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  1. Yep! People try and capitalize on a successful program - anything that seems 'too good to be true' probably is. Especially things that don't fit the template like this bowl or things you'd really have to bend to fit the template
  2. Yes, it's basically the banana egg pancakes smashed up into a scramble but topped with all the same stuff as the pancakes so it would be a no.
  3. This would not be a good choice for your whole30. It's extremely fruit heavy, one egg is not nearly enough (as eggs when they are your sole source of protein are as many as you can hold in one hand without dropping) and it has no veggies.
  4. Go to the doctor! Seriously, an ongoing headache like this is not a normal symptom of eating meat, veggies and fat and if you already have comorbid conditions, it's really in your best interest to see a doctor to make sure it's nothing serious. The one thing I"ll ask is if you're salting your meals and drinking 1/2 oz of water per pound of body weight... are you eating starchy carbs? If you would like to give us a run down of what you've been eating with specifics such as meal times, portion sizes, specific veggies, fruit, fat and protein then we can have a look and see if anything stands out but we cannot dispense anything resembling medical advice and this may very well not be related to food.
  5. YES! Awesome, I'm so glad you figured out a soluition and that you feel better!!!
  6. Salting as pre-whole30 is often not enough because there is a LOT of sodium in processed and packaged foods so if that was any part of your diet before and now it's not, you might not be getting enough salt... it's an essential component to the body... we recommend salting to taste on every plate.
  7. I'm going to take a wild guess that you didn't eat enough yesterday... As you can see from reading through this thread, we recommend pregnant and breastfeeding moms eat four meals a day and snack on fats (olives, coconut milk) throughout the day. Did you do this? Are you eating to the high end of the template? Please provide additional information so that we can help.
  8. Is this things people are putting on their list to Santa? In that case, microplane, large high quality sheet pan, crock pot
  9. Are you eating 3-4 full template meals a day along with additional fat? Maybe you'd like to list out what you've been eating including portion sizes related to the template, specific veggies, protein and fat and we can take a look but I would say in my experience with this concern, you're probably not eating enough.
  10. Your body actually doesn't know the difference between the sugar from an apple and the sugar from a snickers bar... of course the apple has fibre and is a whole, nutrient dense food but it will cause a blood sugar spike if eaten alone. If you want to eat apples as afternoon snacks, you can, it's not recommended during Whole30 but you can do anything you like when you're done the program. I encourage you to get It Starts With Food out of the library or buy it because all this info is in there as to how food interacts with your body, hormones, metabolism etc...
  11. Yes, that's what I'm saying... we really encourage people to eat enough at their meals to go 4-5 hours between... if you need to eat between meals (longer hours between meals, still getting your meal portions right), the we encourage participants to go for protein and fat.. hard boiled egg and mayo, chicken and guacamole etc... fruit on its own is discouraged... apple sliced on a salad with dinner = good... apple by itself with or without nut butter = not your best choice. Nuts are also encouraged to be limited so that closed handful is recommended to happen no more than once every other day at most (less really... )
  12. Headaches can be caused by any number of things and sometimes it can be when we're doing something very different than our 'norm' that we assume it's because of the change. It could be barometric pressure, your time of the month, tension, stress, a bad pillow, grinding your teeth at night...
  13. Salt is an essential part of your body's functioning and when we remove processed, packaged, bagged, boxed and fast food from our diets we remove about 90% of the sodium... that does need to be replaced. You should be salting your food always.
  14. Sorry this is happening. The extent of our ability to troubleshoot this would be to say there are hormonal changes that can be expected when you drastically change your diet but you're saying that this isn't a drastic change. With that in mind, I would suggest a quick trip to your doctor as it may be something going on that is actually unrelated and just coincidental that it's happening during your Whole30.
  15. Hi @Amyemm Sorry your request for help got missed in the silliness. As @jmcbn said, please give us some details of what you've been eating and drinking and we'll help figure this out; headaches suck!
