Gluten & Dairy Free Adventure
I am calling this an adventure, as I believe that is exactly what it will be for us. My husband, Ryan, and I are excited to kick start our goal to live an overall healthier lifestyle.
A little background on this new adventure:
I am one of those people who loves food. I love it. I love eating, I love going out to eat, I love cooking. My weight has fluctuated throughout the years (10-15lbs here and there), but I could always get back to my "happy weight" by slight changes in my diet to drop any added weight I had gained after a vacation, or over the holidays. Then I turned 28. Now, I know that this is still very young, but my body has decided that it doesn't want to drop the weight as easily as it used to. I have tried, low carb, low fat and counting calories, all things that in the past have easily worked for me, but the weight is not coming off!
I have a great friend who has motivated me to take a bigger step not just in my journey to drop my added pounds but also improve the overall health of my body and be more conscious about what I put into it. I hightly recommend checking out her website at laura-madden.com. She is amazing and is the most positive and motivating person I have ever met!
I mentioned to her that I wanted to try one of those juice cleanses where you drink 6 different juices everyday for 5 days. While she thought a cleanse was a good idea, she thought this may be a little drastic and that a lot of weight lost that way is just water weight. She suggested I cut out Gluten, Dairy, Red Meat, and adopt the "Clean" eating strategy to help cleanse my body. I was entrigued by this because as I mentioned before, I love food, so being able to eat and cleanse at the same time sounds more up my alley.
So, with that said, my husband and I will be beginning our new food adventure tomorrow morning! We plan to do it for 7 days, and then I hope to continue eating clean and gluten-free.
Stay tuned for recipes and updates!!
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