Half pigeon Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Hello everyone! I am starting the Whole 30 tomorrow and am really excited about it. I know that this is a great thing for my body. I have been reading the book and believe that if I follow this program that I will be able to overcome the mood swings as well as alleviate the inflammation. I'm also hoping to run faster. Does anyone out there have any tips about doing this program while training for a half marathon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running131 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I am starting the Whole30 tomorrow also! I look forward to sharing our journey. I listened to It Starts with Food every minute I was in the car for the past month and finished it about a week ago. I have been navigating the Whole30 website searching for an exact road map which will thankfully be coming out with the new book in April! I am starting this to improve my overall health and to reset my body to figure out what the foods I eat really are doing to me! I did a paleo diet under the direction of the instructor during a bootcamp and while training for my first half marathon a few years ago. I got injured shortly after the half and the downward spiral into bad eating and no exercise started. I have been running again now for about 6 months and want to get back those amazing good feelings I had when I was eating well and exercising consistently. I can't wait to kick these sugar craving to the curb for good!! Wishing everyone great success on the road to better health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evaq Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Welcome to you half pigeon and running 131! I'm sure some of the more experienced members or mods will chime in regarding running/training and whole30 but here's my two cents. I'm on day 24 and consider myself moderately active and or having baseline fitness. Just for context: I'm not currently training for any race but I have done several HMs and 10ks in the past and I still run about 2-3x week. During my weekly runs, I definitely *have* noticed a difference. They were consistently harder. My legs felt really heavy and tired - usually I can tough it out and shake off the creakiness after 15-20 minutes. But this didn't go away. I had about 1 1/2 weeks of tough running. I either hard to incorporate short walk breaks or switch to an incline treadmill walk workout. Eventually things got better but it's still a work in progress. Be patient with yourself and your body. You're not only putting it into shock/defence mode via a nutritional reset, you're also asking it to PERFORM and PUSH while you're struggling to adapt to a new way of eating. There will probably be some bumps along the way, both with your running and your eating. You're going to need to experiment a little to find out what works best for you (when to eat when factoring in a workout, what to eat pre/post etc). Best of luck! Also, here's a recent thread about work outs and energy: http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/25592-day-10-cant-workout-hellllppp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yameretzu Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 hi I'm also starting today 1st March Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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