Day 4-Recommendations vs. Rules

I have been reading bits and pieces about the Whole 30 diet because I don't have any of the books. The idea of eating 3 meals a day sounded easy enough-I thought that I would be freed from being in the kitchen making snacks for one thing.
As it is so far though, eating 3 large meals a day is not something that I enjoy doing as it gives me stomach issues. Not upset stomach so much as the feeling of being way too full all the time.  I am not talking about being satisified so much as having the feeling of too much food sitting in the digestive tract.
I am taking probiotics so that is one thing and I am awaiting the arrival of a couple of other supplements I had to order online to help my stomach lining so that is another.
But yesterday, I had to decide to eat less. I ate 2 large meals-one in the morning, one in the evening. I ended the day with a handful of nuts because I did feel satisfied by dinner but got a little hungry just before bed.

And I woke up feeling full.

So reading about the recommendation to eat 3 large meals and no snacks, the keyword is "recommendation" as opposed to "rule". I  will be on the run a bit of this morning so I will have a good breakfast before I go. I will then endeavor to pack a small meal for lunch and then resume a dinner.
Tomorrow however, I am going to try to do mini meals if I have the time as I will be home.

For a snack to be approved it has to be a mini meal-a protein and a vegetable. Not just an apple or a few carrot sticks. That is the information that I was missing.
I do believe that having 3 meals a day will be ideal for me once my stomach is in good shape and it will be convenient if I do land a job so that will be a goal but for somebody like me, its just too much food all at once. I do have a shorter colon after all!

In other news….I bought a knife! I will write about it soon-I need to play with it a little first. I also just need to hem the dress I was sewing and it will be a finished project.