Whole30: Day 26 -- Losing Steam...

I know this is a terrible time for this to happen, but I'm kind of running out of steam this week. The end is SO close, and I'm SO excited about it, but this week I have been completely wiped out, with the worst of it being today. I can barely keep my eyes open and will probably hit the hay right after I'm finished with this post.

Which is exactly what I did last night.

I'm not exactly sure what's going on. I haven't changed anything. The only thing I can think of is that my cycle is about to start (sorry, TMI). I've never noticed such a gigantic swing in my energy levels around this time of the month before, so I'm not sure if that's it or not. We'll see.

I'm hanging in there, though. I don't have it in me to quit, especially with the end in sight.

Our first "20" day is going to be Tuesday, our first day off-plan. We didn't initially plan it this way, and were just going to treat ourselves to sandwiches from Wegmans for dinner, but my AWESOME coworkers want to go out to lunch next week to celebrate the end of Whole30, so it kind of makes more sense to just make it a 20 day. I think, though, that I'm still going to play it relatively safe because not only do I want to lose all the momentum I've had, but I don't think my digestive system can handle a whole lot of crap after 30 days of being super clean. So I'll probably get something relatively decent and just not stress about whether it's completely clean or not. Maybe I will splurge and get a bagel for breakfast. ;) (Confession: My mouth is watering at the thought of that bagel...)

I've also been thinking about what I'm going to do with my blog. I didn't start it specifically for Whole30, so I'm not going to END it after Whole30. But... the daily posts are not very sustainable, and I think that after I've finished the 30 days, they won't really be interesting anymore. So maybe I'll go back to doing what I had been doing before, and just post weekly. It'll give me more time to accumulate things to talk about so that each post doesn't end up like these last few have, where I kind of just ramble nonsensically about whatever pops into my brain. Kind of like I'm doing right now. And now. And... ;)

I kind of want to celebrate the end of Whole30, like, with a thing or event (and not food). Derek and I talked early on about treating ourselves to something we've wanted to purchase, but we never could figure out what we wanted. I guess I'll just have to give it some more thought. It would've been nice if I could like, treat myself to some new clothes, but I don't think I've dropped any sizes or anything so it would kind of just be a waste. I don't want to treat myself to the same stupid garbage-bag clothes I've already got. Boo.

Maybe I'll just wait and find something nice to treat myself with when we go to Myrtle Beach. I mean, I don't really have anything in mind to get down there either, but at least it'll be something new and different. I'll figure something out...

In the meantime...

What I Ate: 
Breakfast: *shocker* two hard boiled eggs, nuts, orange, cucumbers
Lunch: *double shocker* veggie beef soup, tomatoes, carrots, watermelon
Dinner: turkey burger with tomato, onion, and mustard, pickles, and more cucumbers (yes, I did find it amusing that I ate both cucumbers AND pickles... but we're out of all the rest of the vegetables...)

How I Feel: 
Flippin' exhausted. Still happy, still managed to be productive at work, but I am wiped. out. And I have the beginning of a headache. Awesommmmmme. Thankfully I'll get to sleep in a little bit tomorrow and I can take a nap when I'm off work. I was trying to think of something fun to do to get me out of the house but I can't really come up with anything. So... maybe I'll just sleep. Gloooooorious sleep.

4 days to go! :D