A brand new 30-day challenge!

So yesterday I started a brand new challenge.  I didn't want to write about it yet, I just wanted to get a feel for the first day and see how it goes.

It's a Sleek Geek challenge - 30 days of Reboot.  Their description is to CTRL ALT DELETE your life!  And the challenge involves the following:

• No sugar of any kind, not even sweetener
• No alcohol
• No legumes
• No grains / starches
• No dairy
• No white potatoes.

That's a whole lot of no's!  I'm not focusing on that though - I'm focusing on all the yummy foods that I can eat like meat - roasted chicken, grilled steak, fish, even bacon if you'd like, veggies galore, yummy eggs in any way, nuts, biltong, coconut and coconut milk, fruit (although I limit myself to 2 portions), and cooking with coconut oil which gives an unique flavour to food and has a lot of health benefits.

It does  not come without it's challenges though, because you will be amazed when reading food labels at how much food products contains sugar and grains, so this challenge teaches you to eat clean.

The things I think I will miss the most is:  my beloved All Gold Tomato Sauce, Chocolate of course, Yoghurt and Cheese.  I thought I would miss my coffee which I usually have with aspartame-free sweetener and milk, but yesterday morning I made my coffee with coconut milk and although the first cup tasted really bitter, I managed to drink 80% of my cup and it gave me the caffeine fix I wanted.  Last night I had my second cup and I didn't miss the sweetness and this morning my cup of java was pure bliss.  I thought I would miss potatoes and pasta, but I think I will be all right without and sweet potato is such a yummy and healthier replacement.  So it's true, you can re-train your taste buds!  

My first day went well.  I started the day out with scrambled eggs and tomato, lunch was a bacon and avo salad.  After the salad I was still a bit hungry, so I had almonds and biltong sticks for an afternoon snack and dinner was delicious sweet potato cottage pie with stir fried veg.  When I felt a bit nibblish last night I had a frozen banana which is a much healthier dessert and I still needed my fruit portion so it worked out great.  Today started out with scrambled eggs, tomato and avo, lunch will be cottage pie left overs, and planning a lovely roast chicken, pumpkin and stir-fried cabbage dinner.  So you see, this challenge isn't about boring food, it's not about starving yourself, it's just making better food choices, and they are delicious food choices, so I bet it would yield great results for me as well.

I have so much inspiration to complete this challenge.  Fabulous people who have completed it and inspired me to join the Sleek Geek Reboot Challenge who all succeeded with flying colours and absolutely stunning results.  A couple friends who are even going for a second round of Reboot - Jess & Rox, you rock!  This is a great challenge, one that actually leads into a whole new lifestyle.

The best part of the challenge is that my husband is also joining me on the Reboot.  He is not sold on the idea yet, didn't like his bitter coffee, but he loved his meals yesterday; and I know he is going to love the results, as soon as his detox headache (which started this morning) gives way and he gets that boost of energy everyone talks about.

Looking forward to the challenge and learning new recipes and having FUN with my food!