Day 24 Low energy and weight loss

[luit14]

Hello, I'm on day 24 and I've been having some problems the past 3 days. Earlier on I had experienced increased energy, but for the past three days I've been feeling weak, and slightly dizzy. I have also experienced a lot of weight loss. I don't have a scale to know how much exactly, but I wasn't significantly overweight and I've probably lost 10-15 lbs so I just wanted to check and make sure what I've been doing for meals is okay.

 

For the most part my meals have been as follows:
 

Breakfast:
4 scrambled eggs with kale mixed in and coconut oil

2-3 bananas

1/2 avocado

 

Lunch:

1/2 lb ground beef burger

6oz broccoli, carrots, cauliflower

Some fruit - strawberries or pear

1/2 avocado

 

Dinner:

1/2 lb ground beef burger

6oz broccoli, carrots, cauliflower

Some fruit - strawberries or pear

 

Occasionally have macadamia nuts for a snack.

 

Am I doing something wrong with the amounts or foods I'm eating?

 

[ShannonM816]

This article has some tips for keeping weight on during a Whole30.

 

I'd try having more fat and less fruit and upping your starchy vegetables (in addition to the other vegetables).

 

So, breakfast, maybe four eggs, kale (several big handfuls), half to a whole sweet potato with some coconut oil, and a whole avocado.

 

Lunch and dinner, is that 6 oz of veggies total, or 6 oz each of broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower? aim for 1-3 cups of vegetables at each meal -- in your case, aim for 3 cups as much as possible. Fruit is okay to have, but be sure you're getting plenty of veggies too. And again, aim for more fat. The whole avocado, or if you don't want more avocado, make some mayo or have a big heaping handful or two of olives.

 

If you're hungry between meals, have a mini meal of protein, fat, and vegetables -- and in your case, if you want more than a mini meal, that's fine.

 

While Whole30 doesn't count calories, fat is a good way to up the calories in your meal without increasing the volume too much.

[luit14]

Thanks! Yeah it's 6oz total. I'll definitely start incorporating some sweet potato into my meals.

 

I'm also on a pretty tight budget, so trying to figure out what I can afford is making it more difficult as well.

 

So would that be 2 avocados per day?

[ShannonM816]

If you want two avocados a day, that's fine. There are other fat sources you can try as well. You could have olives or mayo or coconut instead, occasionally nuts, or you can make oil-based sauces like a whole30 compliant pesto (this usually would have cheese, so you probably can't buy a pesto sauce, but you can make one without the cheese).

[violetta]

My husband has a hard time keeping on weight on Whole 30  and has starting having a few spoonfuls of olive oil with breakfast, he just eats it off a spoon, he says it burns a little for a second but he often follows it with a spoon of ground flax and that helps.  That is a lot cheaper than avocados, not as good but it really works for him, I couldn't do it but then I don't have to worry about losing too much weight.  You can get a gallon of organic olive oil at Costco reasonably cheaply.

[ShannonM816]

My husband has a hard time keeping on weight on Whole 30 and has starting having a few spoonfuls of olive oil with breakfast, he just eats it off a spoon, he says it burns a little for a second but he often follows it with a spoon of ground flax and that helps. That is a lot cheaper than avocados, not as good but it really works for him, I couldn't do it but then I don't have to worry about losing too much weight. You can get a gallon of organic olive oil at Costco reasonably cheaply.

If he likes coconut, you might have him try coconut oil instead, I don't think it would burn. There's also coconut butter -- when you get a jar, it'll probably be solid, set the whole jar down in hot but not boiling water and it will become pourable in a few minutes, stir it and pour it out onto a foil or parchment paper lined rimmed baking tray. When it cools and solidifies you can break it into pieces and store it in the fridge, he could just grab a piece or two at a time. It's really tasty, enough so that I can't keep it around for myself because it can easily be food without brakes for me.

[luit14]

I have IBS, so I heard that nuts are no good for me. Is that correct?

 

And thanks for the tips! Is coconut butter Whole30 compliant, or is that just a possible "after Whole30" thing?

[Karen_Suep]

Nuts are notoriously difficult to digest for many, preexisting gut issues or not.

Coconut is thankfully not a nut. Coconut butter is similar to almond butter... It's essentially ground up spreadable coconut and should be compliant as long as no sugar or sweetener is added.