My Whole14

I stuck with the program for 14 days, minus a piece of toast. Here's what I've accomplished/learned:
1. I hate aspartame. I will never consume it again, unless it's unknowingly. Which, probably won't happen because I'm not going to eat a lot of fake food. I know where they hide it. 
2. I WILL NOT go back to Diet Coke. 
3. My children will not eat aspartame foods. 
4. Whole eating is the way to go. I don't like the idea of all the chemicals/fake crap that are put as fillers for real food. 
5. I learned a lot more about cooking and spice usage. Spices are awesome. 
6. I will not eat fast food again. Gross. 
7. I kinda don't want to get the kids Happy Meals again. They are not nutritious and the toys are not needed. BUT, they are so happy when they get them and I remember being happy when I got them as a child (rarely).
8. Eating real food will make Matt and I 'weird' at times. We are OK with that. 
9. I like treats. 
10. I think after doing two weeks of incredibly clean eating, I can do Paleo. 
11. I had pizza last night from The Rock. It was good. BUT....today I can tell had it. 
12. Balance is a good thing. 

What I still need to learn:
1. More varieties of food. 
2. More advanced planning of menus
3. Making Paleo a bit more economical
4. Getting the kids to try more foods

Also, I gotta give a HUGE THANK YOU to Erin. She is awesome. Matt and I have benefitted greatly so far from Paleo(for him) Paleo-ish(for me) eating. We've lost weight, have had more energy, and Matt  is feeling fantastic. 
I may try again to do a whole30. I may start up in two days, two weeks, two years. I don't know. I know that this has been a great learning experience for me and I think if I allow a bit of flexibility in it (whole30 is more strict than Paleo, at least as far as I can tell) it's going to be a great change for our family.