365 True Things: 253/Crunch

We are on day 22 of this Whole30 diet: only eight days to go. It's been fine. Though both of us are tired of "having" to eat three meals a day. And I've gotten a tad weary of butternut squash and yams. But all in all, it's felt healthy and we've had no negative side effects.

By the same token, neither of us feels any "magic." I'm pretty sure I haven't lost weight, and I don't feel any extra bounce in my step to speak of. I may be sleeping a bit better, and I do feel motivated lately to get things done—but whether that's the diet's doing I can't say. I think it's a combination of things.

Oh, ha ha, now that I look at the book, it says that day 21 (interlude) can be characterized as "I am so over this." So I'm a day late. They attribute this feeling to "food boredom."

I'm not exactly bored—there are plenty of interesting recipes out there for meat and vegetables. Indeed, just yesterday David made a fabulous kale, potato, and turkey soup.

I do have to say, though: one thing I truly am missing is crunch. Carrots, celery, and apples just don't have the same crunch factor as chips—tortilla, potato, sweet potato, even taro; pretzels; rice cakes; crackers; butter cookies; wasabi peas; fried wontons. Oh, just the names of those deliciously crunchy foods sound so lovely!

But for now, I'll have to find my crunch in, yes, carrots, celery, and apples—and the odd nut.

It could be worse . . . And, the end is in sight!