Yesterday I let my "love" be reading. I hadn't read all day, and while I did plenty of staring at the computer, and should have been writing, then well, I just couldn't bring myself to write. But I made sure to dive into the novel on which I am planning to write.
I am happy to report that I've only got hopefully three more days (or 2.5) on this damn elimination diet and then I can get back to true Paleo eating full of variety and love and perhaps do some cooking myself. Baby has another ear infection, but the meds seem to be working already, so hopefully by the time I'm ready to add cooking to my 15 minute lovefest every day, I'll be good to go.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Back Again? Giving it another go...
I keep saying I'm going to revive this blog. And every time I say so, I earnestly mean it.
The fam and I have been doing the Whole Life Challenge since September 7th. The lifestyle challenge this week (and perhaps it's for the remainder of the challenge) is do spend 15 minutes a day doing something you love. I love writing. Over at my other blog I spend a lot of time working through the baby's health issues and trying to balance work, and here I'd like to get back to talking about the other parts of my life that I enjoy--Paleo cooking, CrossFit, and health.
TBH, I haven't done hardly any paleo cooking since Swee'Pea Disceaux got here. The parents are staying with us because there is a scarcity of childcare here, so Mom's been doing all the cooking. And I've only been back at CF for about 6 weeks (c-section recovery took way longer than I had hoped). And with the new lifestyle challenge for the WLC, and after reading the intro to Melissa Joulwan's new Well Fed 2 in which she talks about being her best self (plus with some other stuff I've been working through on the academic blog), this is one of the things I want to get back to. There are some complicating factors though. Even though I'm doing the WLC, I'm on a restricted version of this because of the Swee'Pea's issues. Baby girl may have food allergies (we get the blood test results on Monday), so I've been on the Dr. Sears Elimination Diet for three weeks (which is an issue in itself being on it that long)trying to eliminate allergens in my system in the hopes that I can begin nursing again. I must remain on this until the 24th.
Until the 24th, I'd like to use this space to write and think about my health goals, what will make me happy, and how to integrate that in with my academic life, how to get to balance and how to get to more happy.
After the 24th, once I get the clearance from the pediatrician, we'll say Sunday the 27th, I want to participate more in the cooking. I miss it. I didn't do nearly enough of it when I was pregnant, but cooking, especially loving, wonderful, beautiful Paleo meals grounds me. It's a good stress reliever for me. It makes me feel like I contribute something greater to my family. So, I would like to start sharing the cooking responsibility with the Moms once I can start adding variety to my diet again.
The good thing about Paleo life is that if Miss Swee'Pea is plagued with food allergies, then this is a good way of eating on which for her to grow up. Furthermore, it's important for me, especially since I have a daughter, to have my child see a healthy lifestyle and healthy relationship with food and fitness modeled. I don't want her to grow up seeing a mother constantly dieting and denigrating herself at every turn (like I saw growing up).
So we shall see how I can develop this space in the next week. I'm looking forward to diving into Well Fed 2 and reporting back on it.
The fam and I have been doing the Whole Life Challenge since September 7th. The lifestyle challenge this week (and perhaps it's for the remainder of the challenge) is do spend 15 minutes a day doing something you love. I love writing. Over at my other blog I spend a lot of time working through the baby's health issues and trying to balance work, and here I'd like to get back to talking about the other parts of my life that I enjoy--Paleo cooking, CrossFit, and health.
TBH, I haven't done hardly any paleo cooking since Swee'Pea Disceaux got here. The parents are staying with us because there is a scarcity of childcare here, so Mom's been doing all the cooking. And I've only been back at CF for about 6 weeks (c-section recovery took way longer than I had hoped). And with the new lifestyle challenge for the WLC, and after reading the intro to Melissa Joulwan's new Well Fed 2 in which she talks about being her best self (plus with some other stuff I've been working through on the academic blog), this is one of the things I want to get back to. There are some complicating factors though. Even though I'm doing the WLC, I'm on a restricted version of this because of the Swee'Pea's issues. Baby girl may have food allergies (we get the blood test results on Monday), so I've been on the Dr. Sears Elimination Diet for three weeks (which is an issue in itself being on it that long)trying to eliminate allergens in my system in the hopes that I can begin nursing again. I must remain on this until the 24th.
