We started doing this. Have been scouring packages, tossing stuff, etc. I noticed this morning that my multivitamins have 6 grams of sugar. WTF? Unreal. Sugar is in almost everything processed.

Whole 30 doesn't look terrible. Just changing some habits and making new ones.

Any suggestions?

I just looked that up. It looks miserable.

It's the elimination of sugars and dairy, mostly. Two things Americans are addicted to that helps more than 40% of the country be obese and another 20+% be overweight.

I'm tired of being a fatass and don't want any more medical issues for me or my wife than we'll normally have when we're 70.

You don't realize everything that has sugar in it until you try to cut it out of your diet. It's unreal, especially avoiding carbs.

Just eat plants and animals. Attempt to avoid anything that has a nutrition label.

Eat fruit(avocado, olive) and animal oils (tallow, butter) . Avoid processed oils (canola, cottonseed, etc)

I’m on day 29. This is my 3rd time to complete (after tomorrow) whole30. It’s a good diet. Get to eat plenty. It’s takes a lot of prep and nearly impossible to eat out. But if you’re able to eat every meal that you prepare, it’s not bad. I’m planing to continue to mostly eat whole30 approved with a few cheats here and there from now on.

Now I know why we haven’t met at the rib shack lately

I’ve lost near 50 lbs in the last 5 years. Eat a lot of chicken and fish. I use the grill three to four times a week. Gave up bacon and hamburger helper

This is true. But it’s about that time!

We pretty much figured out this is the deal. Plants, animals. Two sections of the store - vegetables and meat.

It really is crazy how much sugar is in everything. I looked at a pack of "healthy oatmeal" and it has something like 14g added sugar. Some beef jerky that is flavored has it. All the "ose" stuff - sucrose, fructose - and corn syrup stuff, it's in almost everything.

The whole30 website has ton of great information. It even has a guide of what your body is doing and how you’ll feel along the process. It’s really accurate. As with pretty much anything, days 3-11/13 are the hardest. But there are a lot of really good recipes for whole30 that make it enjoyable. A couple of my favorites are sloppy joe sweet potatoes and whole30 chili. It’s also amazing how good fruit is once you cut out the artificial sugars.

here are some pics of the normal meals I’ve had while on whole30

Yesterday I had eggs and kimchi for breakfast, chicken and salad for lunch, salmon and potatoes for supper.

Today we had eggs with onion, mushrooms and spinach, and I added a couple of chicken thighs and kimchi for mine. I like the kimchi and it's been strangely interesting at how it resets my digestive system, in a good way. Plus, fiber and some flavor.

All that looks good, Lumpy. I'd guess that if eating out, finding a ribeye and potato wouldn't be too difficult.

The problem with eating steaks out is the marinate that most restaurants use. Pretty much all liquid marinades have soy and/or sugar in the them which are both banned in whole30.

Yep. And the couple of places I've had just steak w/ salt-pepper on them, the salt was so heavy it was like a mineral lick.

Kind of reminds me of ordering black coffee. Ask for a plain baked potato and "we brought some sour cream and butter anyway in case you change your mind."


"Black coffee, please."

"You want cream and sugar?"

"No. Just black coffee."

They look at you like you're a cyborg from Venus. LOL

I ate plaeo back when I was trail running a lot...woke up late for a race and grabbed a biscuit and it was unreal how much more energy I had running 😀
I ain't big but I need to get back to eating right, my body overall felt much better

I have a couple of trail halves coming up so it'll be interesting to see if I drop some pounds before them and then feel better with a couple of bagels and peanut butter beforehand.

I'm sure that knocking back some Tailwind or Nuun with the sugars will be like a jolt. LOL

That's true.

But if the point is to eat clean and once and month you end up having a steak that had some sweetener in it, you are doing really well. Don't sweat the small stuff. You coulda gone to that same restaurant and had the Mac and cheese, the csteak fries and a desert.

Does whole 30 allow butter?