Whole30 Day 1 (Round Two)

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June 1st, Day 1, Round Two

Why Round Two? Because I began the 30-day Whole30 challenge on May 1st and didn't survive the month (But I did lose 8.3 lbs in the first 7 days and felt GREAT and never felt deprived). With better planning and more disciple I could have (would have, should have) managed to stay on program for the entire month, but lack of planning along with too much traveling, and too many work events with catered lunches got in my way...
If you don't know about this Whole 30 cleanse, you can read it about on their website or through the book It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways . This isn't about losing weight, although that is a fabulous side-effect. Nope, this cleanse is about clean eating and eliminating foods that can cause leaky gut syndrome, inflammation, and other negative reactions to our bodies. But we're only eliminating for 30 days. Easy... right?

The Plan: Eat Meat, Eggs, Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, and Healthy Oils (Avocado, Coconut, etc). and Don't Eat: grains, dairy, soy, legumes (including peanuts), or sugars of any kind.



I put off starting this plan for a couple months because it never seemed like the right time to do it. Every month this year we've traveled for one reason or another. It's never an easy ideal time. But I guess that's how life goes and we can't put off life until life gets easier, we just need to decide what we want and make it happen? Even now, I'm starting off June 1st while out of town on vacation and visiting family we haven't seen in a long time.

The day started off with Breakfast in Austin at Kerbey Lane Cafe, and boy was I hungry, and a bit angry... I really wanted the peanut butter pancakes with bananas and nutella and a huge coffee with cream and sugar. But, since the BF agreed to do this challenge with me, and I really do want to do this challenge successfully, I skipped the bad stuff and got a veggie omelet hold the cheese and potatoes and english muffin. Served with two fruit bowls this was a delicious breakfast! Tim (the BF) raved about the egg white omelet with salmon.

After breakfast we explored the Nature and Science center at Zilker park. The kids had a blast seeing the coati, raccoon, and porcupine, and personnally I loved the owls! Definitely a great place to let the kids burn off steam and explore.

Since we had a late breakfast we figured we'd skip Lunch and have dinner with family in San Antonio once we got there, but we ended up visiting with some cousins in Austin, and couldn't turn down their organic lattes and banana bread... so yummy.

Dinner at the end of the day was beef and chicken fajitas, peppers and onions, guacamole, and tons of watermelon.