Day Three

Well, I've made it through three days of my Whole30 challenge. Only 27 more to go!

So far it's not been too bad, although I'm still having sleep issues and I had a really bad day on Thursday because of them. I had a really hard time falling asleep Wednesday night. When I did, apparently I turned on my right side and crunched my neck and shoulder. When I woke up both were painful and I had a lack-of-sleep hangover. Things went steadily downhill all day due to sitting in front of the computer (even though I frequently got up to move and ride the bike). By the end of the day, my neck was in full spasm on the right side and I couldn't turn my head to the right. This made driving to the PT a bit of challenge (no sudden lanes changes from left to right please!) The PT immediately saw that I was in pain and abandoned her plan to focus on my neck. She did some manipulation and put me in a hot pack. That helped somewhat but I went home still in pain and limited mobility. Fortunately, I had some Flexerol left over from my back. I took one of those and went to bed as soon as it kicked in. And slept like the dead. All night. Thank god.

Friday was an awesome day. All that deep sleep took away the pain and every part of my body seemed to be functioning just fine. I didn't get as deep a sleep last night but did sleep through the night. Basically I feel ok this morning but the joints are a bit stiff. Good thing I'll be going to the gym for some foam rolling and shoulder exercises.

I forgot to mention in my last post that I weighed myself at the start of Day One. I weighed 219.2 lb which is 2.5 lb less than I weighed at the start of July. I'm not going to weigh again till the end because this isn't about the scale. However, I do want to gauge how this affects weight loss. I'm not counting calories or macros, just going by my hunger and energy levels. I might be eating at maintenance and then again, I might not. If I can keep my activity level up while keeping the food at a reasonable level, I may lose some weight/fat. Me...an experiment of one!

I didn't get to making the mayo because of all my troubles but I have it on my agenda for this weekend. I need to make some for chicken salad and for salad dressings since the stuff in the bottles has gone bye-bye. I'll try to post some pics after my first attempt. Should be an adventure!