Great post! I’m gearing up to do another round of the Whole30 starting the 1st. Loved your other roundup posts too! This is great advice.
Jessica Fisher
Thanks! I’m doing a pantry clean out in January and then will tackle a Whole 30 in February.
Demi
I am excited to do a whole30 with you! I am actually starting Jan 1 but I plan to keep going as long as I can. I’d like to lose about 50 lbs. Plus I feel so much better when I eat that way. I did one in November and felt great. I am looking forward to stealing meal ideas.
Janet
I am starting the Pantry Challenge today. We have had anywhere from 1 to 4 house guests continuously for the past month. The last three house guests departed today. We have leftovers to eat up. More importantly, the grocery budget for the month has been spent. I have been taking inventory today. Tomorrow I will start on the meal planning. We will need to buy some meat although we have quite a bit of ham leftover from Christmas. We will also need to buy some fresh produce and dairy. I also want to purchase some baking supplies. I received my first bread maker for Christmas and am anxious to try it out. Those purchases will have to wait until payday on January 1st.
Cate
Who won the Lakeside Collection Giveaway? Can’t find it anywhere.
Kirstin
I’ve almost eliminated added sugar from my diet since July. For motivation I would recommend watching Dr. Robert H. Lustig’s talk, “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” on YouTube. The I Quit Sugar website (iquitsugar.com) and Sarah Wilson’s website (sarahwilson.com) are helpful, too. (Those websites originate from Australia, so they’re featuring recipes and articles appropriate for summer now.)
Melissa
My SIL gave me the book Trim Healthy Mama when I was pregnant with my 8th child a year and a half ago. It was my third pregnancy with gestational diabetes, which puts me at greater risk to develop type 2 diabetes. The book’s name put me off. It’s also pretty wordy, but the principles resonated with me. Whole foods, no calorie or point counting, etc. The main gist of the plan is to keep your blood sugars even, without dangerous spikes in blood sugars. I began baby stepping the plan last January. By summer, I was pretty much 100%. I’ve lost almost 40 lbs and am now at a healthy weight for my age and height. Through it all, I kept up with my walking and have even implemented a bit of Cross Fit type exercises. I don’t buy the products the authors now sell, as they’re too expensive. I don’t use Truvia either. I do use NuNaturals Stevia. I’m enjoying my food, which is super important to me. Last night I had a roasted delicata squash that was to die for. It’s amazing how sweet veggies taste when you’re not spoiling your taste buds with sugar all of the time. This is *supposed* to be a life long approach to food. Ask me in five years if I think that’s true. For now, though, I feel much better. The brain fog is gone and I have more energy. My husband has also implemented the plan and has lost at least 30 lbs.
Jessica Fisher
I’ve heard a lot about that book. When you say wordy, do you mean hard to read?
Sue
I’m looking forward to trying this in February. Waaay too many “illegal” foods here that have to be consumed before I can try the Whole 30. Hopefully the pantry challenge will let me save enough to afford the more expensive foods the Whole 30 will require. I read your Whole 30 log entry and figured that nixing the half and half for my coffee sounds like the worst part of it . Hello tea…sigh. It’s not that tea is bad; it’s just not coffee.
Jessica Fisher
I really didn’t mind using coconut milk in my coffee. It’s a little bit sweet which helps. I kept it up for quite some time; it’s only in the last couple months that I’ve been having lattes every morning. Hmmm. Might need to change that up, eh?
Carrie
Does your husband/kids participate in the Whole 30 with you? Or do you make other food plans for your family? I’m considering this for myself but have a 4 year old and a 2 year old, and a husband who is “naturally skinny” and doesn’t need any diet.
Jessica Fisher
I made a lot of meals that were in common or that they could have rice or pasta with while I had vegetables.
However, I wouldn’t say that the Whole 30 is for weight loss. I didn’t lose any weight. Someone can be skinny and not eat healthfully. This is such a clean, unprocessed diet, I think anyone could benefit from it, though I’m not convinced that it’s good for everyone long term.
