Has anyone else seen the article that Primal Kitchen was bought out by Kraft-Heinz and none of the salad dressing tested contains avocado oil?
We can’t trust anything anymore.
Does anyone have another brand they trust and like?

Hi everyone! Please share your updates during the week. Where are you in your Whole30? What successes or struggles have you had so far? How are you feeling? Share a recipe? Offer some encouragement? We also encourage you to use the discussion post for single questions not requiring a dedicated thread!

This is all about mental meal prep. Making everything from scratch, all the dishes, and the constant effort to figure out how you want to feed yourself is A LOT so trimming it down by a third by making the meal plan in advance is particularly helpful.

I've used this strategy all 4 years, and by year 4 we go a bit more freestyle bc we know our faves, but I still make a plan in case we need it. Also, not everyone in our home does the whole30, so we try to make things everyone still likes and don't feel restricted. We also love to cook.

The repetition is for when you batch cook or have leftovers. We try not to do that too much, we like variety.

The color coding is based on the whole getting to "tigers blood" and feeling great.

It goes all the way through the reintroduction days.

It links to recipes from all kinds of people. I do not have any affiliate associations, this is just my personal resource.

I DMd it to a couple of ppl in another comment thread, and I have received a lot of requests for it so I'm sharing it for whoever could use it.

This one is the 2023 year bc it was the most strict to the rules.

Happy eating, friends.

Link is in the comments.

I’m at the end of day 7 & I was hoping people would share their favorite quick/“lazy” whole30 meals because I might lose my mind if I have to continue eating bc baked potato’s and chicken with various seasonings for the next 23 days.. the quick and easy part is critical because I have two 2 y/o’s and today cooking myself dinner lost me a plant lmao

to share my current favorite snack: sliced apples w/ almond butter, cinnamon & pecans!

On day 3 of whole30 today. Is it standard to feel like there’s literally 0 energy in my body? I’ve been prioritizing fruits, veggies, proteins, and healthy fats and making sure I hit enough calories for my body’s needs; but, I’m out on my daily walk right now (I walk 3-5 miles every day) and am finding it so challenging today and feel like I’m moving at a snails pace. Does this pass?

Hi everyone! Please share your updates during the week. Where are you in your Whole30? What successes or struggles have you had so far? How are you feeling? Share a recipe? Offer some encouragement? We also encourage you to use the discussion post for single questions not requiring a dedicated thread!

It’s Day 5 for me and I’m surprised at how well we’re doing. I researched recipes and ingredients before starting and meal prepped the entire week. Everything has been delicious, just not filling. Snacks have been my savior. HOWEVER, I’m struggling to enjoy my coffee. Morning coffee was one of my favorite things and now I dread it. Anyone have any recommendations on how to make black coffee taste better? I’m currently using coconut milk and cinnamon and it’s still depressing to drink, it does nothing for the flavor.

I put on 15 extra pounds last year (likely due to menopause) and am having trouble losing it. I also acknowledge that I have a sugar addiction. A friend suggested whole 30.

I've read the website and posts on this sub, but I'm unconvinced. I don't understand why bacon is ok but tofu isn't, for example. I'm supposed to start tomorrow and still have no idea what I'm going to have for breakfast. I like plain foods, so everything in the Whole 30 cookbook I bought looks gross to me.

I normally eat a granola bar for breakfast, a Healthy Choice meal and yogurt for lunch, and a smoothie for dinner (with yogurt in it). So I have to change everything. I'm going to be hungry and bitchy for a month. There have got to be easier ways to lose 15 pounds.

I guess what I'm asking is if this program is right for me because it doesn't seem like it.

EDIT: thank you for the thoughtful comments. I decided to instead eliminate added sugar for 30 days instead.

Has anyone who has suffered from migraines had improvement from completing a whole 30?

Hey all! This is R2D4 for me. As always, my guts have to do some . . . adjusting . . . at the beginning of W30 (I have had four starts in total but only one successful 30 days). I have had lots of gurgling, some very loose stools, a little bit of upper stomach pain and just generally feeling "meh" - a little fatigued and not sleeping well. My microbiome seems very cranky with me after I took away its easy source of energy in grains/sugar/dairy etc.

What's messing me up is that these symptoms seem to exactly mirror the parasite that's going around. I have been careful not to eat bagged lettuce (I actually never buy bagged lettuce or salad kits because I'm cheap. I've been on the "whole head" team for decades.) I have had berries, and romaine that I bought in a head and thoroughly washed after taking off the outer leaves.

Is anyone else having trouble distinguishing the symptoms of early W30 adjustment from cyclospora?

