Weekly encouragement: September 29th - October 5th
df1982
Posts: 147 Member
Hi everyone! Congratulations to those of you who joined this group when it started and are now past the half way mark. You guys rock and will, I hope, inspire me to keep it up. It is not worth getting into a long winded explanation here, but I am continuing to struggle with my health, which is making the Whole30 difficult for me to maintain right now.
How is everyone else doing as we start this week?
How is everyone else doing as we start this week?
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Yesterday was Day 1
Didn't get to cook like I wanted to, so it was lots of hardboiled eggs, salad, and canned salmon.
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Yesterday was Day 1
Didn't get to cook like I wanted to, so it was lots of hardboiled eggs, salad, and canned salmon.
Way to go!0 -
Tried those Aidell's Chicken & Apple sausages last night --- good stuff!0
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I am doing great. Day 19. Yesterday I realized that apple chips (freeze dried or popped, not dehydrated) are food with our breaks. No more.0
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Okay, I need some advice.
Next Wednesday me, my husband, my sister, and her boyfriend, are going to a concert in Cleveland. Whenever we go to this neighborhood we go to bd's Mongolian Grill. They cook EVERYTHING in soy shortening. Everything. It's a stir fry place. If I remember, their salad bar doen't have meat in it, just veggies.
So, my ? is, on my day 28, can I have soy? I will bring my own sauces to avoid added sugar, and I will avoid gluten and corn and all solid legumes. But really, this is a major part of our lives. this artist comes to town annually and we ALWAYS go to this place for dinner. The guys LOVE it. And if I don't have soy, I get to enjoy some plain salad while they all eat my favorite food. Stir fry.0 -
I've been to bd's in Illinois before, and I think I recall someone asking to not use the oil. Maybe tell them you're okay if it's not cooked perfect ... I bet they can just squirt water on to keep stuff from sticking.
I saw someone with an allergy eat there, gave them the heads up, and they cleaned off a section of grill and kept her food between two of the sticks instead of doing the cook-and-pass-it-around method they normally use.0 -
I think Kikor's advice is good and I'd give that a try. I am on day 26 and I haven't finished the book, so take this with a grain of salt: Maybe consider making soy the first thing you add back after day 30? That way you don't really have to be sure if you've consumed soy or not - you'll be assessing the re-introduction regardless. Just a thought.
Things with me are pretty good; I can't believe I'm on day 26; it has not been challenging to stay compliant at all, except for a sugar craving now and then. And they pass pretty quickly. I'm probably going to continue at least until I finish the book and feel secure that I have the knowledge of what to do next!
Tomorrow my team at work is going to an off-site and afterwards there will be drinks and appetizers. I volunteered to be one of the drivers so my not drinking won't be so obvious. I have to look up the restaurant to see if there's going to be anything at all I can eat!
@df - sorry you're not over your illness yet ... hope you feel better soon!0 -
I am going to call, like kirkor suggested, to see if they can cook it without the oil. And I have coconut aminos to bring with me.
Triplestep, I feel the same about compliance. It's coming pretty easy, I know how to figure out if I can go to a certain restaurant, I pack my lunch, I cok breakfast and dinner almost every day. I figured out how to make enough leftovers to actually have leftovers. I thought the book was great, it was full of valuable info, and helped encourage me in the program.
Once i looked into gluten free, and my friend recommended wheat belly. I thought that guy was a kook. He basically preached exclusively on an anti-GMO platform. And the science isn't even all there to take that stance. And he seemed really crazy. So I never finished his book, or tried gluten free. But It Starts with Food was good. Pretty sane, moderately sciency, and allows for a varied diet after whole 30.
df, get better! We miss you!0 -
I'll be incommunicado this weekend --- going up to a cabin with the bros. Taking compliant food with me though! Won't get to share in the drinky-drinks, but it's all good.0
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Thanks to everyone for the well wishes! I am almost through a SECOND round of antibiotics now and things are looking up. It seems I contracted a really nasty strep infection. I should be back to work this week, and I've stocked my fridge full of Whole30 compliant food. Looking forward to getting back to the program in a real way (I haven't been eating much of anything these past two weeks, and although I did try to stay compliant when I was eating, it's been far from perfect).
I'm so proud of those of you who are now almost FINISHING their Whole30! Amazing.
@girlcalledryan - Curious what you ended up deciding re:soy? Eating out is so tough, especially when it is a meaningful occasion.
@kirkor - Also curious about how your weekend goes. Let us know what worked for you in terms of staying on track!
@triplestep - Volunteering as a driver seems like a great strategy for steering clear of the booze. Good for you for sticking with it through the final days!0 -
I am going to call and ask if they can not put oil on the grill when they cook my food. And i will bring my own sauces (I have coconut aminos and coconut secret garlic sauce). If they cannot I will ask what is on the salad bar, and if they don't have eggs, I will smuggle my own in with my salad dressing.
I am in my final week! I can't really believe I have made it this far. i didn't think I could live without things like bread. But, turns out, I barely miss it.
I think I will enjoy things like bread and dessert on occasion when it is worth it, pretty much as described in the book, but maybe a little more often than that. And I will not be reading allergen menus at restaurants any more. If it seems paleo, it's paleo enough for me! Counting today, I have 7 more days. And then dairy (Ice cream after dinner and a delicious latte), followed by probably legumes (hello peanuts and peas!), then non-gluten grains (rice and corn, hello sweeties!) then white gluten grains (wonder bread! pasta!) then whole grains. I know someone who tolerates the processed stuff, but not the whole grain stuff, so I'm splitting them up.0 -
And I will not be reading allergen menus at restaurants any more. If it seems paleo, it's paleo enough for me!
That's how I've been these past few years being gluten-free for no reason other than it keeps me from eating cake, cookies, etc.
I don't get too picky with sauces and dressings.0
