Whole 30- Day 10

I'm officially 1/3 of the way through the Whole30 program! If you asked me how I was doing on Monday, I would have sworn there was no way I would make to day 10 but here I am pushing through.

The backstory-
I've struggled with my weight pretty much all of my adult life. I have terrible snacking habits and a sugar addiction that I haven't been able to out-exercise no matter how hard I've tried. In the past I've tried to eat more "clean" but by the time the evening rolls around my plan falls apart and I'm back to grazing on junk. I've tried Weight Watchers (hated the promotion of low-fat and low-sugar items) and 21 Day Fix (some success but ultimately not sustainable for me).
Last month, my friend Smitha asked me to join her following the Whole30 program. I googled it and immediately said no! I thought there was no way I could eliminate all of of those elements from my diet at the same time and that I would fail.  A few weeks later, I watched the documentary Fed Up on Netflix and my entire mindset changed. It focuses on how sugar is the root of so many health problems, especially obesity, in America and how so many people form actual addictions to sugar. While watching, my inner voice kept screaming "This is you! This is Joe! This is the reason why it is so damn hard to lose the weight!" I immediately started pinning Whole30 recipes to a new Pinterest board, bought the Whole30 book and dove in headfirst alongside my husband.

We started our Whole30 on March 1 and by day 2, I had a terrible headache which I knew was bound to happen as my body  detoxed for the sugar I was used to consuming day in and day out. I felt exhausted and  unhappy. Days 5 and 6 were the worst, by far. My head had been hurting for 4 days at that point and all I wanted was sugar. I had to skip out on my morning running group. I skipped yoga because I was even too tired for that. I had to take naps mid-day and it felt like I was still running on fumes until I would pass out into bed with my boys by 7:45pm. I texted Smitha and my husband telling them I was about to give up. I am so lucky to have supportive people in my life to keep me going because I managed to power through it.

On day 8, I woke up feeling like a new person. My headache was gone, I wasn't tired all day and I even went to my 9pm yoga class. Yesterday (day 9) I went to a morning Hot Power Fusion yoga class and still had enough energy to run 4 miles last night with Joe after our boys were asleep.

Today is day 10 and I am feeling so incredibly positive about the changes we are making. We still have some off-limit food items in our cupboard but I haven't been tempted to cheat in a few days, which is HUGE for me. My pants are fitting looser in the waist already and my stomach feels so much more flat. I'm starting to think I had gotten used to being in a permanent bloated state, which is pretty sad. I am kicking myself for not taking any photos before day 6 because I'd love to see comparisons when this is over. I feel so motivated to keep going not only because of physical changes but especially the mental changes.

Here's to 20 more days!

xo, Annie