Dana
Great post! I’m gearing up to do another round of the Whole30 starting the 1st. Loved your other roundup posts too! This is great advice.
Jessica Fisher
Thanks! I’m doing a pantry clean out in January and then will tackle a Whole 30 in February.
Demi
I am excited to do a whole30 with you! I am actually starting Jan 1 but I plan to keep going as long as I can. I’d like to lose about 50 lbs. Plus I feel so much better when I eat that way. I did one in November and felt great. I am looking forward to stealing meal ideas.
Janet
I am starting the Pantry Challenge today. We have had anywhere from 1 to 4 house guests continuously for the past month. The last three house guests departed today. We have leftovers to eat up. More importantly, the grocery budget for the month has been spent. I have been taking inventory today. Tomorrow I will start on the meal planning. We will need to buy some meat although we have quite a bit of ham leftover from Christmas. We will also need to buy some fresh produce and dairy. I also want to purchase some baking supplies. I received my first bread maker for Christmas and am anxious to try it out. Those purchases will have to wait until payday on January 1st.
Cate
Who won the Lakeside Collection Giveaway? Can’t find it anywhere.
Kirstin
I’ve almost eliminated added sugar from my diet since July. For motivation I would recommend watching Dr. Robert H. Lustig’s talk, “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” on YouTube. The I Quit Sugar website (iquitsugar.com) and Sarah Wilson’s website (sarahwilson.com) are helpful, too. (Those websites originate from Australia, so they’re featuring recipes and articles appropriate for summer now.)
Melissa
My SIL gave me the book Trim Healthy Mama when I was pregnant with my 8th child a year and a half ago. It was my third pregnancy with gestational diabetes, which puts me at greater risk to develop type 2 diabetes. The book’s name put me off. It’s also pretty wordy, but the principles resonated with me. Whole foods, no calorie or point counting, etc. The main gist of the plan is to keep your blood sugars even, without dangerous spikes in blood sugars. I began baby stepping the plan last January. By summer, I was pretty much 100%. I’ve lost almost 40 lbs and am now at a healthy weight for my age and height. Through it all, I kept up with my walking and have even implemented a bit of Cross Fit type exercises. I don’t buy the products the authors now sell, as they’re too expensive. I don’t use Truvia either. I do use NuNaturals Stevia. I’m enjoying my food, which is super important to me. Last night I had a roasted delicata squash that was to die for. It’s amazing how sweet veggies taste when you’re not spoiling your taste buds with sugar all of the time. This is *supposed* to be a life long approach to food. Ask me in five years if I think that’s true. For now, though, I feel much better. The brain fog is gone and I have more energy. My husband has also implemented the plan and has lost at least 30 lbs.
Jessica Fisher
I’ve heard a lot about that book. When you say wordy, do you mean hard to read?
Sue
I’m looking forward to trying this in February. Waaay too many “illegal” foods here that have to be consumed before I can try the Whole 30. Hopefully the pantry challenge will let me save enough to afford the more expensive foods the Whole 30 will require. I read your Whole 30 log entry and figured that nixing the half and half for my coffee sounds like the worst part of it . Hello tea…sigh. It’s not that tea is bad; it’s just not coffee.
Jessica Fisher
I really didn’t mind using coconut milk in my coffee. It’s a little bit sweet which helps. I kept it up for quite some time; it’s only in the last couple months that I’ve been having lattes every morning. Hmmm. Might need to change that up, eh?
Carrie
Does your husband/kids participate in the Whole 30 with you? Or do you make other food plans for your family? I’m considering this for myself but have a 4 year old and a 2 year old, and a husband who is “naturally skinny” and doesn’t need any diet.
Jessica Fisher
I made a lot of meals that were in common or that they could have rice or pasta with while I had vegetables.
However, I wouldn’t say that the Whole 30 is for weight loss. I didn’t lose any weight. Someone can be skinny and not eat healthfully. This is such a clean, unprocessed diet, I think anyone could benefit from it, though I’m not convinced that it’s good for everyone long term.