Day #10...My First "Social" Outing

It feels a little weird to be so focused on food, to be writing about it, and then sharing those experiencing with others. There is so much more to the "Davie" family than our meal routines or what wacky things we are experiencing as we go without sugar! What I know though, is that as I continue to blog about our experience with Whole30 as a family, others (friends) are starting to make changes in their lives, and that feels good! It always feels good to know that you've, "Done any Good in the World Today." I also know that as I document this journey I am appreciating it more. Every night when I take these 10 minutes to recap my day I feel successful in knowing that I can "report" a job well done! Today my success was attending Claire's weekly playgroup. At playgroup we always have a potluck lunch. Today I packed my lunch (spoiler alert...it was another yummy carnitas lunch with salad and mango, avocado, onion salsa!) and I also brought along something to share. I have a confession to make...I was "that" mom today...the mom who brought fruit! Whenever I went to playgroup before and a mom would show up with fruit I would always think to myself, "Nobody wants that!" What I know now is that people do want that, and people want their kids to want that! I felt a little guilty for all the times that I judged "those" moms, but I let that judgment go and basked in the fact that I am now happy to be one of "those" moms. As mentioned in prior blog posts, this is not my first "rodeo" with a "diet." I have been to social settings before on a "diet" and it has been miserable as I would longingly look at the spread on the buffet table. Today I can honestly (I would tell ya otherwise) tell you that I never even batted an eye at the mini Oreos and mini Nutter Butters. I ate my lunch and was A-Okay! It continues to be very strange to me that I am not having overwhelming cravings for either Diet Coke or sugar. I am not going to complain, but it is weird! I am also happy to report that during lunch at playgroup Claire chose fruit, and a lot of it! She did take a square of a pizza, but she did not eat it. Now when it came to the above mentioned cookies she did partake, and she would have eaten half the bag had I let her! But I gave her an appropriate portion and truly was okay! I am going to file our day under "success." Here is a quick recap of today's meals. For breakfast I had a no crust quiche full of ham, kale, broccoli and onion.

For lunch I had the good 'ol carnitas with salad and salsa. For dinner I had roasted chicken with a wonderful salad with blueberries, almonds and a drizzle each of EVOO and balsamic vinegar. Tonight was the first time I actually made mashed potatoes. You would have thought that my kids had died and gone to heaven! I mashed them with some homemade chicken broth, scallions and some minced garlic. They were delish! ~Jen

Ethan's favorite part of Whole30 is the protein!