Whole 30 at 27

[ksilversmith]

Well, today is my 27th birthday and it marks the end of my first Whole30! I am so proud of myself (smug face)

I was prompted to do the Whole30 after a couple of weeks of weddings and all the festivities that go along with them. I ate too much, drank too much and although I enjoyed doing so it did not make me feel good afterwards!

I've known for some time that I don't have what I'll call, a heathy relationship with food. I can pinpoint the start of this a few years ago when my boyfriend at the time went on a diet. He eventually lost about 3 stone of a beer belly but the whole time he was monitoring what he ate and drank I felt like I was consuming more than him and so I cut back. It got to the stage where I was down to about one meal a day which I ate with him in the evening.

I'm 5'9" and at the time i was not what anyone would call overweight and at my lowest I was 137lbs (at the heaviest I remember being in adult life I was 148lbs - not a huge range). But I seemed to always be in a constant battle with it.

Life has changed in many ways and I'm altogether much much happier now - but I still find myself calorie counting, trying different diets and feeling guilty about every food choice I make.

Onto my Whole30 experience-

The main thing I've loved about this is I've not felt guilty in 30 days! I've stuck completely to the plan and eaten when I'm hungry and eaten how much I like of lots of delicious foods!

I work part time in a bakery and bake delicious cakes 4 days a week and I now know I can resist sticking my finger in the icing. I don't need to taste everything!

I have lost 5lbs - back to 141lbs. As I said, I don't really consider myself to have a lot to lose so I wasn't expecting any results here! I used to be a daily scale user and so going without this method of judging my body for 30 days has made me look properly at what I see in the mirror - I'm realising it is not as bad as I thought!

I still have to tame my sugar dragon - been eating a little too much fruit to compensate and I need to go to the gym more often (I go to yoga once a week and swimming a couple of times)

My plan is to move forward - a glass of red wine for my birthday tonight is in order I think! Then onto reintroducing a few things but I know now that I don't need a lot of the things in my diet I was eating before. I love dark chocolate and have a passion for cheeses (and cake of course) but I will enjoy these foods so much more now they won't be a daily or weekly habit.

Thinking of starting another Whole30 in November to give me the confidence to get through the Christmas period.

Sorry for such a long post I'm just so excited to have done this fantastic thing for myself!

[Derval]

Happy Birthday!

[gatork]

happy birthday and congrats on moving forward!

[ksilversmith]

Thank you, just had my lovely glass of wine and looking forward to feeling this good always. Reading everyone's success stories on the forum has helped me so much to stay focused. Here's to being 27 and looking forward to my next whole30!