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Last year, we proposed a squeaky clean eating program designed to “change your life in 30 days”. The response on the blog was overwhelming. Hundreds of people participated, following the “rules” inspired by the experience we had when we completed our own 30 day nutritional program. It wasn’t long before testimonial after testimonial began rolling in – body composition started changing, gym performance went through the roof, medical biomarkers began to improve and a whole bevy of physical ailments and conditions were miraculously “cured”. In July 2009, the Whole30 was born, and became the foundation of the nutrition for our Whole9 practice.
And now we’re back almost one year later to launch the program again. First timers are welcome. Repeaters who may have started off strong but slipped back into old habits are encouraged. Bring your Mom, bring your book club, bring your whole gym… because for the next 30 days, the Whole9 site is your nutritional source of motivation, support, advice and direction.
THE SUMMARY
Certain food groups (like grains, dairy and legumes) are probably having a negative impact on your health and fitness without you even realizing it. Are your energy levels inconsistent (or non-existent)? Do you have aches and pains that can’t be explained by over-use or injury? Are you having a hard time losing weight no matter how hard you train, or are pretty lean but still have a little extra puff on your midsection? Do you have some sort of condition (like skin issues, digestive ailments, seasonal allergies) that medication hasn’t helped? These symptoms may be directly related to the foods you eat – even the “healthy” stuff. So how do you know if (and how) these foods are affecting you? Strip them from your diet completely. Cut out all the inflammatory, insulin-spiking, calorie-dense, nutritionally sparse food groups for a full 30 days and let your body heal, recover and reset from whatever effects those foods may be provoking. What, exactly, does that mean? Super strict, by-the-book, 100% Whole30 for the next 30 days.
WHY?
First and foremost, this will change your life. We cannot possibly put enough emphasis on this simple fact. This. Will. Change. Your. Life. It will change the way you think about food, it will change your tastes, it will change your habits and your cravings. It could, quite possibly, change the emotional relationship you have with food, and with your body. It has the potential to change the way you eat for the rest of your life. We know this because we did it, and hundreds of people have since done it, and it changed our lives (and their lives) in a very permanent fashion.
WHAT?
So what does “Whole30” mean? This is the plan we have created, in as much detail as we can provide.
Eat real food – meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, some fruit, and good fat from nuts, seeds, coconut, olives/olive oil and avocado. Eat foods with very few ingredients, all pronounceable ingredients, or better yet, no ingredients listed at all because they’re fresh and natural.
1. Do not eat dairy. This includes butter, cheese (hard and soft), yogurt (even Greek) and milk (including cream in your coffee or tea).
2. Do not eat grains. This includes bread, rice, pasta, cereal, oatmeal, corn and all of those gluten-free pseudo-grains like quinoa and sprouted grains.
3. Do not eat legumes. This includes beans of all kinds (soy, black, kidney, etc.), peas, lentils, and peanuts. (No peanut butter, kids.)
4. Do not eat or add sugar of any kind, real or artificial. No maple syrup, honey, agave nectar, Splenda, Equal, Nutrasweet, xylitol, stevia, etc.
5. Do not eat processed foods. This includes protein shakes, processed bars (like Zone bars), dairy-free creamers, etc.
6. Do not drink alcohol, in any form.
7. Do not eat white potatoes. It’s kind of arbitrary, but one, they’re a nightshade, and two, sweet potatoes and yams are a more nutrient-dense option, so go for those instead. (On that note, if you have serious inflammation issues like arthritis, you may want to consider avoiding all nightshades for 30 days.)
8. Most importantly… do not try to shove your old, crappy diet into a shiny new Whole30 mold. This means no “Paleo-fying” existing less-than-healthy recipes – no “Paleo” pancakes, pizza or Fudge Babies.
A few concessions, based on our experience, and those of our clients. These are less than optimal foods that we are okay with you including in moderation.
1. Processed Meat. On occasion, we are okay with organic chicken sausage (these are nitrate, dairy, gluten and casein-free), and high quality bacon, deli meat, and jerky.
