Whole-ish 30 Day 5

So, we bailed on Whole 30. Kinda. We've both felt terrible for the last five days. Foggy, tired, cranky. None of it fun. We wanted to try the Whole 30 challenge as a way to improve our health, and while it may have in the long run, we don't have a month we can give up to feeling extra exhausted. We've decided instead to focus on whole, healthy foods, continuing to eliminate grains, sugar and dairy (with the exception of coconut sugar in Greg's coffee, Splenda in my tea, and heavy cream in both.)

We also went to the coffee shop and got a giant iced sugar-free white coffee. We both feel SO much better. I even had the energy to cook dinner, Beef gravy (made with tapioca starch.) Baked potatoes fried in the pan.  And a huge bunch of kale sauteed with olive oil, salt and lemon juice at the end.

We were SO HAPPY to get coffee.

This isn't "in the spirit" of Whole 30. They intend for you to follow their plan completely, no exceptions, no excuses. Maybe trying this in the middle of one of my Epstein Barr flare-ups was a bad decision. I think if we had the time to devote to the method, no matter how we were feeling, we would have pushed through.