Food porn

The why...

I'm sure everyone has their own reasons for doing Whole 30. 

You want to loose a few pounds. 

It's the trendy diet right now. 

You have some health ailments which could be helped by detoxing. 

You lost a bet. 

Your spouse dragged you into it. 

For me I have gotten several diagnosises in the past year but no lasting solutions. While medication has helped to keep some of the symptoms under control it always seems like they are just keeping things at bay not fixing the problem.  When you find yourself in the abyss of chronic illnesses things shift from "take this medicine and you will be back to your old self" and instead they say "take this plethora of drugs and see which is worse to live with, the illness or the side effects of the drugs."

I am a believer that our bodies are powerful and meant to be in balance. You get a cut and your body automatically goes to work to repair it. There is so much new information coming out about our gut and healing our gut. By doing this we help the other systems in our bodies to function at their best. 

So I embarked on the Whole 30 journey to eliminate the crap in my diet and see I I felt any different. 

I'm not writing this to tell you I am the new poster child for Whole 30 and all my raving successes. 

But I will say the thing I walked away with and that has impacted me the most was a new found addiction to gorgeous food. 

I went to France in high school and remember vividly walking into all the patisseries and seeing the decadent pasteries, fresh baked breads, fruit tarts, and chocolate filled croissants. The smell was intoxicating. This my love of baked goods was born. 

When I found out I was majorly gluten intolerant I mourned the loss of all the gluten filled goodies I could no longer enjoy. I would walk into a bakery and practically break out in hives. While there are some amazing gluten free substitutes I lost that love of those foods I cherished so much. The pain they caused was to high a price to pay. I slipped into a food rut. You know the one I'm talking about. Where you make he same 5 meals every week. Your family rolls their eyes that you are having spaghetti...again. You are uninspired and unenthused about food. 

When I began Whole 30 all of that changed. It forces me out of my boring, hum drum, blahze attitude and forces me to try new things. And the flavors that came alive as a result were inspiring to me.