After the sanity I gained from blogging my rhinoplasty recovery I thought it might help to blog my attempt at the whole30 too. Plus it will keep me honest, no one wants to fail publicly! I've done the whole30 before and felt amazing, then Christmas came along followed by another overseas stint and I pretty quickly ate all my gains away and have been in a terrible starve, binge, purge cycle since.
I know that I have a very negative relationship with food and following strict diet helps as I'm a rules person. I have had an eating disorder (bulimia) in the past and still struggle with it in my 30s. I won't bore you too much with my background as if you're reading this you're more interested in my mindset, experience and results huh?
So tomorrow when I wake up (I'm eating a box of white peach mochi as we speak) I will be off alcohol, sugar, grains, legumes, processed food and sweeteners for 30 days. At the moment I weigh 71 kgs and am 173 cm tall, I'm 29% body fat which is pretty bad. I won't be able to weigh myself again until after the challenge.
I've noticed something interesting lately, I've been eating ALLOT more sugar then usual and have started getting heart palpitations and a feeling of anxiety after I eat it. I purchased a blood glucose monitor to check my sugar levels but can't bring myself to prick my finger, in addition to my recent (significant) weight gain I'm desperate to get hold of my health again.
Over the last month I went onto meal replacement shakes (GNC Total Lean Shake) in addition to calorie counting and very high exercise levels I should have lost a fair amount of fat. I lost one kilo, that's it. I was hungry, cranky, tired and unhappy clearly it wasn't working for me.but really why would it? Drinking the equivalent of a few cups of chocolate, chemical laden milk isn't the kindest thing to do to your body.
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