to a place of real life and funny things that happen in my own personal life. My husband and I have four children (pretty good-looking kids if you ask us), a dog and we would not like anything else at this point in our lives that requires food, ha! In all seriousness I have been told many many times before between my children with their craziness and life in general I should start a blog...so here you go folks!
Let me begin by saying my husband and myself started a "new" way of eating a week ago and I would love to share with you about this clean diet. First off I can not stand the word "diet" I mean really does it make anyone feel better having to use that word?! When I think of "diet" I think of "Wow I am fat and need to starve myself" but to tell you the truth after purchasing the book whole30 our lives in even a week have changed for the better! Day three was a killer since all I could see was dancing york peppermint patties and ice-cream dancing around me but I made it! I actually made it with an apple and sautéed onions and zucchini. Let me go back and reread that sentence because it sounds crazy. Personally I have struggled for years, okay like 8, with weight and the ups and downs. Each time I was pregnant I seriously dropped 40-50 pounds just because, my doctor would tell me "please don't tell my other patients about your weight loss while you are pregnant, haha". After each time delivering my kiddos I once again gained my weight and had to struggle but don't worry I lost it AGAIN when the next baby was in production! After having my fourth I found complete determination to find a doctor to discover answers and guess what I found my answer!!! A doctor finally listened and he did testing and found it was a simple imbalance called metabolic glucose. I am not diabetic but I am treating myself as one to get my sugars under control with "diet" (there's that word again) and looking at life differently. I do have to say with the #whole30 program you will need a partner to help you especially with the first week, it by far was the hardest but with the realization that my life and health is a priority for where I would like to be in life. I mean seriously I have four kids and all together have eight legs and with my two I need to be able to chase down these stinkers and not have to sit down and breath like a maniac. So here is to Jim and my transformation and updates weekly of this excellent program!
On a side note our children, actually #2, he is NOT a fan at all! He begs us for kid meals but with determination our family has made the commitment to not go back to eating as we have done in the past. So guess what #2, Shepherd, pinch your nose and just swallow fast that is the absolute best advice I can give to you because your health plus wellbeing is my number one priority.
What is #whole30? Whole30 is referred to as the 'cave man' way of eating, if you can't shoot it, pick it, or understand the ingredients then it is not for your body. Our society with the food industry creates foods that can last for months on a shelf with no issue. There is an issue because they are produced with chemicals that I have not ever heard of and defiantly can not pronounce. We can have fruits, veggies, meats (recommend wild caught organic) but we all know that budgets are a reality by all families in this day and ages. I typically find a recipe in the whole30 book and go that day to get the groceries for meals for the day and typically for the next day. Your body does not need dairy, grains, and sugars for example to survive. Dairy has been a huge road block and of course sugar but I skim my unsalted butter and I am amazed at the milk that comes to the top. You may have salt and lots of yummy spices with apples, apricots, watermelon, plums, bananas, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, almond flour (really don't use it), coconut flour (not a fan of), olive oil, bell peppers, onions, zucchini, squash...and the list goes on and on. So no you won't starve. No you won't die. You will feel better. You will sleep better. You will lose some pounds (whoop whoop). This way of eating is to accomplish the task of taking all the inflammatory foods in your body out so let's just call it as it is...detox. I do miss wine. My husband misses beer. Popcorn. Brownies. Sweets. Okay I have to stop at that point because sweets are my Goliath. So let me raise my bottle water and cheer because I am in it to win it.
I refuse to dock my health I want to sail!
www.whole30.com
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