wheresanita Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Greetings! Most of this info I have posted in my log or other places scattered around the forum, but since I've officially completed my W30 and consider it a resounding success I figured I should post something here as well. My husband and I ran a half marathon at the end of October. That seemed to be the jumping off point for going completely off the rails food-wise. Over the next 2 months nothing was off limits and with the holiday approaching we had little motivation to make any changes. I was watching the number on the scale increase and getting more disgusted with myself. I have been following the W9 blog for years and have read ISWF, attended a workshop...I know all the reasons to make more healthy choices - it just wasn't happening. So I decided to jump on board the the Jan 1 Whole 30. I was tickled when my husband decided to join me. It's always easier when we're both on board! I was very fortunate that I experienced very few of the negative effects of the W30. I did get a nasty cold about half way through but I just kept going. Tom and I had a couple of massive food prep days that would keep us going for a week at a time. By far the most challenging thing for me was NOT stepping on the scale. When I weighed myself the morning of Jan1st I was so upset with myself that I could not bring myself to take measurements or photos (which I'm regretting now of course!). Every morning I would walk in to the bathroom and have a huge battle with myself over whether or not to step on the scale. Every morning I walked away! After that, the food was easy!! So this morning, after 30 days of internal strife over the scale, I walked in to the bathroom and stepped on the scale.... HOLY CRAP!!! 18 POUNDS!!... ...which tells you how far off track I was before I started. From here, I plan to follow the plan designed for me last summer by the wonderful Amy Kubal and hope to continue with consistent, healthy improvements in my body composition. I will still check the scale but my goal is to try to do it once per week rather than daily. I also plan to take measurements today and recheck them monthly. And I'll be posting to my post W30 log - perhaps not daily, but somewhat regularly. YAY ME!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaela Elmore Cogswell Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 awesome! congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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