Cassata26 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I completed my "Whole32" on May 1st, and I added two extra days as I discovered on Day 28 of my 30 days that I might have accidently ingested a couple of "bad foods." (Microscopic amounts, and I am still not 100% sure if I did). Here are my numbers for my Whole32... Weight lost: 24 pounds (!) Sizes Lost: One pants and one shirt size (I can fit into my old "better" wardrobe again) New Resting Heartrate: 49 bpm Other benefits: I'm never exhausted, and I sleep like a baby every night and I no longer get headaches. I plan on continuing this style of eating, as I realized I don't miss diary at all, and really, REALLY enjoy cooking all my meals. This past weekend I went to a wedding, and had a half a piece of cake. I couldn't believe how sweet it was... so much so that it was overkill. I didn't crave an additional bite (as I usually would). I also avoided the mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and sweet dinner rolls like they weren't even there. Anytime I would go away to a wedding weekend, (or any vacation) I'd always gain a bit of weight, and this time I didn't! My workouts have gotten stronger, and I have since shortened them to under an hour of some form High Intensity Interval Training. I did a gym/outdoor workout 24 days out of 32 Whole30 days. And my arm is finally healed, and I only need two more Physical Therapy workouts! I always was told in the gym when I was young that food choices make up 85% of your appearance, and now I finally realize it. The best part of this whole process is that I got my wife to join me for the last 9 days of my Whole30, and the food choices she made completely rewired her tastebuds and she is no longer a sugar-addict (like I was). Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennR Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 This is such an amazing outcome. But this... Weight lost: 24 pounds (!) Holy crap! (I especially liked that you tacked on a couple of extra days just because you might have ingested some microscopic amount of noncompliant food.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physibeth Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Congratulations! What a great success story! (btw...I moved this post to the success stories section) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassata26 Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks Physibeth... I got slightly lost on the forum this morning for some reason. Glenn, I had to eat out a few times, and one time I was playing the "what does that taste like" game... is that Soy... or Sesame Oil... or Canola? I have a pretty good palate (Like I can taste the corn in bacon/pork that a pig eats)... but I wasn't sure. I remember picking off the raw fish from top of the rice for the platters we had at a birthday party... it was rather taxing. I did go home that night and have an Epic bar and leftover chicken (in rather ravenous style). I did unfortunately use Goya Coconut Milk the first day... and the funny thing is the package I found was a "spanish" only package I grabbed from a small spanish deli/grocer, and I SWORE it didn't list Carrageenan as an inngredient. Anyways, I didn't like how it separated, so I moved onto 365 brand when I was ready to try a "decent" replacement for cream for my espresso/coffee later that week. Two weeks later... I checked out the label of another can I got from the online grocer I use, and I was pissed to see Carrageenan on the label! I have since moved onto Aroy-D Coconut Cream for coffee. The weight shocked me... but I know a good amount of it was water weight (I always hold a lot of salt) and inflammation weight from my arm surgery recovery. Salty meals ALWAYS lead me to eating sugar to counteract the taste left in my mouth... so it was a bad combo. I do plan on eating this way everyday I am at home, which is often since I work at home 90% of the time and can continually cook. (I am just running out of meats to try...) Also, has anyone found a Paleo/Whole30 compliant Hot Dog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennR Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Ask and ye shall receive. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahoecorgilover Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Congrats!!!! I'm so happy for you. I finish tomorrow so right behind you. Plan on staying on too. Laurie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumontherun Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Congratulations!!!! 24lbs? Wow! It's amazing success stories like this that keep us all going. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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