Nongermane

You have to make choices you can feel at peace with. I totally support seeing your life situation and doing a cleanse in another time. Cheers, peace, and love.

I totally did it too, I mean, it’s cheap and gives the sugar rush for the rest of the afternoon. So I get the reasoning behind it- now that I’m more aware of my sugar intake it seems excessive.

I mean I don’t think it helped, no one really wanted to be there, even with the candy.

Sitting at a meeting- we all got back from lunch. They drop a giant pile of candy in the middle of the desk to share. Things I'm noticing: I'm not super wanting it for a physical craving, which is an improvement. But, I do see how my HABIT of eating out of boredom was a huge issue before I started this Whole 30 journey. People eat a lot of bread and sugar throughout the day- even the healthier looking people at my table. I can see so clearly how food and alcohol is used for rewards and coping in our culture. Update: Since I have started writing this, we all just got served individual bags of candy.

So I’m only on Day 21, but I’m planning out this reintroduction because I don’t want to mess anything up after all of this time. I want to start with dairy. It’s not a creamer in my coffee thing, but when my husband and I go out we like to find places with good cheese and fruit plates. And Ill admit to a cheese stuffed olive in a martini. Before I just head into a date night, I’d like to prepare myself. So, researching, it appears I would be trying different kinds of dairy throughout day one, go back to whole 30 for a few days and evaluate. My question is, I eat a lot of different cheese on date nights when we get cheese and fruit boards, so should my reintroduction of dairy go a bit longer? Like, day one, some basic cheddar and an apple. Wait a few days, and then try some harder cheeses?

Have you thought of a splash of unsweetend plain almond milk? I used to put cream AMD in my tea and iced coffee- the splash of alone is transitioning me from this.

This. Its technically more liquid but sometimes for a thicker creamier taste I use coconut cream in place of water or broth.

Super excited for you! I kind of love logging my foods, it’s almost my favorite part. It’s become like a mini journal/reflection on the day.

I’m so excited for all of you starting on October 1st! I thought about an October cleanse but realized I have my families giant Halloween party on the 27th... I was going to be depressed about not getting apple crisp that night. It’s like our once a year thing and didn’t want to miss out. So, like a true sugar junky, I changed my plans.

Thank you so much! I’ll def start looking through that part of the forum. And good idea of the baby food- I’m making it anyway for my own baby- might as well make a small pack myself for my super long runs. I do like being more fat dependent- but I know in November when I get into 18. 19, and 20 miles I used to just carb load (it hails from high school and our team spaghetti dinners) Carb loading has always made me feem slightly sick so I’m trying to find a way to replace this.

I feel like I was reading my life, from being a runner, to guy issues, to past eating disorders. Girl, I feel you on every level. Hope you’re still doing great.

I'm training for a marathon. I go on super long runs. My sugar dragon, I call her call her Lyssa, she requires beer and milkshakes. So, obviously thats not an option. I'm thinking about getting some almond butter and a banana for a pre-snack. Post workout... I crave sugar. I'm going to look into watermelon. For replacing the amount of sodium I loose on like 12, 13, and 14 mile runs, I'm thinking about subbing in coconut water. I don't know. Do you have any other ideas?

I didn’t weigh myself for four years once. I just couldn’t. Take your time with the scale. It’s just a number that doesn’t account for any other aspect of your health or muscle mass.

Hope you’re doing well! I know we both had the same start date.

So exciting! I hope your day was great! Listen, being active was the easy part for me. But, I used it as a huge excuse to eat horribly so anything I did was probably reversed. Anyway, I’m so excited to hear about your first day.