Until the 24th, I'd like to use this space to write and think about my health goals, what will make me happy, and how to integrate that in with my academic life, how to get to balance and how to get to more happy.
After the 24th, once I get the clearance from the pediatrician, we'll say Sunday the 27th, I want to participate more in the cooking. I miss it. I didn't do nearly enough of it when I was pregnant, but cooking, especially loving, wonderful, beautiful Paleo meals grounds me. It's a good stress reliever for me. It makes me feel like I contribute something greater to my family. So, I would like to start sharing the cooking responsibility with the Moms once I can start adding variety to my diet again.
The good thing about Paleo life is that if Miss Swee'Pea is plagued with food allergies, then this is a good way of eating on which for her to grow up. Furthermore, it's important for me, especially since I have a daughter, to have my child see a healthy lifestyle and healthy relationship with food and fitness modeled. I don't want her to grow up seeing a mother constantly dieting and denigrating herself at every turn (like I saw growing up).
So we shall see how I can develop this space in the next week. I'm looking forward to diving into Well Fed 2 and reporting back on it.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
And Baby Makes Three!
Maybe there is a person or two still out there reading this little blog that hasn't been updated since January, and which I've missed dearly, but it's time to revive it. The scope of the blog will change as Wee Bit o' Swee'Pea Disceaux has arrived, and I'd like to look at not only "cavegirl living" but "cave family living." While this will sound like a statement of some kind of faith, but we plan to raise our child (and any subsequent children) Paleo. I want to have the healthiest baby possible.
In the two months before Swee'Pea was born, I tried several Whole30s. I wanted to do them in between baby showers because I was told that the kid was going to be big (which I attributed to the mass amounts of Taco Bell I had been consuming throughout the pregnancy, along with recent additions of Donut Saturday and PoBoy Friday), so given the fetal measurements and my very large body, doctors and civilians alike thought we had a beast child in there. There was the fear then of a c-section for a too large baby. The other motivation for the Whole30s was vanity in part. I couldn't afford to get any bigger. I was not, let me repeat, NOT trying to lose weight. I knew the Whole30 would allow my body to do what it needed to do. But having gained almost 60 pounds as it was, I wanted to try to regulate some things, and my god, the cellulite was terrible! So I guess really by vanity I mean health. I really was/am just dismayed by the cellulite.
I made the first round. A Whole6. Then after that first baby shower, it was downhill from there. I got really really tired. And lazy. And it wasn't until my parents came in for the second baby shower that I started eating right again because Mom did all the cooking and cleaning for us. And we all managed to do decently the couple of weeks before Swee'Pea got here. We still had our donuts for breakfast and ate out occasionally and had desserts, but for the most part, at least our dinners were Paleo. After Swee'Pea came, there was no Paleo in the hospital, so I ate whatever they gave me. When we got home, we did great that first week. Then donut Saturday rolled around again. Then there were desserts again. And lots of visitors. But those first 10 days home from the hospital, the clean eating, I believe helped me shed about 23 pounds (along with just the massive amounts of fluid loss), but once the non Paleo eating got into full force, all weightloss stopped. I did end up having to have a c-section, but not because of a big baby. I had a stuck baby whose heart rate had started to increase during the labor and because she was stuck. So part of the desire to jump into a Whole30 2 weeks post-partum was to help with the c-section recovery. But I think the stress of the strictness of the Whole30 was too much too soon this time around.
I decided that I was going to try a Whole30 for this month. Sadly, I cheated from the beginning because my sugar issues had gotten so bad, and my dependence on desserts had gotten so bad that I had lots of Paleo cobbler and honey to get me through. Not Whole30 at all. And then it just started to get really really stressful. And then someone brought me lunch and rather than not eat the ranch dressing and just use oil and vinegar, I did use it as a reason to break the Whole30ish, which had now become "just try and eat as strict as Paleo as possible." There were chips and salsa that had been teasing me. Chips in the pantry. Ice cream in the freezer. Plus I was so stressed and exhausted and I was putting all this pressure on myself that I just crashed on day 11 and let that ranch dressing be my excuse to cave to all my cravings. And then I just cried.
