Nearly 1/2 way through - no noticable difference yet..

[adammcateer]

Hi everyone.. 1st post and also my 1st whole 3-. 

 

I currently nearly ½ way through and have a couple of questions;

 

A bit of background information, I'm 36, a father of two and an Architect in Northern Ireland (UK).  I have been diagnosed with fibro myalgia 4-5 years ago and have had morning muscle pain since this time.  I still fully function daily and it's more of a nuisance getting me down than debilitating problem.  Each morning when I wake up I'm sore from top to toe.

 

To be honest the whole wasn't a massive jump for our family, we were already dairy and gluten free, so we only really needed to cut down grains and

 

I'm doing the auto-immune version so no eggs, nightshades or nuts, this makes it all a bit harder, but never the less..

 

I'm currently on day 13 of the whole 30 auto immune and all going fine apart from a couple of questions below (in bold)

 

Should I be snacking?  I think it's a work thing, when I'm in work sitting at my desk I'm always wanting to eat something.

 

Food diary looks like this;

 

Breakfast – grapefruit and chicken breast or tuna salad

 

10.30am – carrots and celery

 

Lunch – homemade soup (bone broth) and protein (chicken, tuna, bacon), apple

 

3.30pm - pear

 

Dinner – salmon and veg (broccoli, peas with sweet potato or turnip mash) or chicken or some other protein and veg

 

Am I eating too much fruit? – pink grapefruit, apple & pear

 

Should I be noticing a difference by day 13?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Adam

[jillian]

Hi Adam -

 

Here's a few thoughts:

 

It's only day 13 so it's very likely you won't be noticing a difference (in fact, I usually experience a flare up of symptoms at the halfway point). And since you are working towards mitigating symptoms from fibromyalgia - it may take you longer than 30 days to start feeling a real difference. I'll let others weigh in more on this.

 

Fruit is delicious - and it's that time of year when a lot of people tend to eat more fruit. That said, are you eating plenty of fat at each meal? Can you give us a sense of the amount of fat you're eating? Upping your fat intake may help you feel more satiated between meals.

 

2 little sidenotes - how about some cooked veggies at breakfast? And you should ditch the peas as these are technically a legume (unless by "peas" you meant snow peas or sugar snap peas - then you're a-okay).

 

J

[Carlaccini]

Hi There Adam!

 

Welcome aboard!

 

Have you checked out the Whole 30 meal template - utilmately your meals look very short on the fat and veggie portion.  You can find the meal template here:  http://whole9life.com/book/ISWF-Meal-Planning-Template.pdf  Techinically you should not have more than 2 servings of fruit a day and you should have a minimum of a cup and half of veggies with every meal.  This can be hard in the begining - I know.

 

Ideally snacking is not ideal and discouraged if it part of a habbit.  Snacking is allowed if you are genuinely hungry (You know - hungry enough to eat plain steamed fish and broccoli) not as something to do because - you always have a snack at 3pm (or whatever)  Any snacks should resemble a mini meal - so they should include a protein, a veg, and a fat.

 

Your meals should fill you up for 4 - 5 hours.  If they don't then you are probably not eating enough.

[GlennR]

Snacking is an indication you are not eating enough at your main meals. If you follow the template, I can virtually assure you: you will not need to snack. Your meals will carry you 4-5 hours till your next meal. Definitely eat more veggies (there were no veggies in your lunch, and I can't tell if there were any in the salad you had for breakfast). Let the veggies push off the fruits in your diet. Do drop the peas; they are not compliant and contain irritants that may impede the healing of your gut. 

 

I think these tweaks will help make a big difference for the second half of your Whole30. Please do let us know how things are going in a week or so.

 

Good luck the rest of the way!

[adammcateer]

Thanks for the input.. A salad usually has plenty of olives and avocado with it.. Salad is also lettuce, cucumber, carrot and then a protein - chicken or tuna.. 

 

Will up the veggies in the morning.. 

 

I think the snacking is a work related thing.. I don't tend to do it at the weekends.. I will keep you updated..