Day 8

Day 8 of my Whole 30 and it is going very well. Things got crazy and stressful but I did not outside of my plan! Foods have been pretty much the same. Breakfast is two hard boiled eggs. Lunch is a salad with grilled chicken. Dinner is the only thing that changes. Either chicken or beef with some kind of vegetable or salad with an avocado side.

My mother is still in the hospital. The clot seems to be slowly dissolving and they are letting her out of bed now. It's the blood sugar that isn't getting better. Well, it has gotten a little better, from 609 high to the four hundreds. In the morning it is high 100s and gets increasingly higher as day goes. They are trying to find the right doses of the various insulins she is on. It's crazy. And I'm still not sure she really understands how serious all of this is. Unfortunately, when I've gone to visit there have always been other people there so I haven't had a chance to have a serious discussion with her.

My oldest is graduating college on Saturday so it's back home for her. That usually causes drama and problems with the balance of the household. The little girls get so excited to see her they want to be right up her ass. She finds them exceedingly annoying (more than they really are) and has zero tolerance for them. So that means yelling (from the 22 year old) and tears (from the 10 year old) and more yelling (from the 5 year old, who takes no shit from nobody). Going to be fun.

Hope everyone is rocking their chosen plan!

Day Three

I ate almost as planned yesterday. I had to sub in some salad for zucchini as there was not as much left as I thought and my ten year old loves it too. 

My mom is still in hospital. They are doing some tests to figure out why she got the clot. That test will help them decide if they are going to just go with coumadin or put in a filter. The bigger problem is her sugar. Even with insulin she hasn't gone under 500. One of the doctors told her that prednisone (which she is on a low dose of) can cause sugar to increase. Now the doctor did not mean it was the primary reason but damned if that isn't what my mother heard. Already she has made comments about it not being her diet. My sister and I just shake our heads with a very "what the fuck?" look on our faces. I'm debating about going to her house and clearing the shit out of the cabinets and refilling them with healthy fare. I'll talk to my dad about that tonight. I am sure he will be on board. He may want someone else to take the heat though and I'm ok with that. 

Today's plan is more of the same:

Breakfast- 2 boiled eggs

Lunch- salad with grilled chicken

Dinner- beef with some veg, probably salad, and avocado

I read on someone else's blog, can't remember if it's someone doing the Whole 30 or Allan's picture challenge, but this person talked about her dinners being the same because they eat a lot of leftovers. We, obviously, do the same. It gets eaten until it's gone. Thankfully, my family is on board with that. Not that it matters much if they weren't, because it's eat what is in front of you or don't eat at all, I don't much care.

Probably won't post over the weekend, I'll be too busy getting myself written out of my mother's will. Have a great weekend.

Day 2

I ate exactly what was in my plan yesterday and did not snack at all. I did not have a chance to exercise because my mother is in the hospital. A very long story short- she has blood clot in her leg and her sugar was 609! Some of you know how worried I've been about her and well, now I'm really worried. She has yet to see the doctor today but she says she felt better after the insulin. Well, duh. 

Anyway, back at the ranch...

My food plan for today is the exact same as yesterday.

Breakfast- 2 eggs

Lunch- salad with grilled chicken

Dinner- beef with zucchini (man, I love zucchini) and avocado

I've spent most of the morning on the phone so I had better get some work done. 

Whole 30 Day One

Start weight: 275.5
With this Whole 30 I hope to get back on track in my mind. I also hope to drop fifteen pounds and incorporate some exercise into my life.

My day one plan:
Breakfast- 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch- salad with romaine, carrots, red cabbage, red peppers, tomato, 3 oz grilled chicken with balsamic & olive oil
Dinner- steak, zucchini and avocado

I am trying not to snack but if I do get hungry I have a pear standing by.

I am not much of an exerciser but want to be healthier so as part of my Whole 30 I plan on adding in exercise. (Did that sound too trainwrecky?) I am going to ride the dust collecting Schwinn Airdyne. I plan on riding until I feel like I am going to die. That should be about fifteen minutes. (I know that sounded trainwrecky!) However long I last today I will add on two minutes tomorrow, and two minutes the next day, etc.

I also plan on adding in some strength exercises. But haven't figured which ones. I'll have to look at Norma's routines and scale them back around 400% and maybe I can do a third of it. I'll probably start with squats and push ups. Do as many as I can and then add at least one more the next day. Maybe I'll even watch some YouTube videos to see how to use the paperweight kettle bell without breaking some part of me.

I have lots of  boiled eggs, vegetables and grilled chicken at the ready. I feel good and am excited to rock this Whole 30!