I also had coffee + nutpods and I must say....today's tasted slightly better than usual. Not sure if my tastes are finally shifting at all or if it was just prepared differently but it was great!
Lunch was the first of another round of pre-made jar salads that I made yesterday. These also had homemade ranch (for some reason not as good as last time I made it. Not sure why!), chopped apples, chopped beets, almond slices, tunafish and lettuce.
I did have a lunabar at lunch because WOW was resisting in full effect today. The department had food ordered from Bertucci's- spaghetti, garlic bread, giant cookies...and then it was also administrative professionals day so there were edible arrangements, chocolate dipped fruit (my FAVORITE!!!!)
And also one of the doctors brought in a cake for my birthday that looked AMAZING and it was SO.FREAKING.HARD. not to eat it
But I freaking didn't eat it. I cant believe it but I actually resisted. Even looking at the picture right now is making my mouth water!
I didn't even have dinner til 8:30-and it was leftover chili.
I do feel like I'm entering the nearing day 10-11 stage a little bit how they describe the feels. I feel like temptation is EVERYWHERE lately and all I want is to not desire these amazing foods. I want to copy and paste a segment of the whole 30 timeline where they talk about how you feel during days 10-11 which I really resonate with right now. It makes so much sense:
"Fact: you are most likely to quit your Whole30 program on Day 10 or 11. By this point, the newness of the program has worn off. You’ve made it through most of the unpleasant physical milestones, but you’ve yet to experience any of the “magic” the program promises. You’re still struggling to establish your new routine (read: you’ve eaten eggs prepared ten different ways over the last ten days), and while you’ve been trying really hard to have a good attitude, today you are incredibly aware of all the foods you’re “choosing not to eat right now.” Everywhere you look, you see the things you “can’t” have: the melted cheese on a greasy burger, the creaminess of that double-scoop cone, the cold beer in your best friend’s tailgate cooler. Dammit, this is hard! And right now you’re wondering if the results will really be as good as “they” all say it is.
You’re cranky, you’re impatient, and you’re really, really tempted to just eat the stupid cheese.
This is where you really start to experience the psychological hold that your food habits have on you. You’ve put in a lot of effort to get to where you are right now, but you’re still waiting for the results you’re hoping to see. Your brain tells you that you deserve some kind of reward (don’t you?) and, of course, we’ve been conditioned to think of food as the best reward out there. Right now, you’re craving that ice cream, beer, or whatever treat you think would make for just the right reward. But, instead of that treat, you’re standing face to face with the realization that you have 20 more days of deprivation ahead of you.
The key here is to redefine your idea of reward. Think long and hard about the foods you’re grieving and ask yourself what need you’re expecting them to fulfill. Are you feeling anxious and looking for reassurance? Are you feeling sad, and looking for something to cheer you up? Are you worried you won’t successfully finish the program, and it’s easier to self-sabotage than fail? Remind yourself that food cannot fill that void for you—cannot make you feel truly accomplished, comforted, calm, happy, beautiful. Then, find another way to fill that need that does not involve those foods. Prepare yourselves for these days, knowing that all you have to do is see them through to the other side before things get much, much easier"
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