WTG JT! I just finished mine as well.

Well Day Zero is over. I had many things I had thought about saying to those who are about to enter the Whole 30 process. But I thought better of it, instead I offer you a typical week for me at the Hospital. I lost the care responsibility for two of my guys on the D ward this week. One a Black Male Vietnam Veteran who was formerly one of our Assistant Directors. He rose through the ranks at the VA from Housekeeping Staff. He retired a few years before I started working there. Many of the staff knew him and admired, respected, and love him. Last Friday just as I was leaving for the day, he developed acute pain in one of his legs. He lost his ability to communicate effectively many months ago, he can no longer tie thoughts together and his reality is not quite the same as the world around him. His dementia prevented him from describing the pain effectivly. So Med Staff controlled the pain but couldn't figure out the nature of it until his leg went very black, and his knee swollen to the size of a basketball. He had Deep Vein Thrombosis (Blood Clot) and the delay in treatment cost him his leg. He will not return to the Dementia Ward because patients have to be able to self ambulate to be on the unit.
Another of my Veterans a retired Marine Corps Sergeant, transferred to us from a Community Nursing Home a couple weeks ago, one of the things he was looking forward to was walking in the garden with me. He complained that at the previous home they didn't have any where to walk so he had to sit all the time. His muscles had atrophied quite a bit and when I did my initial exercise assessment he could only walk about 150 ft before he was in muscular failure in his legs. A Very High Risk for falls and with other medical problems exercise had to be started very slowly, no problem. Yesterday he had a fall and did a face plant on the dining room floor. He's about my size so his head landed after a six foot fall. I wasn't there at the time, but one of the other patients said he hit the floor hard and there was lots of blood. He will require reconstructive surgery on his face so he has been transferred, though he is a very high surgical risk since his organs are beginning to fail. Not really sure how much they can do for him.
Folks I want to point out that neither of these guys are obese or even overweight, but they are in my view victims of the Standard American Diet. The commonality of my dementia patients is that they are veterans of American Conflicts, and had very similar diets. Processed manufactured meals, eaten over a long period of time.
What you as Whole 30 troops are about to do is hard. It is difficult to change, it is hard to remove things that give you pleasure. Eating is the most intimate thing we do. It will tax your will as much as any military training. But from this forge of gaining control over what you eat, you will be some of the Nutritionally Elite Troops in the battles that lie ahead. Some may not make it. To them I say do not despair rest recuperate and try again. Your life depends on it.
To those who may stumble, minimize the damage, stop the bleeding and keep moving forward. Your life depends on it.
This will be my third iteration of this process, others we know have done so as well, we can advise, and assist, but we cannot overcome the obstacles for you. You must look within, you must reach inside, when it is at its toughest, focus on the next step, then the next, then the next 5, then the next 10, when you feel your worst look the SAD Diet in the eye, smile and say thank you sir, may I have some more vegetables sir? You have the knowledge, we will see if you have the will. Your life depends on it.
See you in the morning. Get some rest.

Hammer Jammer 1 - out.

Well Happy Friday Folks. Jen's January Jaunt in this morning. Feeling great added one Tabata round for my Friday Sprint Session.
Tj - I'm a lousy typer, sorry. Hope yur huney heals well and soon, The roast Pork Butt sounds great.

Hope all is well with all of you. Whole 30 folks, did you put away your scale? Did you take Pics? Are ya ready to rock and roll your way through the day? 9 - 12 cups of veggies per day, palm size protein at each meal. 2 Thumbs of fat at each meal. 1 oz of water per Kg of Body weight, (2lbs more of less) per day. Keep the starchier veggies out til after dark, If you're having trouble eating all nine cups of veg then Juice them at night (yeah I know what they say but getting them in is more important than how, and doing it at night minimizes the juice effect)30 min - 1 hr before bed time. Get your rest. Ruck up and hit the trail folks.

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Black coffee: blaecch!!!!

I MISS MY CREAM AND SUCRALOSE!!!!

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Carol - Might get some Peppermint oil and try that in yor coffee. Enhances the boost and adds to the flavor in a good way. I'm already missing my cheese with my eggs and I haven't eaten breakie yet IF day today. Oh well not gonna kill us so stronger we will be. (Little Nietzsche and Yoda blend)