re: Whole 30

I see your point, but we have different definitions of torture. A ribeye with asparagus and a side of potatoes, bacon with coconut milk cream over spaghetti squash, burger w/o bun and sweet potato fries. Yes, just plain torture. I feel so bad for myself every-time I eat. I do want to point out that there are absolutely no caloric restrictions, guidelines, or tracking for Whole 30. It also is typically protein focused and provides more than enough for those following it. I don’t think the people you know who follow it really tried to explore their options. Hopefully they ate until they were stuffed and didn’t starve themselves, but it sounds like they didn’t. At the end of the day, it’s an elimination diet that will also result in weight loss in most cases. It is not a weight loss diet centered around skinless chicken breasts, broccoli, and egg whites while feverishly tracking calorie intake. If they do it as prescribed in the book it’s not a yo yo and is absolutely one of the healthiest ways to eat. All that said, it would be extremely difficult to follow the elimination phase forever, so like in my earlier post, I admit that the first 30 days are not a forever diet applicable to everyone, everywhere, all the time. Figure out what foods you can tolerate and then carry those lessons forward while eating primarily Whole Foods.