the first week of Whole 30

so- for an entire week i have been
-sugar free(including honey and syrup)- any form of added sugar.
-dairy free
-alcohol free
-grain free
-carageenan free
-legume free(including peanuts *sniff*.
-white potato free

and i'm somewhat bored.  but i blame lack of a clear shopping list for the week.  i kind of just went into the store monday and bought meat and veggies and whatever else for the rest of the family and left considering it done.  but as i gather my building blocks to create a meal three times a day i'm left thinking, "put the protein in the pan, put the fat in the pan, get some veggies, ok done, put into mouth"
and so the last few days have been "meh".  there are a few highlights.  roasting sweet potatoes with hazelnuts continues to be delicious.   and kombucha is yum.  and the batch of cortido i made is ready and  is also something that i love to add to my meals.  yay for yummy probiotic vehicles!
green olives are my yummy post swimming snack since swim team began monday.  and i bought some almond butter so i can have it topping an apple when the days seems too long and between meals seems to stretch forever.  but overall i am doing much better about not snacking and feeling peckish.  i'm loading my plate at meals so i can make it to the next one and so alice has enough to pick from.  she eats about three toddler handfuls of my plate at each meal.

i think something that has been hard is thinking of others during this time.  at the store i couldn't say whether we were in need of butter or not.  nor cheese.
i've always just bought what i thought was yummy or nutritious and enough for all to share.  but since reading the book- and understanding precisely how certain food groups make your body systems go haywire- specifically endocrine- has made me realize i need to reassess.  and i think gently try to shift the rest of the family over the next few months.
but this month is for me.  my body deserves it.
my dad asked me why i was doing it and i went through all my reasons.
i desperately want to reset my gut.
i want more energy.
i want to give my body what it needs to be healthy.
and my body deserves it.
and he laughed.  my mom has always taught that that type of thinking is selfish.  but she isn't the paradigm of health- nor of spirituality.  so i've stopped taking cues from her awhile ago.  but it seems, sadly, my dad still carries it on.