Whole 30 (Days 6-11)

It's now day 11 of my Whole 30 journey. The timeline on the website hasn't matched my experience exactly. I've been going through most of what they talk about just not in the same order.

For instance, days 6-7 are when you're supposed to feel the most tired. No matter how much sleep you get, you just want to nap all day. That wasn't the case for me. My energy levels have been fairly constant. However, last night I went to bed around 11pm and woke up at 10am and I still feel exhausted.

Then days 8-9 are when you get a little bloated from the changes and healing going on in your intestines. It's actually a little hard for me to judge this one because it's that time of the month for me and bloating is par for the course. My pants were fitting better about a week ago though. I'll have to see how they fit after mother nature leaves me.

Days 10-11 they say are the hardest days and the days you're most likely to quit. For me that would be yesterday and today. I definitely don't feel the urge to quit. I've had a few cravings but nothing that makes me want to give up the work I've already put in. I've come this far and I'm not about to start over. I don't miss the grains at all. This morning though there was a chocolate bar on the counter and I cried a little on the inside.

So today I guess I'll just take it easy and see what happens tomorrow. I'll be making another Disneyland trip and I might be crying again smelling all the food and seeing all the ice cream that I can't have. But I will prevail.

Whole 30 (Days 4-5)

The Whole 30 website has days 4 and 5 marked as the days that you will be most irritable. They even label it: "Kill ALL the things!". I appreciate the sarcasm found throughout their writing. In reality, though, it was pretty accurate. I didn't necessarily want to kill ALL the things, but I did find myself very prone to becoming upset very quickly. At least they were my two days off of work. Also, I went to Disneyland yesterday which is the happiest place on earth, so how can you be mad there?

I haven't had the waking up at 6:45 phenomenon happen again, but I've definitely been getting up earlier than usual without much of an inward struggle. I have a lot of energy in the mornings, but in the afternoon and evening I get pretty sluggish. I'm assuming this is due to my body learning to use fat as fuel instead of sugar.

I just noticed last night that I've definitely been burning belly fat. My abs are much more noticeable and I even took all of last week off of workouts. The timeline on the website says I might be more tired than usual today and tomorrow. I'm hoping I've already gotten through that part, or that maybe today would be the last day of it.

Another big change for me is in cooking. I do not cook. I mean...I DO NOT cook. It's not fun for me and I don't feel like I'm good at it. Luckily I married a man who loves to cook and I haven't had to do any cooking for our entire marriage so far. (It's ok to be jealous.) But, since starting this program, I've actually been cooking a bit. At least when it comes to breakfast. I LOVE breakfast. I don't have a wide variety of meals I'm good at, but I can make a sweet potato hash like nobody's business. I think that's part of why I'm getting up easier in the morning. I'm thinking about breakfast and bulletproof coffee. 

The food I eat on this program is delicious and healthy. I'm really enjoying the meals I get to eat. I hope it stays that way for all 30 days!

The Whole 30

Even though I'm on the third day already, I thought I should probably start blogging about my experience with Whole 30. If you want more details on what that is exactly, click this link. Long story short, it's VERY strict paleo for 30 days.

Now I'm a fairly healthy eater but I know I could do better. That's why I'm choosing to do this. I'm also really interested in seeing how my body reacts to cutting out grains.

So for my experience so far: the first two days were hard and easy at the same time. The food I've been eating is really good and I'm enjoying the amount of fat I'm supposed to include in my meals. But I've never eaten so many vegetables. I feel like all I do between meals is go to the bathroom. The hardest part is being at work and not eating any goodies that people bring in. I'm just waiting for that box of See's to show up like I know it will.

The most interesting thing that's happened so far was this morning. I woke up at 6:45am automatically and was wide awake. That's never happened before. I'm kind of hoping that will keep up because I always have intentions to get up earlier and I never do.

So... I'll be updating as I go along. Stay tuned. ;)