May 15th, 2019 is when I started the Whole30 diet (or restarted after a cheater wine and S'mores night after a week of it), and really, really started my body transformation. I had made it a new years resolution for all of 2019, but it didn't really go that well at first. But, May 15th, I devoted all of my self control into doing the Whole30 diet that I had read a lot about. I followed that diet for 90 days, which the book says is often better for your first time on the diet. Now, some of you are asking, what is the Whole30 diet? It is an elimination diet, created and researched by Melissa and Dallas Hartwig, who are both Certified Sports Nutritionists. Dallas is also a licensed physical therapist, and a functional medical practitioner. Basically, for 30 (or 90) days you cannot eat dairy, sugar, legumes, grains, alcohol, and anything artificial, like Splenda or MSG. These foods are shown to cause problems in many bodies, which is why you take them out. Anyone who has attempt...
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