Brain says YES! Body says "Ummmm NO!"

[Laststraw]

I completed my 1st Whole 30 at the end of March. Since then I have tried reintroducing foods and having some reactions that I wasn't expecting. I have reintroduced everything but legumes at this point and I fear I won't ever.

I have been under a lot of emotional stress the last 2 weeks and I feel like my emotions are running a muck and my brain is telling me "It's OKAY to eat all that awesome food that makes you feel better when you are stressed. YOU NEED IT to feel better". I can honestly tell you, I have tried to comfort myself with food over the last 2 weeks. Over doing it on compliant foods. Telling myself it's okay to try creamer in my coffee - I end up throwing away coffee (blasphemy I know) because it tastes aweful. I have tried eating a fried tortilla that my compliant taco salald came in - it tasted like oil. Alcohol - I tried a glass of Beringer wine it was so sweet, I couldn't drink it. I have tried to eat cake that was homemade, from scratch and I just could not eat it.

Everything noncompliant, w/ additive,w/ chemicals just tastes plain awful. After I realize that it doesn't taste so good I toss it. My brain is telling me to eat it, my body is saying ummm no.

Another Whole 30 is in the works. I need to break the food/comfort rollercoaster.

[LadyM]

This actually sounds pretty awesome. I say give yourself credit for making the transformation that has changed how food tastes to you. Sounds like your brain is catching up quite quickly. Congrats!

[LoisH99]

We had communion at church this morning. Our wafers are gluten free (nut based, if I remember correctly) so I figure I'm safe there. The spouse turned to me and said, "Wow was that grape juice really sweet, or what?" How our tastes have changed during our whole30!

[Laststraw]

Thanks for your compiments everyone! It's gonna be a long journey. I have to re-teach my self how to deal with stress in a non-eating way.