Yesterday I started another Whole30. What is the Whole30 you may ask? Well, I will tell you anyway. It is not a diet. It is not a cleanse. It is not a detox. However, it will do all those things.
Simply, it is a program to help reset your digestive system and heal your gut by eliminating a lot of foods from your diet for 30 whole days in a row. At the end of the 30 days, you reintroduce each of the forbidden foods one at a time to see if any of them are causing you problems. It is not meant for you to eat like this forever, just for 30 days. It is basically clean eating.
When I did it 2 years ago (chanting 'no cheating' through out the days)
However, I reintroduced foods too quickly and did not identify any specific food triggers. When I had the ice cream was it the dairy, the sugar, the fat, or the chemicals that immediately gave me the zits?
One thing I have avoided since then is store bought cookies and pastries. I can still pull up my socks and climb the stairs, but my hands and knees hurt and I have less energy than I would like.
Below are some links to the Whole30 program if you are interested in reading more. I bought the book It Starts With Food by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig and read up on the effect of many foods. I set a date to start 3 months in the future when I was home for 30 days so I could focus on it. I had to change my attitude and be willing to give up dairy for 30 days. I am, after all, a dairy farmer. Within 3 days, I saw the first effects and got excited to go the distance.
http://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/
http://whole30.com/downloads/whole30-shopping-list.pdf
http://whole30.com/2013/08/revised-timeline/
http://laurenhartmann.com/2014/07/the-lazy-girls-guide-to-the-whole30.html
Turns out that I have little girls taking turns visiting this week since school does not resume until next week.
blessings,
Chris
Simply, it is a program to help reset your digestive system and heal your gut by eliminating a lot of foods from your diet for 30 whole days in a row. At the end of the 30 days, you reintroduce each of the forbidden foods one at a time to see if any of them are causing you problems. It is not meant for you to eat like this forever, just for 30 days. It is basically clean eating.
When I did it 2 years ago (chanting 'no cheating' through out the days)
- the bloat in my body left immediately
- I could pull on my socks and climb the stairs instead of crawl
- I could bend over and pick up something off the floor
- I could get down on the floor and back up again without help
- the dry itchy scales on my head cleared away
- the headaches went away
- the pain in my knees and hands went away
- I had great energy
- I was more positive
- I dropped 18 lbs
However, I reintroduced foods too quickly and did not identify any specific food triggers. When I had the ice cream was it the dairy, the sugar, the fat, or the chemicals that immediately gave me the zits?
One thing I have avoided since then is store bought cookies and pastries. I can still pull up my socks and climb the stairs, but my hands and knees hurt and I have less energy than I would like.
Below are some links to the Whole30 program if you are interested in reading more. I bought the book It Starts With Food by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig and read up on the effect of many foods. I set a date to start 3 months in the future when I was home for 30 days so I could focus on it. I had to change my attitude and be willing to give up dairy for 30 days. I am, after all, a dairy farmer. Within 3 days, I saw the first effects and got excited to go the distance.
http://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/
http://whole30.com/downloads/whole30-shopping-list.pdf
http://whole30.com/2013/08/revised-timeline/
http://laurenhartmann.com/2014/07/the-lazy-girls-guide-to-the-whole30.html
Turns out that I have little girls taking turns visiting this week since school does not resume until next week.
blessings,
Chris
Goodluck and stick with it.......I've made permanent changes to my eating and had massive changes for the better.......
ReplyDeleteThanks. I seem to stick to things better if some one dares me or laughs at my attempts just so I can prove them wrong. But, alas, I finally grew up. Well maybe. I need to make some significant changes because I deserve to feel better. Besides, I have a thousand things I want to get done this year so more energy and less pain would be helpful.
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