  16. Actually, yes, snacking on basically junk food instead of eating real food, thereby depriving your body of actual nutrition IS likely contributing to the headache... she wasn't saying a Larabar is going to cause a headache, I think you are looking for an arguement which you're unlikely to get here. If you don't like the program, it doesn't work for you or you're not interested in reading the material, that's fine, but you're asked to be polite in our house and calling our mods thoughtless and brainwashed doesn't fit the bill. You'll also take note of the fact that this program has been around and popular since 2009, so it's hardly a fad, being that it's coming up on just short of a decade... just food for thought.
  17. @SweetEnough - that's so cute! I know most of the people that have weighed in on this thread are following it so they'll get a notification when people post
  18. Changes in menstrual cycle can happen as your hormones balance out. There are loads of people on the forum with the same experience. Try googling 'whole30 menstrual changes' 'whole30 light period'. We can't tell you definitively that this is 'okay' tho as we are not doctors and we don't know your personal history so if you're at all concerned, off to the doctor.
  19. NEW WHOLE30 RULES: CHIPS AND COCONUT AMINOS 27 March, 2017 From Whole30 headmistress Melissa Hartwig, who works really hard to make the program both effective and easy to follow It’s been a long time since I’ve issued any changes to the Whole30 rules; the last was in 2014, when we brought back the white potato. Making a rule change is a really big deal; it’s a huge communication effort to share the new information with millions of people worldwide and update all of our books and resources. But food manufacturers continue to create grain-free, dairy-free products that didn’t exist when I wrote the original Whole30 rules, and frankly, they’re making my job really hard here. After much research, discussion with my forum moderators, and consulting the Whole30 team, we concur it’s time to revise a few points, based on the current marketplace. Here are two new Whole30 rules, effective April 1, 2017 (or right now, since you’re reading it). If you want, just read the rules and apply, easy-peasy. If you want to hear the thought process behind the changes, however, I’ll describe in detail below. New Whole30 Rules No store-bought chips of any origin (potato, tortilla, plantain, coconut, kale…) Coconut aminos are an exception to the “no added sugar” rule (and continue to be permissible on the program) No more plantain chips on the #Whole30? Spread the word; two NEW Whole30 rules. CLICK TO TWEET No Store-Bought Chips When we brought white potatoes back in 2014, one sticky issue was, “How do we keep people from eating French fries and potato chips, as those are obviously not in the spirit of the Whole30?” The answer was easy; saying, “No potato chips, and no restaurant or fast-food fries.” Back in 2014, all you could find in the store were potato chips or “Sweets n Beets.” Kale or broccoli “chips” didn’t exist, tortilla chips were made only with corn, and plantain chips were just showing up on the scene, but not popular enough to be on our radar. Over the last few years, the variety of “healthy” chips in stores have exploded. You can now buy “nacho” flavored kale chips, cassava flour tortilla chips, and “roasted” plantain chips containing technically compliant Whole30 ingredients. This has caused great confusion in the community—kale chips must be okay because they’re kale, but what about plantain chips, or those potato chips fried in unrefined coconut oil? It was hard to keep up with; a fact I saw reflected in the #whole30 photos you’re posting on Instagram. In thinking about how to communicate my thoughts on the place of chips on the Whole30, I kept coming back to the central theme: Face-planting into a packaged bag of chips (of any nature) has no place in resetting your health, habits, and relationship with food. Especially plantain chips. You know you crack out on them, and news flash: THEY’RE NOT ACTUALLY HEALTHY. So, allow us to make it easy for you, and return to our Whole30 “real, whole, nutrient-dense” food roots: No store-bought chips. Period. Not even