Whole 30 Newbie

[BadWolf47]

Hi Everyone... My name is Mark.  I'm new to the Whole 30, but excited about the journey.  The reason I decided to do the Whole 30 is because I have an awful inner sugar dragon.  I'm in the medical field, so I see a lot of patients with diabetes and I don't want to acquire that disease.  I've started noticing some alarming symptoms within myself that has made me decide to slay that sugar dragon while there's still time.  I actually just finished Day 2 and have had a horrific headache since the end of Day 1.  However, I'm powering through it and not letting it deter me from finishing the plan.  I decided that in addition to giving up sugar that I would also take this opportunity to give up my caffeine dragon as well.  So I'm hopefully going to slay two dragons with one Whole 30!  It's nice to know I have somewhere I can come for support.  I look forward to reading your posts and providing you support as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read my introduction.

[SusanS]

@BadWolf47 Congrats on your decision to do a Whole 30 and making it to the end of Day 2! Several other folks started yesterday too - see the thread below. [I'm on day 2, of whole30 #2.]

Good for you for giving up caffeine too! I am cutting down on my caffeine this go round, but not ready to give it up completely. Tea only, no coffee for me.

 

[Host]

I was big on caffeine - but when I went into withdrawal, it gave me a 72 hour migraine. Since then, every headache I have had in comparison is nothing.

[Azgirl]

I'm new to this too!  Just started today for health reasons and advice from my doctor.  Day 1 went smoothly except for the raging headache.  Trying not to think about sugar or all the foods you can't eat.  Good luck!