Jenn B Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 just curious, what do you guys do for those no brake food, ban them completely or change the way of eating them...so it was suggested eating them with a balanced meal...I sort of have been using them as my reward after meal right now, I think that is probably what caused the problem... For me, I cannot live by stead fast rules and eating food with no brakes varies- sometimes they have to be banned because they lead to my demise and other times i am able to have them in moderation with a meal ( handful of cashew nuts, plaintain chips, raisins...) and be satisfied. I loathe to say this, but for me it is hormonal and/or emotional eating. Nine months post whole 30, i am still trying figure out a balance, normalcy... i prefer to eat healthy (sans allergies) and have chosen to stick to the template. it's become more about awareness around my decisions for those times i am eating "off". i completely blew Thanksgiving and it started with Wednesdays dinner the night before. the consequence was feeling like crap (i cannot describe how miserable i was on so many levels). so Friday after the holiday, i pulled myself back in with sticking to the template 100%. I like it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzard77 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Sweet potatoes with ghee are like crack to me, I mean seriously I could eat them at every meal. Next in line would be plantains cooked in ghee with cumin. Wait, maybe I have a problem with ghee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessXU00 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 For me, anything I can keep 'picking at', like dates, nuts or cut-up fruit. I'm on Day 5, and am trying to curtail this habit by pulling enough out of the bag to eat in moderation and then putting the bag back (and out of sight!). I'm also trying to limit myself to one serving per day while I'm starting out. It's not so much the food I'm eating that worries me, but the habit of going back into the bag and eating until the last one is gone. I'm trying to break that over the remaining 25 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ! Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 All of these make so much sense! But mine is... coffee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabob Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Gah! For me its nuts, especially cashews and almond butter, and bananas. As soon as I eat a banana with almond butter on whole30 its a red flag that Im about to give into sugar craving....hahaha....I ate one today....was a warning to me to stay on track. Also any starchy veg thats been roasted in animal fat...but I'm okay with that one. I'm learning to self control it. Almond butter on a banana is like a little taste of heaven to me. It has natural breaks though, for me anyway. Peel one banana, put a.b. on it and I'm as happy as a clam (whatever that means). But I must admit I get very excited about having this particular treat!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ultrarunnergirl Posted December 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted December 28, 2013 I finally quit nut butters and nuts (just don't keep them around anymore). The hey is to be aware. You will know what you need to stop munching on if you pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Carmosino Beougher Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Plantains... any way you want to cook them, and lord help me if my Cuban grandmother calls telling me she made a batch of homemade plantain chips (sliced and fried with olive oil, so technically compliant). It's a miracle if the bag makes it home and I live less than five minutes from her. And I won't even go there with tostones. I drool just thinking about it. I can also put away lbs of grapes in one sitting and have been known to eat an entire watermelon by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppi Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Larabars. I know they are supposed to be emergency food but they never seem to last until I have an emergency. I am only on day 2 and have eaten 2 Larabars in the last 16 hours (9 hours of which I spent sleeping). The rest are going in a box in the trunk of the car to be actual emergency food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppi Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Also, Almonds are a huge food without brakes for DH and I so we started buying them still in the shell. There are 10 pounds of almonds in the cupboard but if I want them I have to get out the nutcracker and work for them. It's really slowed us down. We will still have almonds when we are playing board games but you can only eat one in between turns instead of putting back a handful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lena Bean Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This post showing up at the top of the forum is exactly what I was just evaluating. Mine right now are berries and bacon. I thought I could cook bacon and keep it to put a little in my mashed cauliflower or with steamed carrots, more as a seasoning. I took the cookie sheet out of the oven and had eaten 5 pieces before I really thought about it. I was just going to have one I swear!!! No more bacon for quite a while. . Once I had that salty I wanted something sweet and finished off the blackberries in the fridge. All the food I ate was whole30 complaint but the motives behind eating it was not. Glad to know I'm not the only one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmary Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Lara Bars for me, too. Not that I want them all the time, just that they're so sweet, they're like a candy bar to me. I haven't had a single one in the four days I've been on the Whole30, and I'm hoping to go the entire time without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyF Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well Fed's Sweet Potato Soup with Bacon. It's Death By Yum. Even though I'm not currently on a W30, we stick fairly close to the plan. This soup, however, has me standing at the fridge wanting to have some more. This will definitely have to go in the "special treats" category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfroehlich Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Lara Bars for me, too. Not that I want them all the time, just that they're so sweet, they're like a candy bar to me. I haven't had a single one in the four days I've been on the Whole30, and I'm hoping to go the entire time without them. I haven't bought any Larabars this time around yet for that exact reason! I also have trouble with cashews, pistachios and dried fruit. Thankfully I have to make a major effort to get to a store where these foods are priced reasonably for my budget so I don't have them on hand too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 One tip for Lara Bars, if you do need to have them for emergencies, buy the flavours you like least, not your favourites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchavez Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 For me, it is apples. Why? Because they go best with peanut butter. And I will settle for almond butter, but we are talking like a spoonful per slice. Not even going to try it during my Whole30 :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ultrarunnergirl Posted January 8, 2014 Moderators Share Posted January 8, 2014 Instead of LARABARS, I keep RX Bars for emergencies and long days of airline travel. Still made mostly of dates (thus quite high in "sugars", but also contain egg white powder and thus have a decent amount of protein (15g). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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