Whole30 Day 1

Chad and I started Whole30 today. If you don't know what that is, you can read more about it on the Whole30 website.  Basically for 30 days we are removing items from our menu that have been shown to cause issues for most people- bloating, bathroom issues, energy, sleep, etc.  For 30 days we are removing sugar, legumes, grains, alcohol, dairy and a few other items from our menu.  We are eating whole meats, vegetables, fruits and healthy fats.  This will help reset our bodies.  The hope is that by removing these foods we will see improvements in our health and fitness. 

After the 30 days we will slowly reintroduce the items we removed, evaluate how they effect us.  Do we feel usually tired?  Are we bloated?  Are we stuck in the bathroom?  Etc.  Once we know how they foods affect us, we can decide if they need to be limited in our eating or removed all together, or if they cause no unwanted effects for us.

I can only speak for myself, you will have to ask Chad his thoughts, but I am hoping my sleep and energy improve.  And yes, I am hoping to see some physical changes as well.

Today was our day one.  I can tell you I was ready for it.  We had cleaned out all the non-compliant foods last Thursday (Friday is trash day!) so there was very little in our house.  That plus the fact we had lots of things planned this weekend, caused us to eat out more than normal. Chinese buffet, BBQ and Pizza.  By Sunday I just felt blah.

We did our grocery shopping and some prepping on Sunday.  Our first Whole30 meal tried to burn our hours down, but that's what we get trying to prep when we are exhausted and not thinking clearly.  We made egg cups (we make them often, I will post the recipe on our Food Blog and link it here).  However, we added more veggies to them, than normal, but didn't adjust the number of cups we tried to make. This caused the cups to be filled a little too much and they overflowed in the oven.  This created lots of smoke.  We had to lock the cats up in the master bathroom at the opposite end of the house, send the dog outside and open all the doors and windows.  34 degrees and snowing and we had the doors and windows open.  Good times.  Signs of a fun adventure to come!

But hey, we got this.  We can do anything for 30 days.  And we are worth it.   More to come, hope you will follow us along on our adventure.