Here's what I learned from that though. Even though I gave in, those chips, albeit stale (which usually doesn't bother me) and salsa did NOT taste good to me at all. The ice cream did NOT taste good to me at all. The dark chocolate chips really did not taste good to me at all either. And so then I thought I start over, but not put the pressure on myself for the Whole30 (we ALL, Boudreaux and the parents have one planned for September anyway) but rather focus on clean Paleo. Then my sister came in. I had frozen yogurt. Didn't actually really enjoy it. It wasn't as good as I remember. And we had frozen custard. Not as good as I remember it being like three weeks ago. The two little cupcakes I had at a birthday party did not taste wonderful to me. I enjoyed none of my treats. And here's the lesson of sorts--I saw this as a good sign. Not enjoying this stuff makes it much more likely that I'm not going to crave it. It was not good. Plus, I think dairy makes Swee'Pea fussy. I was worried that it might be the curry (because jalapenos make her really fussy), but I'm pretty sure it's dairy and sugar. And honestly, as terrible a day as yesterday was, at no time did I actually want anything sweet or ice cream or anything like that.
However, I am trying to put some pressure on myself simply for the sake of doing what's best for my family. Because as good as some things may taste, they don't taste good enough to make dealing with a fussy baby easy or fun.
So my hope then for this blog is that it becomes about Paleo family living. I hope to raise a strong and healthy daughter. While I will postpone the Whole30 until September when we all do it, I will stay as strict as Paleo as possible. No dairy at all (fussy baby), and no gluten at all (fussy, depressed, uncomfortable momma). But I will not turn down dark chocolate or fresh corn chips and salsa. And if I need the occasional bowl of white rice to fill me up (breastfeeding is exhausting!), then no food guilt.
I hope this blog becomes a space to talk about this.
In the two months before Swee'Pea was born, I tried several Whole30s. I wanted to do them in between baby showers because I was told that the kid was going to be big (which I attributed to the mass amounts of Taco Bell I had been consuming throughout the pregnancy, along with recent additions of Donut Saturday and PoBoy Friday), so given the fetal measurements and my very large body, doctors and civilians alike thought we had a beast child in there. There was the fear then of a c-section for a too large baby. The other motivation for the Whole30s was vanity in part. I couldn't afford to get any bigger. I was not, let me repeat, NOT trying to lose weight. I knew the Whole30 would allow my body to do what it needed to do. But having gained almost 60 pounds as it was, I wanted to try to regulate some things, and my god, the cellulite was terrible! So I guess really by vanity I mean health. I really was/am just dismayed by the cellulite.
I made the first round. A Whole6. Then after that first baby shower, it was downhill from there. I got really really tired. And lazy. And it wasn't until my parents came in for the second baby shower that I started eating right again because Mom did all the cooking and cleaning for us. And we all managed to do decently the couple of weeks before Swee'Pea got here. We still had our donuts for breakfast and ate out occasionally and had desserts, but for the most part, at least our dinners were Paleo. After Swee'Pea came, there was no Paleo in the hospital, so I ate whatever they gave me. When we got home, we did great that first week. Then donut Saturday rolled around again. Then there were desserts again. And lots of visitors. But those first 10 days home from the hospital, the clean eating, I believe helped me shed about 23 pounds (along with just the massive amounts of fluid loss), but once the non Paleo eating got into full force, all weightloss stopped. I did end up having to have a c-section, but not because of a big baby. I had a stuck baby whose heart rate had started to increase during the labor and because she was stuck. So part of the desire to jump into a Whole30 2 weeks post-partum was to help with the c-section recovery. But I think the stress of the strictness of the Whole30 was too much too soon this time around.
I decided that I was going to try a Whole30 for this month. Sadly, I cheated from the beginning because my sugar issues had gotten so bad, and my dependence on desserts had gotten so bad that I had lots of Paleo cobbler and honey to get me through. Not Whole30 at all. And then it just started to get really really stressful. And then someone brought me lunch and rather than not eat the ranch dressing and just use oil and vinegar, I did use it as a reason to break the Whole30ish, which had now become "just try and eat as strict as Paleo as possible." There were chips and salsa that had been teasing me. Chips in the pantry. Ice cream in the freezer. Plus I was so stressed and exhausted and I was putting all this pressure on myself that I just crashed on day 11 and let that ranch dressing be my excuse to cave to all my cravings. And then I just cried.
