Day 25 & 26: Food Groups... What?

A Smörgåsbord of crap

Yet again I have not posted for the last few days... This week has just been a long week for me. And I am NOT finishing up my Whole30 very strong. Still lacking in the veggie department. It really does take a decent amount of prep to keep up with this routine. Yesterday I had extra time and I woke up and made this ground beef, egg, spinach mixture thing. It was okay but I don't think I would make it again. Plus it smelled funny. Tonight I cooked the Taj Mahal Chicken again, just because I really enjoyed that recipe and it was so simple. I need to thaw more meat though, because I am out...

With gas please (Euro style)

I feel like my experimenting in recipes and my blog have both been slacking. I started off funny, or at least roused up a little smile from those of you who read this, and now I it's just sad. I would hate to have my blog be boring as shit - but I feel like we've already reached that point. Like honestly, the most exciting part of my day was trying flavored sparkling water. La croix grapefruit. That was the most exciting part of my day? What in the hell is wrong with me? I enjoyed it so much that I seriously contemplated, and am still contemplating, going to Target to get some of the new summer release flavors. Yup. This is my life.

So lately I have been doing some research about Paleo and the Paleo diet, which is pretty much what the Whole30 is... Minus the Paleo approved desserts and snacks and stuff. The more and more "research" (if you can call Googling educational research) I did the more confused I was as to what is good/healthy for you. Eat meat because animal protein is great. Don't eat meat because there is no evidence it's beneficial to your heart. If you cut out grains and dairy you don't get the right vitamins. Cutting out carbs is bad. Cutting out carbs is good. Eat only lemons. Kale all day every day. Milk rocks. Milk rots your soul. Whole wheat is great, but it slowly eats away at your small intestine. At the end of the day it all makes my head spin. All I know is that the information and the way it was conveyed in It Starts With Food made sense to me.

Is this true?

You can live your life consumed with what you are consuming. But in the end it is ultimately up toyou what you decide to put in your body and why. I don't want to live my life constantly thinking about what foods I can or can't have. But at the same time I don't want to fill my body with chemicals and overly processed foods. It's a balance that I am struggling to figure out still. Once my Whole30 is up on Tuesday night, what am I going to start eating again? Cheese? Brown rice? Creamer in my coffee? Ahhhh. I wish the scientific community (aka nutritionists, doctors, the FDA, dietitians) got their shit together and just agreed on something. Oh, and that they would ban fast food restaurants because they're causing immense health problems in America and the rest of the world. But that conversation is for a different time.