No sugars or grains. No dairy or legumes. Yep, I’m doing the Whole30 for the next 30 days. Here’s how it’s going: 

Oh, life-giving nut butters.

On Day 4, I felt so wretched that I finally broke the Whole30 rule of “no calorie-counting” and counted those calories, and I wasn’t eating nearly enough. By 200 to 300 calories every day. So I looked over the list of approved foods again and decided to spend the cash for some sugar-free, preservative-free nut butters.

Worth every penny. 

Yesterday and today have been so much better. My appetite has leveled out (just a little hungry before bed), my will to live has come back, and I’m sleeping like an Olympic sleeper – falling asleep earlier and staying asleep throughout the night.

It’s so good.

I think I’m actually going to live through this.

What I Ate on Days 5 and 6:

• Breakfast: Veggie omelet (onions, peppers and spinach) and a banana
• Lunch: Grilled chicken salad with lettuce, tomato and avocado
• Snack: Apple with sugar-free almond butter
• Dinner: Grilled pork tenderloin, baked sweet potato, steamed green beans