I won't lie, there were many days I thought for sure this wasn't going to happen, that I just needed that chocolate way to badly! That if I went one more second with out goat cheese or gum I was going to blow a casket. But I would always tell myself. Just a little longer. I mean not even in days, but sometimes hours or even minutes. "give yourself 1 more hour" or "give yourself five more minutes. If you can make it five more minutes..." and then those five more minutes would turn into ten more and so on. It was sometimes a literal minute by minute decisions.
But by the last week I was rocking it. I tell you I could go for days. I used to have to come home, shut myself in the room for a few minutes and let the world fall off of me before I got back up just to pick it all back up again. My kids were not getting the best of me and I was doing the bare minimum on my house duties. Now, I get up in the mornings ready to go, I have a better attitude about everything, I can come home, start dinner, clean up, work out, help with homework and still have enough energy to tackle other projects I've wanted to get to for a while. I love it.
My moods are better, my sleep is deeper, wake up feeling ready to go, I don't have that 3:00pm wall and my energy is constant and good.
I have shrunk down 9lbs, which is a little over 2 pounds a week. Good amount but also in the healthy range. I didn't take measurements (I know, bad!!) but I know I've lost inches!
It was hard, but the resolve I have now is that if I can do that I can do whatever comes my way. I broke the hold food had on me. Don't get me wrong. I love food and will always want that pizza or cupcakes. But now I can truly say I don't NEED them, like I had thought before.
Whole30.com is a WONDERFUL source and so is the book: It Starts with Food. Check them out!
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