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[quote=Anonymous]Doing a third now but I'm having a hard time getting into it. The second one was a breeze. I don't use them to lose weight or need to (though if you have weight to lose I think it would help) but to sort of reset every 6 months or so. It's especially helpful after a very indulgent holiday season. For me, I like it because of the increased energy around week 2, the clearer skin, better sleep, and that it forces me to do things like eat vegetables and drink water, both of which I like but easily put off dealing with. I am bad about coffee for breakfast, no lunch, then huge dinner, which obviously isn't great for energy purposes and which whole30 helps break me of for awhile.

My fave w30 items: Tessemae's dressings and mayo, found at WF. Trader joes plantain chips, wholly guacamole cups, Larabars (pecan pie, cashew cookie and pineapple upside down cake are good and compliant). I will roast chicken with tandoori spice and do a curry chicken salad with compliant mayo, celery and grapes and eat it in lettuce leaves. Tacos in lettuce instead of tortillas are good. I get cauliflower crumbles by Green Giant at Target (perfect consistency) and steam them to use as rice. Last night was a rice bowl with cauliflower rice, sautéed zucchini and shrimp, a fried egg on top and some scallions and hot sauce.

Trader Joes spicy chicken Italian sausages are great and complaint. I sautée with onion and sweet peppers and serve with a compliant pasta sauce (I like Ethnic Cottage Jersey Tomato marinara at WF- so fresh tasting). Oh and curries! Just use Thai Kitchen curry paste as it doesn't have sugar. Chicken or shrimp, some potato, frozen green beans and a jar of curry paste and coconut milk is a very good basic curry. Also good over the cauliflower rice.

The biggest downside to me is constant planning because you have to have compliant foods at home at all times, and the lack of being able to really go out and eat. It's almost impossible to fully vet whether restaurants have snuck soy or sugar or vegetable oil or butter into their dishes so I usually just don't bother. [/quote]

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