Cap'n Crunch (with Crunch Berries) and Kool-Aid.
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| Crunch Berries, blueberries, strawberries—they're all in the same family. |
No? Not buying it?
Ok, we had oatmeal with the usual bling and sausage (not local, but otherwise Real Food-approved).
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| No one argued with this Day 11 breakfast. |
LUNCH: I asked Kyle what he was going to have for lunch today. "McDonald's." Seriously? "Yes, I want a salad from McDonald's." He said it in that voice where I knew talking him out of it was probably not a good idea. As seriously as he took the 10 Day Real Food Challenge, he clearly was taking Day 11 of NOT being on the Real Food Challenge equally as seriously. Breathe, Alison...
Charlie's lunch was all Real Food-approved with the exception of the store-bought Pepperidge Farm whole wheat sandwich bread. I was all out of real bread and didn't have anything else on hand to put his tuna fish on. He also got a smoothie (in the blue tube) with yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, and yogurt, a few whole wheat blueberries muffins and some cherry tomatoes from our neighbor's garden.
Sophie and I had a similar lunch to Charlie's.
I didn't fall off the wagon until about 3:30 p.m. I heard the chocolate calling to me and I had to answer.
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| crime scene photo |
I'm not gonna lie. It tasted good. Really, really good.
But then I felt sick to my stomach for the rest of the day. I honestly don't think it was just eating the chocolate that made me feel sick, I think it was eating 10 days worth of chocolate in one sitting. Whatever the case, it was such a letdown. I had been so looking forward to indulging, and now all I wanted to do was lay in the fetal position on the floor and fall asleep....but I couldn't because I HAD TO MAKE DINNER!!
After I admitted my fall off of the Real Food wagon (pulled by horses fed only organic hay) Kyle (still high on his McDonald's salad) talked me into just completely giving up and ordering pizza for dinner.
This proved to be an even worse decision than the chocolate binge. The fact that we had fresh green beans and cantaloupe with the pizza didn't do anything to offset how truly gross I felt after dinner.
I had promised everyone a trip to get ice cream at Captain Sundae (because who doesn't want to eat a sundae called "Pirate's Booty?"), and I had to follow through with that. Charlie had clearly been thinking about what he was going to order for the last 10 days, because there was NO hesitation—Superman ice cream with a cherry on top. Sophie requested chocolate/vanilla twist, no cherry. Kyle had a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup flurry. I passed, still suffering from chocolate hangover.
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| She licked the bowl clean. |
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| Yes, his teeth are blue from the ice cream...I'm sure it's natural coloring.... |
This whole day was just a huge bummer. I really was excited about eating some things I had missed. But the chocolate and the pizza were not even close to as satisfying as I thought they would be. Sure, they tasted good (maybe even great in the case of the chocolate), but not good enough to justify how truly bad I felt physically.
During the 10-Day Real Food Challenge, I really expected to somehow feel better physically, to have more energy, not have energy highs and lows during the day. I kept waiting for this magical feeling of Real Food Wonder to wash over me, but it never came. Then I ate junk on Day 11 and I felt like junk. I didn't necessarily feel bad going into this, so it's not surprising that I didn't feel "better" during the challenge. But I think that my body gradually adjusted to less sugar and junk over the 10 days and then when I reintroduced junk into my system, my body showed its displeasure by making me feel awful.
I have a number of observations, thoughts, ideas, rants, and plans for the future that I need to pull together over the next few days. Friends and family have been sharing ideas with me and asking questions I want to continue to address in this space.
Stayed tuned...Real Food Reese Style ain't over yet.
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