if they’re kale. Not even if they’re roasted. Not even if they’re cooked in coconut oil. Chips of any nature are counter to the Whole30 mission, they’re pushing more nutrient-dense food off your plate, and they’re all too easy to turn into food with no brakes. It’s only 30 days, and you can do better. Feel free to make your own real-food version at home; bake kale leaves, pan-fry plantain slices, or roast potato wedges. But please, no deep-frying. That should go without saying. Coconut Aminos Coconut aminos (a soy sauce substitute made from coconut) came on the Whole30 scene around 2013. The first company to release the product was Coconut Secret, and the ingredients read, “Organic coconut ‘sap’ aged and blended with sun-dried, mineral-rich sea salt.” Based on this ingredient list*, it appeared totally Whole30 compliant. We began using aminos in our recipes and cookbooks, creating Asian-inspired dishes with exciting flavors. Today, we have a variety of aminos; Big Tree Farms is a major market player, and Thrive Market has their own brand of aminos. Trouble is, their ingredients read slightly different: “Organic fair trade coconut blossom nectar, sea salt.” And it’s that one word, “nectar,” that’s causing trouble, because in Whole30 lingo, “nectar” = “sugar.” I got on the phone with Elizabeth from Big Tree Farms, so she could explain the way aminos are made. The nectar itself is harvested from the coconut flower blossoms (not the tree itself, as the word “sap” might indicate). From there, you can do a few things with the nectar: brew it down with sea salt and water (natural fermentation may be part of this process) and turn it into aminos; dry it and allow it to granulate, turning it into coconut sugar; or sell it as coconut syrup, a liquid sweetener substitute. So technically, all aminos are derived from a sugar source—but not all labels are clear about that. Which means that according to the current rules, some brands of aminos are out, while some are allowed, based solely on the way the companies chose to write the ingredients on the label. Furthermore, unlike the other two forms of coconut nectar, aminos are not a sugar substitute. Would you add it to your coffee or tea, or pour it over berries? (EW.) To avoid further confusion, we’re just going to write a new exclusion into the rules: “coconut aminos” are compliant for the program, even if the word “nectar” is on the label. *When you read the rest of the Coconut Secret label, the word “sap” is in quotation marks, and the bottle description does say it comes from “sap that exudes from the coconut blossom.” Consumers (myself included) assumed the product came from the tree (or the coconut itself), but it is sourced from the coconut blossom, just like the other brands. Next Steps First, these new rules officially go into effect on April 1, 2017. If you’ve been eating ingredient-compliant plantain chips or store-bought kale chips, you don’t have to start over; just stop eating them. (And if you’ve been using aminos of any brand, nothing actually changes.) Second, we’d appreciate you helping us share the rules by reposting our Instagram post, sharing our Facebook post, or Tweeting about it (below). Have you heard? TWO new #Whole30 rules re: chips and coconut aminos! Details here. CLICK TO TWEET Third, we’ve already updated the Can I Have blog post, the Whole30 Program Rules, and the accompanying PDF. We’re also in the process of cleaning up old forum entries with out-of-date info. However, patience, please, as that process could take a while. I’m also working the revisions into immediate reprints of The Whole30 and The Whole30 Cookbook. Finally, we’ll be working with our partners at Thrive Market and Barefoot Provisions to remove kale chips from their Whole30 kits. This could take a little while, logistically. On behalf of the Whole30 team, thank you for your continued support and your tolerance for these occasional changes. We are always evaluating the rules for their logic, foundation in science, effectiveness, and ease of use. Balancing all of those isn’t always easy, but we think these changes encompass the spirit and intention of the program, while making it even easier for you to follow the rules. Even if you’re mad about the plantain chips.
