Day 5: Cravings

Today was probably the roughest of the days so far, but all things considered it wasn't actually that bad. I chose to stay out till 1am hanging out with my Mom and Sister so I woke up pretty tired, but I only had myself to blame. 

I didn't post anything yesterday but it was another really good day overall. It was the first day that I was able to go to the gym to work out and I had set in my mind that I would run a 5k (3.1 miles). Normally this wouldn't be too much of a struggle, but yesterday I was absolutely dragging. I thought I was close to being done and I looked down and had only gone 1.6 miles!! 

The problem is that I went at about 6 and hadn't eaten since lunch. I do that normally because I like to run on an empty stomach but my decrease in calories in general the last few days really effected me more than I expected it too. 

Home made taco seasoning 

Yesterday's lunch: Taco Salad

This lunch was absolutely delicious but with how much fat was in the meat, my stomach wasn't too happy about it. Needless to say, it "went right through me." 

When I got back from my run, Phil had grilled up a bunch of our meat so that we would have it already cooked for future meals. 

Now back to today. Like I said I was more tired today and the kids were behaving a little worse so it felt like my patience was just a little more thin than usual. But I didn't want to use the food thing as an excuse.

After I put my mind to having a good day, I did! For breakfast I was excited to have some breakfast sausage but again, it was really greasy so my stomach didn't like it as much. So I only had one piece. 

I took the kids out to run an errand and by some miracle they both behaved amazingly. My tiredness wore off after the morning and I have felt great ever since. 

Randomly our power went out in the late afternoon and we found out it wouldn't be back on for at least a few hours. We decided to go out for dinner which is always tricky on a diet like this, but lots of people have encountered this problem before us so we went to google and found out the best option was Chipotle. 

Phil and I both got the same thing which was a salad bowl with lettuce, pork (the only meat that didn't have added sugar), Salsa, onions, peppers, and lots of guacamole! It was FANTASTIC! And not just like "good for healthy food." It was just straight up good. I would totally get that exact thing not on this diet. 

I also made my own Italian vinaigrette to have for salads because there's really no restaurant that has Whole 30 compliant dressing. I wasn't sure if my Chipotle would need an extra something so I stuck it in my purse just in case. 

You know you're on the Whole 30 when....

Something I am absolutely amazed at is that I have Z-E-R-O cravings. Like, I don't crave treats in the slightest. Sugar is my weakness; specifically baked goods and chocolate, and I honestly and doing completely fine without it.

Now this may change of the next few weeks but I think right now I am so happy with how good and healthy I feel that my brain just doesn't want those things. I really thought I would struggle more with wanting the junk again but I don't! 

If someone were to ask me how hard this diet is on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the easiest thing I've ever done and 10 being nearly impossible, I would probably give it a 3 (So far).