The Start

Day 1:

Out the door with a banana and my big jug of ice water. Normally I would have added a breakfast bar, but not allowed on the diet. I'm going to miss my diet Mt. Dew.

For lunch ran to the local Albertson's to get something to eat. It shouldn't be that hard, right? Grabbed a big tub of lettuce then off to the dressing. Every single bottle contained some sort of oil that wasn't allowed on the diet. Fine, I'll grab a can of tuna. So I started reading the tuna cans. Tuna packed in oil all had soy or other veggie oil - not allowed. The ones packed in water contain vegetable stock - read the fine print and it contains soy. Screw it, I'll go grab some turkey meat from the deli section. All had soy or sugar on the ingredient list. WTH? I got appointments starting in 10 minutes so I got to get back to the office. I'll just eat my dry lettuce if I have to. The line to check out was 7 people back so it looked like I was skipping lunch today.

Conclusion - if you don't make your food without growing it in your own garden, or butchering it yourself, it's not on the Whole 30 diet. This is really going to suck.

Day 2:

I've decided that I have to make this diet work for my "real world". The Whole 30 folks say you have to avoid hidden soy and sugar in the ingredient for the duration of the challenge. I'm having trouble believing that little bit of soy in the vegetable broth in the can of tuna is really going to make a difference in my success or failure of this challenge. I'm going to make smart choices, read lables, and make extra food at night so I've got something to eat for lunch.

This diet is sometimes going to take planning and extra effort. I'm going to miss my grains, dairy, sugar and alcohol. But I'm going to make this work.