  20. NEW WHOLE30 RULES: CHIPS AND COCONUT AMINOS 27 March, 2017 From Whole30 headmistress Melissa Hartwig, who works really hard to make the program both effective and easy to follow It’s been a long time since I’ve issued any changes to the Whole30 rules; the last was in 2014, when we brought back the white potato. Making a rule change is a really big deal; it’s a huge communication effort to share the new information with millions of people worldwide and update all of our books and resources. But food manufacturers continue to create grain-free, dairy-free products that didn’t exist when I wrote the original Whole30 rules, and frankly, they’re making my job really hard here. After much research, discussion with my forum moderators, and consulting the Whole30 team, we concur it’s time to revise a few points, based on the current marketplace. Here are two new Whole30 rules, effective April 1, 2017 (or right now, since you’re reading it). If you want, just read the rules and apply, easy-peasy. If you want to hear the thought process behind the changes, however, I’ll describe in detail below. New Whole30 Rules No store-bought chips of any origin (potato, tortilla, plantain, coconut, kale…) Coconut aminos are an exception to the “no added sugar” rule (and continue to be permissible on the program) No more plantain chips on the #Whole30? Spread the word; two NEW Whole30 rules. CLICK TO TWEET No Store-Bought Chips When we brought white potatoes back in 2014, one sticky issue was, “How do we keep people from eating French fries and potato chips, as those are obviously not in the spirit of the Whole30?” The answer was easy; saying, “No potato chips, and no restaurant or fast-food fries.” Back in 2014, all you could find in the store were potato chips or “Sweets n Beets.” Kale or broccoli “chips” didn’t exist, tortilla chips were made only with corn, and plantain chips were just showing up on the scene, but not popular enough to be on our radar. Over the last few years, the variety of “healthy” chips in stores have exploded. You can now buy “nacho” flavored kale chips, cassava flour tortilla chips, and “roasted” plantain chips containing technically compliant Whole30 ingredients. This has caused great confusion in the community—kale chips must be okay because they’re kale, but what about plantain chips, or those potato chips fried in unrefined coconut oil? It was hard to keep up with; a fact I saw reflected in the #whole30 photos you’re posting on Instagram. In thinking about how to communicate my thoughts on the place of chips on the Whole30, I kept coming back to the central theme: Face-planting into a packaged bag of chips (of any nature) has no place in resetting your health, habits, and relationship with food. Especially plantain chips. You know you crack out on them, and news flash: THEY’RE NOT ACTUALLY HEALTHY. So, allow us to make it easy for you, and return to our Whole30 “real, whole, nutrient-dense” food roots: No store-bought chips. Period. Not even if they’re kale. Not even if they’re roasted. Not even if they’re cooked in coconut oil. Chips of any nature are counter to the Whole30 mission, they’re pushing more nutrient-dense food off your plate, and they’re all too easy to turn into food with no brakes. It’s only 30 days, and you can do better. Feel free to make your own real-food version at home; bake kale leaves, pan-fry plantain slices, or roast potato wedges. But please, no deep-frying. That should go without saying. Coconut Aminos Coconut aminos (a soy sauce substitute made from coconut) came on the Whole30 scene around 2013. The first company to release the product was Coconut Secret, and the ingredients read, “Organic coconut ‘sap’ aged and blended with sun-dried, mineral-rich sea salt.” Based on this ingredient list*, it appeared totally Whole30 compliant. We began using aminos in our recipes and cookbooks, creating Asian-inspired dishes with exciting flavors. Today, we have a variety of aminos; Big Tree Farms is a major market player, and Thrive Market has their own brand of aminos. Trouble is, their ingredients read slightly different: “Organic fair trade coconut blossom nectar, sea salt.” And it’s that one word, “nectar,” that’s causing trouble, because in Whole30 lingo, “nectar” = “sugar.” I got on the phone with Elizabeth from Big Tree Farms, so she could explain the way aminos are made. The nectar itself is harvested from the coconut flower blossoms (not the tree itself, as the word “sap” might indicate). From there, you can do a few things with the nectar: brew it down with sea salt and water (natural fermentation may be part of this process) and turn it into aminos; dry it and allow it to granulate, turning it into coconut sugar; or sell it as coconut syrup, a liquid sweetener substitute. So technically, all aminos are derived from a sugar source—but not all labels are clear about that. Which means that according to the current rules, some brands of aminos are out, while some are allowed, based solely on the way the companies chose to write the ingredients on the label. Furthermore, unlike the other two forms of coconut nectar, aminos