Day 19: Blah

As I am getting semi close to the end of the 30 days I am starting to think about life after the Whole 30.

To be honest, I'm kind of scared.

I have learned in the past from doing things similar to this diet that I do really well with very strict guidelines, which is why I have been successful thus far on this journey.

But I have a habit of going from one extreme to the other.

It's very common for people who go to this extreme with their diet to get burnt out and then when they're done, they binge on junk because they deprived themselves so much.

I am so scared that is going to happen to me, especially because it has happened to me in the past.

It's weird because there were a lot of days in the beginning when I was feeling more positive about the process that I actually would just continue it past the 30 days. Especially if I am not back down to my goal weight because I want to basically be actively trying until I get back to that weight. (Which is my pre-pregnancy weight before Judah)

My only solution would be to come up with a sort of new set of guidelines once the 30 days is up. For example, allow myself very specific "cheats" either on specific days or a certain amount per week. That way I still have the strictness to keep me on track so I don't just completely binge.

I will figure out what I want to do but whatever it is, it will be specific and I will write it on here and on paper so that I know I will stick to it.

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Today was another semi-stressful day alone with the kids so I struggled again with cravings and wanting foods I can't have, but I managed to stay on track.