Day 7

One more day passed. I am not a great chef and am not super creative, so had same foods today as in the past 6 days. Eggs. Zucchini. Mushrooms. Greens. Israeli salad. Tuna. Home made mayo.

It seems to me that avocados are really good for me. I also believe that ghee is really good for my body.

I didn't walk today and am not happy about it. I did walk yesterday and must make sure to walk tomorrow. Right after I drop my daughter at school. Period.

For tomorrows breakfast  I made Chia pudding with coconut milk and almond milk. Put it in the fridge for the night. Found recipe on www.ketodietapp.com. i didn't use sweetener.

Got my order of Kelp noodles from www.nutrition.com today. My kids love them and I also like them.

In the past few days I have been dropping about 0.4 lbs which is good.

I really want to get below 140lbs already.... Got to get moving.....

Whole 30 Day 7

I am down 0.4 lb today. Trying to figure out how to start dropping pounds. 

I am very happy with my food choices (other than the fast food yesterday in SF mall).

I know I want and need to move more to get my metabolism going and appetite down. 

That's my top priority. 

Once I move and get daily 10k steps I will need to tweak my food. 

So far I am getting 8% carbs (25g) 58% fat 78g) and 34% (103g) protein. 

I need some more data to be more informed. So far I haven't been logging my food well. I get one day a week perhaps. 

My gut feeling is that I have too much fat and not enough protein. I would like to switch the balance a bit. I also suspect I might be needing more iron, vitamins a & c and calcium. According to MFP on the one day I did log last week, I am not getting enough sugars (ha ha)'which I don't think I will consider, sodium and over consuming cholesterol. 

It is really hard to tweak my food as I am not a disciplined person and do not log my food religiously. It is easy to log packaged food but home made recipes are more challenging. I need to enter them in the system first. 

Since I intend to live on a pretty steady food template I realize that I should just take the 5 minutes and enter the recipe in MFP on my laptop (easier than on mobile device). 

I am inspired by bloggers Karen (GardenGirl KP) and Gwen (The Sunny Coconut). They are my proof that it is possible. If,they can do it so can I. All I need is commitment. If I didn't do it yesterday I will do it today. 

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 Applegate chicken Apple sausages, 2 ends of zucchini left from yesterday's spiralizing, 1/2 cup,cherry tomatoes, 1tsp BBQ sauce made in 1tsp ghee. 

I have a feeling that ghee is really good for me. I just feel so good after my breakfast omelette made in ghee. No other oil feels like this. 

Since I am out of food and need to cook for the week I already defrosted chicken drumsticks. I pulled skin off and put them in the slow cooker in the morning with modified Nom Nom Paleo inspired spices. I lay them in slow cooker on peeled and cut 1/3 onion. Salt, pepper, coriander, paprika and ginger. 2 tbs BBQ sauce, 3 tbs coconut aminos poured over chicken and put for 4.5 hours on low. 

Will make baked cauliflower in evening. Cut a head of cauliflower, lay on baking sheet with few garlic cloves unpeeled, sprinkle some salt and extra virgin olive oil. Bake at 465 for 45 min. My kids love it. 

Need to make another batch of BBQ sauce as I almost finished the batch I made last week. 

I need to make something with green and purple cabbage I have in fridge. I made coleslaw last week. Don't feel like making it again. Perhaps I will make soup with green cabbage, zucchini, cauliflower and broccoli, chicken broth and tomato paste. That's my Russian inspired soup minus potatoes...:-) if I could find Jerusalem Artichokes at my produce store I would throw them in....

All right to work I go. Cook for the week. Enjoy the peace and quiet at home with everybody back at work and school. 

End of day 5 + Whole 30 Day 6

I didn't get a chance to post my dinner for Saturday in the evening due to my husband wanting attention.... :-)

I really wanted to walk and move my body. I went to the mall and tried to walk as much as possible there. It was too cold for me to walk outside, I know I am just being spoiled, it's not so cold....I am just being a California spoiled girl... :-)

By the end of the day I was almost at 10k steps....

Since I didn't have any food ready I quickly assembled tuna salad with tomato, cucumber, Palm heart, artichoke, water canned tuna, red and orange pepper, 2 spears of pickle (whole 30 compliant) and my home made mayo. 

Yesterday was day 6, I took my daughter to ice rink for morning practice at 7 am so didn't have time for breakfast. I was hoping to be home before 9:30 and have breakfast but her coach did some off ice training with her and I got home after 10am. I was hungry.

Breakfast - 3 eggs in ghee, 1/2 avocado, leftover tiny portion of green beans and asparagus. I was pretty full for a while.

We went to Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. I was itching to walk and move. Did a lot of walking. Family got tired of musem around 3 and wanted lunch. I chewed 1/2 oz macadamia nuts and a punch of coconut flakes and was fine. Wanted to have lunch at a salad bar near Golden Gate Park and walk some more in park but my husband gave up on parking and drove to the mall. 

I ate a hard boiled egg, cherry tomatoes and 1/2 cucumber and felt better. 

Lunch - BBQ chicken and broccoli at fast food joint in mall food court. 

