Facial explosion

I hope I caught your attention!

Last week, Forrest (at the gym) asked me if I noticed anything different since ending Whole30 and going back to eating some "normal" foods. I said no, not really, but carbs make me sleepy and cranky. He asked, "What about your skin or hair?" " Nope, no changes with skin and hair," I replied.

I was wrong! 2 weeks since Whole30 and I've since eaten oatmeal for breakfast, cookies at work, bits of chocolate here and there. And what do you know? I start breaking out like I did in high school again. Ahhhh!! Is this a sign? I think so! (AND it also tells me to listen to my coach more often. hehe)

I think I'm going to do Whole30 again, but I've gotten in trouble at work for heating up fish in the microwave (even though I turn on the fan to air out the lunch room and ask the people in the room if it is OK if I heat up the fish.) This leaves me with little alternative as to what I can eat at lunch that is paleo without resorting to meat. Hmmmm. Should I do Whole30 but with soy products? I'm still thinking about how to prep for this next round of Whole30, which I will start on November 1st. Some ways to prep and make this next round more fun is to incorporate different recipes, such as Roasted Kabocha Squash, Pumpkin Coffee Muffins and some yumminess from my recently purchased Paleo Comfort Foods. Even if you aren't doing paleo, this cookbook provides some great gluten-free recipes.

What's going on post Whole30?

Now that I've finished Whole30, people have asked me what I've done since? Have I kept up with the paleo diet? Go crazy with "regular" processed food, grains, soy, etc? Both!

I've tried soy one day, grains the next, trying to see how my body would react. One thing is for sure-- my body doesn't like carbs! No way. Last Friday I had some carbs (1/2 a donut and a sandwich) and felt like crap the rest of the day-- tired, couldn't focus, and ended up in an argument with D. If that's the road carbs/gluten are going to take me down, I don't want to go that way.

Soy is fine- stomach is OK with soy. Dairy is fine as well. What I've been doing now is trying to figure out what to do with my diet. I'm tired of salmon, I don't want to eat as much soy as I used to. I've only read about 20 pages of The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith, and my beliefs are already being challenged. I cooked bacon about a week ago (see last entry) and I felt so gross cooking it. Grease was everywhere and the smell of meat cooking was nauseating. (I'm fine going to KBBQ and people cooking meat in front of me, but when I'm cooking the meat, that's a different issue.) I get what Keith is trying to argue, but it is so hard to mentally digest. D and I went out for soon tofu and he ordered some pork bulgogi. I had a few bites, which were delicious. So I'm seriously confused. This blog might turn into a veggie/meat debate. What are your thoughts on the issue?

One thing I won't debate about- I made a delicious coconut pound cake today- extremely moist and tasty. Mmmm!