The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

So it's been over a week, since I posted about the hunger-monster disaster that was day three.  Now I've been doing this so long I'm not even counting by days any more! Now I say "almost two weeks"!
I figure it's time to do a round up of how things have been going.

The Good.
Things have been going well for the most part. The only "fudges" I've had is
1) rice when I went to Chipotle with friends (have you had their rice? it is worth the splurge) and
2) some white wine*

I've been tempted some. I've come very close to giving up all hope and driving to Jimmy John's for their amazing white bread sub sandwiches. Last night I held a warm tortilla in my hand while I was feeding my niece. Do you know what it feels like to hold a warm tortilla and not eat it? It's definitely a form of torture.**  BUT, I've been resisting.  Right now my goal is to make it 21 days without major splurges. After that we will see.

I gave up diet coke (again).  I haven't had any junk food, ice cream or packaged food (aside from packaged raw nuts) in almost two weeks.  I'm only drinking water (and, see above, one night I had wine). This is unbelievable.

Right now, as I blog, I have crust-less pizza in the oven. I'm super excited about this.

The Bad.
I'm still hungry a lot.  Being hungry is when the crazy comes out and your mind will rationalize eating anything. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Mister Primal Man seems to think you will be less hungry when eating Primal.

I've been really irritable this week.*** I'm not sure if that's related to being hungry, or stress or problems I've been having with my car. But I'm not usually this easy to anger and I don't like it.

Groceries are expensive!  Each week I think that I will spend less and then I end up spending more. And I'm not even going organic or grass-fed like Mister Primal Man wants.   Plus, I'm running back to the store mid-week for fresh produce. I HATE going to the store more than once a week

The Ugly
Groceries are expensive!  I thought about showing you my grocery bill, but I can't. It's embarrassing. Each week I think that I will spend less and then I end up spending more. And I'm not even going fully organic or grass-fed like Mister Primal Man wants.   Plus, I'm running back to the store mid-week for fresh produce. I HATE going to the store more than once a week.


*red wine is okay because of the antioxidants.  I think white wine is not a horrible choice (better than that wheat monster, beer!) but it's just not on the approved list from Mister Primal Man.
**while you may say, "Jill, that warm tortilla was for your niece. Would you literally take food that is meant for the mouth of a baby?" and my answer to that is, "Of course I would. I'M ON A NO-CARB DIET, FRIENDS.  There is nothing I wouldn't put past me when it comes to warm carbs.  Plus, there was no way that little girl would eat that whole tortilla anyway."
***No, it is not my period.