It's here! It's finally here! The End.

It's over. 30 Days have come and gone. What do we have to show for it?
Brad is down 13 pounds and I am down 11. Inch loss has been way greater than pounds lost but since we were lazy we didn't track that :/   We have more energy, clearer skin and an overall feeling of good health. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
Now for those of you Nay Sayers who are about to say, "Um don't you know you're like totally going to gain all that back?"...

Although this was a "diet", Brad and I have been planning on getting back to eating well for a while now. We plan on continuing to eat similar to this with a few modifications and of course an allowance for pizza and beer every now and then ;)
I will probably continue to drink my coffee black or at most with just half and half. I plan to never use fancy smancy no idea what is really in those delicious coffee creamers again. No pop, soda, fizzy lifting drinks, well actually I really enjoy La Croix but that has just about nothing but some carbonation in it.
We started a squat, sit-up, crunch, and push up challenge yesterday. You increase everyday for 30 days and we plan on going on long walks on these nice days coming up. I will probably incorporate my yoga back in at some point. Feeeeelllinnn gooooooood!

Here's a few snap shots of what we have had over the past week: roasted chicken, potatoes, carrots, pulled pork, paleo chili

Now, I told you that I will not tell you my actual weight. I will show you another before and after pic though. Down 11 pounds but I really wish I would have measured so I would know the inches lost. This pic doesn't even show the true difference but it's all I've got so there ya go. 

Many of you have expressed your desire to now begin your Whole30 journey. I absolutely encourage you to do it BUT I strongly recommend you get a buddy to do it with and be very very prepared. Preparedness is KEY!!! Remember that week 1 is tough, especially day 5 (curse you Day 5) but week 2 becomes much easier and by week 3 you forget what you were complaining about on week 1. 

It feels awesome to get back to REAL food. To remove excess from food and enjoy it in it's most natural form.

Sugar....that son of gun is in everything. Remember that. Check your labels. Try to stay away from it. It makes your body freak out, over work and ultimately end up taking medication to stabilize what it has done to you. Week 1 was definitely sugar withdraw. I felt horrible. Sugar has such a hold on us and you don't even realize it until you remove it completely. 

I hope you all were able to use some recipes and follow along. I hope this was transparent enough that you feel like you learned a few things from our experience. 

Thank you for following and for all of your encouraging words along the way! 

- Hannah