are not a sugar substitute. Would you add it to your coffee or tea, or pour it over berries? (EW.) To avoid further confusion, we’re just going to write a new exclusion into the rules: “coconut aminos” are compliant for the program, even if the word “nectar” is on the label. *When you read the rest of the Coconut Secret label, the word “sap” is in quotation marks, and the bottle description does say it comes from “sap that exudes from the coconut blossom.” Consumers (myself included) assumed the product came from the tree (or the coconut itself), but it is sourced from the coconut blossom, just like the other brands. Next Steps First, these new rules officially go into effect on April 1, 2017. If you’ve been eating ingredient-compliant plantain chips or store-bought kale chips, you don’t have to start over; just stop eating them. (And if you’ve been using aminos of any brand, nothing actually changes.) Second, we’d appreciate you helping us share the rules by reposting our Instagram post, sharing our Facebook post, or Tweeting about it (below). Have you heard? TWO new #Whole30 rules re: chips and coconut aminos! Details here. CLICK TO TWEET Third, we’ve already updated the Can I Have blog post, the Whole30 Program Rules, and the accompanying PDF. We’re also in the process of cleaning up old forum entries with out-of-date info. However, patience, please, as that process could take a while. I’m also working the revisions into immediate reprints of The Whole30 and The Whole30 Cookbook. Finally, we’ll be working with our partners at Thrive Market and Barefoot Provisions to remove kale chips from their Whole30 kits. This could take a little while, logistically. On behalf of the Whole30 team, thank you for your continued support and your tolerance for these occasional changes. We are always evaluating the rules for their logic, foundation in science, effectiveness, and ease of use. Balancing all of those isn’t always easy, but we think these changes encompass the spirit and intention of the program, while making it even easier for you to follow the rules. Even if you’re mad about the plantain chips.
  21. There's no real issue... if the coffee beans are flavored in the package, they'll have natural and artificial flavors... these are not ideal, but because labelling laws mean they have to call out alcohol, soy, dairy, wheat and sugar, if none of those items are on the label, you're good to go. You may want to do a bit of research about HOW your favorite brand of flavored coffee gets their flavors... natural and artificial flavors are born in a lab... it's not the best option but in my opinion, in one or two cups of coffee a day, it's not the end of the world and it's not going to affect your Whole30. That said, I'm talking beans with flavor either whole beans or ground coffee. I'm not talking about those International Delights powders that are basically like hot chocolate powder. If that's the kind of 'coffee' you're referring to, then it's 100% a problem because those are just a chemistry experiment of awfulness.
  22. Fruit, nuts, nut butters and larabars are not appropriate everyday snacking foods. They can be food without brakes, they spike your blood sugar and they're just fodder for a sugar dragon. If you need to snack while working on making your meals last you 4-5 hours, have a mini meal of protein and fat and ideally veggies. Are you actually hungry for the larabar during meetings or is it boredom eating? Or jealousy eating because other people are having danishes etc? If you're eating three meals a day that last you 4-5 hours, then you shouldn't need meeting snack...
  23. No, it's not overthinking for that kind of question, especially at the beginning. However, it's almost impossible to over eat fat on this program due to it's high satiety impact. If a recipe is cooked with fat, remember that the fat is split between the portions so if you had 4 tablespoons of olive oil to roast a pan of veggies, you're not eating anywhere near too much fat when you use those veggies in portions over time.
  24. It's hard for us to suggest brands because we don't know what is available in your area... but San Pellegrino, Perrier, La Croix and most club sodas that have no flavoring are compliant... read your labels!
  25. Smoothies: We’d rather you didn’t This is a very popular question, with a very unpopular answer. Smoothies (generally made using lots of fruit) are technically compliant on your Whole30, but we strongly recommend against it. Food that you drink sends different satiety signals to your brain than food that you chew. So when you drink your meal, your brain isn’t getting the feedback it needs to tell your body that it’s had enough of what it needs. Plus, smoothies are generally really fruit-heavy, and starting your day off with a liquid sugar-bomb sets you up for cravings, hunger, and volatile energy levels throughout the day. In summary, we’d rather you just eat the food, and skip the smoothie. - See more at: http://whole30.com/2013/06/the-official-can-i-have-guide-to-the-whole30/#sthash.hfX3wIYE.dpuf
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