Oh dear...

[hautefit]

So I'm on day 18 of my whole 30. I've been doing so far so good. Sure I had cravings here and there, but I kept them under control. I barely ate any fruits since I'm trying to kick my sugar demons away. 

 

However, today I ordered a chopped salad from subway (no dressings!). I ordered grilled chicken and pork as my protein. I had NO idea the pork would have sugar (and so much of it too or at least too much for me. I guess that's proof that my sugar demons are going away). I didn't want to waste my food, so I ate it with regret. I wasn't craving for anything sweet at all today, and this just came along. 

 

I don't know what to do. Do I need to reset back to day 1? I've come so far and today I decided to eat out because I was too tired to cook. I really don't want to reset. Don't get me wrong, I'm planning to implement the rules of the whole 30 after I'm done (+ with the reintroduction of dairy and grains), but I've been so committed to this "diet" and I really don't want to start all over again. 

 

It was only <1/4 cup of pork. It wasn't like I ate pizza or pancakes (paleo or otherwise). I need some peace of mind on this. ): 

[missmary]

Sadly, Subway is about as far from whole30 compliant that you can get. Here are the ingredients in their chicken:

 

CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS Boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat; water, flavor (potassium 

chloride, maltodextrin, sugar, autolyzed yeast extract, gum arabic, molasses, flavors, salt, lactic acid, 

disodium guanylate and disodium inosinate, fructose, medium chain triglycerides, dextrose, succinic 

acid, vinegar solids, thiamine hydrochloride and artificial flavors), soy protein concentrate, modified 

potato starch, sodium phosphates, salt. Contains soy.

 

The pork is not detailed on the website, but I suspect it is similar.

 

This article might help: http://whole30.com/2014/06/really-start-whole30/

[hautefit]

Oh dear, I had no idea they had soy in their chicken strips! No wonder my throat is starting to swell (I have hypothyroidism). Sigh, I'll probably have to truly start over my whole 30 some time in September. I'll stay whole 30 compliant as long as I can (I'm on my college campus due to summer classes), but I am going back to my house in August and will be going to gatherings and parties that will guarantee have foods that are very much far away from the whole 30 rules. 

 

Do you have a list of restaurants that have whole 30 compliant ingredients? Or should I just cook all through it (I think this is a better idea, but there may be days where I'm just too tired and I forget to prep). 

[Tom Denham]

There is no list, but something you can count on is that if the food is cheap, its taste and appearance has been doctored like the Subway chicken. That doesn't mean that expensive restaurants don't doctor their food with ingredients you might never imagine, but you have a better chance of getting pure chicken or pure ground beef, etc.