Here's what I learned from that though. Even though I gave in, those chips, albeit stale (which usually doesn't bother me) and salsa did NOT taste good to me at all. The ice cream did NOT taste good to me at all. The dark chocolate chips really did not taste good to me at all either. And so then I thought I start over, but not put the pressure on myself for the Whole30 (we ALL, Boudreaux and the parents have one planned for September anyway) but rather focus on clean Paleo. Then my sister came in. I had frozen yogurt. Didn't actually really enjoy it. It wasn't as good as I remember. And we had frozen custard. Not as good as I remember it being like three weeks ago. The two little cupcakes I had at a birthday party did not taste wonderful to me. I enjoyed none of my treats. And here's the lesson of sorts--I saw this as a good sign. Not enjoying this stuff makes it much more likely that I'm not going to crave it. It was not good. Plus, I think dairy makes Swee'Pea fussy. I was worried that it might be the curry (because jalapenos make her really fussy), but I'm pretty sure it's dairy and sugar. And honestly, as terrible a day as yesterday was, at no time did I actually want anything sweet or ice cream or anything like that.
However, I am trying to put some pressure on myself simply for the sake of doing what's best for my family. Because as good as some things may taste, they don't taste good enough to make dealing with a fussy baby easy or fun.
So my hope then for this blog is that it becomes about Paleo family living. I hope to raise a strong and healthy daughter. While I will postpone the Whole30 until September when we all do it, I will stay as strict as Paleo as possible. No dairy at all (fussy baby), and no gluten at all (fussy, depressed, uncomfortable momma). But I will not turn down dark chocolate or fresh corn chips and salsa. And if I need the occasional bowl of white rice to fill me up (breastfeeding is exhausting!), then no food guilt.
I hope this blog becomes a space to talk about this.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Slowly getting there.
It's been slow going getting back on track here. Now that I'm working past the exhaustion and the morning sickness, I have been plagued with some kind of disgusting head cold which I am fearful of turning into a sinus infection.
This week we've made steak and we smoke a brisket. I managed to make a really very lovely meal Wednesday night, and had all the intention in the world of doing the food prep and some cooking yesterday, but this damn cold has me sidelined. We succumbed to pizza. But we're slowly weening ourselves off the grains. I'd say we're back to a 70/30 Paleo diet this week. I'm shooting for at least 80/20 next week, and then 90/10, and then 95/5. So I'm hoping by the end of January we will have successfully made our way back. Why am I taking so long? Why not jump into another Whole30? Well, I don't have the energy for the food prep. I need to have a night a week that we can order out or go out to eat. I'd like to do another Whole30; I need it after the holidays, but right now, I think a good 85/15-95/5 is a good goal. Especially since I still have some lingering morning sickness and cravings and aversions.
So there we are. Slowly making our way back to where we want to be.
This week we've made steak and we smoke a brisket. I managed to make a really very lovely meal Wednesday night, and had all the intention in the world of doing the food prep and some cooking yesterday, but this damn cold has me sidelined. We succumbed to pizza. But we're slowly weening ourselves off the grains. I'd say we're back to a 70/30 Paleo diet this week. I'm shooting for at least 80/20 next week, and then 90/10, and then 95/5. So I'm hoping by the end of January we will have successfully made our way back. Why am I taking so long? Why not jump into another Whole30? Well, I don't have the energy for the food prep. I need to have a night a week that we can order out or go out to eat. I'd like to do another Whole30; I need it after the holidays, but right now, I think a good 85/15-95/5 is a good goal. Especially since I still have some lingering morning sickness and cravings and aversions.
So there we are. Slowly making our way back to where we want to be.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Back from the depths!
