In 30 days

A lot can change in 30 days. These days I sure am realizing a lot can change in an instant. That can either break you or make you and I'd like to think it's making me the strongest I've ever been. Back in June I did this thing called the Whole 30....You might have heard of it, but maybe not. Basically to the untrained eye, it looks like this "You can eat nothing you think sounds remotely good, or satisfying, for the next 30 days you'll hate your life". I can attest to that. When my friend had told me to check it out I was in a crossroads in my diet. I wanted to try paleo, but paleo has so many loopholes that I would just find myself not doing it at all. I was working out so hard at the gym, dieting almost to kill myself, and saw no results, not in my clothes, not on the scale, my face and skin was dry, and I was exhausted every day. When my friend told me to read the Whole 9 website, I did, and immediately panicked...."So NO alcohol?" Zero. Ummm...for a girl who lived with a wine maker and drank wine almost nightly if not pretty close, I was pretty much sure I'd fail at this. I asked Jer to join me, he was pretty skeptical too, he loves beer. We were almost convinced we'd fail in one day. Enter June 1, I remember waking up and weighing myself and taking measurements and setting a goal (even though you aren't really supposed to) to lose 20 pounds....I really wanted to see a different number on that scale, and I deserved to, I work hard at the gym!! The first day was easy I thought, although we didn't leave the apartment. That night we went to Chico to see my brother and told him of our strict eating we were following. I felt bad but I wanted to do this!! I never felt so angry as I did on the second day, when all my mind was telling me it wanted was frozen yogurt..."It's June 2nd" it said, I'm hot, and irritated and I want some sugar.....but I turned my sugar dragon down, and it felt so good. I could tell you every thing I ate on every single day, maybe one day when I do the whole 30 again, I'll do a daily post, but for now, I'll just attest, that it in fact did change my whole life. My skin has never looked so amazing, my clothes feel so good on me, I sleep like a baby and that exhaustion I had, I don't anymore. 5 months later and I think I've had about 3 glasses of wine. I don't drink beer anymore, and I don't miss the alcohol. I don't miss cream in my coffee and I don't miss cheese or bread. My whole relationship with food has changed. I really encourage anyone out there looking for a change in their life to try Whole 30. I even did it after a hard move, and during the summer when beer used to be delicious.