Anonymous wrote:Why are you doing a diet when you disagree with the premise of it?

+1

OP we are doing Whole30 and we are not bothered by it. It’s why we chose it. Why not pick another challenge?

Anonymous wrote:Why not focus on all the things you can eat, instead of what you can’t? There are so many awesome recipes that are whole 30 compliant out there…

This is how I approached it too. I found the shift in focus a huge relief to doing the 30.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone feel really rigid about doing Whole 30? The food control issues are giving me a hard time mentally. I don't have a history of disordered eating but am a bit of a perfectionist and this ruling out entire food groups is making me feel a little off kilter. I'm on Day 6. Should I bail or is this normal?

Bail. Eating is so basic. You have to it everyday. It shouldn’t be this mentally difficult.

Why are you doing a diet when you disagree with the premise of it?

I do have a history of disordered eating, so I do not do diets that cut out a lot of things. I had to go on a pretty limited diet for digestive issues and it caused me a lot of anxiety.

Thanks PP. good to know I'm not alone. Maybe I'll push on and try to think of this as eating guidelines rather than rules. (It's not the actual food that's a problem for me, it's the control aspect!).

I do have a history of eating disorders and control issues and did the Whole30. If you get the book, there is discussion on eating disorders that relaxes the restrictions a little. The general principles are the same, and it was good to reset the patterns of eating, so I benefitted. But the judgment and rigidity of zero tolerance is relaxed a little in cases of true control issues. You know yourself best OP.

Why not focus on all the things you can eat, instead of what you can’t? There are so many awesome recipes that are whole 30 compliant out there…

Does anyone feel really rigid about doing Whole 30? The food control issues are giving me a hard time mentally. I don't have a history of disordered eating but am a bit of a perfectionist and this ruling out entire food groups is making me feel a little off kilter. I'm on Day 6. Should I bail or is this normal?