My post Whole30 diet has been less than stellar. First I went to the beach. In full vacation mode I consumed Oreos, ice cream, pizza, and LOTS of wine. I told myself it was ok because I was on vacation and I wouldn't be associating all this "bad" food with being at home.
Not true. When I got home I had a whirlwind of activities for 4th of July weekend. There was eating out (Ra sushi... YUMM), eating at BBQ's and then more eating out (Buffalo Wild Wings.. also YUMM). Tonight I have a softball game and I am already planning on eating a crab pretzel at the bar after. I've been eating a nice and healthy breakfast and then its all down hill from there. Oh yea, did I mention the girl scout cookies? Lots of girl scout cookies!
So clearly Whole30 was great for me but not long enough to break my habits. I am going to start again in September to control the beginning of the school year cravings and stress. In the meantime, I want to come up with my own rules. Maybe with written rules I will stick to a partial Whole30 diet in the long run.
So here it is... Jessi's Eating Rules:
1. Have a vegetable with every meal (how hard is it to add spinach to scrambled eggs? Not that hard)
2. No cow's milk. I will be eating cheese and yogurt occasionally, but not milk.
3. Dairy with only one meal a day.
4. Only gluten free grains.
5. No bread (This is a given based on the previous rule, but I needed to see it in writing anyway... ugh. Bread.)
6. No added sugar/ sweeteners. Exception: cane sugar in things like chocolate chips. But this can only be a couple times a week.
7. Only one "cheat" meal a week. Not cheat day, cheat meal. Just one a week. I will have to plan these out for now so that I can stay on track.
8. Only 4 servings of alcohol a week. This may seem high to some people, but I'm a teacher and its summer time. This can be 4 servings in one day, or one serving for four days. These expire at the end of the week. I can't "save up" my alcohol servings from week to week.
9. No processed foods.
Am I missing anything? This starts when i get back from Peru. I won't have control over what I am eating there, and I am going to eat a crab pretzel tonight.
