Whole30 - Day 2

Today feels better.  At least it is starting off better.  Baby Girl is still in the throes of teething hell, but she was asleep by one a.m. last night and only woke up once between then and eight o'clock this morning. 

I had breakfast (that I liked) and feel much more capable of carrying on with my day.  Yesterday, that never happened.   Yesterday, I felt the most insane suck of energy.  I pretty much spent the day moving from one piece of furniture to the other.  Jack was great, he picked up most of my slack and ran that dishwasher like a champ.  I am so glad to have a partner in this.

Yup, Jack is doing Whole30 with me.  He had a better first day, I think mainly because he really likes almost all these foods.  With all the prep we did, he probably ate better yesterday than normal days.  Also, he slept the night before, soooo.... We both did notice snack cravings after dinner - that is our normal relax and snack time.  We will need to find a new after dinner routine, I think!

I have to say that I am surprised that I can notice changes after 24 hours.  There was a big difference in how I fell asleep and how I woke up compared to a day where I ate a bunch of sugar.  I also have really noticed the difference in how my guts felt.  I have a crabby gallbladder and random gut unease (thus my whole30 motivation); and in a normal day have many times where I feel bloated, vaguely nauseous, and uncomfortable.   Yesterday felt like an even keel...steady all day long.  I imagine the jumping sugar levels played havoc with me and I am pretty motivated that 24 hours on this has already improved on that.

The other thing that stands out is how important planning was in this adventure.   Yesterday did NOT go as planned.  If I would not have had options ready to go, I totally would've cheated.  I needed my back up plan and was so glad I had it.  So yes, Whole30 is completely reinforcing my theory that everything works better when I plan it ;) 

Thanks for all the messages and encouragement - it really helps to share and hear back from people.  Kinda feels like an extra person in my adventure.   Me, Jack, and all my social media cheerleaders!  Ok, time to tackle Day 2...and my laundry room...back tomorrow!