Whole 30 Day 22

We are sooooooo close. Almost done. I can practically taste the ice cream now. Like I said before, the premise of the Whole30 Challenge is 30 days of a Paleo-ish diet. After 30 days the idea is to reintroduce each of these eliminated foods one by one so you can gauge the effect it has on your body because it's pretty common for people to have intolerances to these foods and not even know it, causing inflammation, digestive issues, weight retention and a bajillion other things. But, some people DON'T have these intolerances....

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It's Friday Friday Friday

First of all, ^this happened^ as I pulled in to the parking lot of the office this morning... so clearly it's going to be the greatest day ever. This song which is technically offensive only makes me giddy with joy because I think of the below YouTube video every time and laaaaaaaaaaaugh and laugh. Although, one time the song started playing at my baby cousin's high school basketball game during a time out and my SEVEN YEAR OLD baby cousin sitting with me in the stands started singing every word (what she thought the words...

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Be Happy - P

I saw this little saying on one of my blogs and it kind of shook me up. What makes me HAPPY and is there a way to do more of it? Because of my commute, I have a loooooong work day. I'm going to start focusing on spending my limited free time on increasing my happiness. Obligations, chores and stress are for losers. Today's 5 things are brought to you by the letter P! These are the things I need more of in my life.  Painting - I get it from my mama. The walls of her house are like Everlasting Gobstoppers. Sometimes a girl...

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Weekend Update

Friday High: The crack/cocaine I'm pretty sure Texas Roadhouse sprinkled on my Dallas filet. I didn't feel like cooking and so D and I went on a mini-date for his birthday eve. I'm not sure how they cook their steaks... probably in a very un-Whole30 way... but I did. not. care. And yea. A chain restaurant steak was my Friday high. Work was a beating that day. Friday Low: Not finishing the project my team and I were working on ALL of last week. It looks like this coming week will involve MORE drawings, LOTS more excel spreadsheets and...

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Festival Fever

I... like the radio. I like to hear the same songs over and over until I know every single word. I'm still not sick of Call Me Maybe, if that gives you some idea of where I stand on 'musical taste'. Today, about 40 minutes in to my hour long commute, I thought I'd finally figured out how to sing. Then I turn the radio down and listened to myself and, nope, I'm still completely tone deaf. I just like happy music and I like to car dance. That being said, I wanna go to Coachella so so so so so bad. The experience would probably be wasted...

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Dust Bowl Blues

I was a pretty good kid. I got good grades and stayed out of trouble. I studied hard and got my degree and got a good job and I work hard. But this week was one of those weeks where I look around and ask myself, how did I end up here? I followed all the rules. I did what I was supposed to do. But this is just not what I imagined it would be! My life is so... Dangerous Secluded Dirty Sterile Disheveled Casual (I wore Nike shorts and an Astros tshirt to work Wednesday because I knew I'd be in coveralls...

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Chivalry Gone Wrong

My Mel and I were talking about awkward chivalry this morning. She was saying that she's not a fan of the 'ladies on the elevator first' move. While I don't mind this one as much (although the first few times I felt a little like they were wanting me to test out the integrity of the hydraulics holding the elevator up) but I understand what she's talking about. Sometimes it's an awkward inconvenience that could have been avoided if the dude just evaluated the situation and was like, 'actually, I'm kind of in the way this time. It would...

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Whole30 Day 10

I am 1/3 of the way through my Whole30 challenge. I haven't really written much about it because it's kind of confusing and boring at the same time, AKA the worst blog topic ever. Also, I seriously doubted I'd stick with it even this long. The rules are laid out in In Starts With Food, the book I mentioned yesterday. It's just a strict Paleo diet for 30 days. Also, no beans, legumes, grains, corn, or booze. And let me reiterate, NO SUGAR. At all. For 30 days. I accidentally drank half sweet/half unsweet tea on day 6. It's...

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