2. Nuts. We do not want you cracking out on nuts and nut butters, people. Sunbutter is acceptable – buy the organic (no sugar added) if possible.
3. Dried Fruit. In general, careful with the fruit. Use dried fruit and Larabars in serious moderation, and only if it doesn’t send you running for the nearest candy dish.
4. Non-“Paleo” Vegetables. We’re fine with green beans, sugar snap peas and snow peas. While they’re technically a legume, they’re far more “pod” than “bean”, and we want you to eat your veggies.
5. Coffee and black tea. We’re okay with coffee (black, or with a little coconut milk) in moderation, and only if it doesn’t interfere with sleep. Usually, that means none after noon. If you really want to go hardcore and reset your body’s sensitivity to caffeine, skip the coffee/tee for the 30 day period as well.
6. Vinegar. While it’s technically not “Paleo”, we’re fine with using it in small quantities as a salad dressing or in salsa.
7. Salt. While some “approved” foods like olives or bacon will have some salt in them, go easy when adding salt to your food.
HOW?
Now that you have the basic plan, you need to know how to implement it. It’s simple, actually.
Start now. Today. This minute. Count out thirty days, go immediately to your local health food store, farmer’s market or grocer and stock up on things you’ll be eating. And then… go. Cold turkey, just start. It’s the only way to do it. If you give yourself excuses or reasons to put it off, you may never begin. Do it now.
Your only job for the next 30 days is to focus on food choices. You don’t need to weigh or measure, you don’t need to Zone. Just figure out how to eat like this in any setting, any special circumstance, for the next 30 days. Your only job? Eat. Good. Food.
The only way this will work is if you give it the full thirty days. Anything less and you are selling yourself – and your results – short. The first few days (at least) will be tough, as your body heals and adjusts to this new way of eating and your brain wraps itself around going without all those sweet tastes and sugar-driven energy spikes. And while you may start to feel better after a week or two… the healing process takes significantly longer. In addition, the mental addiction and emotional connections to sugary foods, large amounts of carbohydrates and over-the-top, chemically-altered flavors is going to take a lot longer to overcome. Stick with it, be patient with yourself, and commit to the full program.
This is not a “challenge”. If you’re just looking for a 30 day test of mental toughness before going back to your beer and pizza on day 31, go somewhere else. We want you to THINK about what you’re eating, why you’re eating it and how it makes you feel every step of the way. We want you to think about what you’re NOT eating, and how those foods may have been negatively affecting you. And we want you to commit to sticking with it for as long as it takes for the magic to happen.
At some point, we promise you… the magic will happen. Your energy levels will increase and stabilize, and you’ll feel just as good first thing in the morning as you do at the peak of your day. Your body composition will start to change – even if you don’t cut calories (and we encourage you not to). Your performance in the gym will improve, and your recovery will skyrocket. Conditions, ailments, aches and pains will miraculously start to improve. And through all of it, you’ll be eating delicious, fresh, natural, real food… things that you will come to realize DO taste good, and are both satiating and mentally satisfying.
The final caveat: this requires full buy-in, and 100% commitment. That means no cheating. Just ONE “cheat” could irritate your digestive tract and promote an inflammatory response, or provoke an insulin spike which sends you straight to the nearest vending machine for a Coke. A single cheat will ruin the effect of the “reset button” you are trying to push. This isn’t Whole9 playing the tough guy. This is a FACT, born of education and experience. The only way this will work is if you give it the full thirty days, without a single, solitary “cheat”.
WHERE?
Right here on the Whole9 site. Come to our house, sign up for the month and post back here as often as you like. We’ll provide the forum for the next 30 days. Post your progress, your results, share good recipes, ask questions. Tell us how good you look, how much better you feel, how much energy you have. Inspire each other. Support each other. Fist bumps all around for those of you who finish out the full 30 days. Right here, right now. Let’s do this.
