Day 30

It doesn’t seem like it has already been 30 days. And it is a relief to be here, but at the same time doesn’t feel like a triumphal accomplishment. I’m definitely not one of those people who do this for 30 days and never want to go back because my life is so much better now than it was a month ago. I miss foods, and not just sugary stuff, simple things like rice. 

Maybe that has something to do with the enthusiastic language of the authors of the program. Maybe that has to do with finishing on a travel day. Maybe that has to do with needing more than 30 days to get to where I want to be. Maybe that has to do with the fact that I know that finishing this well means at least another 10 days of gradually reintroducing foods. 

Tomorrow we will do something with tofu and soy sauce for dinner. Hopefully we don’t turn instantly bloated and feminine from the phytoestrogens. 

I have decided that travel days are much more challenging than actually being on vacation. Thankfully we got home in time to have a normal evening of cooking and getting ready for tomorrow, but that came at the end of a day of flying a baby home. We are all extremely tired. 

Speaking of cooking. We made cauliflower mash tonight. It was excellent!

  • Breakfast: hash 
  • Lunch: chicken and butternut squash
  • Dinner: cauliflower mash with chicken curry 

Day 27

Traveling is rough on Whole30. Restaurants in the airport like to lure patrons by wafting smells out into the walkways. It was interesting how much more sensitive we both were to it than usual. The scent I picked up on most prominently was ketchup. 

Also, it is spring break season, so the airport security lines were CRAZY! But in the end we made it to our plane and there was only one other person behind us. The baby did great, except for some tired crying toward the end of the flight. 

We had plenty of snacks with us- gorp and Larabars. And we had leftover steak and veggies from yesterday for our meal. Upon arrival we made a grocery run and our room has a kitchen in it. We should be set. It will just be strange to not go out for fun and delicious foods while we’re out traveling and having an adventure. 

  • Breakfast: egg cups
  • Lunch: salad
  • Dinner: leftover steak and veggies

This morning there was snow to shovel at our house. Tonight we are sleeping a few hundred yards from the ocean. 

Day 26

St. Patrick’s Day: another reason for treats at work. 

Tomorrow we leave for San Diego for a long weekend. Traveling with this diet and a baby in tow might leave us hurting for another vacation when we get back. But the good news is that we’ll be reintroducing foods at that point. 

  • Breakfast: egg cups
  • Lunch: leftover sliders and salad
  • Dinner: steak and veggies