Comments on: Whole30: A Registered Dietitian’s Thoughts – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly (…and the RESULTS!)

By: Nicole Morrissey

Nicole Morrissey — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 23:21:03 +0000

In reply to Karen. Thanks, Karen! :) We all have to find what works!

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:03:42 +0000

Wow. Loved your recap. I did what i like to call non-radical W30. I like your comment on not joining the cult. I seriously thought the whole nonsense of one grain of sugar or drop of the wrong oil means you have failed. It accomplished what i wanted in that it helped me eat healthier, and eat meals and not so much snacking so i’m glad i did it. But that’s all i needed it to do. I don’t buy intoo the whole guilt trip. NOW I’m trying to identify symptom triggers, keep eating healthier and improve my numbers. Thanks for a great article!

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Strawberry Coconut Breakfast Bake {Whole30, Paleo} + Weekly Menu — Mon, 21 May 2018 02:12:35 +0000

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By: Nicole Morrissey

Nicole Morrissey — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 01:55:00 +0000

In reply to Kat.

Hi Kat! LOL to Whole26 😉 We’re right there with you on date nights. It really is what we do to reconnect and just found that it’s important to us! I don’t think it’s a bad thing 🙂

By: Nicole Morrissey

Nicole Morrissey — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 01:54:06 +0000

In reply to Anele @ Success Along the Weigh. Anele, love that suggestion! Thank you! I like my hybrid version that now includes quinoa ;)

By: Nicole Morrissey

Nicole Morrissey — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 01:53:32 +0000

In reply to Biz. That was me, too! Love my "mommy juice" but it was becoming a regular thing and the calories add up soooo quickly!!

By: Nicole Morrissey

Nicole Morrissey — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 01:52:02 +0000

In reply to Shelley.

Hi Shelley! That’s funny about ghee – that’s probably the one W30 “staple” that I haaaated. DH too. I wish we liked it! Regarding the nutritional content of the diet, I would say it’s nutritionally sound so long as fruit is not “limited” as the plan recommends and potatoes and plantains are plentiful (daily, at least 1 meal). It would be very difficult to meet DRI minimums for carbs without ~3 servings of fruit and 1ish servings of potatoes/plantains a day. Hope that helps 🙂 Thanks for your comment!

By: Shelley

Shelley — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:56:39 +0000

Really appreciate the post! I was wondering if it was really nutritionally sound, I was trying to get a straight answer online but there was a lot of conflicting info. But anyway my bf and I decided to do it last month, and it was more of a Whole30ish (I wasn’t going to throw out my olive oil mayonnaise and kept the soy sauce around – really hate food waste!).

I also got the Whole30 cookbook but found the recipes really easy and yummy, some of them also had base recipes that you could spin off into other recipes in the book (like a roast chicken, that can be used in a salad recipe or a soup recipe a few pages over). While I don’t buy into the cult of it, I think it really changed my eating habits that I don’t want to go back to way I used to eat (I actually don’t crave bread lol).

But I can relate to your experience, meat and stocking up on compliant pantry items is SOOO expensive (but I found out I like cooking with ghee) and both my bf and I had similar weight loss results! This has been the only way we both had success weight management wise (he was better at calorie counting and I was not – I feel like with W30 I didn’t feel as deprived, and we both felt less stressed making food choices) But we’ll probably stay mostly W30 too – like 80/20. Love the blog!

By: Biz

Biz — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:52:56 +0000

I loved your recap and couldn’t agree more – it takes a lot of planning and I am proud you did as well as you did with your schedule! I bet that beer tasted good! I have really reduced my alcohol- it was becoming an every day event ??. I’ve only had alcohol four times since Christmas ?

By: Anele @ Success Along the Weigh

Anele @ Success Along the Weigh — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:35:27 +0000

I found myself looking at the Whole30 cookbook recently but my Lord the amount of ingredients in some of these recipes was a big turn off (and I LOVE to cook!)

I guess you kind of answered my question to a degree about does the weight come back on because I’m a quinoa and fruit girl and I know those would be the first things that I jumped on when it was over. If you’re up for it, I’d love a 30 day follow up on how much both of you kept off weight wise doing the “hybrid” version!