TOUGH LOVE
Here comes the tough love. This is for those of you who are considering taking on this life-changing month, but aren’t sure you can actually pull it off, cheat free, for a full 30 days. This is for the people who have tried this before, but who “slipped” or “fell off the wagon” or “just HAD to eat (fill in food here) because of this (fill in event here)”. This is for you.
1. It is not hard. Don’t you dare tell us this is hard. Giving up heroin is hard. Beating cancer is hard. Drinking your coffee black. Is. Not. Hard. You won’t get any coddling, and you won’t get any sympathy for your “struggles”. Because if we (Dallas and Melissa) can do this while living out of a car on our road trip, relying on a restaurant or a cooler for 90% of our meals, while constantly socializing for business, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE. It’s only thirty days, and it’s for the most important cause on earth – the only physical body you will ever have in this lifetime. So suck it up and join us.
2. Don’t tell us you “slipped”. Unless you physically tripped and your face landed in a box of Krispy Kremes, you DID NOT SLIP. You made a choice to eat something of poor quality. It’s always a choice, so do not phrase it as if you had an accident. Commit here, 100%, for the full 30 days, or go somewhere else.
3. You never, ever, ever HAVE to eat anything you don’t want to eat. You’re all big boys and girls. Toughen up. Learn to say no (or make your Mom proud and say, “No, thank you”). Learn to stick up for yourself. Just because it’s your sister’s birthday, or your best friend’s wedding, or your company outing or the Fourth of July does not mean you have to eat anything. It’s always a choice, and we would hope that you stopped succumbing to peer pressure in 10th grade.
4. This does require a bit of effort, people. If you’re cutting grains, legumes and dairy for the first time, you have to replace those calories with something. You have to make sure you’re eating enough, that your vitamins and nutrients are balanced, that you’re getting enough protein, fat and carbohydrates. You’ll have to figure out what to eat for lunch, how to order at a restaurant and how often you’ll need to grocery shop. There are a ton of good resources search-able on this site, and Googling “Paleo Recipes” is a great place to start. We’ll give you plenty of resources here, but take responsibility for your own plan. Improved health, fitness and performance doesn’t happen just because you’re now taking a pass on chocolate milk.
SUMMARY
If just one person changes his or her life – just one – this entire series of posts will be well worth our time and energy. If this is anything like last time, hundreds of you will take this seriously, and see amazing results in unexpected areas of your life. We want you to participate. If this is the only commitment you make this year, do it. It’s that important. We believe in it that much. It changed our lives, and we want it to change yours too.
There are plenty of “Paleo challenges” out there – things that sound a lot like the Whole30, that promise you’ll “look, feel and perform” better. They give you more of what you want – arbitrary points or a burpee penance for cheating, acceptable alcohol choices “if you must drink” or dark chocolate approval if it’s “pure”. But here at Whole9, we’ve built our entire business around telling you what you need, not what you want. We will not pander to you here. We will tell you what we know to be true, based on literally hundreds of testimonials and clients’ real results. Programs that offer built-in cheats or rationalizations for less than healthy food choices simply do not work long-term. They don’t teach you anything about how the foods you are eating are affecting you, and they don’t do anything to help you change your habits, patterns and behaviors. The Whole30 program has been in motion for almost a year, with participants all across the world – and has measurable, real-life, sustainable results to back up our claims.
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Day 16
PWO Breakfast of mashed sweet potatoes and blueberries.
Lunch of carrots, cucumbers, chicken, beef, and a few grapes.
Munched on raw almonds periodically throughout the day.
Too full for dinner still. Bad sign.
Day 60. I feel cocky.
Made Christie’s recipe for breakfast (the slaw/burger/egg). LOVED it. Think I will probably have it again for supper too. I think I will add some onions and maybe some peppers too.
Christie, your recipe looks great and we’ll be trying it soon!
Peggy, Too funny! I would too at Day 60!
Day 10:
What a journey this has been! My husband has lost 7 lbs. and I can tell he is feeling better. More energy and overall a lifted spirit. I know how inflammatory and unhealthy his diet had been for many years and admire his dedication to this huge change. I’m hoping that next week he will start light weight-lifting with me.
