If a Caveman could do it....

Dear Bread and all my favorite desserts,
  We had a long run.  31 years together.  Well - maybe more like 30 years, because I don't think I was ingesting you straight from my day of birth.  Bread? You have made the wait for my meals when I am out seem shorter.  You are the walls of my lunch cuisine.  You make butter and jelly possible.  Bagels  - you lit up my Friday mornings.  To Chocolate cake? What would birthdays be without you and your heavenly goodness?  Your presence on my birthday is present enough.
 But it's time we part ways.  Little do you know that after I chow down on you, I get this heavy feeling in my stomach - but it's not the good kind.  I feel bloated, tired, and just want to curl up and nap.  Is that the way love should make you feel?  I don't think so.  2013 is the year we separate.  It's not you - it's me.  I just think I have outgrown you.  I don't think my body can handle you and your temptation any longer. I just keep expanding and expanding, and not in ways I am proud of.
I hope you understand. 

Always in my heart just not in my tummy,
Kara


This is my breakup letter to wheat and processed foods. For the next 30 days I am going on the WHOLE30. Can I do it? I hope so. It will be hard, and there will be days I just want to come crawling back, but I think this is what I need. A clean split.  Breakups don't have to be drawn out.  I said my goodbyes, and I will try not to look back.  I think it's better for everyone around.

 I've had the good fortune to have read, It Starts With Food.  Unable to remember the ubber amount of information, I'm fortunate that my husband retains most of the things I gasp and inform him of. Otherwise, I would constantly stand with the fridge open, questioning, "Can I eat that? What about this?" So is my life.
One of my friends, decided to get on the Whole30 bandwagon without doing her homework. Sometimes that works.  The first and failed time I tried, I went blindly in.  I went in because Mr. wanted to do it and I thought it would be "fun".  snort. Really. I am not kidding.  The first time I quit after 13 days, so this time around I plan to stick it out.

Whole30 = 30 day nutritional challenge
(If you know me personally, you know I love challenges. and prizes. My prize for this challenge is hopefully fitting into my pants again!)

What you need to know about WHOLE30 (The Do Nots of the Program)

• Do not consume alcohol. That includes any wines, beers, hard liquor.  Regular paleo eating allows you to drink tequila, but for the 30 day challenge - nothing with wheat or sugar.
• No dairy products Including any yogurts, sour cream, milk, and creamer.  I have not drank coffee in a week because I refuse to get used to black coffee.  yuck. 
• No wheat For me, this was a blessing. I definitely am effected by this.  Wheat is in pretty much everything!  This also means soy.  Yo no soy. 
• No sugar Sugar sugar everywhere.  I spent almost an hour looking at tea ingredients in ShopRite, trying to find a flavored tea without any form of sugar.  Sugar and artificial sweeteners.  Stevia leaf.  nada.  
• No legumes No beans.  Beans beans not so good for the heart.  And yes - the more you eat them, the more you......
• No MSG or sulfites
• No white potatoes  But sweet potatoes are wonderful!

This program is strict, but the end result will be worth it!