**Warning: This post contains some discussion about how a healthy lifestyle has improved my menstrual cycle. If you would rather not read those details, feel free to move on from here.**
Art and I are 31 days into our 45-day healthy eating challenge that we are doing with the gym. That also means that I have been an official CrossFitter for 31 days. And I am loving it.
To recap, Art and I follow the Paleo diet, and we workout at a CrossFit gym. I was a little nervous about working out because it seems so tough (which it is) but everyone at the gym is so encouraging, all the workouts are scalable to your own level of ability, and it feels so good to do something tough that I didn't think I could do.
The diet was tough for the first couple of weeks. I was craving EVERYTHING. But now? I don't crave all that bad food anymore. No, seriously. I don't even want all that sweet, unhealthy food that I used to eat.
I will admit, I cheated at a Super Bowl party. I had two small cookies, and a brownie, and I felt like CRAP. I felt so gross and full and.....gross! It was not worth it, and it only served to solidify my decision to eat this way. I love how great I feel all the time. I have energy all day, my skin doesn't break out anymore, and here's the part where I talk about my period.
When I got my period this month, I had No. Cramps. Since my very first period I had cramps and bloating and that I-feel-so-gross-because-it's-the-first-day-of-my-period feeling. Now? No cramps, no bloating, no gross feeling, no moodiness or PMS of any kind. I also had a shorter, lighter period. We're talking 7 days to barely 4 days. I can hardly believe it! I'm so excited about this awesome change, I just want to tell everyone! But this is not the kind of news that you just announce to the world.
So instead I announce it on my blog. What's the difference? I have no idea.
Anyway, I love eating this way, and I am now completely convinced that this is not just a 45-day diet challenge. This is a life change. I'm addicted to it, I'm excited about it, and I want to keep going for the rest of my life.
(Just in case the enthusiasm wasn't coming through. Really excited).
So I haven't blogged in three weeks and I feel so bad, and I've been wanting to write about this, for a while, so now I'm finally (and frantically) spitting it out so I can get to bed (because it's already past our bedtime). Forgive any spelling errors or other things that don't make sense. I hope you are all having an awesome February. Hopefully I won't go nearly a month without blogging next.
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