Two days ago, eating without grains, dairy and sugar got to me. I really lost my appetite (and was tired) and considered giving up. Giving thought to WHY I had committed to change in the first placed and absolutely KNOWING I am able to convince myself of anything, I rolled past that hard time with an attitude adjustment. There’s something so strong, so clear, and so empowering in moving beyond the rough times.
We are Baby Boomer age and to our peers this diet seems very extreme but we’re not shy of sharing our new lifestyle. Hopefully, others will give it a shot. :)
You all keep me motivated. Thank you for sharing.
Awwww. GREAT job getting past that rough patch Healthy2. So glad you didn’t give in to the mind “f” monster.
Hey all! I went to Dallas and Melissa’s workshop at CrossFit Denton County, and if you ever get the chance, I HIGHLY recommend it! I’m on Day 4 of my squeaky clean Whole30 (was doing about 95% paleo for about the last month until now). Tell me… did anyone else have a weight GAIN effect the first week or two? I’m a little concerned that my shorts that used to be loose are now “fitting” again. ugh. Anyone?
Day 17
PWO breakfast of mashed sweet potatoes and blueberries and 2 scrambled eggs.
Snacked throughout the day on raw almonds (too many, I already know).
Dinner of a burger (no bread) that was a homemade mix of beef and pork, with my daughter throwing some spices in to help with flavor, and some steamed broccoli.
@Ken – I can’t help but pick on you. Not at all in a mean way. So glad to see a veggie in there dude. LOL
today is day 60 for me. This is what I ate today:
Breakfast – Christie’s broccoli slaw concoction – Yummy by the way. I made it with turkey and hamburger and used all egg whites.
Lunch – Salmon covered in coconut butter and sage and leeks; broccoli and carrots
Snack – boiled eggs drizzled with olive oil and carrots
PWO – sweet potato chews and scrambled egg whites
Supper – the broccoli slaw concoction again. That is so easy and so tasty.
I am patiently waiting for my case of Santa Barbara olives to come. I love those!
I think had a few grapes in there too. I have learned that the less fruit I eat the better I feel.
Hello all!
Day six, squeaky clean and LOVING it! I’m the last holdout in my house but I’m ok with that. I LOVE the fact that I have to actually think about what I’m putting into my body, and not just how many calories. It hit me in a profound way why americans are so fat – food is MUCH too readily available! It is right and good that we should put some thought and effort into our food.
So far, miraculously, I have not had the terrible cravings that have capsized the efforts of my family members. My son was eating a PB & J sandwich last night (my absolute fave), and, just for a moment, I thought I might have to strangle him and take it – but only for a moment! Then I remembered your “tough love’ statement, and it passed.
BTW, that little paragraph up there was HUGE for me! Having a friend who’s 4 year old is fighting stage 3 cancer, I realize that what you say is true – THIS IS NOT HARD!
Another aside – Fruit is now the most delicious stuff on earth. I had a piece of fresh, ripe mango yesterday, and almost had an orgasm ;-)
I must confess, I have been getting on the scale – one habit I haven’t been able to break! Down 3 lbs in six days, WITHOUT the concommitant rise in body fat % (I have one of those fancy scales) that has always come with rapid weight loss – in fact, it’s gone down 1%! Now, I’m a physician, I know – you can’t lose 3 lbs of fat in six days – 3500 calories per pound and all that – but, there it is…. Even stranger, I went on a VERY strict 1400 calorie diet 2 months ago – I counted the sip of skim milk I took my vitamin with – and lost NOTHING in a month, despite daily crossfit WODS. That, too, should be physiologically impossible… weird!
Have a great day everybody!
What are sweet potato chews?
Kirsten – they are one of the “Steal This Meal” posts and they are soooo good.
Peggie – glad you liked my little breakfast creation! I know we’re supposed to vary our breakfasts, but I find myself eating that easily 4-5 days per week . . . when I’m not eating dinner leftovers for breakfast. I just never get sick of it!
