The Whole30 Day 1

So, I have been wanting to start a Blog for Brian and me for a while now. I wanted to do it so we could share what was going on in our lives with our family and friends. I love to cook and craft and Brian loves theology. I knew we could each write post and one day look back on what God was teaching us, or what recipe I made, etc. So what better way to get in the habit of blog posting, than to take you on my Whole30 journey? So here it is....

Day 1

I guess I should start with explaining what the Whole30 is! The Whole30 is a nutritional program designed to change your life in 30 days. Simple right? You can be the judge! Certain food groups like sugar, grains, dairy, and legumes could be have a negative impact on your health. So how do you know these foods are having a unhealthy impact on you? You cut them out of your diet and reintroduce them back in your body one at a time after you have detoxed them all out. There are tons of proven benefits and testimonies from people who have completed lots of Whole30 programs. If you would like more information about the Whole30 program, you can go to www.whole30.com and there is also a book called "It Starts With Food", by the creators of the program.

Back to day 1. Today was not terrible. I did have a pretty bad headache around 6:30pm and I did not even try to work out. I do not think I ate enough earlier today. I will be more prepared tomorrow. For breakfast I ate 3 scrambled eggs and mid-morning I ate an apple. For lunch I had a salad with tomatoes and hard boiled eggs. I made a salad dressing using apple cider vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. This dressing wasn't very good, but I forced myself to eat as much salad as I could.  I also had 2 all-natural turkey hotdogs and mustard. They tasted very different, but I think I will get used to them! For dinner, Brian grilled deer cube steak (venison) and I made sweet potato fries (recipe below). We were going to have brussle sprouts with dinner, but my headache made that a no. Once I laid  down a while and ate dinner I was fine. Oh and I also had a peak moment today!! My boss made a co-worker a birthday pound cake (one of my favorite cakes). She made one for her to take home and one for the workers to eat, so during my lunch I sat next to a pound cake and didn't eat any!!

Sweet Potato Fries:

Ingredients:

1 sweet potato per person
olive oil
salt
pepper
garlic powder

*I always guess how much of each ingredient to use, always do less than you think, because you can always add more at the table!

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Cut potato in strips (as thick or as thin as you like). Throw you cut potato in a gallon size ziplock bag and pour a little olive oil in. Shake the bag and make sure all fries are completely covered. Next add salt, pepper, and garlic powder (if you have other seasoning that you think would taste good, try it!). One your fries are covered with seasoning to your liking, put them on a cookie sheet or pan (try not to overcrowd) and stick them in the oven. Bake until they are golden brown, turning occasionally.

Day 1-finished
29 days to go!

-Ansley