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Anyone ever do the Whole 30 diet thingamajig?
May 22, 2017 at
06:15 AM
I've been thinking about trying it, as I spend most of my day sitting on my fat butt in a cube and somehow I still feel tired at the end of the day! I eat okay... not great. Seems like a change in diet might give me a little recharge.
Essentially, you spend 30 days restricting your diet of added sugars, alcohol, gluten, grains, legumes.... basically living on unprocessed meats, natural fats, and veggies. Sort of a paleo thing, I guess. You don't count calories... you can eat as much as you want. This is to cleanse your body of all the nasty things that come in processed foods, etc.
I've been looking over recipes and seeing how easily I could pull this off. My biggest issue would probably be cutting out alcohol... I love a cold beer after cutting the grass or a glass of wine with dinner. Also, being engaged to an Asian... giving up rice might be out of the question.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with it and was mostly wondering what your go-to meals were and how well you stuck to the plan. I like to cook... simply and quickly. I don't like to dirty up a ton of pots and pans just putting together a salad meal for two.
Essentially, you spend 30 days restricting your diet of added sugars, alcohol, gluten, grains, legumes.... basically living on unprocessed meats, natural fats, and veggies. Sort of a paleo thing, I guess. You don't count calories... you can eat as much as you want. This is to cleanse your body of all the nasty things that come in processed foods, etc.
I've been looking over recipes and seeing how easily I could pull this off. My biggest issue would probably be cutting out alcohol... I love a cold beer after cutting the grass or a glass of wine with dinner. Also, being engaged to an Asian... giving up rice might be out of the question.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with it and was mostly wondering what your go-to meals were and how well you stuck to the plan. I like to cook... simply and quickly. I don't like to dirty up a ton of pots and pans just putting together a salad meal for two.
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the toughest part of LC is snacking.... every snack you see (with the exception of nuts like almonds or peanuts) is loaded with carbs you usually wouldn't know are there.
After a week or 2 the carb cravings go away, honestly. DW and I are low carb but we still make pasta/rice/bread for the kids.
I've done it and had some good success.
Side note and minor threadcrap: I live in Portland, OR, so I'm surrounded by and friends with people who are ardent supporters of various dietary restrictions in the name of health. I lead a very active lifestyle and have a fit/lean body type, so it's funny when I start talking about food with those people and let them know I have frozen food most weekdays and eat out the rest of the time, including fast food a couple times a week. Some have a hard time with the fact that someone who eats as "badly" as I do can outrun/out-hike/out-whatever them and look like I do, but I was dealt a good genetic hand and work like crazy on the other end, so it seems to work for me.
I only say that to suggest exercising as a part of whatever you're doing. It will increase your energy/metabolism more than most diets and make any plan you choose far more effective.
*BUT* you need good fat, not the industrially produced fat. Like having a steak with some fat on it.
Ideally if it came from a good source, grain fed, etc... if not, then you trim a lot of that fat off.
So store FAT not Carbs and you'll do better.
like DC said, you go from burning glucose to fat to make energy.
I just finished reading this book about the positives of moderate alcohol drinking. The author makes a good case I felt, with studies done, that alcohol does not significantly increase a persons weight.
The Good News About Booze
http://tonyedwardsscie
The relentless message from the medical authorities is that booze is bad for our health. Doctors advise us to lay off the drink because it causes a whole range of diseases - from liver problems to cancer…. or so they say.
However, over the last thirty years, medical science has been accumulating a mass of evidence showing that the demon drink may in practice not be terribly harmful (at reasonable intakes), and indeed has a whole range of beneficial effects on our health – findings which the medical profession have been keeping very quiet about.
Science writer Tony Edwards has spent months rigorously combing through thousands of these scientific papers – many published in prestigious medical journals. He has uncovered evidence not only that alcohol's perils have been overplayed, but also that people who drink within sensible limits enjoy substantial health benefits in a long list of conditions – including even cancer.
The result is The Good News About Booze, a book which leading British cancer expert Professor Karol Sikora says reveals "surprising evidence of obvious benefit from alcohol. Of course, the book will be labelled as controversial", he says, " but its value is that it could lead to a much better understanding of all the complex issues involved in alcohol and health. Here you have all the data you need to make your own decision about how much and what to drink."
Using evidence from solid scientific research by world experts, the book answers:
What are the real health risks of drinking ?
Why do some people become alcoholics?
When's the best time of day to drink ?
Why do men get a 'beer belly' ?
Are units really the best way to measure our drinks?
Does alcohol really put on weight?
Do men and women handle alcohol differently, and if so why ?
Which is best for your health: wine, beer or spirits - and why ?
How much should you drink to prevent health problems like these:?
Dementia
Diabetes
Osteoporosis
Prostate problems
Kidney Stones
Parkinson's Disease
Heart Disease
Common Cold
Mental impairment
Arthritis
Erectile Dysfunction (no kidding !)
but continue to drink alcohol.I just finished reading this book about the positives of moderate alcohol drinking. The author makes a good case I felt, with studies done, that alcohol does not significantly increase a persons weight.
The Good News About Booze
http://tonyedwardsscie
The relentless message from the medical authorities is that booze is bad for our health. Doctors advise us to lay off the drink because it causes a whole range of diseases - from liver problems to cancer…. or so they say.
However, over the last thirty years, medical science has been accumulating a mass of evidence showing that the demon drink may in practice not be terribly harmful (at reasonable intakes), and indeed has a whole range of beneficial effects on our health – findings which the medical profession have been keeping very quiet about.
Science writer Tony Edwards has spent months rigorously combing through thousands of these scientific papers – many published in prestigious medical journals. He has uncovered evidence not only that alcohol's perils have been overplayed, but also that people who drink within sensible limits enjoy substantial health benefits in a long list of conditions – including even cancer.
The result is The Good News About Booze, a book which leading British cancer expert Professor Karol Sikora says reveals "surprising evidence of obvious benefit from alcohol. Of course, the book will be labelled as controversial", he says, " but its value is that it could lead to a much better understanding of all the complex issues involved in alcohol and health. Here you have all the data you need to make your own decision about how much and what to drink."
Using evidence from solid scientific research by world experts, the book answers:
What are the real health risks of drinking ?
Why do some people become alcoholics?
When's the best time of day to drink ?
Why do men get a 'beer belly' ?
Are units really the best way to measure our drinks?
Does alcohol really put on weight?
Do men and women handle alcohol differently, and if so why ?
Which is best for your health: wine, beer or spirits - and why ?
How much should you drink to prevent health problems like these:?
Dementia
Diabetes
Osteoporosis
Prostate problems
Kidney Stones
Parkinson's Disease
Heart Disease
Common Cold
Mental impairment
Arthritis
Erectile Dysfunction (no kidding !)
In the whole 30, you re-train your body to burn actual fat instead of carbs.
Alcohol is a carb. The Food you eat is either 1 of 3 things, Fat, Protein or [Carb].
The point of the diet is to be choosy of what carbs you eat to retrain your body.
Also there are other aspects to the diet to determine if a given food type is causing you problems.
Dairy is a common one.
Nightshades are common, but people don't think about a nightshade...Tobacco, Peppers, etc are Nightshades.
Your body could be having an adverse reaction to them.
So adding adult beverages into the Whole 30 diet negates a lot of the reasons for doing said Whole 30 Diet.
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like DC said, you go from burning glucose to fat to make energy.