2 weeks

So I was told that I need to update by more than one source, so here goes.

Started the Whole 30 on Monday May 17. Its been almost 2 full weeks since I have had processed sugars, carbs, or grains. The first couple of days were ok. Day 3 there was an episode of vomitting with sweats/shakes. It was a rough day. But I've been feeling rock solid ever since. I've also been doing the PTP program and loving it. I've been working out 5 times a week.

Twice this week someone has brought donuts to the office. And twice this week I have abstained. I've come too far to quit now, right? Today the big wigs announced that they were buying pizza for the office on Tuesday. Guess I won't be participating in that either. This had me thinking today. My employer has in the past made some big gestures towards improving the health of the employees company wide, which makes sense because healthy employees have less sick days, on the job injuries, etc. But how is it helping us by serving pizza and donuts all the time? Followed by having us sitting in cubes for 8+ hours a day while they work us to the bone (the work volume at my office has been insane since Thanksgiving, morale is low, and 13 employees have quit this month alone)? I realize that it's perceived as a good gesture to provide these types of meals for the employees, but when more than 60% of the department has a weight problem, what's the motivation?

I've read on the Whole 9 website of people who have completed the Whole 30 about how it changes their relationship with food. I'm not even 2 weeks in and I can already see that my relationship with food has been changed. Instead of picking out all my change and hitting the vending machine, I plan ahead for those mid-morning/mid-afternoon snacks and pack jerky, nuts, and fruit. I've found that a couple of walnuts and some cold water goes a long way in quelling the mid morning hunger strike. I also find that I don't eat when I'm bored any more. I drink water...a lot of water.

The workouts have been excellent. There's been a few of them that have called for running, box jumping or jump roping that I've avoided because of my bum ankle that is just now getting healed up from the sprain that I had a month ago. I'm think that after this press/deadlift PTP is done I'm going to do some Crossfit Football WODs for a couple of weeks and then do the PTP with front squats and possibly pull ups. I'm not really sure how I'm going to work that out, but I really need to work on my pull ups since I can't really do them. I now have the assistance bands and the plyo boxes, so I might as well work on them right? I know that I am getting stronger as well. I warm up with 135# on the bar for deadlifts and it's starting to feel like nothing. I'll do some warm up presses with a standard Oly bar (45#) and it feels like a feather. Can't wait to do the 1RM of these exercises in a few weeks.

Haven't weighed myself since I started this because I don't want to see the fluctuations and think "what's the point?' I'm planning on weighing in on either Monday or Tuesday, so hopefully it's a good result.