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Wow, June Flew By! Reintroduction and New Goals for July


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I cannot believe I made it, it feels like I just started.  I am excited to be in the reintroduction stage however.  I have been so curious as to how my body will react to the eliminated foods.  There are some I could leave behind forever, like soy and glutenous grains.  I really miss dairy and legumes and Bacon!  I know there is compliant bacon out there but, it was o hard to get ahold of that I decided to make eliminating it part of my W30, give it more weight and value as a food, not something that I could just easily pick up any old brand.  I usually bought good quality bacon in the past but taking a month off has really reminded me that the best quality I can find is what I should go for, making it more special and not something I eat every day.  I absolutely miss corn, white potatoes, and rice.  I don't have to have them everyday, I don't even have to have them every week, I just want the ability to enjoy them every once in awhile. 

 

I am thrilled with my achievements of this past month.  I am sleeping through the night, I have more energy throughout the day, I am clearer and more grounded in my daily life and in my intentions towards my life.  I am ready for the next phase and ready to take this further.  I want to commit to myself to continue to care for my body, continue to choose to be the person I want to be. 

 

Today I am reintroducing dairy.  This morning I have some grated cheese in my eggs and raw milk in my tea.  I barely even noticed the cheese and would have been just as happy with the hemp milk and coconut cream I have gotten used to in my tea.  For lunch I had turkey and havarti roll ups with tomatoes and mayo, and an avocado and tomato salad, and 2 baby cukes.  This would have been a pretty typical lunch prior to W30.  I know I should have eaten more veggies with lunch but was rushing through a few things and really just wanted to get the nourishment in me.  I am feeling a bit gurgly, but have been all day from the time I woke up.  Making Bolognese sauce over spaghetti squash for dinner, I kind of want a different type of dairy than cheese but have not figured it out yet.  I am really hoping the gurgly tummy is something else but I'm kinda not thinking so, oh well.  We'll see what happens over the next couple of days with a return to strict W30 eating.

 

 

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Total and complete reintroduction FAIL.  I made the stupid choice to have a couple glasses of wine last night.  I am so friggin' mad at myself I could spit.  I am achy this morning and tummy is very upset and I have no idea if it has to do with the dairy I had yesterday or the wine.  I can say, I don't think I will be reintroducing booze again for awhile, leave it for very special occasions.  My body is so mad at me!  I feel like holy hell, low energy, un-interested in food, and dehydrated as all get out.  Simply from 2 glasses of wine!  Absolutely not worth it.  

 

But, I cannot change the past and have to move forward.  We'll call this a learning experience.  I wonder if I should wait a few days and on the day that I was going to reintro gluten, just start over and do dairy.  That makes sound sense, but kind of throws off my timeline a bit.  I'll have to think on it, I've got till Thursday with clean eating to decide. 

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But, I cannot change the past and have to move forward.  We'll call this a learning experience.  I wonder if I should wait a few days and on the day that I was going to reintro gluten, just start over and do dairy.  That makes sound sense, but kind of throws off my timeline a bit.  I'll have to think on it, I've got till Thursday with clean eating to decide. 

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Or, you could clean eat until Thursday, reintro gluten then and follow the reintro schedule, with reintro-ing (?) dairy last.

And yes, a learning experience is the way to look at it: clean slate today!  :) 

 

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Doh on the wine! I would definitely give your dairy introduction another shot once you have a couple of template days. Or if you want to still follow what you planned do it again at the end. The only gurgliness I saw with dairy when I reintroed was what I had in a Starbucks latte and it was pretty immediate. If you were gurgly when you woke up I'm not sure I would blame the dairy you ate for that. 

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Not sure about a reaction to gluten.  I had bread at breakfast which felt like a brick in my tummy then later in the day I had a homemade farro and wheatberry salad.  I haven't had any tummy troubles but am quite congested today.  Weird.

 

Bethany -I am glad to hear that I may not be intolerant to dairy as I really miss it!  I cannot wait for reintro to be over so I can have it cheese!

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The way I was balancing cheese between my original 30 day challenge and my W30 was by limiting myself (mostly) to expensive, high quality raw cheese which keeps me from eating too much. I was starting to get too loose with it when I ate out though. After my W30 I need to remember that life is too short to eat bad quality cheese (just like chocolate). 

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You mean I'm NOT supposed to eat my feelings?  Cause sometimes they taste really really good!

 

LOL! That is true!

 

That isn't what I meant though. I've not had a ton of physical reactions to off plan food between my 2 30 day challenges but at least once my mood switch was like night and day. I ate pad thai noodles and swimming rhama from a food truck and it was like someone turned the super bitch back on. 

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