Well, I know why that last Whole30 was so horrible for me. Two days after that last post, I found out that I am pregnant! We had been trying, and it was a wonderful thing to find out (and it also explained why the Whole30 was such a struggle), but it really has just set my whole system into a tailspin. Weeks 3-6 were ok. I craved things like avocado salad, bacon, hard boiled eggs, oranges, snd blackberries. I thought, "Wow! if this is what i'm craving, then Paleo will continue to be great! And I'll be like the healthiest preggo ever!" Then two days into week 6 I was eating my regular egg, avocado, bacon, and orange breakfast and bam! Eggs? Gross. Avocado? Started gagging. Bacon? Couldn't stomach it at all. Orange? No thank you. Salads, which I love, started making me sick to my stomach. The zucchini noodles from Well Fed that I ate at least 1-2 times per week (we would regularly buy between 8-12 zucchini a week, that's how much we love that dish) I could not bear the thought of. The only things that sounded appealing to me for about two weeks that didn't make me sick to my stomach thinking about it was some kind of cooked tomato and cheese (and I'm lactose intolerant). So for two weeks I had pizza, sometime GF, sometimes not, and tomato soup and grilled cheese. That didn't help at all, but I could only eat whatever didn't turn my stomach thinking about it. Then for a week or two I could only tolerate rice and chicken noodle soup or just about any soup really. I didn't want fruits or veggies. They turned my stomach. I didn't want meat even really either. I wanted rice. And then chocolate. It has been a real roller coaster.
Add to this extreme exhaustion. For most of this pregnancy thus far, I have felt like I've had a hangover on top of mono. Not only was I not eating in a way that was healthy for me, I have had no energy to cook, let alone prep veggies. Even when Boudreaux preps for me on his day off, sometimes I'm so exhausted that even a quick meal is beyond what I can muster up the energy for. And I've had trouble sleeping. My belly is huge at 13w5d. I've been uncomfortable since week 6. Not to mention how much my boobs hurt, so sleep is already difficult, which is a challenge to the CrossFit schedule. Since I'm all knocked up and stuff, if I haven't slept, I just don't think it's wise to workout. So it's been just one huge cycle of screwed-upedness.
Right now though, the morning sickness hasn't been as bad, and I'm just tired rather than exhausted. I've cooked more since last Monday that I have in the previous three months combined. I honestly can't say that it's helped me sleep better or helped with the morning sickness, which is why I allowed myself to eat what didn't turn my tummy at the thought of it. My friend thinks that the reason she hasn't been sick has been because of her Paleo diet, but I can have a perfectly Paleo day and still get heartburn and sick. It's been really frustrating because I feel like if I hadn't broken Paleo when I started getting sick and have aversions, that I'd be better, but the fact Paleo foods often turn my stomach, I don't think that's the case.
But, I'm hoping that consistently cooking Paleo again, and sticking to the 95/5 rule, that I can force my body to feel better and be healthier that I can "trick" my body into dealing better with the pregnancy, or at least take advantage of the second trimester in the hopes of helping the third trimester go a bit more smoothly than the first. I miss cooking and being able to workout on a regular schedule.
Anyway, the exhaustion explains my blogs silence too if there's anyone still out there reading. But here's hoping for a better January!
Add to this extreme exhaustion. For most of this pregnancy thus far, I have felt like I've had a hangover on top of mono. Not only was I not eating in a way that was healthy for me, I have had no energy to cook, let alone prep veggies. Even when Boudreaux preps for me on his day off, sometimes I'm so exhausted that even a quick meal is beyond what I can muster up the energy for. And I've had trouble sleeping. My belly is huge at 13w5d. I've been uncomfortable since week 6. Not to mention how much my boobs hurt, so sleep is already difficult, which is a challenge to the CrossFit schedule. Since I'm all knocked up and stuff, if I haven't slept, I just don't think it's wise to workout. So it's been just one huge cycle of screwed-upedness.
Right now though, the morning sickness hasn't been as bad, and I'm just tired rather than exhausted. I've cooked more since last Monday that I have in the previous three months combined. I honestly can't say that it's helped me sleep better or helped with the morning sickness, which is why I allowed myself to eat what didn't turn my tummy at the thought of it. My friend thinks that the reason she hasn't been sick has been because of her Paleo diet, but I can have a perfectly Paleo day and still get heartburn and sick. It's been really frustrating because I feel like if I hadn't broken Paleo when I started getting sick and have aversions, that I'd be better, but the fact Paleo foods often turn my stomach, I don't think that's the case.
But, I'm hoping that consistently cooking Paleo again, and sticking to the 95/5 rule, that I can force my body to feel better and be healthier that I can "trick" my body into dealing better with the pregnancy, or at least take advantage of the second trimester in the hopes of helping the third trimester go a bit more smoothly than the first. I miss cooking and being able to workout on a regular schedule.
