Keeping food emotions in check post Whole30

Day 32 here! Today is back to basics as far as Whole30 goes, and yesterday we reintroduced legumes. I had some plain, Simply Balanced organic peanut butter at breakfast (only ingredient is peanuts) and some Sabra roasted red pepper hummus as a snack later.

I had a few moments of stomach pain a few hours later, but it was brief. I wouldn't declare it to be a sensitivity just yet. So today and tomorrow, we'll eat 100% compliant before moving onto dairy on Saturday.

If you follow me on Instagram, you may already know yesterday was really really hard. Rhett was refusing to take much of a nap and became needier as the day went on. It's like he would fall asleep, nap for 30 minutes, and wake up even crankier because he was still so tired. It went on like that all day, with me barely being able to put him down. To say I was a little strung out by the time Marcus got home is an understatement. I discussed going and getting a bottle of wine with him, and he was fine with whatever I wanted to do. But for every little part of me that wanted to settle down with some wine (and I don't even really like wine?!) I also didn't want to blow the reintroduction. We worked hard this last month, and even though I don't think it would have made a huge difference, I decided to stick it out. The reintroduction phase is just as specific as the initial 30 days, so it's probably best not to stray now. So instead I got some 4 miles of run therapy.

All day, I thought of the foods I could technically eat. At this point, added sugars are up to me. So I kept thinking... ohh maybe I could go get some dark chocolate or some lactose free ice cream or blah blah blah. And I saw those demons creeping back in. But no way Jose. Now I'm armed with how good my body SHOULD feel, and the desire to keep that feeling going. That's a powerful influence, that loving your body feeling. And I'm grateful for it. I'm not going to jeopardize it so easily. So when something is offered to me that looks truly delicious and worth it, I'll cross that bridge. But when I'm stressed and emotional and strung out, it's much easier to just move on from that emotional eating desire now. I know that treat won't make Rhett nap ;)