maryteam2 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I just finished my first Whole 30 yesterday. WHAT WENT WELL... I love the emails with a link you can click on if you succeeded in eating Whole30 for that day. If it wasn't for that, I would have surely had a Coke and/or a chocolate bar within the first 3 days. I got to learn how to cook new recipes. If I wanted to add veggies to whatever meat recipe was in the "It Starts With Food", that is what I did. I am learning a new recipe every week. Some of that stuff is good!! After 9 days, someone commented that my eyes and hair looked shinier. I actually enjoy the food I eat now. Before, eating was more like an interruption in my day that I just wanted to hurry up and get it over with. When I take a shower, not as much hair ends up in the drain stopper. When I have PMS symptoms, I don't have the brain fog any more. I still get drained and really cold. However, I think the coconut milk, from the Morrocan chicken, might be helping my adrenals. Why? Well, I am not really cold all the time which is what used to be normal during PMS. Oh, and I don't get as drained as I used to. If I manage to get through menstruation without horrible cramps, and can actually work a whole day easily, I am going to be one happy camper. Oh, I lost about 5 lbs. I haven't weighed this since I was in high school. I am re-engaged in P90X after having the flu for 2 weeks and re-doing the easy week. So, I might put on some muscle weight. P90X is a heck of a lot easier and I don't get as sore. The exercise regime I had to do on Day 30 was all pushups and band work (or pullup bars if you can do that). I was cranking out the pushups. I have never cranked out pushups like that before - ever! WHAT COULD HAVE GONE BETTER... I could have participated in the forums to get more ideas. I never spent much if any time in the forums during my Whole30. Being very careful to read the labels of the food I was buying. After a week of buying Italian sausages, from Wegmans, I discovered they had sugar in them. Ack! Then, after buying shrimp, from the Wegmans seafood section, I discovered the shrimp had sugar on them. Then, the 2nd week I bought bacon from my butcher, I thought to ask if there was sugar in the bacon. There sure was! It was rather frustrating thinking I was buying something totally healthy and that darn sugar was everywhere. Sheesh, it's as bad as gluten being everywhere. So, I will be buying more of my meats from the Wellness Meats site since I know they have breakfast meats that are sugar free. I could have left the nuts out of my diet. I have Hashimoto's. I didn't get to the part, in "It Starts With Food" where they talk about eating for autoimmune disorders. I briefly read it and was HOPING that I read, incorrectly, that I wouldn't get to eat nuts. I think I could have had more veggies. Since I stayed away from nightshades and foods that could, potentially, slow down the thyroid, it seemed the veggies I could eat was limited. The information, on the internet, about what is and isn't a nightshade was rather conflicting. So, I could have come here and started eating sweet potatoes while doing P90X. Probably would have cut down on hunger cravings. WHAT I WILL DO NEXT TIME... Ask if meat products have sugar in it whether I go out to eat or get something from a store. If I am not sure, I will be ordering from Wellness Meats. I am also going to be checking out the quality of coconut milk as not all coconut milk is created equal. I am going to eat Whole whatever until my bloodwork later this month which means I have about another week. Then, I am going to be bad for a day or two and eat a gluten free pizza and some chocolate. After that, I am doing a Whole60. In a couple of weeks, I get the results of my bloodwork. Maybe my thyroid is starting to return to normal. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee Lee Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Good luck, Mary!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28jessicab Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Thanks so much for this post! I too shop at Wegmans and would never think to check shrimp for sugar!!! I'm only on day 6 and have been checking the labels on some things, but I guess I'm really going to have to keep my eyes open. Sausage I know can have sugar, but shrimp?? Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryteam2 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 @Renee - Thanks! @28jessicab - I know!! My last set of shrimp I bought from U.S. Wellness Meats since their shrimp is sugar free. They also have sugar free bacon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryteam2 Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi, This is an addendum. I got my lab results back yesterday. My TSH dropped about 33% after eating pretty clean. The only issue was that my antibodies were up slightly. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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