Anyway, the exhaustion explains my blogs silence too if there's anyone still out there reading. But here's hoping for a better January!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Week 3
Wow, I have not been good this time around at all at keeping up with this.
This Whole30, for whatever reason, is proving much harder this time around.
I wonder if it's just stress. I mean, I have to tell myself that perhaps if I weren't doing the Whole30, if I were giving into my stress cravings, then I'd feel a whole lot worse. The sugar demons have not gone away this time. Last month I had super bad cramps and a horrible backache with my PMS from the gluten and crap that we ate with the start of the quarter. Now that I've eliminated that, I don't have the cramps or the backache, but the sugar craving is still there. I've been good though. I eat fruit despite there being a ton of Paleo ice cream and Paleo Magic Shell in the freezer waiting for me on Halloween.
Boudreaux is off the Whole30, so I've been sticking my nose in his wine glass or his cider and just inhaling. It's so wrong of him to do that in front of me. Last night he ate a bunch of chips in front of me and a chocolate covered banana. And he's got some m&ms stashed somewhere in here, too. It's so unfair. But yet, I try to remain strong, and his punishment is dealing with the grumpy that accompanies his eating the things I desire in front of me. I should make his happy ass sleep on the couch.
Because I'm still fighting off whatever it is that I caught in the second week of the quarter, as is everyone else around me--seriously, students sniffling and sneezing and coughing in my general direction; I still see signs every day indicating that a faculty member's classes are canceled--I have been exceptionally lazy since the start of the quarter. I had made the resolve not to eat out the rest of the Whole30. My poor planning leaves me starving at night (I've had to hide the almonds--I don't want to gain weight here! But it's not working) which means we usually do not end up with leftovers for lunch. Ugh. It's a vicious cycle. But this is what I keep telling myself about maintaining the Whole30--all of this would be so much worse if I weren't. Because I guarantee you that most of those meals would be pizza, and not even the gluten free kind at this point.
Here's how I'm coping:
So week 3 has been hit or miss. I've got 10 more days to go. I think I can; I think I can...
This Whole30, for whatever reason, is proving much harder this time around.
I wonder if it's just stress. I mean, I have to tell myself that perhaps if I weren't doing the Whole30, if I were giving into my stress cravings, then I'd feel a whole lot worse. The sugar demons have not gone away this time. Last month I had super bad cramps and a horrible backache with my PMS from the gluten and crap that we ate with the start of the quarter. Now that I've eliminated that, I don't have the cramps or the backache, but the sugar craving is still there. I've been good though. I eat fruit despite there being a ton of Paleo ice cream and Paleo Magic Shell in the freezer waiting for me on Halloween.
Boudreaux is off the Whole30, so I've been sticking my nose in his wine glass or his cider and just inhaling. It's so wrong of him to do that in front of me. Last night he ate a bunch of chips in front of me and a chocolate covered banana. And he's got some m&ms stashed somewhere in here, too. It's so unfair. But yet, I try to remain strong, and his punishment is dealing with the grumpy that accompanies his eating the things I desire in front of me. I should make his happy ass sleep on the couch.
Because I'm still fighting off whatever it is that I caught in the second week of the quarter, as is everyone else around me--seriously, students sniffling and sneezing and coughing in my general direction; I still see signs every day indicating that a faculty member's classes are canceled--I have been exceptionally lazy since the start of the quarter. I had made the resolve not to eat out the rest of the Whole30. My poor planning leaves me starving at night (I've had to hide the almonds--I don't want to gain weight here! But it's not working) which means we usually do not end up with leftovers for lunch. Ugh. It's a vicious cycle. But this is what I keep telling myself about maintaining the Whole30--all of this would be so much worse if I weren't. Because I guarantee you that most of those meals would be pizza, and not even the gluten free kind at this point.
Here's how I'm coping:
- My sleep would be a whole lot worse if I weren't doing this. Yes, I'm struggling still, and just about caught up with work, but sleep would suck more.
- I'm at least listening to my body so if I don't get enough sleep, I don't workout. If I weren't on the Whole30 right now, my food would suck and so would my workouts.
