Day 24: Changes

We are over 75% done, and honestly I am amazed at how different I look already. The other day I put on a pair of jeans that I haven't worn since before I got pregnant with Abigail, and they fit! Another non-scale victory!

Now that I'm over my cravings hump of last week, I must say that there is really a feeling of overall satisfaction each day. When I feel hungry it's almost oddly satisfying because I know that all my choices are leading me to feeling even more positive about my body.

Both Phil and I have agreed that we haven't seen a ton of change in our overall health. His allergies have actually been a little worse since we started and he says his energy is much more correlated to how well he sleeps vs his food.

I feel better overall and don't get bloated like I used to but besides that there haven't been crazy things that I could say have changed.

For us it has been so much more about the mental side of it and just learning about ourselves and learning about our relationship with food. Why we eat what we do and learning to appreciate good food, and savoring the times when we treat ourselves.

When Phil was in San Francisco he would say to himself, "So if I wasn't on the Whole 30 I would skip the scones and donuts at the coffee shop in the morning because I know there will be dessert at the dinner tonight, and when I eat that I will savor it."

Another really good thing it has taught me is that I shouldn't waste calories on foods that aren't good for me that I don't absolutely love. For example, Spaghetti. I don't hate it but I don't particularly love it. White noodles have basically no nutritional value and in the grand scheme are basically junk calories, but I realized while on this that moving forward I shouldn't waste my calories on meals like spaghetti that I don't love.

There are ways to make it healthier but even then I don't really enjoy it all that much so Phil and I have decided to cut out most pasta from our dinners at home. This isn't to say I will never eat spaghetti or pasta ever again. If I go to someone's house and that's what's for dinner I will gladly eat it! It just doesn't make sense to make it a staple in our dinners at home.

Moving forward from this experience we will be making a lot of changes to how we eat at home, but allow ourselves to eat non-Whole 30 compliant foods when we are out of the house. That way we have a good base of healthy eating in general but still allow for "treats and cheats" so we don't burn ourselves out eating "too healthy."

Dinner tonight at my Mom's:

Good Ol Grilled Chicken and Fruit!