I was heading out on a family holiday to Boston, making it easy to keep going for a third week. I was excited to eat roasted peanuts at Fenway, try out new restaurants like Veggie Galaxy (a vegetarian diner!), and to hit up the vegan ice cream store FoMu. I ate everything from vegan stuffed french toast, to brownies, to cotton candy. Eating late at night became the norm. (Remember, I used to stop eating around 7 p.m.)
By the end of that week, I felt like I did Boston right, but man, I felt even worse than I did after week two. All that sugar and processed flour I wasn't used to eating was really hurting my belly, and because I didn't feel good, I was irritable, had low energy, and did not feel like my happy, energetic self.
Intuitive eating was not working for me at all. I know eating a ton of crap until you feel sick is not intuitive eating, but I really couldn't figure out how to listen to my body. By the end of the third week, I ended up gaining seven pounds, but what's worse is that I felt lost over how to make healthy food choices.