March started off with a BANG! I decided to eat whatever I wanted the entire day of my birthday. I became very, very ill. To this day I'm unsure if it was an actual bug that had me puking all night and the next morning (only to be stopped by zofran and phenergan) but truly I'm sure WHAT I was eating did not help one bit. Let's back up a bit.
My daughter had asked me to run a 5k race at her school with her that morning. So, I didn't sleep in on my birthday. Because running 3.1 miles with my favorite person trumps sleeping in ANY DAY! She had never run a 5k without stopping before. Her plan was to do that. I wanted to help!
That morning, we lined up and a few of her friends were at the front. Here's how the conversation went:
"Elizabeth, we need to go nearer to the back, sweetheart." ~Me
"But Mom, I want to run with my friend!" ~Lizzie
"Hi, friend, how fast did you run your last race?" ~Me
"Oh, 24 minutes. I'm hoping to beat my time today." ~Friend
"Back of the pack, Elizabeth, if we finish in under 40 it will be a miracle." ~Me
She hadn't been training at all so I told her if you want to cross the finish line without stopping you HAVE to go slow. Period. Or we won't be able to run the whole way which was her main goal. She was bummed but determined.
Well, my baby girl made me SO proud. She does a few hours of dance per week and is a pretty active kid, so I'm not shocked she was able to run 3.1 miles without stopping but her little red cheeks at the end reminded me we need to run together more often, overall. We passed many adults who had to walk, but didn't go crazy fast of course. We finished in 38 mins and change. As we put our results into the little age group buckets, I realized, CRAP! I'm in the 35-39 age group...I should have TRAINED!
We stuck around for awards because there were door prizes. No inklings that we would actually win anything...well...
We both got 2nd place in our age group!!!
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| Shock and excitement for my baby to get a medal in her first race! |
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| 10th 5k race ever, slowest time since 2012 but FIRST MEDAL! HAHA! |
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| Before we left for the race that morning. |
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| Best start to my 35th year EVER. |
We then ate lunch at Zaxbys (mistake #1), and headed home. Showered, relaxed some, then headed to Augusta to do my favorite things (shop and eat!). We had a ball shopping. We bought a snack while out shopping and were eating it while shopping (possibly where I picked up the pukey-bug). We ate a humongous dinner at PF Changs. With my free birthday dessert. Oh my geez. My tummy was rumbling! There may have also been ice cream. At this point I blacked out I think. (lol)
Went to bed feeling AWFUL! I knew I was going to be sick. Sure enough it started around 2am and every hour after that until 10am when a friend brought me some meds. I finally slept and took me a little over a day to get better. Funny part is I also had a fever which is why I thought it must be a bug. But who knows. Managed to keep the rest of the house feeling ok so that's a plus.
Didn't exactly get right back on the healthy eating train, but wasn't being crazy either. But my weekly "treat" time was becoming a bit of a problem (wait, didn't I do a treat yesterday? ah, I'll have another one today!) Coupled with my lack of workout motivation with the program I was in...yeah. Recipe for a few pound weight gain. I had gotten down to 170 and was ecstatic to find the 160s again. So super excited. and then found myself at 184 AGAIN. GAH! Me and the 180s!
So I made a rash decision pretty quickly...to do a Whole 60. A full 60 days of Whole 30 eating.
A day or so into it, I was like CRAP!? What was I thinking?
And then I began to feel AMAZING again. My skin brightened and my head cleared. My gut felt clean again and I honestly felt like I had experienced a healing. It's amazing what good, whole, clean food can do for you.
Not everyone is going to have the kind of results I have with this way of eating. And that's completely fine, to each his or her own. But me? This has truly changed my life. Revitalized my love of good, whole food. Made me a chef in my own right! Tonight we ate grilled pork marinated with all natural seasoning, topped with my made from scratch bbq sauce, side of roasted sweet potatoes and cole slaw made with my homemade cole slaw dressing (whole 30 mayo, almonds, pineapple, raisins and half and half cole slaw/broccoli slaw). Every bit of it was CLEAN. And it tasted like a treat meal! Every day, something I eat feels like a treat. Just check out my facebook page where all of my food is posted. It's amazing.
And let's just look at some results in pictures. I took pics in Dec 2012 when I started my first challenge with my beachbody coach, Nate. I remember looking at them and being so disappointed! Check out the difference in these pics that were taken from December 2012 - April 2014.
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| First pic from Dec 2012 (225.6 pounds), after a year of Paleo/Whole 30, April 2014 (175.8). |
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| Flexing. Look how my arms are shaping up! |
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| The rear. Eeeeeek. |
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| Front view. Do you see Abs? I do! I do! Almost! |
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| Side pic. I seriously stared at this comparison. Wow. NOT sucking in here either time. And Abs! ABS!!! |
Amazingly, I once weighed an additional 70 pounds heavier than the pictures on the left! Crazy right? Too bad I wasn't taking pics of myself then like this.
I urge you to TAKE PICS even if you don't want to share them now if you're doing a healthy journey. One day you may look back and be brave enough to post them.
Sort of feels like I'm in a WholeFOREVER right now. But it's NOT a drag. It feels amazing. I feel so stinking happy, glad, whatever, to be where I am at. Looking at the "after" or as I prefer to call them "current" pictures I know there is still some work to do. Another probably 15-20 pounds from here, not just 10. Or I may just do redistribution of the weight. If I replace 10 pounds of fat with 10 pounds of muscle, I may not be meant to weigh much less than I do right now.
Overall, I feel good, I looooove my food, and I'm jazzed about what's next. OH about that!
I finished P90X3 a few weeks ago. Did not order the "I crushed it" shirt because honestly, I did not crush it! BUT I did finish. And then launched into a 21 day kettlebell challenge. So far it's unintentionally been my only workout each day as everything has gotten in the way of me running lately. Truly everything in bloom is killing my allergies. Anyway, I'm on day 18. It has been awesome! I see amazing changes in my shoulders! Literally it's an interval swing challenge. You can find the book to follow it and get it on your kindle for $2.99 right now on amazon, click HERE. It's been so much fun and a nice change. I will be on Day 21 on Monday when I start my FAVORITE program again...
Guess what it is???
T25!!!
I'm so super stoked. New challenge group and everything. CANNOT WAIT.
Planning to CRUSH the month of April. So far, I'm totally doing it already! Cannot wait to see what a Strict W30 tied in with T25 and some kettlebell workouts and running here and there do for my physique. Dare I imagine bathing suit season?
I've rambled enough. Hope you enjoyed the long awaited update. I'll be back sooner rather than later, at the least, at the 30 day check in point for my Whole 60. {I'm still weighing a few times a week but not letting it change what I'm doing in any way. Just taking note - I'm back at 175 this week - so already 10 pounds down since April 1!}
Peace out my friends! Do something healthy for yourself this weekend!
~Clara
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