Today was day 23. Just to review, I am looking stunning and feeling even better. :) So I figure now is a good time to think about the future. When this challenge is over in one week, what am I going to do then?
There are a few things I really miss (a very few, which was a surprise), and I want to find a way to incorporate them. But mostly, at least while I still have some weight to lose, I want to continue doing the Whole30. I don't miss the grains or dairy, which I thought would be the worst parts, so I think I will continue to eliminate those. I don't miss the preservatives, either, so those stay gone too.
I do really miss alcohol, though. Not so much the taste, just the effects. I don't care about having a glass of wine with dinner or a beer in the evening with friends. What I miss is drinking to a minor level of intoxication at a party. So, I'm gonna do that, as all the people who love tweeting the things I say when a little bit drunk will be glad to hear. I'll stay away from alcohol except in that kind of scenario, and when I do go to a party, I will drink the lowest carb options that will get the job done (probably liquor either straight or mixed with water).
I also don't want to live for a really long time without any of my favorite bad-for-me-crap, so I am going to have 2 days between each 30 where I eat whatever I want. Those are the days when I can have a diet coke, eat Mexican food or Chinese, and drink a Malibu and cranberry. What's the good of living in 2010 instead of in 40,000 BC if you can't have a Malibu and cranberry once in a while?
Speaking of a great occasion for a Malibu and cranberry, I am going to a wedding this weekend, on day 28. Because I hate to be all dressed up and going to a place there is dancing and yet be a fuddy-duddy, I have decided to eat and drink reasonably at the wedding. I will have the beef ribs and drink wine, but I won't have cake or grains or Malibu rum (damn it). I am going to count day 28 as one of my cheat days, and then just hop back on the plan on days 29, 30, and 31.
So that's my plan. I expected to want to go out and eat bread the second the 30 days was over, but I'm happy to report that another 30 days doesn't sound so bad.
5 comments:
This series of posts on the Whole30 has been very inspiring. I have been wanting to adopt a similar diet, but I have cheated way too much.
Your experience is proof that it is possible to make it through successfully. I'm going to commit to 30 days of excellent eating at once.
What are Aaron's plans?
Did it take a while to start losing weight? On Monday (day 9) I was the same weight I was when I started. Today I'm 3 lb. lighter than I was on Monday. Just wondering if you are having a similar experience.
Yay, Katherine! I'm glad this is so inspiring.
Shea, Aaron says he is going to keep going without grains and bad oils and such, but add dairy back in. He misses it way more than I do, and he has done a dairy trial in the past and doesn't react badly to it.
Martin, I started losing weight right away, but Aaron took a little longer. By the scale, he has lost 12 pounds, but he can't tell the difference in his clothes. Weird.
I started losing right away, but I lose in fits and starts. A lot at once, then none for a while.
I told you how awesome you look the other night, and I am repeating it here now: You look amazing!
I guess we are on day 22 now and I've been so pleased with the results that I don't think it will be hard to stick to this way of eating in the future, although I do plan to add back heavy cream (coconut milk in coffee pretty much sucks), butter and some cheeses. I don't mind giving up milk, though, and won't be consuming dairy to the extent that I was pre-Whole30.
As for alcohol, like you, I am happy to save drinking for special occasions. I think eliminating it has been the best part of Whole30 because we got too used to having it. But I do miss the social aspect, in that it definitely makes it easier for people (especially introverts like me) to loosen up, sing songs together and interact casually when we're all a bit tipsy.
Anyway, CHEERS to Whole30 and beyond! Yay!
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