Whole30 Fall Recipes (2024)

FAQs

Has anyone lost weight on Whole30? ›

Whole30 is a 30-day elimination diet designed to reset your eating habits and improve your relationship with food. While weight loss is a common outcome for many participants, it's not the primary focus of the program.

Here's the rule in a nutshell: If you think your less healthy treat is going to be so delicious, so incredible, so worth it, and then you take your first bite and discover it's not… STOP EATING.

On Days 10 and 11, you are statistically the most likely to quit your Whole30. (That's why they're “the hardest days.”) By this point, the newness of the program has worn off, and though you've made it through most of the unpleasant physical milestones, you've yet to experience significant benefits.

The Whole30 diet has strict rules. The overall goal is to restrict your eating. So, if you “cheat” on a day of your challenge, they recommend you start again from day one. You're supposed to be breaking food habits and cravings.

Sure enough, I was up 2.6lbs “overnight.” It's water retention and the beginning of the infamous “my pants are tighter” phase of Whole30 as the body continues expelling all the junk and getting used to a new way of eating. Day 8ish is usually a bit of a digestive adventure, so we'll see where things go.

Some downsides include Whole30 side effects like digestive problems, worsened food cravings, and reduced nutrient intake. The diet restricts certain foods and food groups, which, if followed long-term, can result in nutrient deficiencies.

Ghee or clarified butter.

These are the only source of dairy allowed during your Whole30. Plain old butter is NOT allowed, as the milk proteins found in non-clarified butter could impact the results of your program.

White potatoes are now allowed on the Whole30-but you still can't have French fries or potato chips. Also, any kind of salt is fine-even the iodized stuff that contains dextrose.

Yes, you can eat potatoes of all colors under the new Whole30 guidelines, white varieties included. Mash 'em up, roast them, or throw them in the skillet to enjoy. Just don't eat them commercially deep-fried or in packaged chip form to stay Whole30-compliant.

Whole30. If you're used to eating a traditional low-fiber American diet—meaning not many fruits, veggies, and whole grains and lots of sugar and processed carbs—switching to this veggie-heavy diet may trigger diarrhea, Upton said.

Why do I feel so tired on Whole30? ›

In the first week or so on the Whole30 diet, your body is adjusting, physically and psychologically, which can lead to needing some major down-time. Around day six is when exhaustion and cravings typically hit their hardest, Hartwig says. That's because your body has been so reliant on using sugar, not fat, for energy.

Eliminating certain foods may cause you to experience digestive issues and discomfort. Suddenly removing fiber-filled grains and legumes from your diet while also increasing your animal-based protein intake may cause you more harm than good in terms of digestion.

A calorie deficit is needed for weight loss. Because of its restrictive nature, the Whole30 diet will likely help create this calorie deficit. However, unless the food choices you make on this diet become a habit, the weight loss you experience may not be sustainable in the long term.

Whole30 is a spin off of the Paleo Diet, and is a restrictive eating plan that lasts for 30 days. The idea behind the program is that humans haven't evolved to eat certain foods, such as refined sugar, dairy, legumes and grains, and these could cause health problems.

Since there is no clinical research on Whole30, it remains to be seen whether this diet will hold up in the long-term. Talk with your doctor before starting the Whole30 diet or any other diet — your doctor can recommend the best eating plan for you, based on your health needs.

While radical health improvements can take place in just 30 days, when you put it into context, decades of less than healthy behavior often can't compete with 30 days of Whole30. Fat adaption (teaching your body to use fat as fuel) takes time.

“As well, you're not supposed to weigh yourself or take any measurements during the 30 days.” The idea behind this approach is to reset your metabolism and digestive tract. According to some research studies, elimination diets like Whole30 can be an effective tool to help some people with gastrointestinal issues.

There are the facts.

Whole30 is more of a crash diet plan, where after the 30 days there are no strict rules or guidelines, so it can lead to gaining the weight back and leaving you at square one.

The 30-30-30 rule involves eating 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up, followed by 30 minutes of low-intensity, steady state cardiovascular exercise. Beyond these steps, the 30-30-30 method doesn't require any changes to other meals or behaviors, restrictions or counting calories.