We finished the Whole30! Yay! I will admit to cheating about 12 hours before the program ended 😥... Lucia, however, finished strong. I am so proud of her!!!
I won't bother listing what I ate, since it is pretty much the same as other days. I am listing below the few things that were new, and if they have recipes, I've linked them.
- Tom Kha Gai Soup (Thai Coconut Chicken Soup)
- Brussel sprouts with balsamic vinegar
- Oven roasted beets
So all in all, it was a good experience. We had some good results: I lost 10 pounds, Lu lost 8. We each lost inches around the stomach/hips. Dennis also lost some weight, but he had to travel throughout the program and wasn't able to be as focused on it as we were.
I definitely think that I will do it again at some point, but more importantly, I really enjoyed how good I felt on it. I have tried a few pieces of candy over the last day or two and man, it hit me like a ton of bricks (and not in a good way).
We are slowly easing back into the real world. We need to phase in some foods to see how/if we have reactions to them. We are trying gluten-free grains first. Once we see how those go, we'll move on to the other areas: Dairy, normal grains, legumes... I'll keep things updated here on the next few days!
Thanks for following... I'm excited to see where this goes! I definitely will be focusing on healthier eating and cooking going forward.
