Mark Started Whole30

In order to lose some weight Mark started a whole30 on Monday. Usually it would be the type of thing we did together, but my diet is already so limited I honestly didn't want to commit to not having honey over the next 30 days (pretty much the only non-whole30 thing I am eating right now.)

The other reason I am not joining him is last time we did it together he lost 16 lbs and I lost 4. I was so upset, we weren't on speaking terms for about 1.3 seconds until I declared we would never do a whole30 together again.

I wasn't serious, but in hind site seems like a good enough reason to keep eating panna cottas, while he is at work, and my honey-sweetened brews.

Why Whole30:

• There are a lot of diets out there, and I haven't really ever seen one for weight loss that I liked better than whole30. 
• We know it works as we have done it before.
• It's isn't necessarily low-carb even with being grain and sweetener free. 
• No calorie counting! As someone who thinks plenty of healthy fats is important and have seen the healing powers of them, I am just not a fan of counting calories as fats often suffer.
• It focuses on eating nourishing foods, and not just following a list of rules. For a short period replacing comfort foods with new allowed foods is out. 
• It goes by the three large meals vs. the several small meals model which I have always preferred. 
• It's only for thirty days. Sure, you can do more rounds of it if you'd like, but it isn't saying you should always eat that way (i.e. not replacing comfort foods with healthier options).
• It is super easy for our meals to be whole30, just leave out the honey. Less work for me!

He is hoping to lose weight, and jumpstart eating less junk away from home. I am hoping that it will help him in those goals, but also am hoping it can help encourage me to stop the late night snacks with Mark. We have gotten into the habit of eating food right before going to bed whenever we are hanging out. That can affect sleep, and digestion, and honestly I don't need anything that even remotely gets in the way of either of those.

I also am looking forward to getting back into the habit of packing him his breakfast and lunch every day, something that I have not been so great about since Val was born and since feeding the girls became so complicated.