Not a diet

Day 27 of Whole30 and trying not to get annoyed with people. Why do people feel the need to judge because I’m trying to eat healthy and make healthy decisions? Just because I’m making an effort to make positive changes doesn’t mean you need to look down me like I’m crazy or you feel sorry for me because my life must not be fulfilling without unhealthy food in it. I’m sick of people saying “oh that’s right you’re on a diet” because I don’t want the doughnuts during staff meeting. AHHH it’s not a diet! Typically diets are unpleasant experiences aimed purely at weight loss and you can’t wait until it’s over. This is not that in any way.

  

I’ve actually been enjoying the food I’ve been eating. I haven’t been forcing gross food down my throat. I only eat what I want to eat. I’ve really enjoyed branching out on what I eat and trying new things (like paleo eggplant lasagna…actually good and the hubby even agreed!). I’ve discovered a lot of healthy foods I think are really tasty. I’m not thinking “I can’t wait until Monday when I can eat this or that again!” My thoughts have been more like hm I wonder what foods I’ll actually want to reintroduce.

I also haven’t been starving myself. The sheer volume of food I eat continues to kind of gross people out. In fact I’m probably eating a larger volume because veggies have so little calories that I can get away with eating a ton. The only time I’m hungry is when I don’t have food with me (a triathlete sin) or I haven’t finished cooking in which case I start snacking. Someone asked how many calories I was eating right now guessing around 1000. That’s funny because I’m pretty sure I’d pass out since I burn around that much in training.

So please, don’t think I’m miserable or grumpy or feeling tired from lack of calories or sitting around moping about all the things I can’t eat because that is not remotely the case. I’m feeling fine, actually feeling great, and I’m happy about this choice. Perhaps instead look at this as inspiration or something. When was the last time you decided to take on a challenge to make a change for the better and realized it really isn’t that difficult? That’s what this was to me.