You change your dietary life completely, it's easier to list what you CAN eat actually. You can eat vegetables, fruit, nuts (excluding peanuts), sweet potato, eggs and meat/seafood. Seems easy enough until you actually go for it, because the thing is you aren't allowed to even "paleo-fy" dessert. If I am craving pancakes I could just as easily whisk up 1 banana and 2 eggs to make myself some nutritious and "whole 30 approved" pancakes, correct? Wrong. You can't because the whole point of this is to not only cleanse your system from dairy, grains, legumes etc. but also teach yourself how to eat REAL food and feel great about it. One more thing about this whole plan.... YOU CAN'T WEIGH YOURSELF. No measurements of any kind may be taken on the duration of the 30 days, you may however weigh/measure yourself before and after you complete the challenge if you so wish to do so to see the changes your body has made.
How has this affected me? I have been able to sleep a whole lot better, I wake up with ease and I feel great and light throughout the day yet I still get full with the food I eat. I have learned to LOVE vegetables! ME!! The girl who used to have nightmares of giant vegetables chasing her around the house when she was 5 (I am not kidding) has actually learned to appreciate them for what they are, nutrients.
*Back in February I actually started getting very brutal and intense abdominal pains that would last about 36 hours, this would occur about every 5 weeks and I visited my doctor countless times. I even got an ultrasound done to see if there were kidney stones or anything that could be causing me such immense pains. He nor the ultrasound were of any help, I decided to quit the medication he prescribed because I didn't like the idea of harming my body with drugs if I didn't feel like it was helping me. According to my 'calculations' I was supposed to get that nasty pain about 3 weeks ago, and I haven't yet felt anything. One thing the Whole 30 does show is there real life testimonials, anything from Chronic Fatigue to Nerve Damage to even Seizures have been "Cured" during their whole 30, read about that here http://whole9life.com/2011/06/the-whole30-a-z-real-life-testimonials/ . I don't know for sure but I have a strong feeling that the pain has gone away because I have been treating my body to the right nutrients.
Finally, I think this has been such an amazing experience for me, I have learned to be creative with my food and really explore different fruits and vegetables! Today marks the end of my 27th day, just 3 days left! Will i completely indulge on sugar and grains as soon as October 1st rolls around? Of course not, I will most likely stick to my eating habits now, and accept "paleo-fied" desserts, as well as add some greek yogurt and oats into my life. Not change too much though because I like the way the Whole 30 made me change my perspective and I wouldn't want to jeopardize that. I haven't even thought about the scale much, I am however excited to see if anything has changed, who knows maybe I even gained weight because it turns out my body needed the grains? Every body is different.
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| This was a usual meal, steamed veggies, fresh tuna and sliced up tomato with some sesame seeds on top. |
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