7:00 - Normal pumping session, thinking ahead to breakfast and grocery shopping.
8:00 - Breakfast. Excited to use coconut oil for the first time! Darn...only 3 eggs left and Zoey wants some. Craving some juice. Filled up my water bottle instead. My smoothie (mixed fruit with coconut milk from the can) tastes bland.
8:30 - Family exercise time. Success!
9:00 - Grocery shopping begins. Lots and lots of produce and meat. Really, that's pretty much all I bought. Felt pretty good about it!
10:30 - Hungry. Yikes. Didn't have any snacks to bring. Break open the newly bought bags of almonds and snap peas for the drive home.
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12:00 - Still hungry. Not sure what to eat. Baked a sweet potato, but of course, no toppings for it. Eating it was kinda like knawing on a warm, raw potato.
1:30 - Pumping session #2. Ate some chicken and some more snap peas at the same time. Feeling a little more full.
2:00 - Start feeling sad and tired. Sad I don't have any food to look forward to today. Prepping stuffed peppers for dinner with veggies as a side. Bummer. I don't really like cooked veggies. Tough luck! Ate some almond butter and a green apple for a snack. Basically inhaled it. Having trouble feeling thirsty enough to drink more water.
4:30 - Pumping session #3. REALLY not looking forward to dinner, although, I am hungry again.
5:30 - Joel is working late. I had to start eating. My pepper tastes pretty good, given it only has meat and tomatoes in it! Cooked veggies are just ok. The best part is the cranberries because they're sweet. No dessert. BIG BUMMER! Feeling more sad, almost "grieving." How ridiculous!
7:45 - Another smoothie. Third time today the Vitamix has been put to use. Banana, cocoa powder, coconut milk, ice. Wanted to drink it in one, big drink, but spread it out to about 5.
Presently - Wondering how crappy I'll feel tomorrow. But Day 1 is over. It's kinda nice to not have any "food regrets" for the day.
Have you tried roasting veggies in olive oil/salt and pepper? I alternate among broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, carrots, kale etc. It's a nice chip/popcorn replacement! You can totally do it--just remember it takes a couple of weeks for your body to "re-learn" how to get energy from fats rather than carbs. I had trouble exercising during the initial transition--so give yourself some grace if you start feeling light headed and stuff---especially because you're pumping. :) Can't wait to hear how it all goes!
ReplyDeleteI love coconut oil (maybe we've talked about this) i use it a ton...chicken, pancakes, anything really. It adds flavor and i love how it actually cooks the food. Strange how an oil can do that. I buy it in bulk at Sams huge containers $15 each and i keep a small jar in my cabinet and refill it. You rock and i know you can do this. Get that smoking hot body body back hehe
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