Day 1 of Whole 30: Pretty Sort Of OK I guess

I wish I had something interesting to report about today, my first day of eating according to the Whole30 Program. But so far I've had no big revelations -- not that I expected any -- and the main side effect I've noticed is a small dull headache and some pretty significant cravings for a Coke with a Hostess Cupcake.

Yeah, no big shocker there.

Coffee made with coconut milk instead of cream and sugar is still pretty good. 

I'm doing a ton of cooking and a ton of dishes. Like, seriously, the dishwasher is running ALL THE TIME.

I keep hearing about mysterious things people tell me I need to find, like "coconut aminos" and "compliant bacon." (Side note: Compliant Bacon is my new band name.) There's a metric TON of information out there about how to rock a Whole30 -- too much information, I"m finding. I just read a Facebook post from a women who's about 17 days in and mistakenly ate one kernel of corn. She wants to know if she needs to start over.

I will never be that person.

Here's a few photos of what I've eaten so far today:

* Breakfast (photo on left): Trader Joe's sausage sauteed with onions and roasted peppers, two scrambled eggs with tomatoes and avocado, two cups of coffee.

* Lunch (photo on right): Grassfed ground beef sauteed in homemade taco seasoning, served over spinach with onions, tomatoes, salsa, and a handful of olives.

* Dinner (currently cooking): steak that I picked up yesterday from the farmer's market, smashed potatoes with garlic, roasted carrots.

I think the carrots moved from roasted to burned. We'll see. I generally never eat carrots so I need to find some good recipes.

Day one is almost in the books. It'll get tougher, but hey, I'm a bit tougher too.