Somehow I had managed to miss the STM post on the Sweet Potato Chews when it initially came out – I’m going to HAVE to try those! They look DELICIOUS!
Christie – those sweet potato chews are so good, especially when they first come out of the oven. The best. I put pumpkin pie spice on some, cinnamon and nutmeg on some and just cinnamon on some. They are a little time consuming to make, but definitely worth the effort.
Hey thanks Peggie for your support! :) My goal is to become ace at Mind Monster Busting! .. Will come in handy in many areas ;)
Laura.. I enjoyed your inspiring post. Great job on keeping awareness alive. :)
Love all the food ideas here.
Spinach salads have been a staple for me lately and working to making them a little different each time. Today’s was incredibly tasty and satisfying:
Fresh Spinach
Strawberries.. (just a few cut up)
Hard boiled egg
Avocado
Shrimp.. I like the uncooked shrimp and cook it right before using. Otherwise, shrimp has fishy taste to me.
EVO & Balsamic Vinegar
Sea salt and pepper
I started eating too many nuts.. interesting how those habits creep up!!
Awareness if Key.
are soy sauce or tofu allowed? I’m guessing too much legume?
much thanks!
Day 26
Scavenger… Trying to stretch out my groceries – using what I have on hand instead of rushing out for new exciting ingredients is interesting at times… Today I have all the remaining unspoiled veggies in the crockpot with some chicken and using the leftover juice from Jeff’s red curry crockpot roast post as a broth… smells so good. Meanwhile: Acorn squash baked, and stuffed with shrimp and pears with coconuut oil and pumpkin pie spices, topped with coconut shavings and crushed walnuts… (not to mention I poured a ladel full of the
crock pot juice on top to make it moist) This is weird crazy, waste not want not stuff. BUT hey, it was tasty, totally legit, and helped keep variety. I bet a lot of you have developed your meals in the same way… “I Have to eat. what do I have? How can I make it work?”
I’ve been trying to make batches of things that I can feed on for a few meals/days so that I can save time, but need to make an effort to eat more salads. These concoctions I’ve been brewing up while they work, definitely seem incomplete somehow and my body craves some raw-ness!
I am so grateful to all of you for your posts, ideas, and perspectives. I can’t keep up with responding but I read them all :) Thanks guys, you are an inspiration. (@ Anita and Peggie particularly – GREAT JOB!)
@Christie – Can’t wait to try your slaw idea, putting the ingredients on my grocery list
@Healthy2 -likewise was so excited today to see your salad idea and realize I actually HAVE those things! (trying to EMPTY my fridge before I can shop again)
I also have a confession that I haven’t been squeaky clean! :( I’ve given into a scoop of protein powder in my smoothie probably 3x over the last 26 days… I kind of knew it wasn’t clean, but didn’t pursue it (ignorance is bliss right??) then read the label today and sure enough has some soy derivatives and 2 -oses (sugars) BOO!
I figure tossing it in every ONCE in a while isn’t the worst thing. This isn’t coming from an “I can’t live without it attitude” rather “I don’t want to waste it and replace it with the clean variety while I still have it” mentality…. but in the end it’s just $20. Help me out gang! I should just give it away and find a clean option huh? Suggestions? (eggwhite protein powder maybe??)
Day 18
Rest day for the PTP, but all told, I ate ground beef and pork, sweet potatoes, and broccoli, lots of broccoli.
Hi I have some questions. I can’t figure out if these things are ok for the whole30 or not:
soy sauce / tofu
herbal teas
Also, is there a message board/forum somewhere where I can talk to people and ask questions, or is this the only place? How do I know if someone replies to this, do I just need to scroll through all the answers and look for it?
Thank you very much in advance!!
@Searlait I’m probably like the blind leading the blind but I am confident someone will correct me if I’m wrong.
Soy (and it’s derivatives) are not Whole 30 – I think it’s b/c it’s a legume
Herbal Teas as long as there are no additives in it, no problem. “If the ingredients are clean then it’s legit”
(Just noticed my coffee had artificial flavorings… booo! what is that supposed to entail exactly?)
