Survived Thanksgiving!

Happy to report that I am officially done with the first week of the Whole30 and I did it cheat free! Thanksgiving was a lot easier to resist temptation than I thought it would be. Perhaps it helped that the dessert table was far away from me so I could not see the sweet, creamy, flavorful pies sitting next to a giant bowl of homemade whip cream. I stuck to whole30 compliant foods and may have over done it on the mashed sweet potato's but hey, I still give myself kudos for not breaking in the eyes of temptation. Holiday meals aside, I'm doing quite well. I feel good and I'm enjoying the challenge this time around. I'm having a hard time drinking black coffee so I've been sticking with tea for the most part instead. As always, I expect instant results so when I look in the mirror and still see my love handles, or still see some jiggle to my arms and legs my brain instantly goes "this whole30 is doing nothing for me!" But again, I know these things take time and I also know that my expectations of the results far exceed the truth. The truth is I will always have this body, and a size 4 might never happen for me, and I'll never get to be below 150lbs and stay there, but I can at least try to feel good about the way I look and continue to live a healthy lifestyle. Stay on track with high proteins, good fats, and less carbs and sugar. Too often I get off the whole30 and instantly dive back into eating poorly again. This time around, I'd like to make these healthy habits stick. On that note, I'm happy to end on a positive one! Thanksgiving was full of turkey, veggies, mashed sweet potatoes and I'm still on track and feeling good! Only 23 more days to go!!