Because the wine is too much. Plain and simple. I continue to make 90\/10 food choices. To be honest, I sat with a girlfriend last Tuesday evening and we laughed and talked and ended up finishing 2 bottles of wine. The next morning, I was like NO MORE. I hate this feeling. I\u2019m going to see if anyone is interested in doing W30 with me.
I posted on my Paleo Group Me page and asked if anyone would like to join me. I had one person, Pam Chandler, say yes. My brain started spinning. Let\u2019s do it differently I thought. Let\u2019s make it interesting and more meaningful. Let\u2019s eat the same thing for 30 days and see how we are impacted by it. Two completely different ages, body types, walks of life, health history and reasons why. Let\u2019s do this!
We contacted Kate Dickey, owner of Good People Kitchen. GPK is our local go to restaurant of paleo, W30, locally grown and delicious meal options. She agreed to preparing me and Pam\u2019s meals for the week. But not only that, she wanted in on the W30 experience. The 2 of us became 3.
As Pam, Kate and I were discussing at the gym one morning, our conversation was overheard by others. Our 3 became 6. And then I realized, we need a man. Pam encouraged her husband, Mark, to join. We are now 7 STRONG. A perfect number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 We have chosen 5 options for breakfast. You can rotate those as long as it is from the list. Who?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet the Crew:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My name is Phyllis Guillory<\/strong>. I\u2019ve agreed to do a Whole30 controlled study with a group and was asked to write a little bio and be completely honest, so here goes! I\u2019m 44 years old, married, a mother of 3, and I work full time as a personal trainer at Louisiana Athletic Club. My days are crazy! I begin my weekdays at 3:30am and usually end my days around 9p.m. My days consist of training my awesome clients, taking care of my family (cooking, cleaning, laundry, homework, etc.), running and working out for my sanity, and anything else that may come my way! I run 4-5 days a week and I strength train 3-4 days a week. I normally eat a low-carb, paleo diet. I truly feel better when I stay away from grains, dairy, and high carb foods. I\u2019m currently 132 pounds, 5\u20197, and peri menopausal. The only medication I currently take is HCTZ 12.5 for fluid retention. Peri-menopause is my biggest issue these days. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of experiencing peri menopause, I describe it as the week before you start your period, but all the time! It\u2019s been like 2 years for me. Mood swings and hot flashes aren\u2019t horrible, but I have them. My biggest issue is snacking or cravings! It\u2019s not an issue if I\u2019m busy, but the minute I stop, look out. I have NO PORTION CONTROL. If I open a bag of cashews, chips, cookies, or whatever, I may just eat the entire bag. I\u2019m not kidding. Then I\u2019m miserable because I ate too many. I do better to just not even snack. I\u2019m looking forward to this whole30 to reset my body and eating. I do have 2 major concerns though. The first one being my major addiction to coffee creamer. I never do without my coffee mate French vanilla creamer. My other is having my weekend cocktails. Both will be very difficult but I\u2019m most worried about my creamer. I will do this whole30 completely, so if you see me in the early mornings, check my coffee cup to keep me honest. Hi, my name is Linda Flynn<\/strong>. I have 2 sons and have been married to my husband Greg for 24 years. Kate Dickey<\/strong>; 40yr old, female, owner of Good people kitchen, married mother of 2. Pam Chandler<\/strong> \u2013 My story is pretty \u201cnormal\u201d I think. I am a 56-year-old married female, mother of 2, stepmother of 2, and meme to 6 grandbabies. I am a paralegal by trade so sit behind a desk all day. I have fought with my weight all of my life. I was never small, always (and still am) insecure about my body, and have yo-yo dieted literally for as long as I can remember. Now I am dealing with high cholesterol that I have refused medication for as of this time (LDL is very high, but so is HDL, keeping the ratio below danger level, but MUST be lowered). I am post-menopausal so needless to say hormones are depleted making weight loss near impossible and fatigue just awful. I do exercise and Mitzi is my trainer, where I learned of W30. While I have changed my cooking habits to be healthier over the last couple of years I eat too much (it tastes good and is my solace!) and since empty nesting, I have developed a habit of alcohol in the evenings \u2014 every evening. So, I am accepting this challenge with several hopes of change to come!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark Chandler:<\/strong> Darcy James \u2013<\/strong> And I\u2019m Mitzi\u2026<\/strong> You know all about her\u2026 that beverage choice will be missed but 30 days STRONG. Whole 30 Case Study 101: Let me begin by saying\u2026 I really thought that I would never do another Whole 30. I\u2019ve completed 9 of them over the last 4 years. It takes planning, dedication, the will to turn away from many temptations, and a new love of cooking. 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\u2022 10 meals per week from GPK. Lunch and Dinner. We realize that some may eat more, some less. I, personally, is one that likes to eat half around noon and the other half about 2. Others may eat it all in one setting. We also took in to account that Mark will eat more.
\u2022 Snacking will be limited. We have set guidelines and amounts to each day.
\u2022 Water. We will drink half of our body weight in ounces per day.
\u2022 Exercise. Do what you do. People do not care about your exercise regimen, but they do care about what you eat.
\u2022 We will weigh and measure. Some have done blood work. We are working on everyone doing this.
Why?
