Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Any Takers?

I made my weekly journey to Bare Necessities today.  This is a little store in my home town that sells damaged and out of date groceries at a deep discount.  As gluten free goods are at a premium, I am ecstatic when I find pasta, flours, cereals, and cookie/brownie mixes.  I have been known to clean the whole shelf off on occasion.  Hell yeah!  The discounts are anywhere from 50-75% off!

Today look what I found.



Which leads me into this whole Whole 30 thing.  A few months back, a friend of mine posted on FB that she was doing this new diet (I call it a lifestyle).  Well, I looked up the website and gave a brief perusal.   Basically a Paleo diet devoid of sugar.  I put it on the back burner.

And then this website began popping up on everyone's wall, it seemed like.  And this time, I took a real hard look.  I wasn't about to let anybody get a competitive edge over me.  In my 44th year, I am no spring chicken; I don't bounce back like I used to.  I need any "legal" assistance I could get to keep my fitness and health at its highest.  So I bought the book.


I have wore out a high lighter on this book!


Being celiac, I had already dumped the gluten.  Just recently I had stopped eating legumes after experiencing some milder gluten-like symptoms when eating them.  That is 2 of the 5 "food groups" that the plan has you cut out.  Seed oils is another group that will be easy to let go; olive oil is my "go to oil" anyway.  So I am over half way there.  Easy peasy, right?

Sugars and sweeteners (which includes chocolate) are my Kryptonite.  I enjoy my creamer less coffee with a good dollop of honey.  And my bite of dark chocolate every now and then.  This could get very interesting.  Which will win out:  black coffee or no coffee?

I do love dairy, but lately have drastically cut down on the amount, no more protein powder, ice cream, or cheese (meh).  I suspect that the milk protein, casein, is causing some less than desirable GI symptoms as well.  I will miss my Greek yogurt, though.

I am planning on going Whole 30 Monday, November 26.  My Mom is on board, but wanted to wait until after Thanksgiving since she is hosting.  I have pleaded to some of my fellow Athenians to hop on the train, but so far no takers.  Come on, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!  And I promise this way of eating will not kill you, at least in the biological sense.  It would be cool to share recipes.  I've made a killer frittata and salmon burger!  And I am looking forward to creating a salad dressing that doesn't have a gazillion ingredients.

The hardest part is going to be drinking unsweet coffee ...




4 comments:

Lisa said...

I'm still easing into a modified paleo diet. The hardest part for me is the food preparation and shopping. Wish I could afford to have someone do that for me because then it would be a heck of a lot easier to eat better! I can do well for about 3 days then fall off the wagon when I have to go to the grocery store to restock!

Cathi said...

it will be easier than you think! before aug 1, i had NEVER had unsweetened/uncreamed coffee. now, i wasn't able to go black, but a little bit of almond or coconut milk works wonders. i don't even feel the need to paleofy some fake creamer.

except for 1 glass of wine and 1 square of 88% dark choc 2 days ago, I'm on day "36". after the strict 30, i'm easing into "reality" (in an effort to make it a lifestyle stick), but haven't otherwise introduced any other foods... and strangely, i'm not missing the greek yogurt & honey like i thought i would!

good luck! you'll enjoy it!

Cathi said...

it will be easier than you think! before aug 1, i had NEVER had unsweetened/uncreamed coffee. now, i wasn't able to go black, but a little bit of almond or coconut milk works wonders. i don't even feel the need to paleofy some fake creamer.

except for 1 glass of wine and 1 square of 88% dark choc 2 days ago, I'm on day "36". after the strict 30, i'm easing into "reality" (in an effort to make it a lifestyle stick), but haven't otherwise introduced any other foods... and strangely, i'm not missing the greek yogurt & honey like i thought i would!

good luck! you'll enjoy it!

Namrita O'Dea said...

Funny, I was most worried about the Greek yogurt too. It must have addicting properties. I don't miss it at all anymore. Make your own almond milk at home - put it in coffee. Then you also have the nut meat to use in other recipes.