Whole 30

[Keeper 218]

Has anyone done or tried Whole 30? For those who don't know it is a little stricter than paleo, but the gist is no grains, no legumes, no dairy and no sugar. Lots of Protein with fresh veggies and fruits. I am going to try this begining Feb 1st as a way to help me kick my sugar addiction and was just wondering if anyone else has done it. It is not meant to be permanent as you can reincorporate items back into your diet. I am sure some people stick with it, but I do not plan to. Just kicking my addiction to carbs and sugar to the curb. A system reboot of sorts.

[PurpleBanded 0]

I've done it a couple times before I got banded. I felt great when I did it. The first time I did 45 days and the second time I couldn't keep myself committed to it. I just got banded last week, so once I'm eating again I'm going to do again and hopefully I will do better. Did you start on the first? How are you doing with it? By now you should be feeling good.

[Keeper 218]

Hi Purple, let me start by saying that I am jealous you did it once, for 45 days, no less, and even more impressed you tried it a 2nd time. Brutal honesty, I failed miserably. I know that is a super negative way of thinking, but I can't help it. Ugh. I am so all or nothing, but life got messy quick, and I stopped after 5 days. I knew I wasn't going to be able to do the whole 30 days because I am getting a fill tomorrow and between 2 days liquids, 2 days soft, I did not see a way around it. Protein shakes, Soup, and cottage cheese are my go-to's on those days. I also had my son's 11th birthday, a horrible Valentine's day, stress over hubby trying to get a new job, and a baby shower. I had been doing so good but quickly turned back to old habits, namely sugar. I really would like to try again at some point. I never got past the headache-y sluggish days, and that made me cope even less with my stress.

Congrats on getting banded! I hope all is well so far. I imagine you are in the 'getting over pain and ready to go back to normal' stage. :-) You've done it successfully before, but I would caution to focus on one thing at a time. At least, that's what I need to do!

[PurpleBanded 0]

It's definitely not an easy thing, and it's a lot easier to let life get in the way. I'm lucky because my husband will usually do it with me, so having that support makes it easier. But I can totally understand having a hard time figuring out how to do it with a fill. I just started mushy foods today and I really want to stay low carb, but I'm having such a hard time figuring what that actually is. All I think of is yogurt and cream of wheat, cream Soups and oatmeal. But today I settled for cottage cheese and I mashed up some avocado and fresh crab. So far so good. I think once I'm used to life with my band I will try it again. Good luck when you try again. I think the most important thing is to plan for it. I love the recipes on NomNomPaleo. Everything I have tried on there has been awesome. So try to plan your whole 30 days of meals. Read the forums on the whole30 website, spend some time before you start cooking your food for the week. That makes it so much easier. It's also ok to eat out, you can go to chipotle and have a salad with the pork carnitas, salsa and guacamole. Just some ideas.