So I've done a lot of research. Found a handful, which has turned into a word document full, of recipes. Made a spreadsheet of Day 1 through Day 30 of the different recipes to try. Printed out the different documents from the Whole30 website. And even told my trainer I was going to do this..... (great, now someone that lives close and loves health&fitness is going to be asking me about this) SOOOOO... I guess I am really going to do this.
I think my biggest fear is not finishing. But I keep reminding myself, IT IS ONLY 30 DAYS! Anyone can do anything for 30 days, right?
I am really going to miss my Dr Pepper and sweet tea. I love my sugary drinks, way too much. So I know this will be a good thing for me. But still, they are my unhealthy love addictions. I will also really miss milk. Those three drinks are what I drink. So it is going to be really weird (and a kick in the pants) when all I am drinking for the next 30 days is water. -_- (Can you tell I am really excited about that... cause I'm not.)
One thing that I am hoping happens is that I can tell a difference in the way my clothes and body looks/feels. My biggest problem when it comes to diets or exercising is that I get really discouraged when I don't see a change in the way I look. It is nice when other people tell me they see a change or they can tell I have been doing something different, but to me, I struggle the most when I can't see the change. So I am really hoping that this helps to jump start that because I feel if I can see the change then I will be able to continue to change my body in a positive way.
This journey should be very interesting during this next month. Along with changing my lifestyle eating habits, I will also be starting up school again for the summer... not super uncommon for a college student. So what is so interesting about this... I will be taking 18 hours of summer school this summer. 12 hours in summer one and 6 in summer two. Yeah, I know. I am crazy. I can already feel it setting in. But the good thing is, since I am taking so much school in summer one, I am not able to work during June. This means that I will have (some) extra time (when I'm not reading a book or studying) to prepare meals and evaluate how I am feeling and doing. I will also have time to continue to work out.
For the past six months, I've been training with a trainer. It has been a really awesome experience. But I'm really disappointed that I did not try to change my diet, AT ALL. I continued to eat crap food and continued to drink sugary drinks (my loves, Dr Pepper and sweet tea). This caused me to not see the changes that I wanted to see which meant that all the hard work I was doing at the gym wasn't even paying off when it came time to weigh or when I would put clothes on. I am hoping that with all the knowledge that I have gained within the past six months, that I will be able to apply it when I am working out also. We shall see.
Within the last month, I have also picked up a new found joy, which I never thought I would say, but I have started to run. Not because someone is chasing me with a knife, but because I want to. Weird, I know. But I have found running to be such a stress reliever and a time when I can really push myself. I find it very freeing. (I feel so weird typing this because even six months ago, I would have never thought of myself as a runner.) I am still not the best at running but just like everything else in life, it takes time. I'm hoping by the end of the year that I will be able to run (without stopping) a 5K. And my other goal is by the end of the summer that I will be able to run a full mile without stopping... YIKES! That is kinda scary/exciting. We shall see on this too.
Although I have many fears and negative feelings about this whole lifestyle change, I think that I will really enjoy the process. I am hoping to write (even if it is just a sentence or two) everyday about this journey but sometimes life gets in the way, so I am not making any promises. I do plan on at least sharing at the end of each week, what I ate, what I thought about what I ate, and how I am feeling. It should be very interesting/entertaining. So here goes nothing! Whole30- Kelley addition is starting NOW! (well technically tomorrow since I have a wedding tonight, but y'all get what I mean.)
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