KalinaM

So I'm continuing with my extremely slow role intro-- combining worth it things with days of whole30 compliance and then adding a specific food to see how it effects me. I am pretty much done with all the things I wanted to specifically reintroduce separately (ex corn, rice, peanut butter) I found I had HORRIBLE brain fog with peanut butter the day after eating it. Disappointing, but good to know. I'll have to add it to the only when truly worth it category. Other than that (I already knew about gluten from a past whole30) I think I'm ok with most foods. So, I will probably add dairy and non gluten grains back. Be very careful with legumes and avoid gluten all together. I'll also only do dessert or alcohol for special occasions or worth it treats. I'm really glad I did such a slow reintro period this time (4th whole30) instead of jamming it in to 10 days to get on with life. I feel that I'm more purposeful when I menu plan and have been eating much healthier and making better choices since Jan 2. Hoping that this is my food freedom and I can continue on with this long term. It sure does get easier as time goes by. Hope everyone else is doing well. Please check in if you ever happen to visit the site again. I do check occasionally myself .

I'm not, but I'm curious if you are doing a whole Lent or just 30 days? Best of luck to you!

You're doing great! I did the Whole January, but just popped on to see what was new. Hope you're still going strong.

I've been eating whole30 mostly for most days now... I do occasionally go off plan for worth it things-- I had 3 chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine's Day, but am staying on whole30 otherwise. I am feeling more confident about my food choices. We had a "date night" with the kids at Chick-Fil-A the other day and I packed my own grilled chicken salad with dressing to eat there. I helped my son finish his fruit cup and stayed completely whole30 that day! Finding my groove with eating properly and still treating myself when it's worth it. Hoping I can make these habits stick around for good.

I did 32 days of whole 30 before I started introducing things. So far I've reintroduced dairy, which seems to be fine for me! Had it Friday and then was complaint all Saturday and Sunday. And corn. I had corn yesterday. Today I had a small itchy spot on my neck. I'm not sure of it was the corn or something else externally.... It has gone away within an hour. I'm thinking after I do all other reintros I will attempt corn again and seen what happens. Provided nothing else pops up the rest of today or tomorrow. Oh, I am starting up my elderberry syrup too, to boost immunity. I gave it up during January. That is made with honey, so I guess I'm not completely compliant anymore. But since most other diets like this say a little honey is ok and I think no honey on whole30 is more due to a sugar dragon taking than anything else, I feel fairly confident that I am still doing reintros correctly. I hope. Anyway, I take 2 TBS a day and honey is one of the last ingredients listed, so it isn't much.

Hope you enjoyed your latte! Sorry no pregnancy for you, but hooray for ovulating!! That's a good sign.

Oh no!! I'm so sorry that there was confusion about reintro for you. So glad you got it straight now!! Hoping you can figure out some triggers.

Happy February everyone!! We made it!! I started a new thread in the "Life After" section and I hope you join me for continued support! Here's the link:

Hi, everyone! Starting this thread so we can help support each other in the reinroduction phase! I'll link this to the original thread titled "Whole January" I hope I see lots of you in here! Happy Day 31!!!! Congrats! We made it! Woohoo!! I lost 4 lbs, my skin is clearer and the occasional brain fog I had is completely gone..... well, 99% of the time unless I sleep poorly! So far today, I've stayed compliant. I'm contemplating what I want to intro first, but I was up so much last night with my son, who was having nightmares and just a bad night and ended up with me--- so-- not sure I want to intro anything today since I'm already feeling yucky due to no sleep. How's everyone else doing?

WOW, good for you for changing so much in your life this month! Sounds like you've hit your stride. I need to amp up the movement, but it is soooo hard with my young kids. I need to find a way to make it work.

Oh no!! Hope you are able to rest and get that caffeine out of your system! Feel better.

I'm also planning on doing rice and corn separately! For the same reasons-- I eat a lot of them. I will also reintroduce my gluten free flour blend on a separate day as well since that has rice flour, but also other things.

Yes, for all the reasons you stated! Bodies change and I already learned about gluten. At some point I may want to try reintroducing gluten again to see how I do, but-- it took me 2 whole30s to realize that gluten was in fact a problem since the problems don't come for several days afterwards and then I would still make exceptions for "worth it" items, but as I went along with avoiding it and then having it, I understood also the subtleties of what it did to me in regards to heart palpitations and anxiety and itchy spots on my skin that previously I never understood were related to gluten consumption. So now-- gluten is never worth it. I do accidentally consume gluten on occasion (last time was in October when I ordered gluten free pasta at a restaurant, was surprised at how yummy the dish was and then later, when my husband tried some he told me, that is NOT gluten free! Oh, I paid for that for about a week. Because, again, my symptoms don't show up right away, but I have bloating and digestive issues a couple days later and then the anxiety ramps up and itchy spots last for a week or so after the digestion clears up) So, just in general with the way I'm feeling overall-- I do believe that I am probably not triggered by other categories, except for sugar and alcohol which, let's face it, isn't good for anyone.... BUT-- I'm still going to reintroduce since I don't know FOR SURE that I didn't develop a dairy sensitivity or something along the way. Hope that helps.

Yes, I feel the same! It's such a cultural thing, really! And so nice to bond with friends over. But-- I know alcohol isn't the best. I'm going to try to leave it out until after reintros and then be VERY mindful about when it's worth it. Or at least try to be!

I so could've written this! Stressful being the sandwich generation. And yes, my once a month gladd of wine slowly turns into a 5 times a week glass of wine and I dont want to do that anymore! I really dont have a reintro plan, which is bad I know!! I keep going back and forth between structured and slow role. The only thing I won't reintroduce is gluten as I found out on a previous whole30 that was bad for me.