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Hi everyone,

 

Today is day 14 for me and so far things are going really well.  I've been surprised that I'm not hungry all the time like I thought I would be.  I'm generally satisfied most of the time.  If I find I'm not making it to my next meal I adjust my previous meals.  I have had a lot of emotional stress lately so that has been my 1st big test - not running to sweets for comfort.  Thankfully my hubby is doing this with me so I have support to stick with this.

 

My hubby has already noticed an amazing benefit.  He has 2 bad knees in need of replacements.  Went skiing 6 days in a row last week and normally that would cause excruciating pain for him that would last days after stopping.  He was so surprised how relatively good they felt.  Still had pain but he said nothing in comparison to how it used to be.

 

I haven't really noticed any changes yet.  My goals are more energy and to see if there are any foods making my anxiety disorder with panic attacks, bi-polar and major depression worse.  Before starting whole30 those 3 all reared their ugly heads again, all together.  I have also suffered from acne as long as I can remember even now into my 40's.  So very interested if I'll see any skin changes.  

 

Some of these are complex issues and so I'm thinking of extending this out to a whole60 to give my body more time to adjust, detox and reset so to speak.  I think things like mental illnesses are so complex it just may take more time.  Plus I went on new meds right before starting this and want to know what improvement is that and what is food related.

 

Anyone else out there start and do longer than 30 days?  I don't think there's any harm in it - such a healthy way of eating.

 

Thank you everyone :)

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There's definitely no physical harm in continuing to eat this way, many people continue eating this way more or less forever. I would recommend doing reintroductions at some point so that you know how you react to different foods, since someday you will be in a position where you'll want or need to have something off plan. There are two ways to do reintros, the explanations for the are linked in my signature below.

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I'm definitely going to do the reintroduction phase as detailed.  I just need more time to see if I notice changes in these illnesses, especially since I naturally cycle in/out of episodes.  So it will be hard to know if it's the food or cycling out.  So I figure 60 days is a doable thing and gives me time to have gone through some of normal cycle durations.  Then I'll have more to compare to.  

 

Thanks for the links!

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