Diary of a flight attendant: Whole30

Whole30 - Completed

Thursday, April 30, 2015

It's been a month of the whole30 experience and I have now realised how bad I was feeling before.

I guess I was so used to feeling crappy that I didn't know I felt crappy.

I have come to realise this since I now feel amazing.

Not constantly tired, sugar crazy cravings or moodiness.

Now at the gym I feel like I can run forever, at the office I feel I can accomplish so much more and at home I want to get up and do stuff!

I feel so light in both body and mind.

Like a fog cleared.

I lost 2 kg but best of all - I lost 10 cm of my waist.

10 cm! So exciting.

So what now? Will I continue?

I will for sure continue not eating gluten, processed food, added sugar but I will eat cheese sometimes. Other than the cheese thing - It's going to be all paleo.

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Whole30 - Day 15

Monday, April 13, 2015

Yay!!!!!! Today I tried a pair of boots that has been collecting dust in the closet since they got to small for me and now they fit!! That must mean that I have lost some weight on my legs.

So exciting!!

Yesterday the Practical Paleo book finally arrived to my door and inspired of an zucchini recipe I made an carrot omelette with egg and coconut flour in it. To the side I serrano and truffles salami with a salad.

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Whole30 - Day 11

Thursday, April 09, 2015

So My post earlier today was about yesterday.

Today I ate an delicious beef pre made paleo meal.

I ordered Practical Paleo, Living Paleo For Dummies and Real Life Paleo a week ago and I want them to arrive now. I feel that I need some more inspiration, I'm very interested in the meal plans in the Practical Paleo book. I will for sure review them as I read them.

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Whole30 - Day 10

Thursday, April 09, 2015

I Today I made the delicious smoothie.

The green spinach that I posted about earlier is still my favorite but I do like this one to a lot.

It's raspberries, mango, green spinach all that good stuff in it. You can see yourself on the picture.

I topped it of with sliced strawberries and sprinkled coconut flakes.

Cravings:

I want a mcdonalds hamburger so bad! Even though I know how bad the ingredients are I still just want myself a big cheese burger. God I love cheese.

Results:

I feel that my pants are getting looser! So exciting, I feel more happy and energized. That's more worth than any hamburger.

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Whole30 - Day 9

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Hotel breakfast and airplane food.

My recomendations.

So for the hotel breakfast buffet I eat a lot of watermelon, banana, pineapple (take a banana with you so you have a snack later on the day) and egg. If they have bacon ask if it's been fried in olive oil and ask if it's possible to know if it's been added sugar to it.

If they have salad to sandwiches I eat that with a slice of tomato just like it is.

Remember to ask if the juice is 100% fruit juice. If it is - go ahead and drink.

Don't forget to not sweeten your coffe or to have milk in it, I know it's hard but you can make it.

On the airplane what to eat and drink on paleo:

The juice if it's a 100%

You should be drinking to glases of water every 30 minutes, otherwise you will feel a bit hungover the day after.

To the airplane food the often have sauces, skip it. I'm sure they have sugar in it, scrape it of if it has been added already.

If it's possible write to the airline and say that you have allergies in a head of time, that way you will get food that is no problem.

They sell cashew nuts, go nuts on those.

Cashew nuts have magnesium in it so eat it only when you wanna stay up once magnesium gives energy. For example if you are travelling to a far away contry with time difference eat it to stay awake so that you will instead sleep on location were it is night.

More tips like these in the future when I'm a more experienced cabin crew.

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Whole30 - Day 8

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

So today at lunch I ate avocado, egg, salami, sherry tomatoes with a salad. Such a quick easy whole30 lunch (and yummy).

To dinner I ate a turkey salad with nuts.

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Day 6 & 7

Monday, April 06, 2015

So I stuck to the whole30 expect for two cans of cola zero. I feel disappointed in my self but I can only look forward. I also cheated and took one bite of a nutrilett bar. I used to love nutrilett bar's but omg it tasted so chemical. My taste palette is really changing and want fresh food. I'm proud that I stopped eating after that one bite.

I think some people can do the whole30 without cheating and I think that is great but I'm not one of those people.

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Whole30 - Day 5

Friday, April 03, 2015

So today I have been working a short flight and now I'm heading of to Jönköping hotel.

I'm already excited for the hotel breakfast buffet tomorrow with fresh squizeed orange juice and other goodies.

Today I have eaten a paleo salad to breakfast and to lunch I ate a salad with serrano. It was lovely.

Cravings today has been moderate, I do miss some stuff but I'm stronger than the cravings.

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Whole30 - Day 4

Friday, April 03, 2015

So today I found something wonderful at my local 7 eleven store.. Paleo prepacked lunch!

Small stuff like that makes this lifestyle so much easier.

It tasted rich in flavor and very fresh.

To dinner I ate cod, air dried ham with an avocado salad.

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Whole 30 - Day 3

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

So today I did some spring cleaning, you know really dust and such. I notice that whenever I have a phase or being healthy I'm always more into cleaning, working and having a social life.
Whenever I'm in a big fast food phase I just want to watch tv and be a potato sack.
So I wonder why I tend to slip of my healthy phase when they give me so much more joy in life?
I guess a person really can be addicted to sugar and bad fats which give you an equally bad input on your life as other addicting objects.

Anyway so today I made an omelette with red onion, garlic, dried ham (the struggle to find one with out scary E-numbers in a low price store was nearly impossible), parsnip cubes, carrot cubes and basil seasoning. I made a lot of it so I ate it both for breakfast and lunch.

Something new I added today was; Smaller plates, they make it easier for me not to overeat.

Cravings update:
Other than missing cheese, latte and being able to buy a sandwich on the go I'm doing okay.
I think it is because last week I already started to slow down all my bad habits.

Question to self, Is really Joe and the Juice or do they ad sugar in the drinks? I really have to figure this out before I get to addicted to their juices. Banana, elder berry and passion fruit juice I'm talking about you.

xx

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Whole30 Day 2

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Me and my awesome college Annika after work heading to Joe and the Jucie

So on day 2 I felt a massive diet coke craving, we sell pepsi maxi on work and it was speaking to me from the trolley. But I staid strong and drank sparkling water instead. I was working a long day, and I had forgotten to prepare a meal in advance to take with me on the plane. So it was a pain guessing what was okay to eat but luckily I did have some bananas and cashew nuts with me. Thankfully as well I work for a company which has really nice food, it's all eco.

I also had some dried apples with me and Oh it was so yummy!! If your local food store sell them and you are on a paleo or whole30 diet buy it. But dont forget to check if its dried safe and doesn't have added sugar to it or soy.

When I came home I had some fried bacon, carrot cubes, parsnip cubes with some garlic and red onion in a big salad. It was perfect!

Im actually going to post about how to eat healthy in the air one of the days I have some time.

After work we headed over to eat at Joe and the Juice and had an banana, passion fruit and elder berry juice. It was divine, I know I should have less juices and stuff but I have to be realistic with this program it was either that or a sandwich so a juice it was. Its hard to find stuff on the go, that is a real struggle with paleo but maybe more options will come in the future.

Hopefully
xx

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Whole30 - Day 1

Monday, March 30, 2015

So guys finally I have something exciting to blog about.
I have a new job as cabin crew with base in Copenhagen and with this new beginning I want to
change my lifestyle to one more healthier.

I'm kickstarting it with the Whole30 program which will change the way you look at food.
You will get a healthier perspective and look at food as nutrition and not just something you put in your mouth to feel good for a five minutes fix (yes I'm talking about your weakness, mine is salty sticks).