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recipes · January 4, 2018

How to Survive Whole 30 Without Losing Your Mind – 7 tips and tricks!

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How to Survive Whole 30 Without Losing Your Mind - 7 tips and tricks!

How to Survive Whole 30 Without Losing Your Mind – 7 tips and tricks!

This is my third time doing #Whole30. I never made it through the whole 30 days the other times. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve tried and I have spent some time thinking about it, researching ways to do it successfully and asking my friends and family how they did it. So this time I went into #Whole30 prepared! Are you doing anything like this in January? If not – why don’t you follow along with me? We can support each other along the way!!

whole 30 cookbook

Whole 30 Fast and Easy Cookbook 

How to Survive Whole 30 Without Losing Your Mind – 7 tips and tricks!

  1. Make a weekly meal plan. Get a Whole 30 cookbook or look online for Whole 30 recipes and then plan out what you will make for the week.

whole 30 printable meal plan

Here is a printable Meal Plan from Fit For a Bride

You can get the whole list of acceptable foods on Whole30.com.

 

2. Get all of your food ahead of time. Go shopping and get all of the food you will need – for meal, for snacks, for emergencies. What do I mean by emergencies? When you are driving your kids around all day and you are starving. Pull a Whole 30-compliant bar out so you can bypass that nearby McDonalds and the fries!! You don’t have to shop at Whole Foods to get food – there are so many resources sharing specific foods you can find at your favorite stores. Like Costco. Trader Joes. Amazon. Even Walmart.

shop whole 30 foods at your regular grocery store

Then make a shopping list, I found it helpful to use a printable shopping list.

whole 30 grocery cart

blank whole 30 shopping list

Blank Whole 30 Shopping List from Pins & Procrastination

 

3. Eat enough Protein. I found that cutting out carbs and not eating enough protein made it so that I was hungry ALL the time. Cut out the morning toast and double the eggs.

4. Cook in bulk. I love my Instant Pot for this. I can pop a few chicken breasts in the Instant Pot and cook it all up. Then I have meat that is ready to add to salads or soups and it makes things so easy.

 

whole 30 spiralizer soup on whole 30

Whole 30 Spiralizer

5. Speaking of soup – soup is a great thing to make for Whole 30. It fills you up and you can add all kinds of veggies to the soup. I made a Winter Greens and Potato Soup last night and it was so good! I added poached eggs to give it a little more protein. Also – get a spiralizer – it makes eating veggies so much more fun!

Whole 30 winter greens soup

6. Research before you eat out. Most restaurants have options that will work with Whole 30. I took my daughter to Instacare on Monday and we were there for quite a while. She wanted a burrito bowl from Barbacoa. I got one for myself too – but instead of adding rice and beans, I had them add extra meat, guac, veggies and lettuce. It filled me up and it also made me not feel deprived since I was able to get something to eat too that fit into the plan.

whole 30 restaurant options

Whole 30 Restaurant Guide from Life Health HQ

tips for whole 30 eating out

Tips for Eating Out on Whole 30 at Stockpiling Moms

7. Get some snacks so you don’t feel deprived. My sister Ashley @Modern Glam Home does Whole 30 all the time. Here are her recommendations:

bare cinnamon banana chips

Bare Bananna Cinnamon Chips 

whole 30 rx bars

Whole 30 RX Bars 

whole 30 beef jerky

 

Whole 30 Beef Jerky 

nut pods creamer

If you drink coffee – Nut Pods creamer is compliant with Whole 30 and has a creamy thick texture 

 

So let’s do this!! I already feel my stomach is less bloated and feel more energy and it’s only day 3 for me!! Come join me. Leave a comment and let’s do this together!!

 

xoxo

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Comments

  1. Sy says

    September 16, 2020 at 11:58 AM

    Hi! Great tips. I wanted to let you know the RX bars link is not working =)

    • Jen says

      September 16, 2020 at 11:58 AM

      Thanks for letting me know!

      xoxo

  2. Mandy says

    August 5, 2019 at 12:06 PM

    About ten days ago my hair stylist, who has lost 55 pounds so far on keto, put me on to Thrive Market (thrive.com). There’s a $5.00 a month membership fee but I took advantage of their 30 days free trial. My order of salad dressings, catsup, mustard, BBQ sauces and marinades probably saved me an easy $20 right off the bat. It’s a treasure trove of Primal Kitchen and Tessemae products. You can search for “Whole 30” only so you don’t wander off into Non-Compliant Land. I’m definitely keeping my membership beyond my 30 days. Yeah!!! Catsup again!!! I tried making my own and, at least with the recipe I used, will probably never whistle again.

  3. Savvy Southern Chic says

    January 4, 2018 at 4:31 PM

    This is our fourth time doing Whole 30, successfully. All of those tips really work. We lived this way for about two years after the first go, because we discovered my hubby was allergic to corn and gluten. Over the past couple of years, we have let in too many sugars and non gluten grains, so we need to clean it up again. I just need to find a way to eliminate all those dirty dishes!

    • Jen says

      January 4, 2018 at 9:01 PM

      It’s a whole new way of eating. But I am already feeling the effects. I think it just takes some time for bodies to adjust LOL!!

      xoxo

  4. Christina at SWEETHAUTE says

    January 4, 2018 at 1:26 PM

    Thanks for sharing Jen!

    • Jen says

      January 4, 2018 at 3:45 PM

      Sure! Are you doing Whole 30 too?

      xoxo

Hi! I'm Jen Hadfield. I'm a mom of 5 restoring an 1891 home in the heart of Salt Lake City. I love being creative and sharing simple ideas to make your life easier and more beautiful!

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