Coffee and a Conversation
As Told Over Brunch is a home for intelligent discourse from the twenty-something perspective - so the stuff you gossip about over mimosas on Sunday morning or over takeout on your friend's couch when happy hour ends too early. We love chatting about our lives, whether it be the relationships we’re building (or destroying), lessons we've learned at work, struggles at school, growing pains we've felt, or even the food we’re talking over.
This January, I completed my first Whole30.
Technically, so did my roommate Grace. This would be mean if we weren’t practically sisters. But instead, it’s funny since it’s the truth, and I also take complete ownership of derailing her first attempt.
What I learned: read your labels.
Read MoreI’m not much of a dieter (read: I don’t like being told what to do/eat), so when I first heard of the Whole30, I really didn’t think anything of it. My roommate, Grace, has been focusing more on her diet and identifying food sensitivities due to some health issues she’s been trying to address since we moved in together.
She’s been gluten-free for roughly a year and a half, and ipso facto—since we both love cooking together—generally so have I. Her family jokes about how supportive I’ve been, but—to be perfectly honest—it’s never been a big deal to me, and it was way easier than I ever expected. These days, I just get my gluten from out-of-the-house sources. I just inherited the pseudo-GF diet, so I’ll let her write the article about doing Richmond GF. Fortunately, the food scene in Richmond is extremely supportive of atypical diets (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, paleo, etc.)… more on that in Part Two.
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