Whole 30 Day 1

It is 7:09pm on day 1 and I can say with confidence that this day was way more challenging than I anticipated. I knew it would be hard to go without diet soda, gum, sugar, etc. But to go without all of them at once was very difficult mentally. I didn't realize how much of my day and how many of my habits are built around acquisition of and consumption of artificially sweetened beverages and food items. I woke up feeling gassy and uncomfortable. That was probably a direct result of the farewell to sugar ice cream sundae we ate last night. I know it's exactly what they tell you not to do but we had inventory to clear out before the big day.


I was at our corporate headquarters all day so I was out of my comfort zone when it comes to food already. I thought it would work in my favor keeping me distracted from the Whole30. Instead it seemed to shine a spotlight on all the things I wasn't doing that I normally would have done. Thankfully by 3pm when a dreadful headache set in I was able to come home and have a small snack and brew some coffee to ward off the caffeine withdrawal from not having 2+ liters of diet pop sprinkled into my day.

My new favorite drinks - sparkling water & apple cinnamon tea

Fortunately we had planned one of our all time favorite meals for dinner. When I got home the smell of carnitas greeted me from the oven. We had a roasted sweet potato topped with carnitas, fajita veggies, salsa and guacamole. My husband makes the best guacamole and I love that the Whole30 makes eating it guilt free. I am feeling so full still that I'm sure skipping my ritual bedtime snack will not feel as hard as I thought it would on the first day.

Epic batch of guacamole!

I'm expecting the next few days to be pretty awful based on what I experienced today. Dustin is going to be in the same boat. I hope we can white knuckle through the hard stuff to get to the high energy, good sleep section of this process.

Tomorrow's menu plan is:

Breakfast - egg bake w/ spaghetti squash, salsa, guacamole

Lunch - repeat of dinner tonight

Dinner - meatballs, spaghetti sauce, spaghetti squash

Snack - I am bringing almonds and a hard boiled egg in case the midafternoon blood sugar low hits me again.

Only 29 more days to go!!