Reyna Brown Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I was a vegan before beginning the whole30. I'm 16 days through and i cant take it anymore...Can I try tge vegan plan for tge remaining days? please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I think that the vegan Whole30 is different enough from the omnivore one that if you switch midway, you should start your count over to give your body a full 30 days to adjust to a new way of eating. (Anyone else should feel free to chime in on that.) What are you having difficulties with? The meatiness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMG Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Are you full-on eating meat? Perhaps you could try the remaining time with just eggs? Maybe some white fish (the leasr fishy tasting)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Personally, I tend to agree with Golden, the two plans are quite dissimilar so you might want to extend your 30 days if you're changing halfway. Under Whole30 for vegetarians theres a thread started by a new vegan member Backtoback, so you might find it helpful to compare notes there. good luck whatever you decide and keep us posted how you get on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee Lee Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Reyna, what's the trouble that you're having? Can you just not handle the meat? Or do you still not feel great? We may be able to troubleshoot for you if it's the latter. If it's just the amount of meat you're eating, or the kinds of meat you're eating, you can just pull that stuff back a little for the next 14 days before hopping over to the vegan program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna Brown Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 It's a little bit of both. Not only do I not feel that great but I'm just nauseous and grossed out at the thought of eating more meat and eggs. I kind of dread eating now. I think it's just a big change for me and I feel weighed down. I do sleep better and fall asleep faster and my energy is more even keel but I'm still having cravings for sugar. I have been eating more than two servings of fruit a day but with meals. I'm finding that the coconut milk in my coffee in the morning may be disagreeing with me. Since I had a gastric bypass (12 years go, I can eat normal portions now) I have a hard time with things that are too high in fat (health fats or not) and too much sugar. Not so much fruit because of the fiber content but processed junk--which I'm avoiding anyway. I'm lactose intolerant so any dairy is out, even non whole30. Pre-whole 30 I use to do a green smoothie for breakfast with soy protein isolate, more veg than fruit and some almond mil (homemade). I felt great doing that. I've tried hemp protein and I couldn't tolerate the fiber in it. Made me very sick. The whole point of me doing this was to figure out exactly whats been causing all my GI problems. I think it's safe to say it was grains/wheat. I'm on day 17 and only had one GI upset post larabar consumption. Pretty sure it was the sugary dates that did it. So yeah, feeling discouraged kind of because I was really hoping to feel much much better by now and I'm just not. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee Lee Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Oh, Reyna, I totally forgot that you had a gastric bypass. You moved to the midwest and a bunch of stuff started flaring up, right? I think I mentioned this in a different thread, but having the gastric bypass has basically put you at a severe disadvantage for resolving all of your digestive issues 100%. I'm not saying you can't necessarily get there, but it will be more difficult for you than another person and honestly, you may never get to 100%. Because your ability to digest fat has been compromised, i would seriously consider taking some digestive enzymes long term to prop that stuff up. Maybe you'll always have to be lower on the fat side of things and higher on the carb, but I would try them out and see if it helps. Additionally, being vegan on top of the gastric bypass is really compounding the issues with your digestive capacity. If you aren't using the enzymes to break down large amts of protein, your body downregulates the production of them. The longer you've been vegan, the fewer of these enzymes you've got, and the harder it's going to be for your body to process meat, if you suddenly reintroduce a LOT of it. So what you're feeling, in regards to being weighed down and nauseous, COULD be because of the above. Again, digestive enzymes can help with this stuff too. Honestly, if you're coming into this with some health baggage, it's not surprising that it's going to take you longer for your body to adjust. If the program always took 15-16 days for folks to feel better, we wouldn't make you go 30 days! Again, if you wanted to pull back on the protein that you're eating, or only wanted to change the TYPES of protein, that's fine too (just make sure you're making up the difference with something else, but if you've only had 1 GI issue in the last 16 days, that sounds like improvement!! I'd recommend that you get some digestive enzymes, narrow down your protein choices to stuff you can stomach, and try to hang in there for the next 13 days, but of course it's up to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moluv Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Bone broth is protein sparing and could allow you to get by with less meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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