Whole30 Accountability Blog

Anyone tried this before? Pat Gelsinger has been doing this once a week for decades and he once told me it makes a huge difference for him. Guidance I have seen is to not eat anything except water, black coffee if you need it... for 18 hours. Best to eat a normal dinner... say, 6PM, then not eat again until noon the next day. So really you are skipping one meal but also no snacks. I've read and heard from friends that it does amazing things to jumpstart metabolism, prevent disease, raise energy, etc. The theory is scarcity: Rather than living as though we can get whatever we want, whenever we want it, we allow some times where there is nothing to eat... go back to our ancient roots. Natural living. You can only eat what you grow and kill.. which sometimes, causes scarcity. The body reacts well to this. Mark Mattson, a neuroscientist who's been intermittent fasting himself for the last 35 years has some suggestions: I suggest that in the morning you drink some  tea  or...

Had some strong temptations last night because we did a family night out to dinner... I think this is the first time we've gone out to eat all month, which is unusual, usually we go out about once a week, sometimes twice if you throw in carry out. We stayed in a hotel last night just for fun in Denver... when you get there, they hand out my kryptonite: warm, gooey, chocolate chip cookie. I politely declined. The kids laughed. They know how much dad loves warm gooey cookies. We went to "The Edge" for dinner, which we do once a year, it's a fancy expensive place but so so good. First thing they do is bring out homemade bread with this yummy salted butter. I declined, kids laughed.. and then I ordered a soda water with lime. But the food was good... I think the sauce on my fish had a little bit of sugar in it, I didn't want to ask. I ordered the healthiest thing I could find on the menu. Had some sashimi and brussel sprouts too. Of course then the kids got invi...

Day 7 sucked beyond any previous day...irritated, headache, cravings.  I had to pull out some old school speed metal to deal with the rage.  Day 8 started rough but I think it was more my own inner jerk coming out because plans weren't working out and things were way behind schedule.  I had a cool discovery.  I grabbed a handful of raw almonds during lunch and did a doubletake on how good they tasted.  Common food I eat from time to time tasted more almondy on day 8.  I also was content after lunch with a smaller portion size.  I had a bummer discovery today, too.  A common seasoning I make (rosemary, smoked paprika, season salt) actually has sugar in it and I didn't know.  It's minimal but felt more rage since I basically had my first trip up by using it on roasted potatoes last night.

What's up fellas? Got a heinous stomach flu Wednesday evening through Thursday, but the good news was that it went away really fast. Everyone else around here (our hood) that has had this it lasted 3-5 days. My cousin is an integrative medicine doctor and I do recall him saying that if you do a Whole30 and then maintain an 85% compliant lifestyle after, your immune system will be a lot stronger... either you won't get sick at all or you'll get less sick and heal up faster. That certainly seems to be the case. I think that's because the sugar is gone, and sugar messes up everything. I recently got a special edition magazine by Nat Geo called "Science" because of the cover story "Sugar's Powerful Pull" and it chronicles the history of sugar in our food supply and the havoc it causes in our brains and bodies. I'll add some of the key stats to my PPTX I sent out to my team at work. I wanted to have a drink last night, I guess because it's F...

Fella's, today is day 12, and its getting better! I lost 5 lbs in the 1st 10 days, but more importantly i am sleeping very well, waking up with no "brain fog" and ready to go! The cravings between 5-8pm are subsiding (to a degree) and I just feel better! I hope each of you is seeing the same thing!!!

So far things have been easy.  That's probably because I've had the flu for 4 of the 5 days.  Being sick had its own challenges that I thought were interesting and brought to mind how ingrained habits can be.  Typically when I'm sick I would grab a couple of gatorades, popsicles, and sleep.  By reflex, I started to do this but stopped myself.  This time I drank a ton of water (90 oz+) and ate apples, bananas, and oranges.  Luckily I didn't have any nausea so I could still eat a little protein each day.  Each day my wife would ask if I needed anything and each time gatorade and popsicles came to mind.  Not because I needed them but that was how I would always answer the question.  I'm glad I had some snack and meal prep done prior.  I was able to grab what I needed and go back into quarantine.  While in quarantine I noticed how many food commercials run each day.  And none of the food is anything that would...

Sleep: 7 hours (not quite enough, my "zone" is 7.5) Compliance: 98%, dark chocolate chunks. Still have the itchy skin thing I had before Whole30, just less. I hope to God it's not chocolate! Gonna cut it out the rest of the week and see what happens.  Workout: Did a CrossFit workout: 3 round for time: Row 1,000M 21 dumbbell thrusters (30 lbs dumbbells) 12 Chest to Bar Pull-Ups Time was around 22 minutes... it was crushing, as usual.  Have a great day!

What's up ya'll? I put a few pics in here. The top one is a must have cook book. Just got it for Chelle for Christmas, everything we've made from it has been awesome. Not all are Whole30 compliant but darn close. I'd think there's some dairy and grains in there, so just watch and sub. Like for cream, you can use coconut milk, etc. The next two are from a trip to the store... one is temptation (fresh pizza out of the oven, smelled SO GOOD!) in the past I'd have a slice, but I ran away. Then you can see what a Whole30 grocery basket looked like today. Getting stuff for some of those recipes! We already had all the meats at the house.  Then a recipe for salmon tacos, where the "shells" are compliant.. they are actually better than corn or flour based. Chelle has the recipe for those on her Facebook blog that I emailed about.  And lastly... I've been working out and getting outside a good bit! I use a Garmin cycling computer which connects to ...

8 nights in, and still haven't slipped. Last day or two I can feel my body getting tired, I guess getting used to the new fuels to burn and not easy cheap carbs of the past :) and making that transition to Ketonic fat burning. -Toughest part is still between 5-8pm, try to keep my mind busy and not focusing on an evening drink. -Friday night made a great Paleo Sheppard Pie that has lasted until Sunday, really good recipe. Need to start cooking some more! -This week and the next 3 will be on the road, so really got to buckle down!

Hey guys, try this trick when you feel tempted for ice cream, crunchy packaged foods, or a drink: Instead of telling yourself to "RESIST THE TEMPTATION!" (which is negative reinforcement... you are telling yourself NOT to do something)... flip that on its' head..... Tell yourself a positive: "For thirty days, I only put clean, healthy things in my body...." when you are tempted to do otherwise. The mind is so powerful, and how we think about or view a thing changes how we FEEL about it dramatically. Worked wonders for me last night. Day 12!