I am just a night's sleep away from starting this crazy huge food elimination diet. It's a 30 day elimination, which will proceed for months beyond the initial 30 days as I reintroduce foods back into my diet. It feels daunting and overwhelming. I have never denied myself much (I generally eat well and would consider myself to be a healthy person) but this girl can justify just about anything. For instance today alone I've had 2 cups of coffee, cake, ice-cream, wine, chips, pretzels and chocolate. All in the name of deprivation tomorrow of course. That being said, I may lack discipline.
That's where this blog comes in! I'm hoping that writing will help to not only hold me accountable but to see the humour on those days when I'll be tempted to rip my face off from frustration and limitation. This and mentally telling myself every day that I am doing a good thing for my body. Healing my digestion (which has had me not feeling great, tired and not digesting food well for awhile now). Short term (?) pain for long term gain (?). I don't think I'm convinced yet. But I'm trusting that I will be and that I will feel better. That I will have rocking rock solid two's and that I will have energy for my kids, who tend to suck it for them tiny selves.
This elimination is a paleo diet on steroids (an autoimmune paleo elimination). I do not have an autoimmune disease-the purpose is to eliminate everything the first time around, pay attention to your body, heal your digestion and figure out how foods affect you. So I will be eating good quality meats, cooked veggies, most fruits, good fats and white rice. My first fail has already happened when I went to buy white rice-and bought Calrose rice. What the H is that? In not my defence it was clearly labelled. It also has corn syrup in it. So fail one, on day negative one.
So here goes...after I finish eating my Lindt dark chocolate easter chocolates. I would hate for them to tempt me tomorrow.
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