kaitlinwestbroek Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 It's starting to feel like this program is so strict that it's impossible to follow. Guilt won't stop eating at me for eating some fruit, or not having enough protein. All I can think about is how I have made so many mistakes the last two days that I should probably just start over. Anyone else feel like this? Frustrated and guilt ridden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkor Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 It does get easier! Keep following the template, stick with some simple basic meals that you don't need too much mental overheard to prepare and eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennR Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sorry you've been feeling guilt-ridden and frustrated. What mistakes do you think you've done? Eating fruit isn't one of them, since a moderate amount of fruit is okay on Whole30. And if you haven't been eating enough protein, that's easily remedied by adding more in future meals. If you like, post your meals here and we can take a look how you're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaitlinwestbroek Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Well yesterday and today were particularly bad days (days 6&7) Yesterday I found out some of the turkey I had been eating had an non-compliant whole30 ingredient that I totally missed when I looked. Yesterday's and Today's meals have looked about like this: M1: 2-3 eggs, with green or red peppers, spinach, onion, and some chicken sausage (this is all cooked in ghee) M2: Banana and a few pears M3: Banana and a few pears It was a bad couple days for protien and too much sugar I fear. Before that (days 1-5) looked about like this: M1: 2-3 eggs, with green or red peppers, spinach, onion (cooked in ghee) M2: Chicken breast, Celery and almond butter; or, One of the one-pan meals in "It Starts With Food" M3: Chicken breast or Ground beef, veggies (cooked in ghee or coconut oil) again this is usually one of the meals from ISWF Thank you for your feedback!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danette M Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I'm on day 19 and I completely understand where you are coming from. My first week I was eating TONS of fruit and nuts and by the second week I was able to kind of get that under control. Just remember to make each day an improvement over the last. Regarding eating non-compliant food on accident, I suppose it's your choice on whether or not you want to start over. Although I prefer just adding a few days to your whole 30. I accidently consumed 1g of sugar on day 15 and while that may not be a huge deal and I could CHOOSE not to start over, I have decided to do a whole45. Both to give myself a full 30 days and also to further ingrain my better habits. Point of this long rant is to not be so hard on yourself! I think the first week is super tough and just make sure to keep improving your meal template and to stop replacing normal meals with just fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Well yesterday and today were particularly bad days (days 6&7) Yesterday I found out some of the turkey I had been eating had an non-compliant whole30 ingredient that I totally missed when I looked. Yesterday's and Today's meals have looked about like this: M1: 2-3 eggs, with green or red peppers, spinach, onion, and some chicken sausage (this is all cooked in ghee) M2: Banana and a few pears M3: Banana and a few pears It was a bad couple days for protien and too much sugar I fear. Before that (days 1-5) looked about like this: M1: 2-3 eggs, with green or red peppers, spinach, onion (cooked in ghee) M2: Chicken breast, Celery and almond butter; or, One of the one-pan meals in "It Starts With Food" M3: Chicken breast or Ground beef, veggies (cooked in ghee or coconut oil) again this is usually one of the meals from ISWF Thank you for your feedback!!! In what you listed here, you didn't break any rules. What you ate was compliant. For best results, the recommendation is to compose each of your meals of protein, veg and fat per the meal template. My concern is that you significantly under fed yourself on the first day you listed: consistently eat closer to M1 and M3 on the second day you listed to properly nourish yourself. You might also find this article on Whole30 rules vs. recommendations helpful. Regarding the non-compliant turkey, I'm guessing the non-compliant ingredient was carrageenan, which can be a big gut disruptor. The general rule is that eating off-plan food calls for a restart: read this article for further context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmary Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 In addition to the info on meal composition and carrageenan, I want to talk about guilt. The whole30 has rules, and the whole30 has recommendations, but it isn't a moral failing if you don't follow them. Really. It takes some people longer than others to get into the groove, and while we totally want you to get into the groove, and we absolutely believe you will feel better eating template meals than you do eating just fruit, we absolutely do not think you are a bad person for missing the mark one day or as many days as you happen to miss the mark. What you eat or do not eat does not make you a bad or good person. It just might make you feel bad or good (physically). That's what we want to help with here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennR Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Nothing to add to what the mods have said. Just wishing you luck and that you will be gentle with yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaitlinwestbroek Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thank you all very much for the support and feedback. All your comments made me feel much better about things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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