Basically you have to be really strict for 30 days, no sugar, bread, or dairy. This is going to be rough but I need it.
I'm going to attempt to give my thoughts on each day to show the entire journey. And to have it as a reference should I choose to do it more than once.
Day 1. So What's the Big Deal
Pretty simple since my body doesn't actually realize what has begun. I've had my usual cravings for sweets post lunch but that's about it. It's easy not to give in on day 1. I expect that will get difficult as the week progresses. I didn't drink coffee this morning since my only choice is to drink it black. I'm partly convinced I drink coffee out of habit and not to wake up. We'll see how tomorrow goes with that.
As far as food goes I haven't really started out great. We didn't food prep despite the program's strong advice to do so. That left me winging it on day one. I had 4 scrambled eggs with some added onion salt for flavor and two pieces of Turkey bacon. Which we now know does not meet W30 standards. It says 0g of sugar on the back but in the ingredients it has "maple sugar". FAIL. It tasted soooooo good. But we want to follow this to the letter and not make any exceptions.
Lunch was bad. I had two precooked chicken breast and a can of chunk white tuna. I had a banana, a palm full of walnuts and palm full of pecans between breakfast and lunch. I had an apple about 2 hours after lunch. All these things comply but as you can see, I've had 0 veggies so far. I'll correct that tonight and mix it up better tomorrow.
After spending an hour and a half at the VTG I came home to the best smelling house ever. We had a crock pot meal, which was our first ever. Chicken, broccoli, and red potatoes. So at least I ended the day with a better line up.
I definitely learned that meal prep is going to be key and that I need to aim to have a veggie at every meal so I don't get stuck trying to make up ground during dinner.
Day 2. The Hangover
Yup, there it is. 4:30 am my FitBit starts buzzing and I'm clueless as to why this little black band had decided to wake me. 4:38, it's buzzing again!. Ok I'm up! Day 2 is always rough during any lifestyle change. I'm tired, I'm sore, I'm hungry.
Breakfast was much better though. Scrambled eggs with chicken, sliced bell peppers, and kale. Some Grapes and of course bacon. A new brand that is compliant too!
Since I fell asleep in the parking lot when I got to work I decided to try black coffee. It was terrible as expected. I had to have a banana in between breakfast and lunch.
For lunch I had a lettuce wrap with sliced peppers and taco seasoned chicken. Also had a carrot. Which is good for me. This held me over for about 2 hours. So I a can of tuna with olive oil which was pretty tasty.
I hit the gym again which was rough. I didn't have much energy but I got it in.
Dinner was on me. I had prepped some burgers the night before. Organic beef with red pepper, garlic powder, and onion salt. I also roasted some green beans in olive oil, garlic powder, onion salt and taco seasoning. Can you tell I have a flavor I like? The burgers were on point with some added diced bell pepper with lettuce. The green beans tasted like fries!! Day 2 was great.
Day 3. The Hangover continues
I haven't had that hangover headache yet but I did feel just a hint of one starting after arriving at work. I went with the same breakfast as yesterday as well. Eggs are going to get old but that's ok.
Lunch was a salad, with peppers and carrots, herb infused olive oil as a dressing. It was fantastic!
Dinner was a rotisseree chicken, yes the whole chicken. Well I had half and Kayla had half. We did roasted green beans again and roasted cauliflower. I used a garlic infused olive oil, onion salt, and taco seasoning.
All in all day 3 was the best so far. I wasn't starving going into lunch and I wasn't starving after lunch. I had banana and pecans in between breakfast and lunch and I had an apple and can of tuna a few hours after lunch before heading to the gym.
The gym was still kind of rough but I did feel like I had more energy that yesterday.
I've survived the hangover stage with no ill effect. Unless of course it hits tomorrow. But tomorrow is day 4 and that's "Kill all the things" day.
After spending an hour and a half at the VTG I came home to the best smelling house ever. We had a crock pot meal, which was our first ever. Chicken, broccoli, and red potatoes. So at least I ended the day with a better line up.
I definitely learned that meal prep is going to be key and that I need to aim to have a veggie at every meal so I don't get stuck trying to make up ground during dinner.
Day 2. The Hangover
Yup, there it is. 4:30 am my FitBit starts buzzing and I'm clueless as to why this little black band had decided to wake me. 4:38, it's buzzing again!. Ok I'm up! Day 2 is always rough during any lifestyle change. I'm tired, I'm sore, I'm hungry.
Breakfast was much better though. Scrambled eggs with chicken, sliced bell peppers, and kale. Some Grapes and of course bacon. A new brand that is compliant too!
Since I fell asleep in the parking lot when I got to work I decided to try black coffee. It was terrible as expected. I had to have a banana in between breakfast and lunch.
For lunch I had a lettuce wrap with sliced peppers and taco seasoned chicken. Also had a carrot. Which is good for me. This held me over for about 2 hours. So I a can of tuna with olive oil which was pretty tasty.
I hit the gym again which was rough. I didn't have much energy but I got it in.
Dinner was on me. I had prepped some burgers the night before. Organic beef with red pepper, garlic powder, and onion salt. I also roasted some green beans in olive oil, garlic powder, onion salt and taco seasoning. Can you tell I have a flavor I like? The burgers were on point with some added diced bell pepper with lettuce. The green beans tasted like fries!! Day 2 was great.
Day 3. The Hangover continues
I haven't had that hangover headache yet but I did feel just a hint of one starting after arriving at work. I went with the same breakfast as yesterday as well. Eggs are going to get old but that's ok.
Lunch was a salad, with peppers and carrots, herb infused olive oil as a dressing. It was fantastic!
Dinner was a rotisseree chicken, yes the whole chicken. Well I had half and Kayla had half. We did roasted green beans again and roasted cauliflower. I used a garlic infused olive oil, onion salt, and taco seasoning.
All in all day 3 was the best so far. I wasn't starving going into lunch and I wasn't starving after lunch. I had banana and pecans in between breakfast and lunch and I had an apple and can of tuna a few hours after lunch before heading to the gym.
The gym was still kind of rough but I did feel like I had more energy that yesterday.
I've survived the hangover stage with no ill effect. Unless of course it hits tomorrow. But tomorrow is day 4 and that's "Kill all the things" day.
