Almost Go Time - Happy Halloween

My last candy treat for awhile - some chili flavored dark chocolate. I really feel as if I'm conforming quite well to this style of eating. It may be a little difficult to make the final adjustments, but I think I can do it. The one thing I'm not going to do is go full-tilt obsessed. If I'm eating out, I will make the safest choices that I can such as meat and vegetables. I will stay away from sauces but I will not worry if anything has been cooked in butter or something - it is, what it is. Good luck to me!

Whole30 Challenge - Setting Up

I've been ramping up to start my Whole30 challenge on November 1. For the past two weeks I've been shopping and stocking up on acceptable items. It is really depressing to find that most things have a forbidden ingredient or two. Even "all-natural" products seem to add sugar or soy or an oil that does not work. The next piece of this is that when you do find something that works, it's really expensive.

I've been having a lot of fun cooking as I haven't done that since my kids were little. We basically always eat crap or go out and eat crap. At this point, I'm a solid 14 days into about a 98% Whole30. There's a couple of things that I know I'm going to miss - regular mayonnaise (although I made homemade, I'm not sold on it yet), Diet-Rite cola and dark chocolate. But cmon, it will only be for 30 days and then I can put those things back in and stay focused on primal eating. Already I haven't missed the dairy or the grains that much.

So hang onto your hats....I've got two days left before GO time. (BTW, I will also miss having a glass or two of wine.)