Day 1

I decided to create a blog to document my whole30 journey. If you don't know what the whole30 is, just click the link and join the *fun* (sarcasm). I figured writing about it would hold me more accountable. I was going to just document my weekly meals but I have already had a hiccup and had to change things around, so I concluded that day by day would be better. Whether I can keep this up for the entire 30 days remains to be seen, but I'm going to try! So here we go. Just an FYI, this is not a sponsored blog, I am not getting paid for this (unfortunately), and all the links I am adding are ones I found on my own or through pinterest.

I decided to do the whole30 after having several discussions with some friends about wheat belly. I was just going to cut out wheat and grains when I stumbled upon this program. The reason I am doing this is to change my relationship with food. While my feelings do taste delicious, I would like to find other ways to deal with my shit that are not eating or compulsive shopping. I'm on summer vacation and it only takes 21 days to make a habit, so hopefully this will help me change the way I see food and treat food. Losing some weight would also be nice, but that is not the goal of the program.  Anyway...

Here is day 1. I am using THIS to help me make sure that I am attempting to follow the guidelines to the best of my ability.

Breakfast: I made this smoothie, without pineapple or fruit juice and added half a cucumber instead of spinach because I didn't have spinach yet. Because I forgot to pick up my Bountiful Basket, forfeiting alllll the food that I pre-ordered and paid for. But that is another story. My smoothie is definitely breaking the suggested fruit serving but I won't have fruit again today and the eggs I was planning on scrambling for the protein were rotten. I have never seen a black yolk before and I hope to never see it again. Ew. There's no soy or whey or sugar allowed during the whole 30, so no protein powder in my smoothie. Which mean I also broke the protein portion allowance. Good thing I had a late breakfast, so I can have my delicious sounding lunch not too long after. Yes I had coffee this morning. I brewed a nespresso espresso shot over ice and shot it back like tequila. No sugar, no cream, not my favorite but I got my fix. I don't need to "examine why I need it" as the program suggests. I am a mother. That is why I need it.

Lunch: I had Buffalo Ranch Stuffed Peppers. I used green peppers because they were on sale and I didn't want to give my husband a heart attack with the cost of the first week's grocery bill. Tee hee.  I waited until I was hungry to make it, which was stupid because it takes an hour. Don't wait until you are hungry to make it. Also, I used "chicken tenders" because that is what I had (you know, the breast cut into tender pieces) and I thought making the whole package would be too much chicken. NOPE! Only filled three peppers instead of four. It was sooooo good. If all of the meals that I prepare are as good as this one, these 30 days are going to be bomb. I also drank a glass of store bought kombucha because I haven't received my SCOBY yet to start my own. It was delicious.

Dinner: It took me forever to cook dinner because I kept having things come up. I made Plantain Tostados with Cilantro Lime Chicken, Rancheros Sauce, and Guacamole. I didn't have a roasted pepper, so I didn't use one, which might be why I found the ranchero sauce to be lacking. It was good, but not delicious. But together, the whole meal was worth the wait. The chicken was bomb dot com by itself and top it with quac and that sauce and the plantain "shell'- oh, so good.

I hope the rest of my whole30 experience after this isn't a let down. Everything today was so delicious and I had not headaches or really felt deprived or hungry. Except when it was taking forever to make my dinner. The hardest part today was not being able to take part in the champagne toast or have the pizza everyone else was eating. But otherwise, smooth sailing so far!