Whole30

So I've come to understand that I like rules.  I am an all or nothing type of person.  When there are no rules, I eat junk.  Like a lot of junk.  When there are rules, I follow them.  Moderation when it comes to food is not my thing.  Why would I eat one Oreo when I can eat 5?  I mean, seriously?  Tom swears that he thinks I did my best when I was calorie counting.  I am not in a place where I want to log more things and keep track of more things.  So.. whole 30 it is.

I've done Whole 30 twice before and both times felt amazing by the end of the 30 days.  It's the sticking to it after the 30 days that is a challenge for me. So let me back up.  On Whole 30 you eat protein, fat, fruits and vegetables and cut out all the other crap.  No: grains, dairy, beans, alcohol.  It is intended to be an anti inflammatory diet.  Supposedly, if you cut out those things for 30 days it gives your insides time to heal and repair themselves.  Then, there is a 10 day reintroduction where you try out one food added to your whole 30 diet and see how that food changes your mood, sleep, body, energy.  I've never actually done the reintroduction phase because on day 31 I usually drink wine and get chick fil a for breakfast.  Woops.  This time, I intend to do the reintroduction correctly.

Today is day 2.  Below is a summary of what I ate on day one.

Breakfast: eggs, buffalo chicken, avocado, apple, coffee w/ unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Snack: RX bar

Lunch: Chicken marinated in speedie sauce, potatoes, green beans, carrots

Snack: apple, almonds with raisins, coffee w/ unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Dinner: Steak, radish/ cucumber salad, side salad

My only slip up yesterday was using soy sauce to marinate the steak because I thought I had coconut amino in my cabinet but I was out.  I feel like if I am going to have a slip up... day one is the day to have it.

Today is day 2 and I'm feeling pretty good so far.