Whole 30

marydaly2014

Anyone trying whole 30, did weight watchers most of my life now being over 60 ugh 20 lbs up from menopause.

pinggolfer96

Not trying to be mean....but menopause isn’t the cause of your weight gain. Eating in excess of your caloric burn is what caused the weight gain. There may be factors that lead to weight gain indirectly but if you’re in a a calorie surplus, you’ll gain weight, and Vice versa. I’d find your tdee and run a slight deficit

AnnPT77

The fresh-faced youth has a point.

As we age, there's a tendency to move less in daily life, and to lose muscle mass. Many older people (especially women IME) under-eat protein, which research suggests we absorb less well as we get older, so we actually need to eat more of it, not less. That exacerbates the muscle loss issue. These factors can reinforce each other, and lead to a progressive negative spiral.

Happily, we have some influence over all of those things: We can make it a point to move more in daily life, we can work to build strength (and muscle mass), and we can eat enough protein. Those are mostly things that will progress slowly and gradually, even with best efforts, but they will progress.

In the mean time, what pinggolfer96 said is right: Finding our current calorie needs, and eating a little less than that, will result in weight loss.

Some people seem to like Whole 30, but a radical overhaul of eating is not essential. I lost 50-some pounds just fine eating the foods I'd been eating for years, at age 59-60 (while hypothyroid, if that matters), just eating less of them and different proportions of some. I used this eating plan:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm

I'm 63 now, and still maintaining a healthy weight.

concordancia

The nice thing about Whole 30 is that it is meant to be a learning diet. As you slowly add foods back in, you focus on how each food type affects your body.

The less nice thing about Whole 30 is that it is so restrictive that it can be hard to stick with, especially through the holiday season.

For weightloss, it will work as long as you eat fewer calories than your body needs to maintain its current weight.

For health, you should also be exercising. Like diets, the best exercise is the one you will stick with!

Love_2_Hike

Ive done many whole 30s over many years, sometimes for months on end and I love it! Did I loose weight?, not really. Felt better, sleep better, skin better, concentration better. I like you don't calorie count, I'm not a traditional 'breakfast' type food person, my body runs good on protein and fats, not good on carbs and processed foods. Easy to prep food, shopping are simple. I like Whole 30

annk18

I tried whole 30, but because I eat out a great deal, I couldn't stay the course. I mostly do Paleo. I have to be gluten and dairy free anyway, so I'm mostly there.

Jjade86

I’ve done Whole30 a few times too. Like stayed above- it’s not a weight loss diet. That may be a benefit, but it’s really about learning how food interacts with your body. I love Whole30 and still meal prep pretty much all of my and my partners lunches with Whole30 recipes. Nearing the end of every round I feel energized, alert, sleep like a rock, but also ready to have a treat or go out for a nice meal- not really possible on Whole30.

lemurcat2

I did paleo for a bit (I basically cook from whole foods, so it was pretty easy) and thought about doing WF30 because I thought it might be a motivating thing and interesting to do the food sensitivity experiment, but at the time W30 was anti potato (I think they've changed that), and that didn't make sense to me (why be against some tubers and pro others), and so I started thinking more about all the rules and the whole paleo thing started to seem pointless, since in fact I've never had a problem with overeating most of the forbidden foods and am confident I have no negative reactions to beans, grains, or dairy (and I think beans and lentils are super healthy). So I stopped. I do think it could be a fun challenge if trying to force yourself to cook from whole foods for a period of time to develop habits (because it's not already one) and if you want some built-in support, but I think the creator's claims about it are bunk.

aokoye

crazyravr wrote: »

annk18 wrote: »

I tried whole 30, but because I eat out a great deal, I couldn't stay the course. I mostly do Paleo. I have to be gluten and dairy free anyway, so I'm mostly there.

Paleo is so 2017. Its all about Keto now. Keto...... the saver of all.... for now.

I remember a few years ago I mentioned to an acquaintance whose son has epilepsy that people are doing keto to lose weight. She looked at me in horror and disbelief. Mind you, the disbelief bit was especially warranted given that it seems as though most of what people here are talking about when they say keto is not what was originally meant by that diet.