Dewdrop75 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 When I tell people that I am doing Whole30 and the foods I am not eating the common sentence I get is, I could never give up ________. What are the foods/drinks your friends/family tell you they could never give up when you tell them about the program... Alcohol is probably the biggest one I have heard Cheese Chocolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physibeth Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 The list of things I've heard is long but my response has always been the same. "You certainly could give up ______ you just don't want to. There is a big difference." Makes people think about it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowLily Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Cream in my coffee, but that was me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewdrop75 Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Physibeth, that is a great response! I usually tell people it's only 30 days and that they could do it. It's true, it's not that they can't they really just don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not wandering Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I didn't want to give up the cream in my coffee either so I started making my own almond milk. works great. if you do make your own getting a nut bag is my recommendation. I was using the cheese cloth but the bag is MUCH better. today is 30 for us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowLily Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I didn't want to give up the cream in my coffee either so I started making my own almond milk. works great. if you do make your own getting a nut bag is my recommendation. I was using the cheese cloth but the bag is MUCH better. today is 30 for us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennor Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Bread. I hear that a lot. Personally I thought milk in my coffee would be the hardest, but it was suprisingly easy. I have realised I really enjoy my coffee black. If it is not good enough to drink black, I rather refrain from drinking it. Life is too short for bad coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewdrop75 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Creamer in my coffee is a big thing for me too, now I use canned coconut milk, works great and helps me get my fat in my Meal 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsPefy13 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Life is too short for bad coffee. love this Jennor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clabbergirl Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 No one has said this to me yet, but I have had a list of things I said I'd never give up (and ultimately, have). DIET COKE cheese cream in coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJB Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 For YEARS I said "I'd rather DIE than give up bread" (melodramatic much?). Bread is certainly good, but as it turns out...not worth dying for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britishgal Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Me...Chocolate. Which just shows how psychological food attachment is as I've given it up for Lent for 34 years and every Easter Day thought that it doesn't taste nearly as good as I remembered! And other people? Grains. Pasta, rice, bread. They are CONVINCED you need whole grains to be healthy. Convinced. My mother? Low fat everything *headdesk* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitisthenublack Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Cream in my coffee, but that was me. I thought so too, but now that I've made the switch to black coffee I don't think I'll go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahcarn Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Me - chocolate. Now (outside of whole30) if its not limited ingredient +70% dark, I don't bother. Life is too short for bad chocolate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadia B Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I just say that product X is shown to cause inflammation/imbalance and I am trying to determine if it's affecting my health. I want to be healthy and sometimes it is what you want now vs. what you want most. I will reevaluate after 30 days and see if it will be back in my life or not. Post whole30 I just say, I am glad you are enjoying X, but it makes me feel like crap, so I try to stay away from it. If it's a girl I am talking too I say that I get a skin reaction (which is any girl's nightmare, right?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mighty Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Funny enough, the main thing I've heard people say they'll miss is alcohol! "Oh, but it's so fun to go out drinking with my friends!" or "But I just loooooove wine!" As someone who has would go out of her way to avoid alcohol even before the Whole30, I just don't get it. There's a whole world of amazing desserts out there and you choose ALCOHOL, that stuff that tastes nasty, provides a ton of calories but no satiety, and makes you do stupid things?!?! Inconceivable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennor Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Me - chocolate. Now (outside of whole30) if its not limited ingredient +70% dark, I don't bother. Life is too short for bad chocolate YES! YES! YES! I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya K Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Bread, lovely soft warm fresh bread rolls straight from an oven! But before whole 30 was paleo. At first thought i was sad actually that I had left my lovely warm doughy bread! I missed my friend! My morning friend, my lunchtime friend and my snack time friend! :-) but then two weeks later I decided to have a slice of toast and some boiled egg! Well, my friend had become my enemy! It had been using me all along!! Hurting me, making me ill! So good riddance to you bread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowLily Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 So good riddance to you bread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Haha, I always thought I couldn't give up bread or pasta, oh irony... Whole30 identified I'm gluten intolerant! It holds no attraction for me at all now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsStick Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 That's me too, praxis! Got my diagnosis of Celiac's thanks to my first Whole 30. It still smells good if it's freshly baked, but I pass it up easily. Not worth the *ahem* consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I used to like the smell, but after my failed gluten challenge (trying to get ready for the celiac biopsy), my body doesn't like the smell anymore, it's a "don't eat that! that makes us sick!" recoil reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsStick Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I was lucky that I didn't have to do a challenge like yours - the first time I ate a significant amount of gluten, I got the Celiac's Rash (dermatitis herpeteformis) so I got a diagnosis off of that. Well, lucky might not be the right word (was over Christmas break, on leave at my parents' house, and miserable because it was sweater weather and the pressure they put on the rash...it itched so bad it hurt) but I think you get my drift. Lately I'm finding that more dairy in my diet = bloating (seriously, I have a little dairy baby going right now). I think I need to cut back (Whole 30 starts next week) on my consumption, I've been eating too much of it lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Cheese and bread for me! But once I've been Whole30ing for a few weeks, I feel that I could go the rest of my life without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I looked at doing the W30 last year but told my self there was no way I could give up wine for 30 days On reading the above posts it was obvious I just didn't want to.....and I didn't. But the time came when I felt I really needed to make a change. On starting my W30 I wrote this out in big letters and stuck it on my fridge..............When the desire is great you will find a way, until then you will find an excuse. I found my way and I am now on day 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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