"I have to tell you something. I had to have a donut"....
My eyes filled with anger...no, hatred.... How DARE you!! You dirty little cheater! You weakling!
"I had to do a donut in your truck today...the snow was just begging for it" (laughing at his own joke)
Ok now on to other things. Energy is still up and my skin is really getting clear. I am sleeping well (When I get to and my daughter doesn't wake up screaming because she peed) and still no joint pain.
I will say that even though our pulled pork tastes awesome, I am getting sick and tired of it. We have had it for several meals now and I'm about pulled porked out. Here are some pics of the different meals we had with it though. One is pulled pork on top of butternut squash, carrots and onion and the other is on a baked sweet potato with onion and cilantro. Both were really good!
Breakfast has been our typical omelets BUT we now have BACON!! BACON!!! All I can hear is the dog from the Beggin' Strips commercial, "MMM MMM MMM, ITS BACON!"
Knowing this week was going to be tough...as silly as this sounds.. bacon saved us.
I don't think that Days 10 and 11 are rough. I think Thursdays are rough for people who are eating all fresh, non processed foods because on Thursday you run out of stuff and then you're cranky. Maybe this is true for everyone regardless of whether you're a clean eater or not. Thursday comes and you're out of food even though you spent a ton of money on Sunday and you're pissed off because it's still not Friday. Who knows. Next week you supposedly feel great but run into food boredom. I hoping to combat this by getting on Pinterest and picking out all new meals. I still have zucchini and spaghetti squash so I'm thinking about attempting a Paleo Carbonara or Paleo Alfredo using the veggies as your noodles.
Getting serious for a second... hold on.
We truly have seen a dramatic difference in the way we feel since beginning Whole30. You get so busy with everything else in life that you don't focus so much on what you're eating and how it is affecting you. I will get on my soap box for just a minute this time. I dare you to take a look at the ingredients of your food today.
Look at your breakfast... oatmeal packets, frozen waffles, pancake mix, cereal, yogurt
Look at your lunch.... deli meats, cheese, bread, salad dressing, soup
Look at your dinner.... pasta sauce, boxed rices and pastas
What do you see? Are they real ingredients? And by that I mean, Do you have a freaking clue what they are? Do you consistently see "Sugar, Pure Cane Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup" or sugar hiding behind a name
It's important to stop and ask yourself, "What the hell am I eating?" Pardon me, but it's gotten so out of control. You have no idea what is in your food. Your processed and convenient food. You just grab it off the shelf without even thinking. Now some things in processed foods are behind an odd name but are harmless BUT most of them are not. You can't pretend to be surprised when you have high blood pressure from all the excess salt you consume or diabetes and heart disease because everything you put in your body has sugar in it. I'm glad we as a society are trending towards being health conscience but we still have a ways to go. You gotta start somewhere. I'm not saying it's your fault. It's the companies that make this crap BUT I am saying you have a responsibility to be cognizant of what you're consuming.
Ok, stepping down off box. I think many of you who know me well knew that it was only a matter of time before I whipped that step stool out. By the way, Whole30 discusses integrating the foods you have cut out back into your life... you're not expected to stay Whole30 forever (though you could) but it's to make you realize how food affects you and to appreciate what you eat.
Alright... on to the weekend... on to new recipes and new adventures and I'll update you all soon
-Hannah
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