Well, here I am, well into Day 2. So far, I'm not dead or miserable. In fact, this morning one of my students used the word "dyke" in class, and I didn't even lose my mind. So that proves I am fine.
Aaron and I ate dinner last night at Longhorn, and it was good, though not as good as when they pour that buttery lemon sauce over the steaks and asparagus. Aaron whined a lot, but I placated him with my feminine wiles (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
I wasn't that hungry when I got up this morning, which was a bit of a surprise, so I had my usual early lunch at about 11 - my delicious homemade spaghetti sauce. It was so yummy, and I was reassured by eating some of my typical food.
I cooked a chicken between work and school, something I have never been productive enough to do before, so SCORE! I'll have the chicken, and the brussel sprouts, tomatoes, and onions I roasted with it, for dinner.
And as a psychological side note, I thought you might enjoy knowing how Aaron and I both approach diets.
I do really well for a day or two, and then slowly slip. I am more confident this time because I quit smoking a month and a half ago, and now I feel that I can do anything, even keep my head when people say bigoted things in my class. So, surely I can give up blue cheese dressing and cupcakes. Anyway, I am unanimously (the two of us) voted most likely to "forget" the Whole30 and eat a piece of red velvet cake and drink a glass of champagne. I am also the most likely to take some of these habits into my regular life after the 30 days are up. I am also the most likely to be tolerable as company during the Whole30.
Aaron is the one who will finish this 30 days with no cheating. He wouldn't eat a piece of red velvet cake if a criminal held a gun to my head said it was eat the cake or he'd shoot me. He would gnaw his own arm off and eat it (it's paleo, after all) before he would even sniff a red velvet cake. And, if I wasn't here, he would just buy 40 pounds of ground beef, cook it all at once and freeze it in small portions, and eat it at every meal for 30 days. He is voted most likely to be diagnosed with OCD and most likely to actually finish what he starts. He is also the most likely to eat 4 candy bars and a bowl of pasta on day 31.
