Weight Loss with Whole30 program

[+ HornyRetiree]

I am also posting this response as a separate thread for future search results. So many of us struggle to drop weight as we get older.

 

I have found something that works for me and I totally recommend Whole30.

 

For over two years I had been eating carefully and working to lose some weight! NOTHING was happening – NOTHING! I am on medications for borderline blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. I know that these and other drugs interfere with weight loss. It was a long time friend who told me about Whole30! She has several years on me and takes many times more medications. Her Doctor told her to do the Whole30 program and that she would lose weight even without increased exercise (bad knees). She did and SHE DID lose 20 pounds in the 30 days!

 

I decided it was well worth a try after 2 years of no results!! I started June 26th and did not stray for 30 days with the exception of ONE ear of corn on the cob which you will see below and which, as I enjoyed it, I did not know I was straying.

 

It is simple to start! Initially you just need the The Whole30 Program In A Nutshell , The Shopping List to guide you and the receipt for making your own Mayonnaise. (There will be more on making your own Mayo below!) Once you start making it fresh, you will never want to go back to the additive laced commercial “stuff”!

 

I had/have no interest in preparing three meals a day! (That as the hardest change for me, I had been eating two, breakfast and supper). I also have no issue with eating cold food! Particularly this time of year. My system was to cook in bulk and have what I needed ready to pull from the refrigerator. Daily cooking was limited to scrambling eggs in the morning, often with sweet peppers, mushrooms and chives.

 

Steaming is my friend! and a good way to prepare a big batch of assorted healthy vegetables.

 

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My response to another thread:

SO! I started Whole30 on June 26th -- 30 days of faithfully NOT violating the eating program!

 

4 days of withdrawal HELL -- expected as I have dieted before -- then two weeks of thinking about the foods I would bring back after 30 days!!! By the time 30 days was up, my body was reprogrammed! AMAZING!

 

I would try things like pizza & ice cream -- enjoy the treat and say "Nope, I don't need that"

 

I lost 20# in the 30 days and and now down 33# since June 26th -- feeling great, BP & Glucose much better.

 

I recently posted:

 

"I have found my body's response to food to be so interesting since I started Whole30 on June 26th!

 

The concept is 30 days w/o straying! and then to slowly bring back and try food you have eliminated.

 

I have found that my body wants to stay on Whole30!

 

As you know from my posts, this weekend I had some non-Whole30 foods/treats that I did enjoy - I just don't enjoy enough to bring back on a regular basis!

 

2 weekends a month and events outside my space w/ friends is ample ad even then I do not go crazy.

 

This morning, it felt so good to just be back to Whole30 eating.

 

Everyone reacts differently - I only share my journey as an example - it worked/works for me!!!

 

33 pounds gone! That feels good too!"

 

Whole30 is simple and very basic! I have brought corn on the cob back (local seasonal) and use ghee rather than butter and I enjoy crumbly bleu on my salads! Almond butter has replaced peanut butter (legume)

 

I am most content with a Whole30 plate of food! where I save half the salad for breakfast!

[Bargara Leatherboy]

Congrats on your results.