I don't even know why. I mean obviously because I eat horribly and am overweight and I need to do it, but I don't even know why I started it. I have been hearing about it and reading about it and then I was home alone for a week when my parents went to see my grandparents and I was on facebook and saw that this author I follow had just started it. And I just...decided to start it too. I made a list of things to go buy and I went shopping the next morning and did a bunch of food prep and...there you have it. On Whole30.
If you don't know it is a 30 day diet that is kind of like a cleanse. It is no sugar, no dairy, no wheat, no alcohol, no anything basically. Ha! You just eat fruits and veggies and meat (organic if possible) and cleanse your body of all that is processed and bad. Then you are supposed to slowly introduce those things back into your diet so you can watch what affect they have on you and determine what you might have negative reactions to so that you can eliminate them from your normal eating. Also it is just a jump start for losing weight and more healthy eating. You can read a better explanation HERE.
So yesterday was day 15 for me so I am now 1/2 done. This month was a crazy time for me to do this because it was Easter and my birthday (I have passed both of those now!) and the end of the year (still to come) at work which always means parties and lunches galore. I just felt motivated to do it and I knew if I didn't do it then I never would! To be honest it hasn't been that bad. I mean there have been some hard times. When I smell stuff that I really like, that is the worst. But overall I haven't had any intense cravings or crazy bad desires for anything. I am shocked. I have a crazy sweet tooth and sugar is 100% gone from this but...I haven't missed it. In fact it sounds awful to me now. So maybe that is a good thing.
One good but kind of bad thing is that I can really see my bad eating habits. I am not a cooker. I need to be to do this right. I should be eating eggs and veggies and meat. I eat a lot of raw veggies and Lara bars (the only thing you can buy ready made to eat) and jerky. So the laziness and non-cooking is still there. As is the binge eating. When I open a bag of jerky or nuts...I pretty much eat the whole thing. Which is also my issue with a bag of candy. So big picture...why better a bag of almonds than a bag of m&ms BUT still not ideal. So I need to work on that. But at least I know that now and I am making positive steps right?
15 more days to go. I am not sure what will happen then. I haven't exactly decided what diet I will follow when my 30 days ends. I might keep doing this longer. I know I will want to lose more weight b/c I haven't lost much yet. Who knows....it is all in the air still. But 1/2 there and haven't quit yet...pretty excited by that!
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