Starting, kicking and screaming

Welcome to your new plant-based, whole foods diet...that you hate.

Okay, okay, no haters. Here's the deal. There are tons of people who have started to eat a plant based, whole foods (PBWF) diet because they want to be healthy, feel fit, feel awesome, etc, etc, etc. But, let's be honest. Not everyone starts out this way. Some of us are starting PBWF because our doctor said, if you don't, you'll die at an early age.

If you're like me, you dreading all the quinoa burgers, and flaxseed, and coconut oil. You scoured the web for an easy way to start the new diet/lifestyle and immediately wanted to throw your computer at the nearest health food doctor. Then you swore only to eat fruits and veggies until after your first breakfast, when you got immediately ravenous and started looking frantically around for anything else to eat.

I'm gonna be honest with you. This sucks! It does! Making a 180 degree transition from red meat and potatoes, which is available everywhere, to fresh fruits and veggies and oddly named foods available at horrendously expensive specialty stores is not easy.

But WE can do this. I'm starting out, just like you. I've gotten frustrated at the idea of cooking everything from scratch with 50 specialty ingredients and telling all my friends, "I can't eat that." and then being lambasted for not eating the way everyone else does. So, I'm going to blog about it. I'm gonna be honest and cut the "oh my god, everything is wonderful and I feel alive and so amazing" crap and tell you how it is. I'm also going to share with you what I found, how it REALLY tasted (according not only to me but my very picky husband and child and roommate), and share some tips on how to survive the real world (BBQ, events, going out, no time in the morning.)

So welcome. We will get through this. And I hope if you have something to share that helps us all, please comment.