day 13....and the end?

I havent posted much this week. The week itself was insanely busy, I did a cake for a friend's shower on Monday.
Tuesday I went to with the 8th grader choir to "sing to the elders" we walked down to a local retirement/assisted living home and they sang a few songs to the people who lived there. They are a talented group!
Wednesday and Thursday we had CMAS testing at school (because, ya know, TCAP is not enough)
not enough testing!!)
Friday we had a 6th grade field trip. All of these trips and testing are messing up my teaching schedule.
I made it through the week ok, cooking dinner and packing my lunch until Friday. We left the school at 10:30 and walked over to the park,  which was fun for the kids but a problem for me. I usually (always) pack leftovers and heat them up at school. We were out of leftovers, and I couldnt bring a sandwich or anything else like that....I ended up with fruit and carrots and a boiled egg.

I was frustrated and hungry by the time I got home.

Saturday morning Geoff and I were trying to figure out meals for the week because we are on a super tight budget because we are doing the Dave Ramsey method for getting out of debt. I was in tears because we needed to buy cat food and cat litter and lunch stuff for Eli and so on and so forth. The Whole 30 is many things, but it is NOT cheap. Geoff asked me to please make some exceptions because our budget cannot sustain the required restrictions. For example, I was going to buy a bottle of coconut aminos (a soy sauce substitute) to make stir fry for lunches this week. Well a bottle is $6-8 at Sprouts. We only had $85 left after buying cat supplies this week....so thats upwards of  10% of our grocery budget. I just cant afford to continue.

I am going to have to go off-plan and go rogue. I am going to still eliminate all refined sugars, but not worry about sugar in meat products like bacon or sausage. I am going to eliminate all wheat, but eat minimal amounts of rice and corn (its amazing how much farther stir-fry goes with rice!!) etc. I looked up a bunch of tips and thoughts from Mark Sission who is one of the fathers of the paleo movement and am following his ideas as best as possible. i am going to restrict my dairy intake, but not worry about trace amounts of dairy or soy in things. I don't think I have any issues with legumes and believe if eaten correctly they can be a good source of nutrients, so I plan on reintroducing those first. I am very disappointed with my failure, but need to do what is best for my family. Sigh,
I hope I continue to see results with the addendum to the plan. So far I have lost 9lbs (as of last monday)