On August 1 I begin
experiments around Food and Money.
Is it possible to reverse
Hashimoto’s Disease (food)?
What are the essential,
absolutely necessary reasons to spend money?
Wednesday morning I start
the Whole30 program
This involves eliminating
known allergens and suspect allergens (dairy, caffeine, sugar in its many
forms, grains and legumes, etc.) and reintroducing them one at a time after
August.
I eliminated grains and
legumes in August 2010 and most dairy in 2011 so the first difficulty involves
giving up my morning cuppa (14 ounces) with heavy cream. That will get better after a few days.
The real challenge is
planning and cooking ahead to make certain I have lunches and dinners. Breakfast is easy—poached eggs and
bacon, ham or leftover meat from dinner.
Money is trickier. This month calls for true austerity in
order to find out what is really necessary in the budget. It’s so easy to bullshit myself that
for 31 days I must be firm and question every expenditure.
If I were among the
millions of people in this country who lost jobs, homes, and more, what would I
consider a necessary expense?
I’ve had mixed reactions
from the friends I told about this experiment. Some are excited, “You are doing an inquiry!” One friend thinks I’m punishing myself. At least one person took it personally
and was hurt.
A friend with whom I have
dinner and a long visit monthly immediately agreed to a walk instead. I’ll already be downtown so I don’t
need to drive to meet her. We
shall have our long visit while walking instead of eating.
I learned in the last few
years that I require accountability to accomplish my goals, so I will write
about these two endeavors on my blog every single day during the month of
August.
