Today was another good day in Whole30 land. Stayed compliant, didn't hate life, didn't want to nap all day. (Okay I kind of did but that's only because who WOULDN'T want to be at home in bed instead of at work!?)
We've created systems and found recipes we like and ways to cook that we like and things are becoming more rote. It's great.
But it's also getting boring. Sort of. I mean, I'm enjoying the food I eat every day, so that totally has to count for something. But my breakfasts have been the same every day for like 2 and a half weeks. My lunches have been about the same for a week (I really like this soup I made and I eat the same raw veggies every day). Dinners are tossed up a little but we're repeating recipes because we've found a few we really like.
I guess I shouldn't complain because like I said, I'm enjoying what I eat, and it's helped me get this far. We're almost done (perspective: this is the last Tuesday of our Whole30. What!?) and it's because I'm not aimlessly trying to figure out what I'm going to eat that I don't hate. I know what I like and I eat it.
But... routine is so... routine. So I think I'm going to spend some time this week finding some things to spice things up a bit. Maybe I'll try some new raw veggies to go with my lunch... I like radishes but I almost never have them, for example. And maybe I'll dig for some new dinner recipes to try... or other things to do for breakfast that won't make me feel like I'm going to turn into a hard-boiled egg.
I'm thankful that I'm in the place I'm in right now. Old Sarah would have bailed already because eating the same food over and over again is boring. (Note, however, that frequenting the same, say, three restaurants on a weekly basis is apparently not boring. Or not boring enough, anyway. Go figure.)
New Sarah is enjoying the taste of fresh, crisp veggies, even if I've eaten more cucumbers and baby carrots in the past 24 days than I had in the past 24 months. New Sarah loves that I'm eating much smaller portions of good food for dinner and not feeling like I'm going to bed starving. New Sarah loves that because I'm managing what I eat and how much of it I'm eating, I haven't thrown up dinner (a side effect of one of my medications) since we started W30. New Sarah loves that for the first time in a long time, we put our lunches together before we came upstairs tonight instead of scurrying to get it done in the morning.
I'm also becoming that girl. The girl who preaches to others about how awesome her plan is and how everyone should try it, etc. I've never really been that person. I've been open about what I've tried and what worked and hasn't, but I've never tried to convince anyone. I have this one coworker... she does Weight Watchers and she has had some success but has started to wane a little bit. She's been pretty interested in how I've been doing with W30 and asked me to send her links and tell her more about it. Her primary response is that she just COULDN'T give up sugar... and I made a comment to her today that made me sound like an old pro at this healthy eating thing -- I said, "That attitude, that you can't live without sugar and just could never give it up is EXACTLY why you should try Whole30." I think I stunned both of us into silence. I mean, I said it good-naturedly and everything; it wasn't any sort of attack or admonition or anything and she knew it (at least I hope)... but it struck me that Old Sarah would've been like "Yeah, girl, I know! I can't live without my bread!" As a matter of fact, that's pretty much exactly something Old Sarah said. I don't ever want to seem pushy to anyone (especially coworkers, cuz that's a touchy spot to be in), but I'm proud of myself for getting behind this enough to actually advocate for it as well as just being devoted to it personally.
I guess you could say I've come a long way, huh?
What I Ate:
Breakfast: two hard-boiled eggs, orange, cucumbers, nuts
Lunch: veggie beef soup, carrots, peppers, tomatoes
Dinner: homemade chicken nuggets with marinara sauce, pickles, tomatoes, nuts.
How I Feel:
Tired today. It was a rainy, nasty day here and I think that had a lot to do with it. I slept pretty well last night but I woke up a few times for some reason. I'm ready for bed tonight! Still in a pretty good mood, and proud of my accomplishments. Wishing I would see some progress in the disappearance of my acne cuz this shit's annoying. I'm 30, for Pete's sake. My skin wasn't this bad when I was 16!
Less than a week to go!
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