R1D1 Whole 30 July 22, 2019

I prepped my food for the first 3 days yesterday.  I have enough lunches and breakfast to get me started.  Greg and Nathan are joining me in this venture.  We'll have no dairy, grains, soy, gluten, sugar, alcohol, legumes for 30 days.  That basically leave protein, vegetables, and some fruit.  We can have some condiments too, but they have to be Whole 30 compliant.  I found that shopping for the food was semi-easy.  Kroger had most of what I was looking for, but compliant foods are much more expensive.  $8.99 for a small jar of mayo!  At the end of 30 days we'll have 10 days to work to add foods back in and try to understand which ingredients are causing inflammation, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches, digestive issues, etc. We may even loose a few pounds since we're cutting out most sugars.

So, day one went fine.  Food prep was a big help.  I ate breakfast and took my lunch to work.  Then got invited out to eat to celebrate a co-workers birthday.  I went.  I chose a salad from the menu and asked for no cheese and no dressing.  I used fresh lime for my dressing and had some avocado slices on the side.  It was very good and I left the restaurant not feeling full and bloated like I usually would have. Supper was good, except Nathan doesn't like potatoes.  I'll have to think of another compliant starch for him.