My Whole30 Reset - Day 1

I figured I should write things down, even if just for myself.  I am going to be travelling quite a bit in April and May and honestly I just want a more comfortable journey which means I need to say goodbye to some of my excess baggage.  So today is Day 1.  This morning I made potatoes with bacon and a little Tessamae ketchup.  I need to go grocery shopping and to throw out all the non-Whole30 approved things in my kitchen.  I think I will be ultimately lazy and use Amazon Prime now to get the groceries delivered to me. hehe... But I have no lunch!!! So I'm thinking I'll swing by Trader Joe's for lunch... we'll see.  I'll miss my Better Buzz coldbrew (I like it sweet and with milk) and their most amazing Breakfast Sandwich.  Ok... I need to stop fantasizing about bad food. lol...

I feel tired today, like I can never get enough sleep.  My face seems swollen and my under eye is a little sunken and dark.  I figured maybe it was because I wasn't feeling my best AND I drank to much on Saturday.  Alcohol always makes me skin sad.  It's a good thing I do not really drink, I'm not sad to give it up at all!

This is what I am giving up (extracted from https://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/):

The Whole30 Program Rules

Yes: Eat real food.

Eat moderate portions of meat, seafood, and eggs; lots of vegetables; some fruit; plenty of natural fats; and herbs, spices, and seasonings. Eat foods with very few ingredients, all pronounceable ingredients, or better yet, no ingredients listed at all because they’re whole and unprocessed.

No: Avoid for 30 days.

• Do not consume added sugar, real or artificial. No maple syrup, honey, agave nectar, coconut sugar, date syrup, stevia, Splenda, Equal, Nutrasweet, xylitol, etc. Read your labels, because companies sneak sugar into products in ways you might not recognize.

• Do not consume alcohol, in any form, not even for cooking. (And ideally, no tobacco products of any sort, either.)

• Do not eat grains. This includes (but is not limited to) wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, millet, bulgur, sorghum, sprouted grains, and all gluten-free pseudo-cereals like quinoa, amaranth, and buckwheat. This also includes all the ways we add wheat, corn, and rice into our foods in the form of bran, germ, starch, and so on. Again, read your labels.

• Do not eat legumes. This includes beans of all kinds (black, red, pinto, navy, white, kidney, lima, fava, etc.), peas, chickpeas, lentils, and peanuts. No peanut butter, either. This also includes all forms of soy – soy sauce, miso, tofu, tempeh, edamame, and all the ways we sneak soy into foods (like lecithin).

• Do not eat dairy. This includes cow, goat, or sheep’s milk products like milk, cream, cheese, kefir, yogurt, sour cream, ice cream, or frozen yogurt.

• Do not consume carrageenan, MSG, or sulfites. If these ingredients appear in any form on the label of your processed food or beverage, it’s out for the Whole30.

• Do not consume baked goods, junk foods, or treats with “approved” ingredients. Recreating or buying sweets, treats, and foods-with-no-brakes (even if the ingredients are technically compliant) is totally missing the point of the Whole30, and will compromise your life-changing results. These are the same foods that got you into health-trouble in the first place—and a pancake is still a pancake, even if it’s made with coconut flour.

Some specific foods that fall under this rule include: pancakes, waffles, bread, tortillas, biscuits, muffins, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, pizza crust, cereal, or ice cream. No commercially-prepared chips (potato, tortilla, plantain, etc.) or French fries either. However, this list is not limited strictly to these items—there may be other foods that you find are not psychologically healthy for your Whole30. Use your best judgment with those foods that aren’t on this list, but that you suspect are not helping you change your habits or break those cravings. Our mantra: When in doubt, leave it out. It’s only 30 days.

One last and final rule:

• Do not step on the scale or take any body measurements for 30 days. The Whole30 is about so much more than weight loss, and to focus only on body composition means you’ll overlook all of the other dramatic, lifelong benefits this plan has to offer. So, no weighing yourself, analyzing body fat, or taking comparative measurements during your Whole30. (We do encourage you to weigh yourself before and after, so you can see one of the more tangible results of your efforts when your program is over.)

So yea... shouldn't be hard at home.  Just have to watch myself outside of home!  :)  I'll update later.  

2:36pm UPDATE: I didn't get to go home for lunch so I ordered Chipotle since they have my emergency go to lunch, Carnitas Salad (they cook their carnitas in sunflower oil) which has carnitas, salad, tomato salsa, guacamole and green salsa.  I'm FULL.  Those salads are huge!  But I was starving so I need to remember to bring small bites tomorrow (maybe carrot sticks or grapes...)