Day Twenty-Eight

Can you believe we are two days away from completing this program?! I mean it when I say that the time has flown. Yes, we are ready to relax a little bit from the worry of whether a non-compliant ingredient may be hidden in something, but we are so happy we went through this process together.

Breakfast: Sweet Potatoes, Applesauce, and Scrambled Eggs with Spinach and Green Peppers
Lunch: Seared Scallops, Oven Roasted Cabbage, Side of Strawberries, Bananas and Pineapple
Snack: Homemade LaraBar
Dinner: Crockpot Pork Roast, Roasted Cabbage, Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Sweet Potatoes
Snack: Salted Cashews and Applesauce

Do you remember one of my first posts about why I am doing this blog? Twenty-eight days later those same reasons still apply, and many more have been added. I cannot tell our friends and families enough how much their support through the Whole30 has meant to us. But what means SO much more to me, is that our commitment to this and sharing it all through the blog has influenced some of you to make changes in your eating habits. Our thirty days is almost over, but the blog is just beginning. Your feedback, questions and interaction has been my biggest reward through this journey, and it's something I see no end in sight for. The Hartwig's talk about "non-scale victories" being what should drive you. They want people to break past the mentality that a number on a scale is how you should determine health. And they are right. Health is about so much more. It's about what's going on inside your body, your sleep, your energy levels, how your clothes fit, and most importantly how you feel. I'm not only sleeping better, have more energy, and can take my jeans off without unbuttoning them, but I have a new found sense of confidence, which I think is the best part of all.

Being back home on Day Twenty-Seven and Day Twenty-Eight were a little nerve racking for me. Not because we don't love seeing our families, but because throughout the past month, all of our food and cooking has been within our comfort zone; our kitchen. I was nervous that if I had forgotten to pack something specific from our house that this would throw a huge kink in our plan. I also feared the feeling of being a burden to our families since we were "restricted" in what we could eat. I could not have been more wrong. Jason's parents asked us to come cook breakfast for them on Monday morning, which we ere more than happy to do. His mom complimented the food and spent time in the kitchen with us, and his dad cleared his plate, but felt like corn was missing (which threw everyone for a loop. But hey, he ate it, which is way better than poptarts!)  We made lunch for ourselves, and even though my brother was eating Subway, he still asked a few questions and didn't seem completely turned off to our plates. And my mom had asked me to show her how I made the cabbage and brussel sprouts she had seen on the blog, so we cooked dinner and ate with her before hitting the road.

It was humbling to see how some of our nearest and dearest are not only interested in what we've done, but are taking small steps towards better decisions for themselves as well. For me, that's more than I ever expected to gain, but so very humbling to have gained it.