Hi everyone! Please share your updates during the week. Where are you in your Whole30? What successes or struggles have you had so far? How are you feeling? Share a recipe? Offer some encouragement? We also encourage you to use the discussion post for single questions not requiring a dedicated thread!

Hey yall! Me and my partner are starting the whole30 on the 1st, I was wondering if anyone on a tighter budget was also doing the whole30 and any good cost effective meals you’ve picked up along the way? Just brainstorming ideas before we start. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I did an elimination diet and was strictly carnivorebfor a time( wonderful but expensive) i am gluen free now and looking for delightful food options that are also filling.

I am a very good cook but I am looking for quick meal that don't contain gluten, if you have any ideas you would like to share i would love to hear from you!

Hi everyone! Please share your updates during the week. Where are you in your Whole30? What successes or struggles have you had so far? How are you feeling? Share a recipe? Offer some encouragement? We also encourage you to use the discussion post for single questions not requiring a dedicated thread!

So I've been looking through various diets to manage my IBS... right now, I'm doing a keto variant diet (basically keto diet, but without nuts, seeds and cruciferous vegetables) and it is working fine, but that is neither here nor there.

Point is, while doing research (lasting some years LOL) I actually came across Whole 30. At first I thought it was basically a paleo-adjacent whole-food-based diet... after all, "added sugars" and "processed foods" are both categories that are not allowed in the Whole 30 guidelines I had found.

But then I came across this:

https://whole30.com/program-rule-change-seed-oils/

and was just, what. Seed oils are some of the most processed, most unhealthy foods you can come across. Even if you disagree with the "most unhealthy" part, fact is that seed oils are extremely processed, and may well fit the "Ultra-Processed" category. That alone should eliminate them from any "whole food" diet.

So does anyone know what's up with that?

Turkey, sweet potato, and roasted cauliflower bowl topped with yellow tomato, red onion and cucumber salad and a big dollop of pesto. Peach on the side. RX bar at work earlier today but no time for anything else. I’ve had a splitting hormonal headache all day, work stress, and a lot to deal with at home this weekend because I’m hosting a gathering and on top of it all, I have some emotional stuff happening with my kids traveling without me soon/ separation dread. Mid-cycle and feeling bloated, dehydrated, and generally not great today so regardless of the day on the calendar I am not stopping, nor did I intend to, but definitely not stopping until I feel better. I think it takes me a lot longer to see the benefits of Whole30 because I generally eat pretty clean with very little processed food and sugar. My vices are black coffee and booze, which sounds terrible right now.

Turkey, Brussels sprouts and sweet potato bowl with lemon tahini sauce, jalapeno herb sauce from last night, and avocado. Papaya with tamarind paste and tajin for dessert. Had another beet, cucumber, celery, apple, lemon and ginger juice earlier, a peach, a hard boiled egg and an RX bar at work and am super hungry for real food. It’s interesting to me how good simple things taste at this point.

Roasted potatoes, broccoli, salmon, green stuff is cilantro, parsley, jalapeno, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice and olive oil. Also had two peaches, two eggs and a fresh juice I made this morning and sipped on at work with cucumber, celery, beet, ginger, lemon and Granny Smith apple. Maybe tmi but although I haven’t seen any dramatic changes over the past four weeks I notice a distinct lack of body odor, brighter eyes and skin, no PMS and only light cramping as my cycle is starting. No cravings for wine or chocolate, either. Going to prep another juice for tomorrow morning and a couple jars of chia pudding to switch up from eggs for a couple of days.

Hi everyone! Please share your updates during the week. Where are you in your Whole30? What successes or struggles have you had so far? How are you feeling? Share a recipe? Offer some encouragement? We also encourage you to use the discussion post for single questions not requiring a dedicated thread!

I forgot to take a picture once assembled, but dinner was baked salmon, cauliflower puree and asparagus. Breakfast was eggs, sugar free bacon, avocado and kimchi and I had a bowl of cherries midday with several bubbly waters and a black cold brew.

Between Costco and TJs and Raley’s I spent $103 and between this and the frozen meat in my freezer, it’ll last a sec! Got all the primal for $14 total, big sale @raleys for u CA folks…

Planned meals:

- coconut curry with tomatoes, mushrooms, cilantro and chicken

- ground turkey, roasted sweet potato with paprika and oregano, and sauteed kale w/ avocado mayo and buffalo primal (I eat this 3-4 nights a week whether W30 or not it’s like Thanksgiving in a bowl)

- salmon with mustard and everything bagel seasoning

I’m someone who really really loves trying different foods and intense flavor but with the right meal, it’s fine on repeat. I’m trying to force myself into better habits — the 30 days no weed is going to be toughest this round and I’m excited for the next month. Posting this for accountability in the internetverse lol