Life...Challenge Accepted: April 2013

So yesterday was my last day of the Sugar Detox. Day 21. So how did it go....

Over the past 21 Days this is what I can report: 5 lbs weight loss, better looking skin, I feel better, and according to my husband "I'm looking jacked" (this is good...)

Let me talk about each of these

1. Weight Loss - I did not go into this challenge thinking I would lose weight. I have completed the Whole 30 and other nutritional challenges and have never lost more than a pound, so my hopes of losing anything were dim. Yesterday, Day 21, when I got on the scale and saw the 5-pound loss, I did a little happy dance in my head.

2. Oh your skin....it is the first thing everyone sees. When I first switched to a more Plaeo/Clean type eating regime last year, I noticed immediately that I stopped breaking out as often. So I knew that there was definitely something in that processed food I had been eating causing me to have teenage breakout problems. After 21 days of basically no dairy, grains (except rice), and anything that had more than like 3 ingredients, my skin looks good. Smoother, less breakouts, brighter....I can go without my trusty Bare Minerals and be totally okay with it

3. I feel better - What more can I say there...I don't feel bloated, constantly hungry, unsatisfied....I am not having energy fluxes that were very common before - Overall, I feel fantastic!!

4. Looking jacked - My workouts never suffered during this detox. If anything, I think they got better. My muscles are more defined. My shoulder, traps, and quads have just a little more definition than they did before. Which this is probably attributed to number 1.

I don't think I am going to go back to my old way of eating. I feel too good! My kids have started to make healthier food choices (most of the time, they are still kids) because of my example. We try to emphasize health and the benefits of good food.

Here is a picture recap - It was a very busy three weeks.