Day 13 Meltdown

[mejothach]

This has not been as hard as I thought it would be...HOWEVER. I had a breakdown in the grocery store yesterday (Day 13) when I realized I had accidentally put lemon juice with added sulfites into a dish I made a couple nights ago. I read every label on every spice I use prior to starting and had marked the ones I could use so I did not have to read the labels on everything while cooking. For some reason I had it in my mind that the sulfites that occur in lemon juice were natural and not added. When I looked down at the lemon juice in my cart I realized what I had done and went into full blown panic mode. 

On the one hand, I respect the "rules are rules" thing. On the other, I feel like the fact I am a working mother of a 13 month old who is still figuring out how to "sleep through the night", have cooked every meal my family has eaten for the last 13 days, and it was an unintentional screw up should count for something. Right?! 

This is what I learned yesterday at the grocery store in the midst of my failure realization: when I feel overwhelmed - I dive headfirst into food that makes me feel better (ie cake and buttery breads). Thankfully, I resisted and decided it was in my best interest to continue on for the next 16 days and not start over (because I probably wouldn't). 

[Tom Denham]

Cooking every meal your family has eaten for the last 13 days counts for a lot. You are a rock star for stepping up. The added sulphites still kicked you in the gut from the inside, but nothing detracts from you stepping up the way you have. 

[LaLissie]

My perspective only:  So glad I am not alone!  This happened to me also, at day 6, my first Whole30.  I had a meltdown (yesterday, over curry powder, in my case).  The sulphites thing is a real eye opener  (tea bags  - did you know some tea bags have sulphites - I read that somewhere).

Regardless of how I feel about it, I get that my gut needs 30 days without these things.  In my case I am going to continue also, but tack on those 6 days at the end.   Staves off the depression over "failure" that is not my fault.  We are winners because we found the darned things in the first place, and are now making more changes.

I am raising my glass of club soda to you!  Hang in there  You have done amazing work for yourself and your family already.