The summer after my 2nd Whole 30 we had a potluck dinner at church. I had finished reintroducing foods and made all my notes. So, I felt confident to choose what I wanted. But the next morning, I woke up deep in the funk of depression. What in the world! I had been feeling SO good…how did THIS happen?
Eating pasta and cookies means depression for me
I thought back through the last couple of days. The only difference was my food choices…or rather lack of control! Just the night before I had eaten several things with gluten and sugar…all things I had eaten regularly most of the rest of my life…like pasta, bread, cookies. But wait…yep, that’s right…I had been feeling this way then, too! Had I been fighting depression my whole life while eating foods that actually might be causing it? (I wasn’t into “googling” much then, but yes, there are articles out there on exactly that! Try this one on foods that make depression worse or this one about foods that help battle depression.
I’ll take less depression, please
Well, I’ve gotta tell you I DO NOT like feeling like I’m down in a dark tank with no way out, crying for most of the day and unable to get out of bed for no real reason!!! If that’s what these foods do to me, then no more.
Of course, that doesn’t mean my life is all sunshine and rainbows when I steer clear of these foods. I mean life happens, right? Everyone has good AND bad days. But I do sleep better, wake up easier, have more energy, get more done and have more “sunny” days. And that’s certainly worth doing without cookies. (Not to mention that my Sugar Dragon is a particularly difficult foe to fight so I don’t wanna stoke THAT fire…learn more about that here)
And I continue doing a Whole 30 now and again to learn even more about how foods affect my body. Yes, I’m getting older, but if I can fight joint pain, headaches, leg cramps, etc. with the foods I choose, I don’t have to necessarily feel ALL the effects!
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