Whole 30 Update: Day 13
We are finishing up Day 13 of our Whole 30 eating challenge. Overall, it has been easier than I imagined. There have been a few times I have really wanted a glass of wine or an ear of corn. CORN. I miss corn. The feeling of fogginess and starving hunger right before a meal has lessened. I feel far less bloated and achy. I have some aches and pains that haven't been touched (my back and my right knee which I smashed some time back) but the others seem less. I still am having problems sleeping. Supposedly I should be sleeping better these days but that is NOT the case. I ordered some magnesium supplement that is supposed to help...oh, and with cramps as well. I've had some CRAZY cramps on the outside of my ankles.....and one night I thought my foot would be forever shaped in that Barbie high heel wearing arch.
Overall, I feel pretty good and positive about it all. YES, I want it over but we're so close to halfway through that we can't stop now. Although there has been some discussion as to whether a Whole 28 approach would let us celebrate on the 4th of July. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Not that the two of us have to do it the same way of course...
Random notes:
1. Thanks to the Common Ground Co-Op I managed to find some Whole 30 compliant chorizo and bratwurst. Yay!!
2. My beloved Rebecca and her girls came by and brought us berries from their farm today. I could not possibly love them more (Rebecca and the girls, not the berries....although they are delicious.). They made us feel loved.
3. This process has taught me to value the glory of a perfectly boiled egg with a dash of kosher salt.
4. I feel a little itchy...I think my skin is dry.
5. Last nights dinner...not a great picture...but steak, grilled romaine, mashed sweet potato with olive oil/garlic/rosemary/olive sauce.
6. I need to go make a frittata for the next few days' breakfasts, and I gotta say, I do not feel like it. That's the downside...you have to think more about cooking....and that's coming from someone that does tend to obsessively think about cooking. That's not to say I don't like the freedom NOT to however. Oh well.
7. I miss my Ibuprofen but I'm getting by without it (and when I did take it once my stomach DID feel like shit). Alleve and Tylenol don't do enough to bother. I'm doing o.k. though.
8. I'm guzzling La Croix...I even thought about getting a Soda Stream. What I read online seemed to say the cost ends up about a wash with the cost of the CO2 canisters. Of course it would be less cans/packaging....I can't decide. Anybody have any thoughts on this?
9. There a few rules on the program that I find ridiculous.....no vanilla extract because there is alcohol in it? REALLY? But if I let one thing slide I'll let another so I go with it. Black and white is often easier than gray so no vanilla extract...not that I've even wanted it mind you...but STILL....
Seventeen days to go!