Results and Moving Forward

Doing the Whole30 was a great thing for me to do.  I lost a few inches that I know of, and I have no idea what I weighed when I started.  I don't think I want to know either.  Many of my skirts and jeans that didn't fit previously, fit now, so that's the best part of all of this.  I just hope I don't gain the weight back.  I felt better at the end of it.

I was afraid of incorporating the foods I had previously not been eating for fear of eating too much food, or the wrong food.  I did start to get very grumpy, tired and frustrated, my stomach hurt occassionally, and I felt like I was all of a sudden busier than I had been previously, with less time to prepare meals.

I went to the doctor recently and found out that some of my tired feeling was because of my low Vitamin D.  The normal amount for the test they ran is 30-100 and my number is an 11.  Impressive, I know.  I seem to be fairly healthy other than that.  I also found out that my vitamins that I've taken for the past 8+ years has rice bran in it, so I stopped taking them for my Whole30 and haven't quite gotten back into the habit of taking them again, but I'm trying.

At the end of this, I was hoping to start another Whole 30 right away because my cousin is getting married during spring break, but I didn't start it right away and wasn't feeling well, and I don't want to be in the middle of the Whole30 at the wedding and then feel like I was cheating.  I am so thrilled for my cousin and his soon to be wife.  He's an amazing man and she seems very nice and perfect for him. I will be watching what I eat though.