In Melissa Hartwig’s book, Food Freedom Forever, she talks about doing little Whole30 resets when needed and not necessarily doing a full Whole30. If you haven’t read Food Freedom Forever, I highly recommend it.  It’s a great resource on where to go after Whole30 and how to find freedom. I’m still working on finding mine, to be honest, but I am finding more balance.

Lately, my eating has remained paleo, but I’ve been adding in some treats (Evolved Chocolate almond sea salt is a major weakness y’all), paleo bread, chips and other items that aren’t the best. I feel like my eating has been off since my Crohn’s diagnosis because it’s been hard to digest vegetables and fruits, especially when my flare was at it’s worst. So I was turning to a lot of blender bread, Siete chips and anything else I could consume without pain.

Since having my first Remicade infusions last week (!!!), I finally feel like my body is absorbing nutrients again and I’m ready to go back to my whole food ways. I gained back the weight I loss because of my flare, which I’m ok with, but am still trying to lose and tone up some.

Personally, I feel like a reset is needed to get my mind back on track and to kick the chocolate addiction. I don’t have a set plan, but I do know the reset will last at least 5 days and then I’ll reevaluate and go from there. My goal is to get my tiger blood back and kick the sugar dragon.

Have any of y’all done a reset? How long did it last and what was your reasoning for it?

Lastly, here is my extremely rough meal plan for the week;

Monday

Breakfast: Unsweetened plain almond milk yogurt, banana, grainless granola (from Trader Joe’s) and mixed nut butter. I’ve decided to keep my breakfasts the same, because I need the probiotics in the yogurt. I can’t take probiotics (#transplantprobs) and feel like the yogurt is really helping balance my stomach.

Lunch: Pulled pork (from Costco, it’s compliant), asparagus and plantain chips.

Dinner: Breakfast for dinner, eggs, pulled pork and avocado.

Workout: Camp Gladiator at 6:45am and possibly a Sonic Hot 60 yoga class in evening.

Tuesday

Breakfast: Unsweetened plain almond milk yogurt, banana, grainless granola and mixed nut butter.

Lunch: Pulled pork and salad.

Dinner: Steak and asparagus.

Workout: Off day.

Wednesday

Breakfast: Unsweetened plain almond milk yogurt, banana, grainless granola and mixed nut butter.

Lunch: Pulled pork, asparagus and plantain chips.

Dinner: I work the rodeo, so probably a hot dog and cashews.

Workout: Camp Gladiator at 6:45am

Thursday

Breakfast: Unsweetened plain almond milk yogurt, banana, grainless granola and mixed nut butter.

Lunch: Tuna salad.

Dinner: Steak.

Workout: Go for a jog or walk Gundy.

Friday

Breakfast: Unsweetened plain almond milk yogurt, banana, grainless granola and mixed nut butter.

Lunch: Pulled pork and veggies.

Dinner: Last night working the rodeo! Dinner will be whatever compliant item I can find and snacks.

Workout: Camp Gladiator at 6:45am