You may remember when I did the book review for It Starts With Food I said I need to do another Whole 30. That’s where you eat only approved foods for 30 days so your body resets all its wrong messages.
That sounds restrictive, I know, but a blogger who eats this way made a list the other day of the foods she can eat–she got 319. Then her commenters added to that list. It’s really not as restrictive as it sounds. You mostly just don’t eat grains or beans or dairy. That leaves a lot of meats/fish/poultry/eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts & seeds, and fats you do eat. Just think how many meals you could make from a list of 319 foods without ever repeating anything. Then add spices to that list and you get an infinite variety of meals.
There’s a large group of people who are going to do this in August so as to support one another. So, I’ve decided to join that group and Dave is, more or less, going along for the ride. That means he’s agreed to only eat right food at home and to dispose of any wrappers from the car before coming in. 🙂
Doing a Whole 30 starts with you cleaning out your refrigerator and cupboards of all the not-quite-OK foods. So here’s the food we need to eat before July ends tomorrow.
Not too bad really. But, I sure was surprised to learn my cans of tuna and tomatoes had not acceptable ingredients in them. The snacks and potatoes are not allowed for the next 30 days. The potatoes will probably come back then but I’m hoping the snacks won’t.
So here’s our pantry after the clean out. Still plenty of good food to eat.
Our refrigerator door did not fair as well. Here’s the not OK foods.
Lots of dressings and toppings that have the wrong types of oils in them.
That left only this.
So we went grocery shopping at our nearest co-op store today and stocked up on fruits and vegetables and some new brands and types of ingredients. I forgot to take a picture of our purchases before we put them away. But we are now ready to eat a lot more healthful food for the next week or so.
Which is just the beginning of our 30 day reset. I’ll let you know how it goes.
TTYL,
Linda
I so need to get back on track. This summer has really been a disaster with all the people around to go out with. Maybe when we get back on the road next month I can do better for us.
That was cute about Dave hiding the wrappers. I think we all have our weakness foods and as long as they aren’t in front of us we aren’t tempted. Lots of luck but I know you’ll be just fine.
I can’t even think about getting back on track till we get out of here. Too many family and friend get togethers.
Good luck. I am interested t hear how it goes.
Whatever you do, don’t look at my blogs right now. You’ll be sorry.
Key Lime Pie IS acceptable…isn’t it?