We live to eat

My husband and I LOVE to eat!

Who doesn't right?!

Instead of eating to live

we live to eat!

It is time to change that. 

To get reprogrammed and hopefully start us on a lifestyle 

change we are doing the Whole 30 program.

In a nutshell they say, "Think of it as a short-term nutritional reset, 

designed to help you put an end to unhealthy cravings and habits, 

restore a healthy metabolism, heal your digestive tract, 

and balance your immune system."

why are we doing this?

We are trying to reprogram our bodies/minds from wanting junk/overeating
 to being satisfied with healthier foods and smaller portions.
As Josh said, "He is a fat kid at heart."
We are no spring chickens with fast metabolisms anymore.

We are at an age where we need to start thinking

further down the road and our overall health.

We have big dreams and lots of things

we want to do in our retirement age but if we are overweight

and unhealthy with lots of issues not going to make that time as fun.

What do we eat?

Well we eat real foods such as meat, most nuts, vegetables and fruit

What can we not eat?

Everything else!

no sugar, no alcohol, no grains, no beans, no dairy, 

no white potatoes, and no carrageenan, MSG or sulfites.

Is it hard and difficult?

with planning and prep it actually hasn't been hard yet.

Well...actually all the dishes I have to wash from actually cooking

three meals a day has been rough and no creamer in my coffee.

The hardest part for Josh so far has been his night time snacking habit. 

Well I guess that is affecting us both a little. We like to snack while we

watch shows at night. We are missing that. We do grab fruit if we really "need"

something. We also watch cooking shows so that makes a drool a lot too.  

Josh has said that as long as he gets his meat he will survive.

He is looking forward to barbecuing up a storm this weekend.

I will be updating the blog weekly with our meal plans, recipes and pictures!

Along with following this plan I will be getting back into running in the mornings

after a month off. We were going to start this week but I got a dumb cold.