. Be more consistent and focused with my food and weight.

2. Finish my first HIM knowing I trained well and gave my best.

3. Continue to improve in all aspects of Triathlon and life.

4. Balance all of this with life and be a good example for my family.

I would love to join you guys on whole30 but I know myself better than that and it is a little too strict for me. Just increasing vegetables, fruits and whole foods has helped me. I will be interested how it goes for you all and will read up on maybe tackling it in the future.

Sleep is so tough for me. I not a great sleeper to begin with and when you couple that with crazy work hours and my husband's snoring, it can get really bad.

For those who are new to the group.  Scott and I have a little bet going with regard to the Texas 70.3 in Galveston in April.  Based on physical ability Scott should beat me, however, I think I may be able to race just a little bit smarter and see what happens. 

I'm good with January 1.

I plan to start on the 2nd.  I'm out of town from the 29th -1st, and my diet won't be the greatest.  Got a juicer as a gift yesterday, and I'm excited to come up with some new power veggie juices.  

I'm usually around here more, but with the holidays, I've barely had time to log on to BT.  We are traveling next weekend, but after that, things will be back to normal for me, and I will be able to catch up.  I felt like a giant slug in the pool this morning.  It was a speed workout, and I really couldn't find a rhythm.  My Garmin 910 decided to break this morning, too.  It will turn on but stays fixed on the screen that says Garmin.  

My weight keeps going up despite efforts to control it.  I decided to visit with the personal trainers at my gym this morning, so I could get a BF # for my new weights.  I weigh 8 lbs. more than I did a year ago, but my body fat # is exactly the same - 18.2  I guess that says I gained muscle???  I don't know.  I guess I can quit worrying about it.  This seems to be a comfy place for me, so I think I need to let go and love my body the way it is right now.  

Goals for 2013:

1)  My first IM

2)  Focus more on recovery - keeping rest days easy, going to bed at a decent time, foam roll muscles, and eat enough

3)  Love my body the way it is right now and quit chasing some magic number on the scale

4)  Learn to quiet my mind.  I worry about everything, and I am looking to cope better.

5)  Think about others more and worry about myself less. 

6)  Focus on being patient with myself and my children.  Listen more and talk less. 

My goals for 2013:

1. I'd like to do a sub-3 hour Oly. 

2. Be consistent with training and tracking workouts in the log.

3.  Clean up my diet and lose about 15 pounds. 

I don't know a lot about the Whole30 program. I checked out that website. But I don't really like meat very much, so I'm not sure I'd be left with much to eat. But I like the idea of getting rid of the processed junk and the sugar. Anyone in this group vegetarian or vegan?  

Not Whole30 but 2 book I really like about getting rid of processed foods and sugar are:

The Science of Skinny (this one has vegetarian meal plans)

Why We Get Fat (Gary Taubes is the man at explaining how sugar (and not fat) makes us fat)

So I'm sort of trying out the Whole30 for the next couple days, to get my mind ready for the real thing next week.  I'm not sure what to do about no dairy, brown rice, greek yogurt etc.  So far today:

Breakfast: 2 Egg Whites, 1 Whole Egg (I need a little flavor), mushrooms, green pepper and 1/2 an avocado.

Snack: Banana

Lunch: Spinach salad with broccoli, snap peas (i believe that's the only legume you can eat on this plan) and carrots, and small amount of vinagrette dressing, which I think is illegal on the plan.

Snack: handful of almonds

Dinner:  No clue yet, but def some sort of protein.

All this does not give me a ton of calories for the day, so I'll need to tweak this as I move along.

Anyone have any recipes, tips, suggestions to help with this?   

All this talk about the Whole30 - is there a book with recipes, shopping list etc.  I am confused.....

It Starts With Food and www.whole9life.com.

I just downlowaded the book, and will start reading tonight.  I am curious, more so than being toned, if this is going to help with some medical issues I have.  Not injuries, but my chronic sinus issues.

There is some really good looking peanut butter/choc fudge at work here.  "Stop calling my name damn it"

I don't even know how you're able to start right now with all of the goodies around!!!  You can always add more oil to puff up your calorie total.  The extra fat may help you feel full.    

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the no dairy thing, too.  I love Greek yogurt (drink almond milk), and I have a hard time believing that it's bad for me to consume it.  You know?  I see a gatro guy next week, and I'm certain dietary changes are going to happen no matter what.  I figured eating fruit, veggies, and protein while eliminating grains was a good place to start.  

I just counted the greek yogurt in my fridge - there are 7 containers. I better get moving on them, only 6 days left of 2012.

Shopping list - I think I did find one, I'll see if I can pull it up again. I try to make it so difficult, but it really is pretty basic. Look at labels, don't assume just because it sounds healthy that it is.

I also have a couple of boxes of ProBars (darn you Kelly!) that I'm going to have to either freeze, or assume I'll start adding them when the 100 days (or perhaps 30?) are up.

Lara bars should be ok right?  Only a few ingredients, usually just dates and nuts. Not the PB one of course since peanuts are not allowed!