I’m officially done with Whole30!  These are words I never thought I would say, both before I attempted Whole30 and while I was doing it. Of course, it’s not really over because I still have the re-introduction period, but I finished those 30 days of eating clean (and limited) foods.  I plan on writing more in depth about it later, but here’s the skinny.

Do I feel that it was worth it?

In my third week of Whole30, I:

• Realized my joints are not as inflamed
• Have significantly less pain in my neck (residual from a herniated disc)
• Successfully stopped myself from sticking my face into a cake and eating all of it (like I wanted)
• Realized that my acne has improved

The question I get asked the most is, “Do you have more energy?”

Week 2 of Whole30 is when the cravings hit me.  After not having many in the first week, I thought that I must be so strong-willed to not even have cravings in my second week of Whole30.  Turns out, that was not the case at all.  I had very, very strong cravings.  Also, my bloating came back, which I think might be related to the sausage I ate most mornings.  By the end of the week, I decided to change what I was eating for breakfast to see if that was the case, and I think it was.

The question I get asked the most from people is how different I feel doing Whole30. 

I’ve tracked everything I could think of for my first week of Whole30, and I’ve broken out day by day how I felt, what I ate, and what exercise I did–and the dreams I had about food.  If you’re considering doing a Whole30, this is what the first week was like for me, what I ate, and how many calories I consumed.  I’m already feeling better!