Completed 30 days fell off wagon want to do reintroduction

[rbrilliant]

I just finished my Whole 30 on October 7th. I wanted to do the reintroduction phase, but life hit me with some curve balls right away and I really fell off the wagon hard the following week. A stressful week led to a lot of mindless, emotional eating to deal with tbe stress! So now my question is I want to identify which foods are problematic for me (I don't really believe I have major food issues, just sugar dragon and energy lags from grains/sugar.) Do I need to do another 30 days or could I just do a whole5 or whole10 and then reintroduction phase. 

[jmcbn]

You've had 10 days of non compliant eating. You're gonna need at least that again to get the inflammatory foods out of your system to feel anywhere like your new normal.

30 consecutive days plus reintro is the ideal, but 14 days *might* see you to a decent set point, depending on what you've eaten and how inflammatory those foods are to you personally - which of course at this point we don't know.

That said, I'd also be looking at why you fell off the wagon with such wild abandon, and how you might counteract that happening next time around, otherwise you'll find yourself in a perpetual loop of whole30ing & mindless eating, which is not what the program was designed for. 

 

[rbrilliant]

Thank you! That's helpful. 

[MarkStephen222]

Hello guys. Kinda on topic kinda off but perhaps you may be able to help. Just recently finished my first whole30 (felt awesome lost weight etc etc super stoked) and did the reintroduction stage but very mildly. Tried the few things but in between mainly stayed on plan.

BESIDES: I ate quite a few sweets (gummies - achilles heel!) and drank a bunch of gluten free beer last weekend (bulls party)

 

Anyways, after experiencing hangover on Sunday I was horrified how bad I felt and realized how good I had been feeling. So immediate motivation to get back on whole30 plan. And so I did. Felt normal for beginning of week but come Wednesday I have felt awful! Aches, pains, headaches, feels like all over body flu! Just shocking and weak. 

 

My question is: I remember in the first whole30 there was a "hangover period" in first 3 days where you feel not so great and achey etc. The thing is I did't feel this bad on even the first one, where surely it would have been worse coming off years of eating badly. Now after finishing whole30, eating relatively good, and starting again I feel shocking, like way worse then first time. Could it be the sugar and beer etc leaving me again which makes me feel this bad? Or am I just getting sick? I was wondering if anyone else has been through this. I wouldv'e thought the first one would have been the worst but this time it's much much worse.

cheers