Today was day 23. Just to review, I am looking stunning and feeling even better. :) So I figure now is a good time to think about the future. When this challenge is over in one week, what am I going to do then?
There are a few things I really miss (a very few, which was a surprise), and I want to find a way to incorporate them. But mostly, at least while I still have some weight to lose, I want to continue doing the Whole30. I don't miss the grains or dairy, which I thought would be the worst parts, so I think I will continue to eliminate those. I don't miss the preservatives, either, so those stay gone too.
I do really miss alcohol, though. Not so much the taste, just the effects. I don't care about having a glass of wine with dinner or a beer in the evening with friends. What I miss is drinking to a minor level of intoxication at a party. So, I'm gonna do that, as all the people who love tweeting the things I say when a little bit drunk will be glad to hear. I'll stay away from alcohol except in that kind of scenario, and when I do go to a party, I will drink the lowest carb options that will get the job done (probably liquor either straight or mixed with water).
I also don't want to live for a really long time without any of my favorite bad-for-me-crap, so I am going to have 2 days between each 30 where I eat whatever I want. Those are the days when I can have a diet coke, eat Mexican food or Chinese, and drink a Malibu and cranberry. What's the good of living in 2010 instead of in 40,000 BC if you can't have a Malibu and cranberry once in a while?
Speaking of a great occasion for a Malibu and cranberry, I am going to a wedding this weekend, on day 28. Because I hate to be all dressed up and going to a place there is dancing and yet be a fuddy-duddy, I have decided to eat and drink reasonably at the wedding. I will have the beef ribs and drink wine, but I won't have cake or grains or Malibu rum (damn it). I am going to count day 28 as one of my cheat days, and then just hop back on the plan on days 29, 30, and 31.
So that's my plan. I expected to want to go out and eat bread the second the 30 days was over, but I'm happy to report that another 30 days doesn't sound so bad.