When you post you have the option to subcribe to these posts… you’ll get an email every time some one adds. so you can see if your questions are answered by checking your email.
I am so excited to start the Whole30! I am joining in on Monday as I’ll be out camping all weekend but I’m ready to go. I went to Trader Joe’s last night and stocked up on lot’s of yummy meats! I’m not going to be able to buy the success guide this go around but is it possible to complete this and do well without the guide? I’m really excited for this journey as I’ve been doing well on primal but I think paleo is just what I need!!
by the way, i’ve been “preparing” for this all week and already gave up splenda in my coffee and have been eating it black! this was a HUGE thing for me :) also going camping with some friends this weekend and I am in charge of food. i’ve cleaned out my fridge of all non-paleo foods to take on the camping trip to get them out of my house!
@Ken – Yay for eating lots and lots of broccoli
Here goes nothing. I have been slowly trying to go more paleo over the past 6 months. I have not had the discipline to do my whole 30 yet, but feel I may be ready. Today is day number one. Unfortunately, it is Halloween and while I am not a sweet eater, I do enjoy my various candies (oh how I will miss thee, candy corn). I think I will keep a small stash of candy for after my 30, however, I have a feeling someone in my house may eat if before I will, which is okay. Over the past few months, I have cut out most processed foods and aside from the occasional slice of pizza, almost all dairy. The only real sugar I eat is when I taste the batter for my baking, but I rarely eat any of the final product. So, here it goes….30 days. I actually started on Monday, but my trainer told me yesterday that my 5 pieces of candy corn means I cheated and I have to start over (so it was really 10 pieces and 1/2 a coke). Darn it!
Anyways, I have been finding tons of recipes, and discover new veggies all the time. I hope to share some with you in the future. Cooking (used to be baking) is my way to unwind, so I am excited to see what new things I find. I have not reviewed the whole website just yet to know where to post recipes and review them, but I will. One of my new favorite things is roasted veggies. In my lunch today I have roasted parsnips, carrots and butternut squash. I have been preparing squash wrong for years…once you learn it is SO yummy! A touch of olive oil, pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper gives it great flavor! My first time for parsnips, too! Who knew?
Anyway, in reviewing the posts, many of you seem pretty focused and very supportive. I am surprised to not see any where someone is begging for help to avoid a certain food….maybe I didn’t go back far enough.
Oh nice! I am doing this one! Good luck to you who are already doing it!
I am staring tomorrow. (it is evening here)
Hey everybody!
3/4 of the day through day number 7, squeaky clean!!! Can’t hardly believe I have had NO sugar in 7 days. ME, the sweet freak! Not even having a hard time of it either, because fruit now tastes so incredibly good!!
Speaking of fruit, my new most favorite thing in salads: pears!! Holy cow, just delish. Just had a salad of spinach, pears, pecans, and chicken with a dressing made of balsamic vinegar, olive oil and dried cranberries – amazing! Oh, and speaking of wierd and delicious combinations: took leftover spaghetti squash and sauteed it in a little oil and garlic, then poured egg whites over it and cooked till the whites were done – yum!!
Ok, here is my only cheat: I’m getting on the scale! Can’t help it now, I’m sooo curious about this weight vs. body fat thing. And once again, my weight AND bady fat % are down! So it is apparently real – rapid FAT loss! Of every diet I’ve ever tried (and believe me, I’ve tried them all), I’ve never seen that happen until now.
Keep up the good work everybody, I know I’m fired up!!
Day 19
Breakfast of just some blueberries.
Lunch of some carrots, because I was at a promotion reception that had only pizza, cake, and some veggies.
Dinner out with friends of steak, shrimp, and chicken (everything else was an empty starch, so I didn’t eat it).
Getting through, but some ugly imbalances right now.
