Post Whole 30 Update

So after Bob and I finished our Whole 30 almost a couple weeks ago, we added beer and alcohol back in our diet. I noticed a big change on how I was feeling. I only would have a few drinks (not enough to get drunk), but I would wake up really groggy with low energy and foggy head. I’m not sure if it was re-introducing the sugars, the gluten, the poison alcohol, or a combination of these things into my diet that caused this change. As I am writing this, I am realizing that some readers may be thinking, “duh! Of course, you are going to feel like crap when you wake up the next morning after drinking.” Maybe it was stupid for me to not expect it, but since I wasn’t drinking enough to get drunk, nor was I drinking enough to get a hangover, I didn’t expect to wake up feeling kind of crappy the next day.

I had my first cheat meal 5 days after Whole 30 had ended. I had friends in town and we all got fish tacos, fries, and onion rings. After eating that, I felt incredibly weighed down. I crashed hard about an hour after finishing dinner, causing me to go to bed at 9pm (that is VERY early for me).

After that night I enjoyed a clean (and sober) paleo lifestyle for a few days until Bob and I left for Denver to attend the Great American Beer Fest. Needless to say we drank a lot of beer. We also had a lot of meals out. From French toast, to French fries, to burgers, to lots of beers…we didn’t maintain a paleo diet while we were traveling. We just got back last night and are very gung-ho about getting our diet back on the paleo track. I want to feel like I did during Whole 30. I also don’t want to undo the results of all the hard work I put into those 30 days. So salad for tonight’s dinner!