Whole30 Day 7: Miss Cranky Pants

I made it to Day 7 without any real issues except yesterday I did feel super cranky most of the day. There is a day around 5 or 6 of the Whole30 where they say you might feel like "killing everyone" so I'm not sure if I had a delayed reaction to that day or if everyone around me legitimately deserved to be killed.

I have to say aside from yesterday's crabbiness, I'm feeling pretty good overall - energy has been really good. Yesterday at the gym I ran faster than I have for a long time yet the effort felt good, not like I was overly pushing it.

Next week I head back to Kentucky for two weeks to go back to work on location. It will be so much more challenging to do this on the road but I will do my best. I'm going to have to figure it out because there is no turning back now.

I went grocery shopping and the bill was 3 times what I usually spend. I went to a 'fancier' grocery store that has a lot of organics and specialty items. I stocked up on organic ghee, organic cashew nut butter, tons of veggies, meat, compliant chicken sausage, etc. I keep reminding myself that I am and my husband are worth the expense. It's expensive but preventing future disease, getting healthy, shedding weight is worth it- my husband is on cholesterol and blood pressure medication. He carries a few extra pounds in his belly. He's already looking and feeling better and if he gets heathy it's so worth it. Even though there is 'sticker shock' this is an investment in our future. Also we are saving where we are not drinking (me wine and he beer) he used to pick up breakfast and lunch at work everyday (we are saving a fortune there I bet) and we'd order out once or twice a week. So in the grand scheme of things we might not be spending too much more than we did before.

Food yesterday was OK - breakfast and lunch were pretty standard.  Dinner was delicious. I made an Avocado Basil lime salad dressing from the Nom Nom Paleo App to top some mixed baby greens, I threw a stew together in the crock pot that came out tasty and tender and I whipped up a Butternut Squash "mashed potato". It was delicious and easy. I bought a large pre-peeled, seeded half of butternut squash that was in my produce section so all I had to do was cube it.  I brought a pot of water to a boil and then boiled the squash about 10 minutes. Drained well, added a tablespoon of ghee and salt and pepper. I then pureed it with my immersion blender. It was so yummy.

doesn't look like much but it was very tasty

Hope all is going well for you!

Have you discovered any foods you like that you didn't know? I never would've thought butternut squash mash would be so good.

XO
Jen

Five crappy excuses I've made to get out of a run

I am getting better at this and after all of this time I usually want to run more than I don't but here are five terrible excuses I've tried to feed myself to get out of my runs in the past:

1.  Bad Mood. Depending on the awesome and not so awesome people in your life, this could happen a lot or a little. I get in pretty crappy moods fairly often and while grumping around and eating ice cream and watching bad TV sounds good it rarely 'snaps' me out of it. If I can grumpily get my running stuff on and get my grumpy ass out the door - I come back far less grumpy and sometimes even downright (almost) chipper.

2.  No Time. Bullshit. It's BS at least 80 percent of the time. Every so often I have a day where I work 12 or 14 hours and that might be called a rest day. The rest of the time? Get off Facebook, get off the phone, turn off the House Wives of New Jersey television marathon and get your ass out the door.

3.  The Weather Sucks. Yeah? So does being fat and out of shape. By the way (for me) I have a gym membership and while I can debate all I want the pros and cons of running on a tread - I can avoid a frozen nose and soggy toes by driving the 1.5 miles to the gym and getting to work.

4.  Someone Else. My husband, son, friends, the girl next door, my high school prom date, the man on the moon will miss me on my long run, needs my attention, expects me to be around. Well. Maybe or maybe not but they'll want me around much more if I'm happy, healthy and in shape. People who really love you support your goals not undermine them. Find balance.

5. Too Much of a Time Commitment. When I was training for the marathon I would look at my program and see 8, 10, 14 or more miles and think - i can't fit that in today. I would get paralyzed and do nothing. HELLO? Who said that training was writ in stone? And since when doing 6 miles on an 8 mile day was not better than doing 0 miles on an 8 mile day? Get over yourself. Every mile counts and I've really come to believe that. It's an epiphany I had during my "No Mile Left Behind" journey. It's not to say you shouldn't go for the program but if running for an hour and fifteen minutes is doable but 2 hours impossible. Just fricken do it.

Honorable mention goes to a broken iPod. Music could enhance a run but it shouldn't be a mandatory part of it.

Good reason to stop running? When your pants are on the ground.

What are some dumb reasons that has stopped you from running?

XO

Jen

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