It was ok but I am sure their BBQ sauce for chicken was full of crap. I did not feel full like I do after a home meal. I also think that the protein portion was too small for me. In any case I walked another hour I the mall, got myself black decaf at Starbucks and we went home. My tracker shows just under 6700 steps. Not great. I wish we would go to Golden Gate Park and not the mall. I am so done with winter break. Now I don't have any excuses....I just need to walk.

I learned during these past 2 weeks and most of all the past 2 years of weight loss and health gain journey, that the best appetite suppressed for me is movement.mwhen I walk/jog/run/exercise I don't have appetite/binges/cravings. I feel great and I make naturally good food choices. It took me a long time to understand something trivial and simple. I had to experience and get it myself. 

Dinner - I still had no food at home so quickly sautéed mushrooms, zucchini noodles and dried tomatoes in olive oil and a little  tomato paste. Quickly defrosted and made Trader Joes grass fed beef hamburger in a little coconut oil.

I was fine but just couldn't resist and had one square of 100% chocolate. 

I was still thinking about food, wasn't hungry but wanted to have something so I had herbal tea. 

Another day passed. 

Whole 30 day 5

I am not hungry this morning but am feeling heavy. I am up to 148lbs. 

I am not sure it is due to food alone. I am about to get my period next week and my weight and appetite are usually affected during the week before. 

Today I recommitted unofficially. I logged my breakfast on MFP and took a shot of my plate. 

I also looked at my FitBit history. Yesterday I walked about 9k steps the day before it was a little under 5k. It seems to me that the less I move the more appetite or craving I have. 

I must make it a priority! 

So my breakfast was 3 egg omelette, 1/2 avocado, 3oz mushrooms and in the end inwas missing some color....:-) so I added 1 tbs of my BBQ sauce. Yum. 

Whole 30 Day 4

Again, not enough moving and too much food. I am so tired of this winter break. I can't bring myself to focus on myself. The girls and my husband are taking over and when I do get time for myself I just sit down with the iPad and read about nutrition and ketogenic diet. 

Breakfast - 3 eggs, zucchini, mushrooms, greens, tomato sauce and cherry tomatoes.

Lunch - at the mall, mixed greens, red pepper, mushrooms, cucumber, jicama, grilled chicken breast, olive oil and lemon juice.

I wanted to eat, I think that the chicken portion was too small for me, 1 chicken strip is probably around 2oz and it is not enough. I had 1 tbs coconut butter. 

Afternoon - decaf coffee with 1 tsp coconut milk and 1 oz macadamia nuts and coconut flakes.

Dinner - still leftovers of Nom Nom chicken, with BBQ sauce, Israeli salad, coleslaw and green beans and 1/2 broiled eggplant.

Evening - 1 big cup of chicken broth

I did not feel good in the end of the day. 

Movement is the secret ingredient for memInam convinced.

Whole 30 Day 3

No photos .... 

I had a strange day not sure why. Was feeling tired all day. I also didn't move much. I should have walked for half an hour but instead I watched TV. My husband took the girls to Annie and I just lay there on the couch. 

I think it messed up with my metabolism and my head. I wanted to munch even after I had my lunch. Even though I was pretty full, I kept thinking what to eat. It usually takes about 20 minutes after a meal until I feel full but when TV is involved something strange happens to me. I just don't feel the satiety. 

I thrive on action but when I get to rest my brain is messing up with my appetite. 

Next time it happens I decided I will take myself out for a walk or pop in the VCR T-tapp exercise, it's only 20 min. 

I also found a great resource on kerogenic diet and weight loss. 

Www.ketodietapp.com

According to their estimator I might need to eat less protein and more fat. I need to track my food more closely. Up until now I didn't do it well. I am lazy to measure my recipes and so forth but will have to do it. 

I am trying to do it intuitively or just half way (by not putting all ingredients like cooking fats) and it isn't working.

Breakfast - 2 eggs, zucchini, mushrooms, greens mix in ghee

Lunch - leftover chicken (still same Nom nom recipe) in BBQ sauce, zucchini in tomato sauce, broiled eggplant. 

This when I started going to relaxed I had seaweed, 1 square of 100% chocolate, 1oz macadamia nuts and coconut flakes and 1oz Sophia's Survival food beef jerky. 

In afternoon I had my decaf coffee with 1 tsp coconut milk unsweetened.

Dinner - can of tuna in water, salad (I call it Israeli salad but it is also called Shirazimsalad, basically small cut tomato, cucumber, radish, Red, orange peppers and mixed greens, olive oil, lemon juice and salt, pepper), I added 1 tbs of my mayo. 

I think I am eating too much.....

Whole 30 Day 2

It is noon and so far I am doing great. 

Breakfast - had pretty much the same as yesterday just with 2 chicken sausages.

Lunch - having chicken from yesterday (Nom Nom Paleo crispy smashed chicken), green beans leftover from two days ago (frozen green beans sautéed in ghee with salt & garlic) and Nom Nom Paleo broiled zucchini. http://nomnompaleo.com/post/4739682522/broiled-zucchini-or-eggplant

I ate everything with my lovely BBQ sauce. Yum!

Made the eggplant yesterday and my husband fell in love with it :-). It's really simple and easy to make.

Still not sure what I will have for dinner, perhaps tuna salad, so I use up that new batch of extremely olive oily mayonaise I whipped yesterday. 

Happy 2015!