Because people ask all the time what I eat. I try to explain everyone is different and everyone responds to food differently. What a better way to prove this than to do it? Hell, maybe we will all have the exact result, but I doubt it. I wanted to do something different and something followable. Allow you to watch our progress, our failures, our struggles, and our successes. I will blog every Monday to give an update. My hope is that you can relate to any one of the 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.220.223\/942.631.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/whole-phyllis-169x300.png\")
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We will do official weigh in, measurements, and lab work tomorrow and then we will redo them at the end of our 30 days!!! It\u2019s not going to be easy, but I\u2019m excited about our delicious weekday meals that will be prepared by Good People Kitchen. We also have an awesome group, who will be fun, crazy, and definitely honest with how we\u2019re feeling! See you in 30 days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.220.223\/942.631.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/whole-linda-169x300.png\")
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I would say that I am a pretty active person. I try to eat right and really don\u2019t drink much at all. I would say my biggest downfall is that I tend to eat crap when I am upset about something. A perfect example happened last week. You see our youngest son moved to La Tech and while I am so proud of him and excited for his future, this Momma is having a bit of a hard time. During the day I\u2019m fine because I\u2019m at the gym then head to work but when I get home in the evenings it is very quiet and I get to missing him. And here is where the emotional eating of crap starts. Why? I don\u2019t know, it doesn\u2019t make me feel better! It\u2019s weird not having the boys around after one being here for the past 21 years, (my eyes are watering as I type this) but they are happy and that is what matters!
I\u2019m hoping that by this W30 I can get back on track with my eating and hopefully lose a few pounds too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.220.223\/942.631.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/whole-dickey-169x300.png\")
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So, it starts like this: Pam texts me about doing a w30 with Mitzi and immediately my mind races. Thinking of all the things you can\u2019t eat on w30. Then I think ugh that\u2019s a whole month of discipline that I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m up for. But I of course say yes and accept the challenge. I\u2019ve only done 2 other w30s before and they were hard, and I have never actually completed the whole 30 but got to day 28. But like any challenge I will face it head on and day by day. You can\u2019t eat an elephant in one bite, right? I love the idea of the w30 but actually following through is another story. My whole life I have struggled with my weight. Always the fat friend constantly judging myself against my smaller friends. I think I was around 8 or 9 when I first went to weight watchers. Diets became a constant in my life, always trying whatever was the fad of the time. Scrutinizing myself in the mirror and always aware of what I was eating or not eating. Food became the enemy.
I had weight loss surgery in 2005 and I remember not wanting to tell anyone because I felt like I had cheated the system. Like I couldn\u2019t just eat right, exercise, and lose weight like everybody else. I lost 100 lbs. and it was like my world changed. I was a butterfly free to fly, unrestrained by weight any longer. Unfortunately, there were complications from the lap band and I had to have surgery to fix it. After they fixed the band I never had it filled again, which is how the apparatus works; it slows down your food consumption. Soon after that I had my 2nd child. After she was born I worked hard to lose the weight I had gained. She is now 5 yrs. old and I have yet to lose it. I\u2019m a work in progress just like most people. I am working on being kinder to myself and accepting who I am: warts and all. I\u2019m trying to be as transparent as possible. Sharing my w30 journey. Because at the end of the day we are all trying to live our best life.
Cheers\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.220.223\/942.631.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/whole-wife-169x300.png\")
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I am a 53-year-old male, married to Pam in this challenge, so that makes me a father of 2, stepfather of 2 and Pops to 6 grandchildren. I am overweight and not happy about it. And, quite frankly, am doing this challenge under some duress as a guinea pig. I was all in until my wife told me I had to put personal information \u201cout there\u201d for everyone to see \u2014 not real happy about that, but hesitantly agreed. I HATE dieting, but have completed a W30 on 2 occasions and liked the way I felt. I enjoy food and overeat regularly. I drink too much in the evenings (and depending on how things turn out during this challenge may return to THAT habit). I exercise & visit with the guys at the gym a couple times a week. I hope during this challenge to bring my newly diagnosed high cholesterol down, lose some weight, and raise my energy levels a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.220.223\/942.631.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/whole-darcy-169x300.png\")
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I\u2019m very excited to be starting this whole30 challenge. I\u2019ve started probably 5 Whole30\u2019s in the past \u2013 2 of which I successfully completed. And man do I feel good when I stick with it. Which brings me to one of the most frustrating questions \u2013 why don\u2019t I stick with it? If you know me \u2013 I am seriously committed and dedicated to my workouts! I\u2019ve ran marathons and I am a true gym rat \u2013 I love pushing myself. But when it comes to eating clean \u2013 I find myself struggling. Honestly, I live by myself and sometimes find I become an emotional eater. ????????\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Or I get busy and Waitr is easier than cooking something healthy. Then I\u2019m full of regret after. Sometimes I even slip into a rough spot emotionally and get off track.
However, just as I am committed and try to kill each and every workout \u2013 I am determined to learn balance and how to take care of my body! I want to honor God with my body so I can live long and strong and do all of HIS will for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/192.169.220.223\/942.631.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/whole-mitzi-e1536546182151-225x300.jpg\")
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Be our cheerleader \u2013 We need all of you.
Cheers to W30\u2026
Mitzi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"