Day 30: I give up!

Don't worry, I am not talking about giving up on the Whole30...I am just giving up on trying to to this post...seriously, I have started and stopped writing it about 10 times...and then I had finalized my day 18-29 post or something, and published it, but it was somehow over-ridden when I logged into Blogger from my phone...ZOINKS!

So instead of re-writing what I have already written, I will just move forward.  That is the name of the game right now.  Just keep moving, just keep moving.  Which I have been doing.

It took me a little while to get my workout regimen started, but I am doing it now.  My precious friends at work and I are doing The 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels.  Are you noticing a theme here?

We were supposed to start on Monday, but I wasn't feeling well, so I started yesterday (Tuesday).  I worked out last night while my sweet husband tried to get our kiddos to sleep, and then I did something I don't think I have ever done before...okay, maybe one time...in college...but I didn't inhale...j/k I got up this morning at 6:15 and I worked out!  So my workout for today is already in the books!!!  What was that?  Did I just hear something about a rockstar?    I seriously feel so good.  I didn't think I would be able to do it, but when I went to bed last night I told my husband...no more excuses, when my alarm goes off in the morning I am getting my butt out of bed and doing it.  And I did.  I mean seriously, if I can go 30 days with no sugar, bread, pop, candy, cake, rice, white potatoes, then I can definitely get up an hour early and get a work out in.  It is all about MIND over MATTER...and I am sick of all my MATTER bossing my MIND around.

Also, part of my new-found enthusiasm is coming from another book I am reading.  A precious friend of mine, who is a multiple Whole30 graduate, suggested I read Every Body Matters by Gary Thomas.  And let me just tell you...it is a good thing I bought the e-book because I would have already spent a fortune on high-lighters if I had the paper book.  I have high-lighted something on nearly every page so far.  And the best part about it, it isn't just affecting my work-out life...it is making a difference in my spiritual life.

Don't worry, now that the Whole30 is over, I have another 30 days to discuss what I am doing with my workouts, and what I am learning from Every Body Matters.

Oh, and in case you were wondering about my weight loss...this morning when I stepped on the scale it said 199.  For all you who aren't math-majors out there, that is 11 lbs.  I had lost down to 196...but gained a little bit back.  I am not getting hung up on that...I am rejoicing at the 11 lbs that will never be on my body again!!!   Seriously, in 30 days that is almost 3 lbs a week.  Nothing to sneeze at my friend.  I am proud of myself...but most of all I am proud of the encouragement and motivation that my story has had on others.  People are seeing a difference and asking me what I am doing.  And since I am not a shy person I don't mind telling them...but inside I *might be* thinking...hey, you just told me that I used to be fat...

Day 2: Everything is Awesome!

Everything is Awesome. Except black work-coffee.

Black work-coffee IS.NOT.AWESOME.  The only thing that can help work-coffee (and by work-coffee I mean the little bags of coffee that come in a GIANT box that we order once every few months which has little flavor, not much umph, and a seriously questionable amount of caffeine...I digress) is lots and lots of non-plan, dairy-based, sugar-filled yumminess. I pulled up my Big Girl Panties (no-pun intended--it is okay, you can laugh at my fat joke, I did) and drank my coffee black and to be honest I even drank it after it was cold.  And surprisingly I don't want to punch anybody in the face today...yet. Who wants to give me a medal?

Today I am still in the Honeymoon Phase with the Whole30 plan.  I attempted a 21-day Daniel fast in January and only lasted 10 days...but I couldn't have coffee then...or meat...but I digress.

I know that I have this down.  30 days of staying on plan.  (And when it gets hard I will read and read and re-read that sentence and pray and pray and pray that I do have this down, and that I am staying on plan.) 

I am learning so much from the book It Starts with Food.  I knew it would be full of good information, but didn't know it would be so detailed.  I am loving learning about all of the "science-y stuff" because I am a nerd at heart.  *INSERT NERD PICTURE HERE* Oh if I only had a scanned picture of myself from 6th grade...I don't know what is more humiliating...telling my weight, or posting a picture of me  from 6th grade....or a picture of my husband from 6th grade...{{insert evil laugh here}}.

I love learning about the functions in the body and how food effects them.  I am learning so much, and have already become a food judge.  Oh, you thought "natural peanut butter" was a good choice?  Well, let me tell you about what I read about peanuts last night.  ***Sorry to my dear sweet friend who was the recipient of that email---you know who you are.***.  Never mind that I have only read 1/3 of this one nutrition book.  I have seen two documentaries, searched Pinterest for some recipes, and I even had a nutrition class in college.  I am an expert already.  That means I can judge your food choices, because I haven't made any bad food choices in going on 48 hours...{{pulling on my judge rope and pounding my gavel}}.  Oh wait, this isn't about me and how smart I am becoming...Rrrrrright.  This is supposed to be about what this journey is going to do for my body, and mind, and how it can reset my soul to look to God for comfort, and not a box of Reduced Fat Cheese-Its.  Did I fail to mention that?  I let myself get in the way of what God is trying to show me through this, and I need to remember that I am doing it for Him and THROUGH Him, and if I did it all on my own I will fail miserably again...like all the times before.

I haven't discussed that I am  interested in the spiritual side of this body/mind/food thing the most.  I am on the hunt for a Christian based book that talks about this subject...vs. an evolutionary perspective on the subject.  So I went to Facebook and someone suggested Every Body Matters by Gary Thomas.  I will have to check into it some more...but already notice the emphasis put on physical exercise, so I am very excited to learn more and start reading that book next.  Oh and remind me to tell you about then time I did a half-marathon and then gained 20 lbs in two months.   Because everybody knows that if you run/walk 13.1 miles one time you can eat candy bars and chips every day...and it won't matter.  NOT...

First, I need to get through It Starts With Food, especially since I have to learn more about what to eat and not to eat and remember that it is not my place to judge any one's food habits, only my own.

I have made it through most of day 2.  And I know I certainly can't do it all alone.  Thanks for being here with me.

Tomorrow I will talk about who is doing this *with* me.  I need permission first!

Oh, and no need to thank me.  You are now going to have the Lego Movie "Everything is Awesome" song stuck in your head.  All. Day.  Long.

Thank you!  I will be here all week!  Good Night.