A piece of the Plan

So I am starting the Whole30 challenge on Monday September 3, 2012. This is the first of many changes to come. I don't like being exhausted all the time, impatient constantly and unmotivated. I don't like the way I look or the way I feel. I don't like the way I am with my kids right now because I am easy to irritate and sluggish. I recognize that when I am all these things I eat poorly and this exacerbates the problem. I am 100% an EMOTIONAL eater. When I feel down I want sugar in all kinds not just chocolate, I want chocolate, gummy bears, a bag of chips with a coke on the side and it doesn't stop there. I don't want just one of each thing, I could seriously sit down and devour the whole bag of chips, all the gummy bears and the whole chocolate bar in one sitting. I have a science background and am a health care provider so I understand emotional eating but does that stop me NO. So I have taken this week to read the book, It Starts With Food by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig. I needed to read and solidify my emotional eating problems. I understand that when I feel down I want food that will instantly make me feel happy and boy do I get that when I take the first swig of my McDonald's Diet Coke. As soon as I swallow my first sip I let a huge sigh go and a massive smile takes over my face. It's incredible and disturbing all at once. I also understand that because eating junk food sends no satisfied signal to my brain, my brain therefore tells my body that I'm still hungry and allows me to eat EVERYTHING. So I am committing myself to 30 days with no sweets, no junk, no coke, no addictions, nothing processed, just raw food, natural food, healthy and healing food.