Earlier this year, in February, my coworkers and I started our own little boot camp. My goal was to get toned. We created a pretty basic, yet consistent schedule of cardio, abs, legs, arms and chest. After a few months I was definitely feeling stronger, but I didn't feel like I looked trimmer. So I needed to control my food intake...? I guess that would mean cutting down on the egg sandwiches, chocolate chip cookies, cereal for breakfast, pasta with vodka sauce and all the delicious Swiss chocolate my mom brings me?
After weeks of thinking about different diets I could try, I finally decided that I just need to eat healthy and manage portion control. And... make a blog so I would stick to it!
I looked at different eating plans to help create some structure for myself, at least for the first few weeks. My friend had done the Whole30 program before, so I looked into it and agreed that this would be a good step in the right direction.
The Whole30 program is focused on eating whole, natural, healthy foods - in balanced proportion. That includes protein, veggies, fruits and healthy fats. And excludes refined sugar, dairy, grains or legumes. And for 30 days! With the idea of course, that after, I'll have learned how to cook more nutritious meals. Oh yeah... And no alcohol, but I figured that out last year during sober November.
The Whole30 program has a great website, with tons of resources, links recipes and blogs. But, I knew that most important thing for me to be successful would be to plan - which I love doing! Plan meals, plan grocery shopping lists, plan snacks, etc. I created a google doc with a calendar to plan out my meals each week and the ingredients I would need. But other than that, I decided I would keep things sort of spontaneous by researching, learning and coming up with new ideas as the weeks passed so that I wouldn't feel too much pressure or overwhelmed.
And then lastly, I decided my start date would be April 1st (since the month of April has 30 days). So here we go...
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