In case you haven't noticed, I have not blogged
any of Mommom's recipes during the month of November. Why? Because Matt and I
were on a detox/diet/cleanse called Whole30. Most (if not all) of Mommom's
recipes are not Whole30 compliant, so I needed to take a hiatus. I'm going to
use this post to give you an insight into our journey.
Who? It was my idea, but Matt was along for the journey and I
honestly could not have done it without him doing it too.
What? Whole30.
Where? Definitely easier to stick to it
and eat a decent amount of good food if we just stayed home (which we did most
of the time, favorite recipes at bottom), but we chose to continue to live our
lives also.
- Disney - I knew this was going
to be hard because my go-to meal there is chicken nuggets or a cheese
burger. Both of those were out. At Hollywood Studios there's a "quick
service" restaurant called ABC Commissary. They have the option of
green beans as a side, so I was able to order a bun-less, cheese-less
cheeseburger with green beans without too many odd looks thrown my way. At
the beginning of November, my parents were camping at Fort Wilderness
Campground and one of the places we eat when we stay there is Trial's End
breakfast buffet. When we got there I asked the waitress about the
scrambled eggs in case milk or butter was added to it. She didn't know,
but brought out one of the chefs that answered all my questions and even
made Matt and I special eggs that we could eat! It was an awesome
experience!
- Bridal Shower - One of my friend's
bridal shower was in the middle of this quest and I was a little worried
about sticking out or appearing rude for not eating the food. I didn't
have anything to worry about. They offered plenty of fruit, veggies, and
ice water. My plate and cup were full. I think my biggest fear was people
accusing me of being pregnant because of my lack of wine. I don't think
anyone noticed at all.
- Work: Work wasn't very hard
for me. A couple of times someone offered me chips or cookies and I would
just decline not wanting to get into why I didn't want any. I mostly just
packed my lunch. We also packed Matt's lunch, but since he works 24 hour
shifts he had more meals to eat there. They eat dinner as a
"family" and therefore he's not always in control of what's for
dinner. He told enough people about what he was doing, so he maybe only
had a few meals where the protein was all he could partake of.
- Restaurants: We ate a couple
restaurants while on this. It wasn't always easy, but we made it
work.
- Chipotle - I had read
on many blogs that Chipotle was a good place to eat while on Whole30. We
had the Carnitas over a bed of lettuce and I had them load on the
guacamole and salsa. If we went again, Matt would need to order double meat. It wasn't very filling for him.
- 5 Guys - Their burgers
are made of just meat. Nothing else added. I ordered mine wrapped in
lettuce (super messy) with mustard, grilled onion, grilled mushrooms, and
hot sauce. Very yummy!
- Outback - Steak! We
told our waitress we were lactose intolerant so they wouldn't add a pad
of butter to our steak (nor bring us out bread and butter). We had it
with steamed broccoli and a baked potato.
Why? Of course I wanted to lose
weight, but I picked Whole30 because I really wanted to just feel better too!
I have really bad acid reflux and a
poor digestive system (thanks dad...) that is so often and so bad that it
frequently causes me to choke, cough, and/or vomit. I knew I made it worse
by my meal choices and just being overweight in general. I also would get
headaches and migraines weekly for an unknown reason. It took maybe three days
on Whole30 before all of those symptoms stopped. Not only did it help me
succeed in the reasons I did the program, it helped us in areas I
didn't even know it could. I felt so much better that it was almost
unbelievable that just changing my diet would lead to such a drastic change in
my life and attitude. I had read about some couples that had a hard time
getting along during the program because of giving up their favorite foods, but
we got along better. We were able to love ourselves more and therefore love
each other better.
I really can't wait to do this again. January
can't come soon enough! My parents are going to do it too and I know they're not
looking forward to it, but I'm excited for them!
If you have any questions, please ask!
Some of our favorite recipes:
