Almost there

Tomorrow will mark week 3 of my Whole 30. I'm feeling great. And I've only eaten out 4 times in the entire 3 weeks. And it's all been paleo. The first time was at iHop which was surprisingly easy to eat good food. I had sirloin steak sauteed with onions and mushrooms (I asked, they used canola oil, I asked them to use no more than a tablespoon...I'm pretty sure they did). I also had some steamed broccoli with it. And a glass of water. The waitress seemed a bit interested since I declined adding cheese to the broccoli or even touching the piece of garlic bread that came with it. It was only $10. I've also hit Jimmy Johns a couple of times...having an unwhich each time. An unwhich is a sandwich withouth bread. The last time I had double roast beef, just to up the protein content.

Friday night I went out to Texas Roadhouse and had a nice NY Strip. I asked for double veggies, but I only got the single. Oh well. I loaded up on some fruit when I got home.

I've definitely noticed that I am spending more on groceries, which is a good thing. I'm going to need to sit down and plan out my budget in order to maximize my groceries. I have a membership to Sams so that is helpful that I can buy meat in bulk. I can also buy frozen broccoli like crazy there. And it's cheap. Just need to plan ahead to buy fresh veggies and fruits. I am also in the center of a couple of quality farmers markets that I would like to take advantage of this summer.

My ankle is feeling pretty good, so I'm hoping to start running soon. Figure that I'll start jumping rope first (need to work on the double unders!). I'm also about 3 weeks in to the PTP and am thinking about doing another one probably in August. But for this PTP I'm going to work on the snatch and the front squat. Not only to increase my load capacity on those lifts but to also focus on the formI'll probably do another Whole 30 as well, but this time be more strict about the amounts of food I eat, just to lose the weight. But I really feel that if I stick to a strict paleo diet like I am now and up my cardio I'm going to lose more weight.

I'm not having very many struggles except for my urge to go get a happy hour from sonic. I've already got a couple of plans for some cheat meals when this is over. My goal is to not go crazy. I'm making some pizzas for a party I'm hosting in a couple of weeks, which I'm really looking forward to. I also plan on partaking in a soda or two on the 4th of July. And probably a cheeseburger. And mac and cheese. OK, maybe that's a little crazy.