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[Willowwest]

This can be done. Started off with mandarine oranges in water  no sugar) ,two poached eggs and an apple for breakfast. A first for me, since I don't normally eat breakfast, I usually have a coffee to start my day. Got my water and ready to go. It's going to be a bit strange the first couple of weeks. I have a weird schedule, 2pm to 11pm Tues-Fri then 9am-6pm Sat. So, getting three good meals in a day will be interesting. Good thing is I do work from home, so there is no commute time which means more cooking time. I'm trying to decide if I should have "dinner" before work and "lunch" at 6pm since there is only an hour there. The time most people have for their lunch is what I have for dinner.   Oh well, I'll figure it out.   I'm thinking the caffeine withdrawals will probably hit day three? That seems to be the norm.  I'm excited to try this but am worried about week three. As it was pointed out, I get bored and lazy and then boom...done. So, this time, I'm really giving it a huge effort and going "I can do this for 30 days".

[ShannonM816]

Hi, @Willowwest. You know you don't have to give up coffee, right? You're certainly free to if you want, but whole30 doesn't require you to.

For the meal timing, start with your first meal within an hour of waking up, then aim to eat every 4-5 hours after that. If your day ends up a lot longer than a normal day and you need a fourth meal or mini meal, that's fine.

Finally, do work on making each of your meals meet the meal template, you really will get better results with less hunger and fewer cravings that way. You can find the template and other downloads here: http://whole30.com/pdf-downloads/