DAY FOURTEEN!

Wowza. How cool is this. Somehow it's been the longest two weeks, but the shortest at the same time. I thought I would check in with the "what to expect" timeline on the Whole30 website, and this is from day 12-15:

"Boundless energy! Now give me a damn Twinkie.

Hurray! The slump is over! Your pants fit again! Your energy levels are better than normal – you’re downright Tigger the bouncing tiger! But something weird is happening. You’re dreaming. Not crazy nightmare or strange surrealist dreams, either. Incredibly normal and realistic dreams – about donuts. Or Twinkies. Or Snickers. In your mind, sometimes you get caught and feel guilty. Sometimes you just brazenly eat the contraband. But then, the feelings start following you into the waking hours. Suddenly, you’re craving things you don’t even like. (For me, it’s Diet Coke and Twinkies, for Melissa Hartwig, it was fast-food cheeseburgers!) Your co-workers’ heads transform into giant Girl Scout Cookies as you gaze on in disbelief. Seriously, you’ve almost hit the halfway mark, and now this?!

All joking aside, though, this phase gets really intense and for some people. This is the part of the program where our minds try to drive us back to the comfort of the foods we used to know. Our food relationships are deeply rooted and strongly reinforced throughout the course of our lives and breaking through them is really big deal. Journaling can be especially enlightening and helpful during this phase, and helpful for reflection later. Take some time to jot down what you’re craving, how you’re feeling and what tools you’re using to work through the cravings."

This is pretty darn accurate for me. My pants are definitely fitting better, my energy levels are great (especially considering how little sleep I have had, which is my own fault, bad samara). I am having random cravings, like tortillas. But I move past them so  quickly. I'm not afraid of being around cravings either, which is huge. Tonight my friends are having pizza, and Saturday my family is cooking an amazing lunch, but I'm not worried about the food at all (I'm only worried about having to defend what I'm doing, which makes me sad, but is totally understandable too). Snacking has been creeping in a tad, PMS doesn't help with that. But I don't feel guilty if it happens really (a big change!), I move past it and get excited to eat my dinner. I think the bolded part is definitely true though. Though I feel strong, parts of me feel weak. But dayum that explanation after is perfect. I feel so powerful breaking through the control food has on me. It's incredible, really.

On another note, my workout was so fantastic today:

Treadmill - 3 min 15% incline walk, 3 min 10% incline jog, 4 min 3% incline run

10 rope machine, face pulls
10 one arm, resistant band, straight arm across body
10 one arm snatch (with more weight than you could do statically)
10 decline weighted sit up
(x3)

10 TRX V's
10 arnold press
50 rope slam V's
25 rope jumping jacks
(x3)

Finisher - this was crazy hard and crazy amaze balls
Sled rope pull down turf
50 single rope slams
Push sled back down
(x3)

Party on!