Whole30, Day 28, Monday 1/29/2017
Day 28 of my 30 days on the Whole30, a month-long cleanse during which you consume no alcohol, sugar, dairy, grains, etc etc. If you're interested in the program, your best source of information to begin with is the internet. If you're interested in reading one person's experiences with it, I have written a few Steemit posts about it. Links supplied below.
If you have been following this little story, you know I have been doing this with my sister @jayna.
What I didn't tell you was that my husband, @preparedwombat, has also been involved. He kept his bagels and cream cheese etc, but very sweetly gave up beer for the month in solidarity.
So, did we lose weight?
This morning, we did the math. Down to brass tacks. Did we lose weight this month? Doing the Whole30 dance, I lost 12 pounds in January. Without beer, @preparedwombat lost 8 pounds, or two pounds a week. When we looked at the numbers together, I asked him what he wanted to do with this new-found knowledge about the influence of beer on his weight. "Get used to being fat," he said with a wink.
What I am going to do with my new-found knowledge is probably just about what I have been doing, maybe with dairy added back in. I miss one of my old standbys, plain yogurt, and I've never noticed any issues with dairy before. So back on the "in" list it goes at the end of the month, about the same time @preparedwombat cracks open his first Guinness.
Thanks for reading. The final Whole30 post coming later this week!!
My Whole30 Posts:
Whole30 - Day 25 – Making Friends with the Middle
Whole30 - Day 20 – Eat Monkeys, Eat!
Whole30 - Day 16 – To Sleep Perhaps to Dream
Whole30 - Day 13 – Food restriction for a Foody, food for thought
Whole30 - Day 11 – Looks like a knife fight, tastes like heaven
Whole30 – Day 10 – Lest ye mistake me for a paragon
Whole30 – Day 6
Whole30 – Day 5
Whole30 – Day 4
Whole30 - Day 3
Whole30 – Day 2
Whole30 – Day 1
Older posts you might enjoy
An F-Bomb for Christmas
Getting Married at the International Food Court
pixabay images
What? He lost 8 pounds by giving up one thing, and we gave up absolutely everything fun? No fair! I lost 8 pounds too, but to do it I had to give up all grains, all dairy, all sugar and of course alcohol. Men always lose weight easier. Sheesh! Well, it has been worth it. Eight pounds lighter feels fabulous!
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Congrats on your 8! It is a big accomplishment! I’m interested in knowing what of the Whole30 who plan to retain. Lemme know.
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While I loved losing the weight, I didn't actually feel great on the Whole30. Very weird. For me, a more balanced and unrestrictive diet seems to do the trick. I added back in several foods and immediately felt better. Repeat: very weird.
What I'm retaining is the avoidance of most grains and sugar. I'm also carefully picking and choosing what I eat at meals and what I snack on. For example, we got Chinese food as a celebration at the end of the 30 days. I focused on the veggies and protein, didn't eat the rice, and only had a nice normal portion of food with no seconds. Also, when I need a snack, it's an apple with a bit of almond butter, not sugary snack bars, crackers and cheese, etc. These choices are totally sustainable for me. Fortunately, I don't have a sweet tooth, and I don't crave carbs!
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Looks like we landed on the same two core changes, sugar and grains. Interesting outcome!
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I think they are some of the most inflammatory things we eat. And grains, whether or not you have a specific issue with them, tend to convert to sugars. And sugars tend to be stored as fat. (That's not what you'd call a scientific explanation, but it's my story and I'm sticking with it!) Anyway, I may need to be reminded on multiple occasions, but overall this feels like a sustainable plan!
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