It's the 2nd day in and I already have to hit my reset
button. Am I embarrassed? Heck yes. I started the day late and took my
breakfast on the go (Larabar and a banana), then I started popping in some gum.
This gum to be exact,
This gums ingredients are the following: Sorbitol, Gum Base,
Glycerol, Mannitol, Less than 2% of: Natural and Artificial Flavors,
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Aspartame, Colors (Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake,
Blue 2 Lake, Red 40 Lake), Acesulfame K, Gelatin, Soy Lecithin, BHT (to
Maintain Freshness).
Not a single ingredient is good for my health or
on the Whole30 approved list.
Of course I immediately stopped chewing this (and all) gum after realizing
my mistake.
So, I moved on to lunch. I had celery with almond
butter and raisins, delicious. I also had a mango and Applegate mesquite turkey
wraps stuffed with Heinz yellow mustard and Vlasic’s dill oval pickles.
Dun, dun, dun... My darling pickles were loaded with high fructose corn syrup!
I was so distraught after failing not once, but
twice, that I said to myself screw it
and I indulged in a turkey sandwich (on a asiago cheese ciabatta, eek!) and tomato soup from Panera Bread.
Now I’m even more upset than I was before. Lesson learned. I
could have turned the day around and restarted right after my pickle mishap, but
instead I gave into my old ways and turned to food for comfort.
What’s the moral of the story?
- Food is sustenance,
not comfort. Every choice you make is yours, own it.
I've been dreading this blog post. I was very embarrassed to share
my slip up with the world. But now, after taking a deep breath and divulging my secrets, I feel relieved and kind of... refreshed.
Here’s to tomorrow!
There's only one direction to move in this life and that's forward!
Raleigh! So proud of you putting this out there! Totally inspirational.
ReplyDeleteAhhh Kaleigh! I promise I know your name. Stupid auto correct
ReplyDeleteYou're my very first comment Laura! :-) And thank you for the encouragement. Stupid auto correct gets me every time.
ReplyDeleteKaleigh- I am so happy I have a partner in crime :) It's okay... I restarted Sunday! Keep up the good work! We should exchange numbers and text when it gets crazy hard!
ReplyDeleteGo Kaleigh!! I try to eat all natural as much as I can because I get hives otherwise. SO frustrating to shop and read the labels only to see high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners in item after item. Eating it is NOT worth a sleepless night of itching and thinking, "if it does this to my outsides, what's it doing to my organs?" It's frustrating and it's normal to have slip-ups, but you sharing yours may help someone else reading this to say, "She started again. So can I."
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