Day 2 of my Whole30

Day 2 got off to a slightly better start than yesterday - the power didn't go off before I had a chance to cook, and I was just a bit more prepared in that I have some deli meat now specifically so that I can eat it before my workouts.

I got out of bed with my alarm; chopped up a sweet potato and put it in the oven. Headed downstairs and started my workout - 15 minutes of yoga followed by 30 minutes of my 30-day full body workout challenge. By the end of that, I was absolutely exhausted, but headed upstairs and grabbed more deli meat while I heated up some sweet potato to finish off my post-workout meal. I pulled the sweet potato out of the oven, and then decided that I was too full to have breakfast right away.

My power went out again shortly after that (this is becoming a very annoying trend) and so I finished showering and getting ready for work in the dark.

For the rest of the day, the plan is to go home for a quick lunch (maybe tuna and veggie salad again), pick up my swimming stuff and go straight to the pool after work. There is ultimate frisbee at 8 tonight, so I'll see if I feel like going to that. I also have a potential coffee date this afternoon, so that will be fun.

I've developed a grocery list of things that I need to pick up, and I definitely need to get some serious menu planning done for tomorrow.

Grocery List (so far)

• coconut milk
• potatoes
• sweet potatoes
• kale
• green onions
• apples
• bananas
• avocado

End-of-day Update:

Today's Menu:

Pre-workout meal: Pepperette

Post-workout meal: Sweet Potato

Breakfast: Hashbrown, Bacon, Coffee

Lunch: Canned Crab, Yellow Bell Pepper, Tomatoes, Cucumber salad with balsamic and olive oil dressing, Green Grapes

Supper: Spaghetti Squash, Ground Beef or Chicken, Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce

Other Notes:

I had a headache again today, the runs this morning, and some pretty impressive stomach gurgling all day which prompted me to look up the side effects of the Whole30... and I found a timeline. Days 2 and 3 are "The Hangover" days, where your body "is working its way through a whole host of junk it stored from the foods (or food-like-products) you used to eat." Tomorrow should be fun, but even better will be Thursday and Friday (Days 4-5 - Kill ALL the Things!!!)

And just based on the gurgling in my gut right now, I'm rethinking the whole swimming and/or ultimate frisbee activities I had planned for this evening, and focusing on picking up some groceries to get me through the rest of this week.