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Yes, this is fine.

Melissa Hartwig doesn't provide insight or recommendations on other diets, mainly because Whole30 is not a diet but is a 30 day food elimination protocol meant to give you a base with which to reintroduce foods and see how they work for your body. You are free to take a read through what and why of Whole30 here and on Whole30.com and see if it sounds like something that interests you. This forum is specifically for Whole30 related questions, discussions and topics. We don't coach on how to co-mingle with Weight Watchers, Zone, Atkins or your blood type diet.

Yes, @LeahB, you would want to reintroduce separately like anything else. Because.....what if you end up with a big headache the next day. How will you know if it was dairy or the alcohol?

OK, so that all sounds pretty good. Couple things you can try. First, don't try to eat things at breakfast (queasy-time) that you hate at all other times too. That'll never work. Haha Second, move coffee to after you've eaten an entire template meal including the veggies. Coffee is an appetite suppressant and if you are struggling at all with eating your meal, leave it off until after, whether you feel hunger or not. Third, make sure your fruits are eaten with meals and not alone. Also until you get your veggie issues sorted, maybe don't have fruits in the morning. The nuts are unlikely to be causing this veggie issue but do know that they are recommended to be limited....so think a closed handful every other day. And do try and get that meal in within the hour. That, although it seems picky, is how you'll balance your hormones which is how you'll conquer a queasy-morning feeling. Report back in a bit and let me know if any of that helped. Could also just be a matter of time. (also if you haven't made homemade mayo yet, give that a try and then dip your morning veggies in it. Life changing!)

Wow, 26# in 30 days is amazing! Take a minute and congratulate yourself. Then, understand how disruptive that has been to your body. The burning of fat dumps toxins and hormones into our body that need to be filtered out. It means that your body is working to keep up with balance because you've drastically reduced its size in short order. It means that your entire body needs to get used to what is happening and sometimes that comes in the way of a "plateau". Don't think negatively of a plateau, it's your body rebalancing and preparing for what's next. Just keep going............keep eating well and exercising and getting adequate rest. It'll come. But forcing or "tricking" it is undermining what is actually a needed body process. You've done great and I understand wanting to keep progressing. Just remember you didn't get where you are in 60 or 90 days and you won't leave there in 60 or 90 days.

I could not eat cooked greens in the morning if you stood there with a hundred dollar bill waiting for me. Just....no. It's all a matter of finding what you can handle. Much of the breakfast aversion that we see is a hormonal balance issue combined with a habit issue. Some questions: Do you eat within an hour of waking? Are you relying heavily on fruit/nuts? Are you snacking between meals and if so, on what? Are you drinking coffee before your meal? It's good to see you're trying different ways, that's good! That's the way through, honestly. Try cold leftover cooked veggies, steamed veggies both hot or cold, raw veggies etc. The fact you're queasy but sort of mostly OK w/ sweet potato leads me to believe you're still on the road to hormonal balance.

There is no real "nutritional criteria" for this program. As in; there is no specified "numbers" that we recommend that people get for fat, carbs and protein. The meal template is a range based on each individual's unique context. You might want to browse through the vegetarian portion of the forum as many people have done veggie Whole30's.

Hi @kienanbrownrigg - I've merged your post with an existing one which is exactly the same and has lots of discussion in it. The best way to search the forum (since nearly every question has been asked and answered at least once) is with google. I found at least 4 forum threads in the search I just did.

It's all about finding that balance that works the best for you. The meal template is a range so some people are going to feel better with more protein and some with less. It's how you get from meal to meal comfortably. It's how your energy is, your sleep, your poops, your mood etc. If Whole30 is a departure from a person's norm (ie, they were used to eating a lot of processed foods without breaks or maybe they've had a lifetime of dieting/restriction/binging), it can definitely be a learning process on what exactly fuels them the best, meal to meal. Keep paying attention, you've got this!

Ya, you can make your own "larabar". I should have been more specific, it's the cocoa in this particular one that makes it non-compliant. No using chocolate in sweet things. Also worth noting: using sweets (fruits, dates, nuts, energy balls) in order to try and slay a Sugar Dragon is a loosing proposition. All you're really doing is keeping him/her in a content hibernation, waiting for when actual sweets hit the menu. We really, really, really don't recommend that people use larabars/energy bites etc for anything other than near-death emergencies and certainly not for getting a sugar dragon to quiet down.

I don't know what a raw brownie bite is but if it's anything that is a concoction of dates, alternative flours/nuts, cocoa etc, that would not be compliant. @Tj V - the meal teamplate is just a recommendation. It's a recommendation for best possible results, but eating veggies at every meal is not actually a rule. We often will give people a nudge in the direction of the meal template if they are not feeling well, hungry all the time, cranky, tired etc. We do believe that everyone should follow the meal template.........but if you just wanted to eat compliant bacon and almond butter for every meal, that would technically also be a Whole30.

Yes. There are others out there with far less additives/ingredients, but as far as Whole30, this would be a go.

I was just going to say what @ShannonM816 said: this looks like one of the easiest menus to navigate that I've seen so far! You should be fine!

@True Primal - Yep, that's compliant. Your product can be Whole30 compliant without being "Whole30 Approved" as a product line.

@Isabelle Zaroni Manioc flour is cassava flour. YES, you can use this to bread meats or to thicken a sauce. You may not bake with it.