EvB Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Hi, So I'm on Day 11 and realized I don't think I'm really doing a Whole 30 and perhaps I'm simply just eating clean. I still eat dried fruit every day (handful of raisins) and I'm not doing pre and post workout meals. Otherwise, all my meals are based on the template but I find myself hungry often so I have been eating mini-meals every day (usually also compliant, like a piece of compliant turkey coldcut and some greens, or an HB egg and a handful of veggies) but I'm not doing 3 square meals. So..... have I been kidding myself?Thanks - Eve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 The goal is to work towards 3 square meals a day, with pre- and post-workout as appropriate. Having that 4th mini-meal is fine, as long as you're working on figuring out how to work towards the 3. But why aren't you doing pre- and post-WO if you're finding it necessary to have the mini-meal anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvB Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 Thanks for the reply. Honestly I think the mini meals are my way of trying to "snack". And while I know the program is meant to change those types of eating habits, I feel like that transition to 3 meals should have occured by now if I was really "doing" the W30. Hency my thought that I'm just kidding myself. But your point is a good one, that I should be examining why I'm not there yet. Seems so obvious and yet I didn't think about that. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Perhaps you're subconsciously not eating enough at lunch because you want that snack meal - make a massive lunch for tomorrow and only have a lonely tin of tuna available for a mid-afternoon snack (instead of something that you'll actually be looking forward to eating) for if you're really truly hungry. And every person's body is different - just because person a, b and c are able to switch to 3 meals easy as, doesn't mean that your body is going to react the same way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyS Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Short answer - generally speaking, you're fine. Carry on. You might amplify your mini-meals/snacks so that they all include protein, fat, and veg (rather than short-cutting with dried fruit, for example) - but that's a tweak, not a restart, if you get what I'm saying. Longer answer - if you'd like some specific feedback on how you are eating, you could post two to three days of a food log to give folks some specifics to comment on. You could also include such details as sleep, activity/exercise, and water intake. It's also important to realize that it can take a very long time to adapt to three meals a day, so eleven days in is not necessarily long enough. Carry on and happy eating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Dried fruit makes me hungry if I have it on it's own, actually so does the wet stuff Until Whole30, I don't know why but I always ate fruit on an empty stomach. Now I only have it after/with meals and it makes a big difference for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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