Whole 30 eating plan

Has anyone tried it? I'm interested in how I'll feel if I cut out dairy and artificial sweeteners, which would be the only changes I'd have to make to follow the whole 30 plan. I think it would be good for me but am feeling internal resistance to giving up my yogurt, diet snapples and quest bars!

It's a short term fad diet, like so many others. It does have some great theories behind it - it's similar to paleo, kept, etc. But opting for a short term fad diet that can't be maintained for the rest of your life sort of goes against the idea of having WLS and finding a way to eat that you can maintain for the rest of your life.

That said, you're probably not going to do any harm physically by opting for these changes. But you might want to consider how to get out of the "I'm on a diet" mentality because this is for forever.

I did Whole30 a couple of years before WLS.

It was ok. I lost a couple of pounds, if I remember. It's not a lot different than how I eat now --- except I do not eat fruits and tons of veggies -- and I don't use ghee/clarified butter for everything.

I also use pure stevia now in liquid form -- pretty sure that was a no, too.

I eat very little dairy since giving up half and half or milk in my coffee. I do find that lessening my dairy did help me lose a few more pounds.

First is what you are doing now not working for you?

in my opinion don't hang your hat on a diet. Yes at times we need to figure out what works for us.

I consider myself a human experiment. So if I I think a food may be effecting me negatively I take that one thing out for 10 days or so. After that I ask myself- did it make a difference? Did cutting it out help me lose weight? Did I feel better? If the answers are no, I add it back in and move on....

I did it in January 2015. I felt good while on it and lost 13lbs, and then it was a pain in the ass to reintroduce foods after and the weight came back fast. The idea of the diet is not to eliminate every possible thing forever, but to figure out what your triggers for allergies may be. I think it's been highly repurposed for WL.

In my opinion, we need to stick with a life style change. In my case, it's not a lot different than Whole30 but I eat dairy and artificial sweeteners. I eat grain free 95% of the time (but I don't worry about being contaminated or if something low carb has recently smooshed up again something with grains, etc). I remember eating a metric ton of veggies, which I couldn't do now.

What's making you unhappy with your current plan?

A few years ago I had a coworker do it and she lost a TON of weight (although she lost so much so quickly, and kept it off, that in retrospect--I wonder if she had WLS?). But anyway, my entire office decided to copy her, and at any given time there were 5 to 10 really cranky people walking around the office and taking about it incessantly. HA.

I think anything you are doing as a diet is a bad idea--not because of the dietary advice, but because of the mindset of dieting that we need to STOP as WLS patients.

The advice in this particular diet is pretty close to what your post op life should look like, anyway. It cuts out sugars and carbs and focuses on high protein and veggies. But instead of framing it as a short term thing you are trying, to get a few pounds off, try reframing your thinking to a new forever lifestyle! Protein first, then veggies if there is any room left. You don't need to buy a book to do that. Good luck!

The only way to know is to try it - for 30 days.

Then introduce milk and yogurt and see if you feel any difference.

I developed dairy protein allergies app 3 years post op and I had to give up most of my dairies.

I cut out dairy about a week before if I have to look very slim for a career opportunity ... it always works dramatically .

Like my vegan therapist says " were not meant to steal cows mother milk unless we want to gain 1000 lbs like calves in their first year lol )

in my everyday life case I noticed a feeling of frailty and bad posture when I gave dairy up even temporarily . For me the calcium I get from huge amounts of mainly skim milk from powdered milk provides the digestible boost I need to keep my bones and skin top notch many years post op .

Though I am slim and osteoporosis runs rampant in my family my dexa scans said " totally normal " six years post op last year.

You're only 5 months post op...why are you turning to fad diets?

Your surgeon and nutritionist should have already given you lists of what you should eat. Listen to them.

WLS is not a diet. Stop treating it like one.