Finished a complete Whole 30 a few weeks ago!  Dropped 10 lbs in the process and showed myself I can stick to a goal if I work hard enough for it.  A great thing about it was I chose to complete this while I was completely out of my normal routine--off from work and doing a play at night (so my habits were out of whack anyway, a great time to start some new, better habits).

I had my depression meds increased a bit.  I'm anxious about my child switching to a new school and about increasing demands at my job--I will need to keep a lot of plates spinning in the air, like most moms, right?  So after moping around for a day or two as I get ready to return to work, I laced up my sneakers and went out to do Couch to 5K, Week 1, Day 1.  I just decided I must take control of my mood.

Off to run Week 1, Day 2 now.

Whole 26 update

I am leaner & meaner.  I did a Whole 26 without gluten, alcohol, grains, soy, legumes, sugar, or dairy.  And I dropped 10 lbs.!  

Am I going to dietary h-e-double-hockeystick for making it a Whioe 26 instead if Whole 30?  I hope not, because a lot of good came of this month-long whole food fest:

1. Il dont need wine/pasta/bread daily to get through busy weeks.

2. Spaghetti squash is awesome!  Coffee is still awesome!

3.  Processed food and grains bring me down in every way--mood-wise, bloat-wise.

My pot belly is closer to gone, my pants fit more closer to fine...

Ok I feel a twinge of guilt for not pushing through it for 4 more days, but I never, ever thought I could eat clean for this long.  

My happiness project.  January was about food, real food.  In terms of taking over my happiness and well-being, what will February be about?  Music?  Exercise?  Reading?  Stay tuned...

New Year, Whole 30?

Can I do it?

I'm bloaty.  Tired.  Rushed.  Overstimulated and overtired from December.  Something has to give.

I did 10 days of Paleo last summer when I was not working FT.    My major concern (besides no grains or gluten) is my realistic ability to shop frequently, plan and prepare real food each day while working FT and running a Cub Scout den, starting to perform in a folk duo, and perform my daily minivan route to and from kid activities. I won't be able to just open a box of Hamburger Helper if I get short on time.   My Paleo trial last summer yielded some benefits, the biggest of which is that I still to this day drink my coffee black.  But it was a lot of food prep work as well.

So today, the first day I've had all December to finally reflect, I've just about decided to try it.  I'll want to set myself up for success from the get-go, so I'll need to precook things on the weekend so I can just grab & whip up during the week.  Sounds so doable now that I'm off for a week, but I'm nervous about getting it done when life returns to normal next week.  

I'd like to give it a try starting January 2, I'm about 95% decided to do it...