After waking up yesterday morning full of generic aches and pains, and having spent much of Saturday reading up on the Whole30 thing online, I decided to give it a try. One day at a time - totally not the way it's supposed to be tackled, but I guess that's my style to go and mess with a recipe the first time I make it.
Yesterday wasn't terribly well planned out. A baked sweet potato for breakfast, bunch of baby carrots and two more sweet potatoes for lunch (Thanksgiving remnants), and an applesauce pouch in the car on the ride home from Wintergreen, not having planned well at all. Stopped at Krogers on the way home, picked up salmon and a ton of vegetables, and dinner last night was a delicious perfectly cooked fish with thyme, and broiled squash, onions, and peppers. Yum.
Went to bed by 11 and woke up feeling fairly rested and less achy than 24 hr prior. Whether coincidence and random occurrence or placebo effect or real, definitely an improvement. I did NOT eat a large slice of Costco cheesecake before bed - was that the difference? Or just random variation?
According to the timeline, I've just made it through the "Day 1: So What's the Big Deal" experience. Yup, check. Now we're heading into the "Days 2-3: The Hangover" phase. Ohhhh lordy. Fortunately I don't have to go through caffeine withdrawal (tackled that a while ago) or other Diet Coke type withdrawal things, but the sugar withdrawal train is a-coming. Per the timeline:
Many Whole30ers report headaches, fatigue, and general malaise during this part of the program. This, my friends, is completely normal. Your body is working its way through a whole host of junk it stored from the foods (or food-like-products) you used to eat. This process lasts a day for some folks, but for others it can take a few days longer. Relax, drink a lot of water, and keep making good choices. - See more at: http://whole30.com/2013/01/whole30-timeline/#sthash.cktxHBqF.dpuf
I won't worry yet about the next part because for now, I'm just focusing on my Whole2 :)
Micro-goals and one day at a time my loves.
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