WholeUs Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 It's Day One! Except it's the Day One after Day 30. I completed my Whole30 yesterday and lost 13 lbs! What I learned was that I am an emotional eater. Even more than I had originally realized. I also eat out of habit a lot. I'd gotten into the habit of having a hot cocoa every afternoon at work (My 2PM treat) (Also, I used two packets because, why not?) And then every evening I'd have a bowl of ice cream. The last couple of weeks before Whole30 I'd started adding chocolate magic shell to the ice cream, too. I found myself making a bowl of ice cream just because it is what I did every night. Very bad habits. I found myself having a LOT of internal dialog with myself trying to examine why I wanted certain foods. On Day 29 I found myself at CVS needing to buy something that I didn't want to purchase. I found my brain was also leaning towards buying something else for myself. I realized that it was trying to balance out the buying-something-I-didn't-want-to-buy with something that would make me happy. It was interesting to walk around the store taking an inventory of my feelings and figuring out what it was that I really wanted. I told myself that I could buy a notebook or something - but I ended up not buying anything except what I went for. So that's my new Day One goals. Examine my motives for wanting unplanned food. Not that I will NEVER eat unplanned foods, but that I need to know my motives first. I feel like if I start feeding my emotions again they are waiting just beneath the surface to take me over again. I don't have a sugar dragon, I have an emotional-eating dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I don't have a sugar dragon, I have an emotional-eating dragon. I know that countless other folks who conduct a Whole30 also discover they have this "dragon." Thanks for highlighting this for future readers of your post. Kudos to you for recognizing it, starting to be a witness of your reaction to certain emotions (vs. absentmindedly getting caught up in them) and being open to choosing non-food responses to cope with them and soothe yourself. Oh, and huge congrats on your Whole30 results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThyPeace Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Emotional eating is so much an issue! I love the image of walking around CVS have a conversation with yourself about why you wanted to buy the things you wanted to buy. I have done that so many times. It happens to me at the grocery store all the time. Took me a while, but I eventually learned that a nice, crisp, juicy apple is an absolutely wonderful treat. And about half the time, I decide not to get that either. ThyPeace, far better than the treats I once would pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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