Whole30 Derailed

I want to post about some other things, but I feel I must come clean about where I am with the Whole30 plan first. I have to admit it; I derailed. I don't care what they say; this IS hard! I hate excuses, but I will give you mine anyway. I got sick, and I didn't have a plan for when and if that happened. First it was the stomach virus, and then about two or three days after I was over that (and it was not a 24 hour thing) I then I got a cold. It shouldn't have been that big of a deal...just stick to the plan right? But my mind and body just gave in to the thing that I'm used to when I need something that's easy on the stomach: toast and cereal. I don't know about anyone else that's done this, but the thought of starting all over again is daunting. Even though I didn't make it the whole 30 days, I feel I did learn a lot from the 11 days that I did make it. Oatmeal, beans, and greek yogurt now feel like treats! So it was definitely a good kick start and has definitely made resisting indulgences like cupcakes and candy MUCH easier.

I don't know that I'll try it again. I don't plan on trying to eat 100% paleo, but we learned quite a bit more about nutrition while preparing and experiencing this. We've made some modifications; the bigs ones at first being incorporating back in oatmeal, beans, and greek yogurt.

I don't know if another Whole30 attempt is in my future, but at least for now the frequent trips to Muddy's, and the the unconscious participation in work potlocks is under control :-)