The beginning!

I am what they would call an emotional eater... I guess. I eat when i'm happy, when i'm sad, when i'm bored, when i'm full, pretty much anytime there is food in reach it's most likely going to end up in my face in the very near future. Literally right now, just finished a very nice dinner with some friends at Lazy Dog restaurant and left very satisfied, walked home, sat down and I am eating a cupcake... Two to be exact. To be fair they are mini cupcakes, but we did get a dozen and there are more from where these two came from. ANYWAYS, enough of my shameful eating habits, I have decided to start the Whole 30 body cleansing. I will be eating meals that will consist of nothing tasty, lol Just kidding. It will be no sugar (I KNOW!!) no gluten (whats a gluten) no carbs (pasta...Sigh) and theres more, I just don't have the heart to mention anything else I will be cutting out for the next 30 days.
So you might be asking, what can you eat, which is exactly what I asked myself. I can eat meat, and fruits and veggies and spices and anything that isn't processed, laced in sugar, this is basically a more intense version of Paleo if you are familiar with that life style. 
When this new way of eating was introduced to me, I was very hesitant, to even talk to the person who mentioned it to me ever again, but after looking up on it I thought it might be nice to try. I am not someone who does well at "diets" I've done the shakes (this bitch needs food), I've done the calorie counting with Weight Watchers. Which I am not at ALL saying anything against weight watchers, it has helped a LOT of people and I myself lost a bunch of weight on it when my mom would feed me that food and it was a battle of eat or starve at home, so the lesser of the two evils was the food she gave me, but I don't have the patience it takes to calorie count since I would be doing it myself now. I like flavor, lots of amazing flavor, give me flavor and something hot to eat I'm not a rabbit, don't give me Kale and a squeeze of lemon, you'll get your face ripped right off. Give me food! Give me food that will make me happy and not make me feel like I'm on a "diet". Give me flavors, and let me eat until I'm full, which I feel the Whole 30 is a perfect combination of these things. I used to cook as well for a profession so I enjoy the farmers market shopping experience and the trying new recipes out, trying new foods and flavors out. I will be trading in my butter for Ghee and my heavy whipping cream for coconut milk, but it'll still be tasty. 
I have tried a few recipes to see what I am getting myself into and I must say I am not too angry about the flavors.

Growing up for me food was the old classic, Protein, carbs and or starch and a sauce to tie it all together. Mom would usually make veggies and I would usually pass on them, or avoid them at all cost if they should find they're way onto my plate. With the whole 30, my plate will be laced with the green stuff, yummy proteins and a huge punch of flavor. Today was my last day of indulgence and indulge I did, perhaps slightly too much, but tomorrow starts a new day. I will be doing this with my girlfriend/neighbor/bestpersonever, she is very healthy and active and gorgeous and she makes me SICK! But she loves me and she is just looking out for me.

A few things I am not looking forward too, cutting out all the foods I love... A few things i am VERY exited for, the way I will feel cutting out all the things that make me sluggish during the day, not falling pray to everything sugar, and at the end, re introducing things into my diet slowly to understand how they make me feel and how my body reacts to certain things. I also want my blog to help people who are not health conscious, or active or doing anything of the proper "health things" right now CAN start with the whole 30. Although it sounds tough to cut all those things out, I want to prove that I CAN do this, and I will, and I hope it will inspire others to at LEAST try it, or try some of the recipes I will be posting that ARE whole 30 approved, and they can maybe replace some spaghetti nights or even just add some variety.

I hope you can join me on my adventures through my body cleansing on the inside, and hopefully make this chubby girl slightly less plump (or a lot less plump) *reluctantly tosses away remaining mini cupcakes*

I can do this....