Proof

Ohhh the memories!! Good times!!

Whole30 Day16:
Pre-WOD: Handful of mixed nuts (almonds. cashews, mac nuts)
Post-WOD: Boiled egg (no yolk), sweet potato slices
Breakfast: Ground turkey, sweet potato slices, some avocado
Snack: 2 egg yolks, some avocado
Lunch: Grilled chicken breast, broccoli, few sweet potato fries, some avocado
Snack: slices of sweet potato, handful of mixed nuts
Dinner:

WOD:
2-position clean: 115# 42',41',29',29',29'
(I got it together after round 2!
Burpees: 12,11,11,10

For those of you who were not able to attend the nutrition seminar last night, it was very informative and put a lot of things in perspective. I learned how insulin, inflammation, diet, and exercise are related in so many different ways! When all of these aspects are under control your risks of diseases like Diabetes, Alzheimer's, even depression, decrease tremendously. In turn, you start to look better, live longer, and live better. Who can honestly say they don't want all 3 of those things??
Yea, before Whole30 I was a pretty "healthy" eater, or so i thought. If I was eating so "healthy" then why was I having insulin spikes, inflammation, slow recovery process, and injuries?? You guessed it, my definition of "healthy", wasn't so healthy at all! So, as I start this Whole30 process, yes it is a process, you have to have mental toughness to complete this thing--which is a whole other story! But, as I go through the days, they turn into weeks, and I notice a pain that I had felt for the past several months is all of a sudden gone! What?! How did this happen?! Let me back up...for the past few months, lets say starting in August, I noticed my foot was always sore when i woke up. I also felt this pain when I would stand up from sitting for a long time. It would feel stiff & tight and looked puffy. Turns out I had developed plantar fasciitis - which is the most common cause of heel pain. I had basically strained the ligament that connects my heel bone to my toes. I went to treatment, got foot massages, got my foot "scraped", got in the hot & cold tub, still, no healing. I was told it would take "time." Little did i know that "time" was code for "Whole30 diet." Haha. You see, if you strain your plantar fascia, it gets weak, swollen, and irritated or INFLAMED! (There's that word again!) Needless to say, the pain is literally gone. The soreness, stiffness, the "junk" that was always felt in my foot when getting massages--gone! All because I changed my diet and started truly eating "healthy" which caused the inflammation to disappear! I believe in this diet 110% and encourage everyone out there to at least give it a try. New Years Resolution perhaps?? I promise you, its worth giving up the margaritas, ice cream, pizza, and everything else at there that we "cant live without." It really is life changing, and an eye opener on how to really become a healthier individual!