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[Juzbo]

SUGAR
So, interestingly, today is day 41 and I haven't felt the need to rush out and introduce much. It took me a few days to recover from the day36 work dinner ( glass of red wine and probably a bit of soy and nasty oils plus probably some garlic which I react to). I have had some packaged sweet potato chips and kale chips. And a bit extra fruit. Otherwise meals are mainly the same. I want to try chocolate but it feels a dangerous time of year to do that!

Anyway Yesterday I decided to cook coconut muffins, the recipe called for some sugar quarter cup for four muffins. I used pure rapidura and had two muffins. Seemed to go okay, didnt trigger cravings, felt a little flat BUT this morning during a class my old neck/shoulder injury inflamed and I havent had any inflammation in the last 40 days and I have done the same class today and run yesterday as the last four weeks so I am blaming the sugar! Also had lots of wierd dreams.

[AmyS]

That's interesting. In the month between my two Whole30s I noticed an increase in inflammation too. The funny thing was, the first time I started the Whole30, the inflammation that I thought was just a fact of life disappeared in 24 hours. The second time, it took almost a week for my ankles to stop swelling.

So amazing how the body heals and becomes so sensitive to things we didn't notice before.

[Juzbo]

COCOA
Had a cup of cocoa this morning... It's my usual 2 teaspoons of organic raw cocoa with hot water plus a splash of coconut milk that I haven't had for almost two months. Going okay but right on schedule I got the jittery feeling I seem to get two hours after having coffee or tea.... I assume it's from the caffeine.....

[Juzbo]

Hmm so I think caffeine/cocoa and I definitely aren't destined to be friends. My second part of the cocoa trial was to have an 85% chocolate bar I have been saving for about 40 days. It was nice... But..... I didn't like how it made me feel. So I decided to have some corn chips in lieu of the grains i was going to reintroduce soon....this is where my brain started to lose the plot and said have a glass of wine also. And some more chocolate. And some cashews. And even some dried paw paw which has sugar in! I would have had some lollies too that i have managed to avoid easily the last 3 days but my husband had just finished them thank goodness.

Luckily there was a bit of logic within me that said HEY this food has messed you up, and you don't feel good, so what are you going to do? I figured my choices were waste the last 40 days effort and learning and healing and give up.... or focus on that I felt better both in body AND mind with a clean diet and commit to continue and get my equilibrium back as quickly as possible..
So I gave out the remaining three chocolate bars and the cashews to the family, and decided I need to commit to a whole7 right through Christmas as I really want to enjoy my holidays and not feel messed up!

The great thing is I have healed enough and have made progress enough through the whole30 to be able to see today's events with understanding and realism. Rather than seeing today as a failure, I can see it as one more piece of the puzzle that will provide the key to my ultimate solution of how to maintain good health, and I am much further down the track to embracing my need to eat a clean diet to achieve this. And for the first time it feels like I am making a conscious informed choice regarding the causes and what I need to do next rather than oh my god I am out of control there is something wrong with me I need to try harder why am I so bad at this!

Wish me luck!

[Little Penguin]

Good one for listening to yourself Juzbo!

Great work. How have you been going with the Whole7?

My Xmas was so hard - impossible, even. I was at my sister's and she had planned a Thai feast. You know what that means, every dish was loaded up with sugar. I tried to explain that I couldn't have suger but they did not get it, so in the end I just ate it and didn't make a fuss, and tried not to let it get to me.

Anyway hopefully yours went a little more easily!

[Juzbo]

Sorry to hear Olivia. My whole7 is in the bag, first ever non-bingey christmas!
Extending to a whole100 going to 31 march to heal my stomach and really slay the sugar dragon etc