I have not left this couch much since Tuesday. This is where I live now. I occasionally move to the kitchen for food and water, but mostly I live here and I’m SO BORED.
The good news is my appetite is coming back a little, the bad news is that coincides with all the restaurants I follow on Instagram posting their delicious New Years Eve menu items. I now want scallops and things covered in gruyere and bubbly. Sick and frustrated and bored and also Day 4. It’s probably for the best I’m on my own today. For Day 4 is:
Days 4-5: Kill ALL the things!
Day 4 dawns and you tentatively step out of bed, expecting to feel like you took a strike from Thor’s hammer in the temple. Instead, your head is surprisingly clear. Your limbs all feel functional. This could be a good day! You walk into the kitchen and as you’re greeted by the smiling face of your significant other you are suddenly overcome…with the desire to punch them in the face for smiling this early in the morning. Congratulations! You’ve made it to day 4.
Now, I have no clue why this phase happens, or why it happens here (and not on, say, day 14).* I just know that it happens. Often. Even experienced Whole30ers (myself included) go through this phase. Every nerve is lit, temperance is non-existent and the only solution to the problem seems to be to Kill All of the Things.
This phase, too, will pass. Beg your spouse, children, parents, co-workers, for patience and forgiveness – as nicely as you can (and no, “shut up and leave me alone!” does not count as nice). Take a deep breath and eat some sweet potatoes. I promise — you’ll feel better soon.
*It’s probably because your brain is never very happy when you tell it that it CAN’T have something, and take it out of it’s habitual and accustomed comfort zone. An unhappy brain is a stressed brain, an anxious brain, a fearful brain. No to mention your hormones are desperately trying to keep up with your new food choices, your gut is trying to heal, you’ve had a headache for the last three days, and you REALLY MISS YOUR DIET COKE. So yeah, maybe we do know why this is happening now…
I did make a grocery list and have it set for pick up later today. I usually love the act of grocery shopping, but when I have a list and don’t have time to waste, I’m finding I love Kroger’s Clicklist as well. It’s set to pick up tonight at 6pm, right before the snow starts here in Columbus. On a day where I could be easily tempted it is best that I’m not roaming a store.
I need to do some New Year prep, both for the night before hangout Dreamy Man Friend, his Son #1 and I are having, and for my own goal setting process. That has to happen tonight and tomorrow. Grr, it’s frustrating how the last couple days have been so unproductive.
I may stop at Whole Foods and get a Whole30 dinner off their hot bar. That thought has cheered me up. Stop and let someone else do the cooking for me, pick up the groceries, come back here and do some planning. Love it.
Oh man, these posts are so incredibly dull. Getting back on the writing horse is not very pretty, is it?