- I think my stress level would be waaaaaaaaaaay higher than it is right now.
- Despite all of this, I actually feel pretty good.
- My "binges" have involved blackberries, oranges, hard boiled eggs, leftover meat loaf, and almonds. Even though lots of almonds, I'm going to say that this is much better than chips, candy, and Ben & Jerry's.
- I may be rocking some serious bloat right now from my PMS, but at least, unlike last month's gluten extravaganza, that bloat is not accompanied by debilitating cramps and serious pain.
- And, truth be told, my stress and sleep do seem to have evened out a little bit more over the last couple of days.
- The afternoon slump is hit or miss. I've had a couple of good days where I've gotten work done, and a couple of crappy days when I've just made tea, ate almonds, and snuggled under the blanket on the couch.
So week 3 has been hit or miss. I've got 10 more days to go. I think I can; I think I can...
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Days 12-13
Argh! That is how all of my blog posts seem to be starting lately.
Just when I think I've turned the corner, BAM! Right back to sick or exhausted or unable to sleep or whatever again.
I think being sick, early PMS, and the inability to get more than one night in a row of solid sleep is what is prompting some intense sugar cravings. It's Day 14; these things should be gone by now, especially since I don't eat non Paleo desserts anymore (and not since this Whole30 started). But OH.MY.GOD. These last few days have been absolutely brutal. I have wanted all manner of terrible things. It's been months, months I tell you, since I've craved pizza, but this week. Oh man, I've been so close to caving. And my stomach aches--man, I've really only wanted ginger ale and rice. Fortunately I've found that ginger tea and slivered almonds do a fine job of settling tummies. Or at least mine.
And the craving for Boudreaux's Paleo ice cream and some Paleo Magic Shell continues to grow. It's so annoying. By this time last time, I was over all of this.
I think the lack of sleep is the culprit. I'm wired in the mornings, even despite lack of sleep, slumpy and grouchy in the afternoons (but I won't nap because I don't want it to disrupt my sleep even more), and then wired again after dinner. This is a stress/cortisol issue. And I seriously don't know what else to do right now. So maybe I just have to suck it up and keep pushing through, make sure I continue to get healthy foods in me, and see if this week is any different. I need to get some more melatonin then, too, which I wish I didn't need right now, but I need sleep more.
We'll see how today goes. I got about 7 hours of sleep, but I was also up at 4:30, so meh. It's a toss up. I was really hoping to catch up and get about 10 hours, but when Boudreaux has drill, I may as well have drill. And he gets tomorrow off. I don't. So whatever. We'll see how the next couple of days go.
Just when I think I've turned the corner, BAM! Right back to sick or exhausted or unable to sleep or whatever again.
I think being sick, early PMS, and the inability to get more than one night in a row of solid sleep is what is prompting some intense sugar cravings. It's Day 14; these things should be gone by now, especially since I don't eat non Paleo desserts anymore (and not since this Whole30 started). But OH.MY.GOD. These last few days have been absolutely brutal. I have wanted all manner of terrible things. It's been months, months I tell you, since I've craved pizza, but this week. Oh man, I've been so close to caving. And my stomach aches--man, I've really only wanted ginger ale and rice. Fortunately I've found that ginger tea and slivered almonds do a fine job of settling tummies. Or at least mine.
And the craving for Boudreaux's Paleo ice cream and some Paleo Magic Shell continues to grow. It's so annoying. By this time last time, I was over all of this.
I think the lack of sleep is the culprit. I'm wired in the mornings, even despite lack of sleep, slumpy and grouchy in the afternoons (but I won't nap because I don't want it to disrupt my sleep even more), and then wired again after dinner. This is a stress/cortisol issue. And I seriously don't know what else to do right now. So maybe I just have to suck it up and keep pushing through, make sure I continue to get healthy foods in me, and see if this week is any different. I need to get some more melatonin then, too, which I wish I didn't need right now, but I need sleep more.
We'll see how today goes. I got about 7 hours of sleep, but I was also up at 4:30, so meh. It's a toss up. I was really hoping to catch up and get about 10 hours, but when Boudreaux has drill, I may as well have drill. And he gets tomorrow off. I don't. So whatever. We'll see how the next couple of days go.
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