Still rockin!!! Am going to go until Thanksgiving and might not even need to have anything on Thanksgiving. My favorite is stuffing, but don’t know if I want to go through the pain of feeling sick. We shall see. This is such a lifestyle for me!!
Day 60…sort of!
I just learned the most amazing thing about how my much my cleaner body works!
I have been “squeeky clean” for about the first 45 days. The ONLY premeditated
exceptions were within the last week. I was at my favorite butcher’s getting the rundown
on gluten-free sausage and saw my old favorite “spicy Italians” in the freezer, which were cool except
for some breadcrumbs. “How much of that precisely??? Well, about a handful, maybe a cup, of dried breadcrumbs to a 10 lb batch. Not much, so I consciously decided to buy a pack and ate 4 large over a few days. It took another few days to notice that the “morning mucous monster’ was back. You know, the early bit of hack, drizzle, (I used to have a huge issue with this back in the full-on grain/dairy days). This lasted about three days. GREAT experiment! Lesson Learned in spades! I just haven’t had any noticeable excess mucus with this lifestyle. Everything about my body inside and out just feels cleaner and almost crisper.Weird adjectives, I know. But now I also am reconfirmed of all the benefits and will have a much easier time keeping on the squeeky-clean path.
Tomorrow’s Whole30#3 start, as well as the info and support from all of you, is going to be as fresh and even more wholly committed then ever!
Breakfast of dry cole slaw (precut cabbage and carrots) sauteed with good canadian bacon and onions, then made into an egg white frittatta. Piece of mango as “dessert”. Absolutely DELISH, and I feel awesome!!! Day 8, and I’m more fired up than ever…
Great force and clean vibes in these posts! Keeps me going and keeps me knowing THE POWER OF EATING CLEAN!..
Carla, good luck and welcome!
DAY 13:
All is going very well but I need to hold down my consumption of nuts. Too easy when feeling the need to go for something. However, old behaviors take some time to change and making this leap of non-dairy, non-sugar, no-grain and non-processed food, is a big step in change… so I’ll be patient.
My husband and I very much enjoyed the spaghetti squash style spaghetti. I actually prefer it to noodles which was a huge surprise. Leftovers it was great too!
I do find that simply not allowing my mind to carry me into places is the answer to being successful. I mean.. why even GO THERE when I’ve already made a commitment to do this. It’s about getting over those feelings and moving on with something else. :)
@ Healthy 2: Thank you so much for your words.
Today was day number one and I survived it. Well survived makes it sound like it was hard but it wasn’t. Off to day number two.
I am going to suggest that my cross fit box embarks on this one as a group. Loads of people there seem to be asking for help a great deal lately.
I am loving the support I see on this blog.
Will be coming back that is for sure!
Ok, am I missing something? I just noticed that the site says to “join up” – how do I do that? Does it involve more than signing into this blog? How did ya’ll get your pics up there by your posts?
Thanks!
Day 20
Strawberries, blueberries, a couple scrambled eggs (no milk added), some sausage, freshly baked and mashed sweet potatoes; throughout the rest of day, had a couple more eggs with sausage, then some homemade stir-fry with chicken breast, sweet peppers, carrots, and broccoli, all in canola oil.
I came to a realization this morning, although it started to occur to me yesterday. I’m 20 days in, and I’ve noticed a log of changes in how my body works and the way that it reacts to things, especially nutritionally. I have no doubt that I am much more insulin-sensitive, as well. Over the last few days, I’ve been lacking in fats, even more than usual, which says something. Although I had a decent PTP WOD this morning, I’m severely lacking in energy. I grew up on a farm, so I’m used to getting up really early. Even as an Army chaplain, I’m used to getting up early. So, my norm is to get up at 4am, take about 30 minutes to get used to the morning, then go to the gym. I am now under the impression that I’m going to have to start eating before I work out, though, which I haven’t done in many years.
@ EVERYONE,
We’re closing comments on this post, but please continue to comment on the NEW Whole30, v3.0 here: http://www.whole9life.com/2010/10/whole-30-v3/ Good luck!
Dallas + Melissa