TOTAL PURGE

We did it! Today we did a total purge in our kitchen.  Out with the bad :)  We have not been doing so well eating Primal.  I managed to lose all the baby weight and then some, no problem.  But I feel like TOTAL crap.  I am getting ready to turn 30 in February (YIKES) but I seriously feel 80 years old.  We have to make a change.  Although I felt like we were mostly Primal, with lots of cheats, when we did the purge in our kitchen I was shocked! We filled up a large trash bag full of stuff to throw out.  (And give to my parents, didn't want to waste)  I did not realize we were still hanging onto so much non primal things.  The hot dogs, ketchup, salad dressings, peanut butter, jelly and so much more went out the door today.  We had the kids help us.  My oldest did fine.  He is a meat type of guy, always has been.  He loves salad.  He doesn't even use dressing.  He hates noodles.  He enjoys chips and junk but does not miss it when its gone.  My second, however, is a total junk food junkie.  My family laughs because if there is junk food you know Jack will be there! While the other kids are playing at a party, Jack is by the junk food.  So as we were throwing out the bad stuff he had a panic look on his face.  His first words, but pizza is my favorite! So I promised to come up with a "healthy" pizza recipe for him.  And then of course my youngest has no clue what is going on.  He is only 16 months. 
Me and my husband have been wanting to go fully primal for a while.  We will do really well for a while then fall off and get back on.  This has been going on for about 5 years.  Sad, I know.  I have been primal enough that the weight came off fine but not primal enough to feel good.  I have Crohns and it hasn't been much of a problem until I was hospitalized for a week in March of this year.  Ever since then I just haven't got my energy back.  I get migraines all the time, joint pain, muscle aches, horrible PMS, mood swings, anxiety, tired all the time, acne, laziness and the list goes on.  It has really gotten bad.  I had surgery for my vericose veins on Tuesday and I am on pain killers and that just made all the symptoms I mentioned even worse.  I knew it was time for a change.  I got a random text from my husband today when he was at work that said lets purge the kitchen today.  Start right now.  So that's what initiated the purge.  I decided to start blogging again because I do way better when I am blogging about my journey.  I feel like I have to do well because I am telling people about it and I don't want to have to tell people I failed.  (Even though nobody reads my blog LOL) But, just in case they do! And it's a great way to journal my journey for myself to see myself (hopefully) improving.   So here is an updated picture of me.  Sorry guys, didn't dress up for it.  Actually, this is my lounging around the house all day look ;)