Whole30® Carb Nite Solution
Hi everyone!
How was your weekend? Btw if you are in the US, we all know that this coming Sunday we’d lose 1 hour! The good thing is we will have longer daylight and that means Spring is coming.
We had a gorgeous sunny and comfortable weather in SoCal. I’m sorry for those of you who are in cold and snow. Not trying to rub it off on you.
Anyway, I had a great Carb Nite on Friday.
Plus on top of that, I started to get my groove on my weight lifting sessions at the gym. I primarily focusing on the basic movements such as glute bridge, deadlifts, squats, pull ups, push ups, and rows.
Anyway today’s post will be something that I’d like to remind myself on why I chose Paleo template as my lifestyle.
If you recall, recently I’ve been posting treat recipes as you can see here, here and some that I didn’t even post here.
Couple days ago when I was browsing through some dessert recipe, my hubby uttered this to me:
“Why are you starting to look all of these pastries/bread/sweet treat recipes?”
That simple statement left me thinking. And then when I came across to this High Protein Cinnamon Rolls recipe, it definitely triggers my craving for Cinnamon Rolls by Cinnabon!
Yesterday I was this close to re-make this cinnamon rolls using that recipe but then something stopped me.
I remembered this post by Whole9: SWYPO.
I went to the post and re-read the whole thing again.
I stepped back and thinking about this.
Prior doing Carb Nite Solution, I rarely posted any treats on this blog nor making them nor looking at those paleoized treat recipes.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that Carb Nite Solution triggers me into this stage.
In fact, during Carb Nite, I should keep my carb intake high with low fat as much as possible so I could spike my insulin with carbs mainly from glucose (yams, sweet potatoes, white rice, cassavas, tapioca). Majority of desserts, even paleofied are mainly has too much fat and fructose for Carb Nite treats.
However, they are great for ULC days (minus the fructose). During ULC, we mainly focus on fat and protein with some fibers from veggies. No starch and no sugar. The only acceptable sweetener is pure stevia.
So with all of these, I feel like I am liberated to enjoy treats even during my ULC days.
Apparently this kind of thought has triggered me into thinking of remaking them for my ULC all the time. Just because now I have the options to enjoy treats during Carb Nite, doesn’t justify me to have “treats” creeping into my ULC days.
This gotta STOP PRONTO before I start to miss the point of eating Paleo template style. I need to remind myself that eating and living in Paleo style is focusing on eating whole, minimally processed foods: meats, veggies, healthy fats, some nuts and some starch.
In short, I am going to do my own version of Whole30 as I’d call it Whole30® Carb Nite Version:
This whole month of March, I WILL NOT MAKE ANY paleoized treats/desserts during my ULC days. The only EXCEPTION will be during Carb Nite. Heck, even if I want to have dirty carbs during Carb Nite, I WILL HAVE it!
So this coming Friday, I might actually go and buy that cinnamon roll from Cinnabon and I WILL SAVOR and enjoy it before bed.
Hopefully by doing this, I will be back on track and not missing the point of living the Paleo-style.
Let’s hear it:
What do you think regarding Paleoized desserts/treats?
7 thoughts on “Whole30® Carb Nite Solution”
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Obviously Paleo desserts are far healthier than the processed crap out there, but I still kind of feel like desserts are just that, desserts, regardless of what style they fit in.
Happy to hear the carb nites are working well for you!
I’ve always wondered about those paleo people who post “paleo” treats made from lots of dark chocolate and coconut. I think this misses the point because the paleo way of eating is not just about the choice of foods but also about the proportions in which you eat them. So you could live off, say, just apples and almonds, and call it “paleo” because you eat according to the paleo foods list, but in fact you aren’t eating paleo because you lack the meats and veggies.
Makes sense to me! Nice post. Thanks for sharing…!
I love your attitute towards it :)) I do make paleo treats like cakes, cookies… But I never considered it “paleoizing” the bad stuff. I learned myself to behave like grains and dairy are just NOT an option for us (not because it is “not allowed” but because it really doesn’t do anything good for our bodies). I enjoy making those for my boyfriend and then the whole family enjoys it 🙂 and they are all surprised how good those are without flour and dairy :))
I had pizza last night. We went out to play bowling and we ordered one, I ate like 4 wedges (pizza here is made much smaller than pizza in US), I didn’t like it at all 😀 but I decided not to stress over it. I am constistent with my workouts, with my diet too, this one little thing is not worth stressing. I DO have a one pimple on my cheek now after that and a cake my boyfriend’s mom baked. I have an instant reaction to “bad stuff,” dairy makes me spend too much painful time in the bathroom (lol) and grains bring me pimples. As long as my face is clean and a bathroom smells nice, I know I am doing GOOD 😀
I like your approach to Whole30 :))) I had my 3rd round in January and wanna take another one in April or May. The more I dig into paleo life, the more I enjoy it and the easiest it seems to be :))
Hi Nina!
Thanks! Granted the Whole30 that I’m doing is not exactly the actual Whole30. I just borrowed the concept to re-assessing my mind with food & treats. I know I mentioned that if I want to have “dirty carbs” (gluten/sugar/processed laden treats) even on my once a week carb re-feeding (Carb Nite), it might only be the time when I crave that junk the most. I am not planning to make it into a once a week gluten treat because I know well gluten/sugar won’t help me achieve body composition that I’ve been wanting to have. 🙂
i really don’t make any paleo treats…i had to cut stevia completely out of my diet about 6mos ago bc it was making me crave desserts all the time. i usually have a day on the weekend where i don’t eat full paleo…usually sat or sunday. last night i had 2 glasses of malbec red wine, a few squares of 85% dark chocolate, plain goat yogurt with blueberries and 2 raw mint chip macaroons by emmy’s organics (minimal processing, low sugar & low carb).
I also use stevia in making the low carb treats and just like I mentioned in the post, making treats a bit often during my low carb days do trigger my inner cravings of the actual gluten laden treats. So I want to take this 30 day challenge to re-asses myself a bit.