Whole30 - Week 1 Summary

... Not actually sure what to say about week 1 of my Whole30 experience.

I started out strong on Monday, and by Wednesday (and the third day of a massive headache), I was... less than enthralled by the whole experience. Feeling rather out-of-sorts, and wondering how many of my ailments could be blamed on the diet, I looked in more detail into the information about the plan, and discovered that there is, in fact, a published timeline of the side effects that commonly present in people who undertake to complete the Whole30.

The gist of it is this:

• One day of feeling great
• Two days of "Hangover"
• Two days of being angry - "Kill ALL the things"
• Two days of exhaustion
• Two days of bloating, gassy, uncomfortableness
• The hardest two days
• Three days of crazy food dreams
• 11 days of feeling great, apart from one day in the middle of them of being "Over This"
• One day of being ready to quit 2 days early
• Two days of panic thinking about what will happen on Day 31
• Day 31 - back to "Normal" or some semblance of such

Armed with this knowledge, I looked forward with some dread to being very unpleasant for a few days. As it turned out, I had a headache for 4 days, was angry for one of them, was tired for half a day, and then my first weekend "on plan" happened, and I went away to a friend's place (with some trepidition, I must confess).

The weekend was great, and I managed to stay almost on plan the whole time - here are the cheats that happened:

1. Eggs. Not a cheat on the Whole30 plan, but not supposed to be part of my diet, according to my IgG results.
2. Seasoning on vegetables and chicken at supper time on Saturday. Not sure exactly what was in them, but I believe soy sauce was at least one of the ingredients.
3. Broccoli salad, salad dressing on a lettuce salad (lettuce is in the same category as eggs), mashed potatoes, (maybe creamy, unsure) half a cabbage roll (with rice), and gravy at lunch on Sunday.
4. Seasoning on the pork at supper on Sunday. Same situation as the marinade used on Saturday night.

The only other cheat that happened during the week was that I had a little bit of ketchup on Tuesday.

I weighed myself today (against program rules, I know) and have lost 5 lbs, so that is a big plus.

All said and done, I do believe I need to start over again. Which annoys me, to put it mildly. 

Maybe. I need to think about what I'm trying to accomplish with this food plan.

Update

I have decided I need to start my countdown again, but only because I had eggs, spinach, lettuce and radish over the weekend. I am not starting over because of any sugar that may or may not have sneaked into my food.