30 Days In the Workhouse
I wasn't going to write about this, but as always, I tend to just spit out whatever I'm feeling (well, within reason) onto this glowing screen. I figure the more I stand up and announce that I am doing this, the more possible shame will keep me from quitting! I am trying a 30 day eating challenge/cleanse kind of thing. I just have been feeling lousy of late, indigestion, bleh, and now I have a couple of low level auto immune skin things going on. I decided to go with the Whole 30. It's basically a limited time (30 days) in which you cut out a lot of potential allergens and the like....so no dairy, no grains, no legumes, no added sugar, no soy, no alcohol. Then after the 30 days you add these things back in one by one to see if there any to which you have sensitivities. For me, I think one of the keys is that it also makes you reevaluate eating habits, etc. I figured it wouldn't hurt me not to drink for 30 days and being a little more thoughtful about food would be good as well. It's not a permanent diet, but more of a reset. Do I think I have sensitivities to any of these things? Most likely not but I thought this might be a good practice for me. It seems lately once or twice a month I have horrible indigestion that really knocks me out and I can never figure out the reason. I'm not in a particularly high stress period of my life at the moment (knock on wood) so I can't blame that. Sooooo....let's try to figure it out.
So far so good. Of course I'm only on Day 5 so take that for what it's worth. I'm sure it will get worse before it gets better. It has made me think more about mindless eating and snacking and what real hunger feels like. I thought I was going to kill something as I was waiting for dinner last night. We had seared salmon with sweet potato, sauteed with onion, green olives, and snow peas. Yes it was a slightly confused meal but I couldn't think while I was cooking. I changed my mind about five times halfway through but it was DELICIOUS! Even though I think of us as eating a lot of vegetables we are eating TONS more. My side effects thus far do seem to be by the book.....mostly TIRED and peeing a billion times a night. Weird, huh? I've also been sleeping terribly (partly because of getting up to go to the bathroom constantly) but last night I slept, ahem, TWELVE hours. I know! I've had a bit of a blurry mind too but God knows there are many reason for that. As far as daily routine, I miss my peanut butter onion bagel in the morning but I made a frittata with lots of vegetables and some ground beef and we have been having pieces of that for breakfast, warmed up, with a little salsa on it. Lunch is leftovers from dinner or a salad with hard boiled egg and avocado, or grilled meat on it. Dinner is, well, dinner. I will miss going to Fries and Peanuts but I'm not sure I currently have the wherewithal to go and not have a glass of wine. Maybe as we go along...or maybe I give my wallet a break as well.
Oh, I need to find something to drink in the evenings other than just water. I'm an iced tea person but I've been sleeping horribly so figure I shouldn't drink that in the evening. I got some Rooibos tea yesterday. Eh, it's o.k. Suggestions?