Holly Johnson Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I fell off the wagon. Hard. Sugar and I have a love hate relationship. After my first whole30 I did really well maintaining a healthy diet for about three months. Then my mother came to visit, and she is a sugarholic! We went to Cracker Barrel, Dunkin' Donuts (at least FOUR times a week, yikes!) and had numerous sugary iced coffees (no good). Pretty soon I was back to a daily pastry and my clothes were not fitting at all. Enter a second Whole30. It was desperately needed. I had horrible sugar withdrawal migraines this time for the first four days. Once past that everything smoothed out and I got back into the groove. I was determined to exercise on my bike everyday, and at first, I did! Unfortunately, I got a whiff of my better days on week 2 (when I easily did 50-100 miles a day on a mountain bike) and pushed my self so hard I got horrible back spasms and dislocated a joint (that FINALLY popped back into place this morning!). Thank goodness I had a sister who cooked whole30 specific meals for me for about a week. The spasms still caused me to swell to a point where I didn't seem to lose anything on week 3, but I pressed on! NSV: Tiger blood Lower Heart rate No more sugar! SV: lost 13 pounds! (and probably a few inches but I'm horrible at remembering to measure) This is just the beginning I'm going to do another month to make a whole60, and maybe a whole90. This sugar deal has got to stop for good this time. Plus, with my back issues, I feel like I was cheated out of the complete experience. Side Note: I really appreciate those who post before and after photo's. Whenever I feel like giving up, I go and look at other's success and use it as fuel to keep pushing forward! Don't be afraid to post before and afters! It's super encouraging for those thinking of taking the plunge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsland33 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Great work to regain control! Fortunately, sugar has never been quite the demon for me that it is for many others but I've also just jumped in for round two in an attempt to kick-start my weight loss, which has stalled a bit in the last month after five months of steady progress and to help my wife who is trying W30 for the first time. Today is Day One, Part Two, for me in fact - so reading your post couldn't have come at a better time. Thanks for the inspiration and keep fighting the good fight! Cheers - ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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