Today's blog post is brought to you by the number 30. As in Whole 30. Today I started the Whole30 diet, which according to the website, is supposed to "Push the “reset” button with your metabolism, systemic inflammation, and the downstream effects of the food choices you’ve been making" by "Cut[ing] out all the inflammatory, insulin-spiking, calorie-dense but nutritionally sparse food groups for a full 30 days." You may interpret this as eating nothing but protein, vegetables and fruits for a whole month. No dairy, no grains, no alcohol... I interpret this is as "Holy crap, what have I gotten myself into?!"
Day 1: Mmm....Bananas and Apples for breakfast followed by a nice big cup of plain black coffee. It has never taken me so long to finish a cup of coffee before in my entire life. Lunch was a delicious bowl of my second attempt at making a Thai curry (recipe courtesy of my favorite "Curie"). My mouth was on fire!! (which was probably better than my eyebrow being on fire but that's a whole different story....). I thought I was doing pretty good but two o'clock rolled around and I was DYING! I knew for sure I wasn't going to make it 30 days. I needed chocolate. And Peanut Butter. Or anything!! Off to the cafeteria for a banana and an orange. Please to say that I survived the first attempt to sabotage myself. Add another cup of plain black coffee for my evening date and another bowl of my curry for dinner. A nice big tall glass of water is my nightcap.
I'm going to definitely have to work on some of the other recipes since I don't see myself eating curry (no matter how delicious) twice a day for 30 days straight.
In other news, the indoor soccer season is now over. We might not have finished first but we didn't finish last. I [finally] scored a goal, and it was within the first minute of the game so Go Me!! I also ended up with a rather sexy bruise on my left thigh courtesy of some young high school whipper snapper kicking the ball and me being in its direct path. Little bit of limping the following day... I've healed up just in time for indoor volleyball to begin. Looking forward to the season... It's the first time any of us have played with the Eastmont Parks and Recreation organization so we'll see how it all goes. I'm making team jerseys because I'm a nerd and I like to do crafty things.
Speaking of crafty things, this coming Thursday marks the first offical "She's Crafty" night. We're making tutus for the St. Patty's Day Dash that is coming up awfully soon (I really should start running...). I have 360 yards of sequin trim to put to good use. I don't think the race will ever be the same.
All this talk of whole foods reminded me of Atomic Kitten. I prefer their remake of Eternal Flame but since the lyrics didn't really fit in with the post, I'll leave you with their song "Whole Again" which this diet is supposed to do. I'll let you know how that pans out...
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