Today we embarked on a journey to better health by starting the Whole30 program. 30 days eating a clean paleo diet. A palm sized amount of protein, a thumb sized portion of fat, and fille the rest of your plate with veggies. You can include a palm sized portion of fruit if you desire.
In April of this year my wife and I did the "Quantum Wellness Cleanse". 21 days with out sugar, animal products, gluten, caffeine, or alcohol. I felt a little better but there was nothing in it for me in terms of digestive health and the pain of ulcerative colitis. Though I know that my wife liked it better as it was no meat. At this point I am trying to find what works for me and kind of feel like I am dragging her in 1000 directions to find that "good-fit". You can read about it here: http://ourquestforsuccess.blogspot.com/2013/04/21-day-cleanse.html
Yesterday was an awful flare day full of agonizing pain in the abdomen and back. I laid on the floor with a heating pad tossing and turning and sleeping to just make it through. I ate some saltine crackers, plain rice, and later in the day some sweet potato hash and eggs for dinner.
Today I woke up feeling better than yesterday. Still achey and tired but better. I weighed to see if there is any difference between the start and finish of this process at 199.0 lbs. Breakfast was leftover sweet potato hash with kale, eggs, and black olives. Lunch was field greens, with black olives and steak sauteed with olive oil, s&p, and balsamic vinegar. Dinner was chicken (marinated and sauteed with fresh cilantro, diced jalapeno, olive oil, s&p, lime juice), kale, onions, tomato. With a side salad of field greens topped with homemade guacamole (1 avocado, thin slice of white onion, 1/2 jalapeno, 1/2 roma tomato, lime juice, s&p) some baby carrots and sliced cucumber.
I have and do not feel bloated or stuffed. I am satisfied and probably still have eaten more than I should. I will work on cutting back the portions as the days and weeks come. I will hold off on working out for a few days and maybe even a week as I am out of meds and dont want to push my body after that horrific flare.
Our meat is not completely following the guidelines as the steak and hamburger are from Sam's Club but it is a start. You can only cut out so much at a time and the cost to buy grass and grain fed meats is crazy.
http://whole9life.com/book/ISWF-Meal-Planning-Template.pdfwhole9life.com/book/ISWF-Meal-Planning-Template.pdf
Bring it on. How hard can 30 days be?
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