casii
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Post by casii on Apr 21, 2017 14:25:31 GMT
I'm currently on Day 26 of my first Whole 30 and staring at how I might want to approach food reintroduction. Day 30 is April 25 and I have a 1/2 marathon on May 7, so I'm not sure what I should attempt to reintroduce because I don't want to mess up my system right before a race. Not that I'm actually racing it, but I don't want to mess up my system and spend quality time in several portapotties either.
1/2 marathon notwithstanding, what did you decide to start reintroducing? Have you settled into Food Freedom? Will you be doing further Whole 30s?
For the purposes of vacation in June, I'm definitely going to work on adding in rice & beans since that's a staple of the area we're traveling to. It'll be a challenge if those are the foods that really set me off.
DH and I started because he wants to see if he'll feel up to training for a particularly tough 50K, so I got on board. I will say it has done nothing to improve my running. I've actually struggled more on long runs with proper fueling, but other than that, I feel epically 'shiny' if that makes any sense.
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Post by *KAS* on Apr 21, 2017 14:36:45 GMT
I'm doing the 'very slow roll' re-intro I guess you could call it. I've tried non-gluten grains and been ok with those. I don't eat beans, and I don't miss peanut butter, so I haven't worried about those. I don't really want to add back dairy or gluten, so I haven't attempted them yet (although I already know that some dairy is a problem for me - I knew that pre-Whole 30) I do need to test a few specific things - soy (soy sauce), wine, corn (have a feeling that will be eliminated for good), goat cheese (they say it can be better than cow dairy - hoping that's the case). And I probably need to try a few more non-gluten grains to be sure. Something I ate last week didn't work for me. It was tortilla chips from On the Border. But I've had tortilla chips from Chipotle and been fine. So I don't know if it was something about their chips, or if it is the soybean oil they fry them in.  I know it was the chips because I kept some for the next day and ate something that I cooked that I knew would be fine, and still was running to the bathroom in less than 5 minutes. |
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Post by jenjie on Apr 21, 2017 15:45:16 GMT
I was going away on something like day 32 so I chose to wait til I got back. It might just be easier for you to do that. Or reintroduce one or two things.
Dairy was a non-issue for me. Sugar I introduced only because it was Easter and I wanted some of the cheesecake I made. LOL it also seems to be a non-offender. I did non-gluten grains one day and got a rash. I need to take another couple of days and add only corn one day and only oats the next.
I haven't tried legumes yet but the big issue for me seems to be gluten. I had 2 pieces of pizza and felt great. But the next day, my knees started bothering me. I didn't realize they had stopped bettering me until I started again, you know? Worse, it constipated me terribly. Worse than I've experienced in many years. I really want to try again on a smaller scale because I had not drank enough water in the few says leading up to that.
But what you want to know, once the problem was resolved and I was back to eating whole30, I haven't had the issue. It only lasted that one day. So it would give you plenty of time to see if something gives you a hard time and you can still recover before the race.
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casii
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Post by casii on Apr 21, 2017 17:15:25 GMT
Thanks KAS & Jen! I've really been challenged this past month. I think I have food prep fatigue though. I wonder if this is what it felt like to cook like our great grandparents. LOL
I think I'll try some white rice then wait a day or two. It's a carb that will help me boost my carb levels before the race.
We've gone through long periods of time in the house without gluten, so it wouldn't be too much of a challenge, but DH loves to make pizza, so dairy and crust will probably be on his list to try sooner rather than later. That will be waiting until after the 1/2 regardless.
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Post by beaglemom on Apr 21, 2017 17:58:46 GMT
So we've been pretty close to Whole30 since January 23rd. Off for a couple things (ds's 1st birthday and a couple days on vacation). We are training for a half Ironman on May 13th. My running this time around seems slow, but I'm not sure I'm willing to mess with things. We did a training run last weekend - 3-hour ride and then 7-mile run. I was slow, but I fueled Whole30 and felt like I could have done more. I had sweet potatoes with olive oil for breakfast, a pack of olives (25 cal all from fat) at an hour in, a chocolate sea salt RX bar 30 min later, then 30 min later a 100 cal pack salted cashews and about 10 olives, then a mile into the run I had a date and about 10 salted almonds, again at 4 miles, and 6 miles. No stomach issues and while yes I was slow, I felt like I could have kept running.
I know for me that gluten is a no go before and during running - it activates my athletically induced asthma. So I wouldn't be able to do that anyways.
Sugar is my big issue...I can't get rid of my sugar dragon and I have no self-control when it comes to it. thankfully nothing seems to really "bother" my digestive system. But for me I have learned that the super strict is the best way for me to live.
I guess long story short, take it really slow. If there are things that you think you need to have for race fueling - try those things first to see how your body reacts.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 21, 2017 21:16:54 GMT
We completed Whole30 in March. It made us both feel so much better that we are staying 80% plus compliant still. I felt the biggest difference in general digestion and way less bloating. I also believe my hair, skin, and nails are healthier. My husband experienced the dramatic decrease in inflammation as well as improved digestion. He has an artificial hip and lots of joint issues. It's been a pretty dramatic difference for him in the way his joints feel and move. He's sitting with one leg crossed over the other now which he hasn't done in years. We haven't noticed any foods that seem to "set us off" with reintroduction. But the more we stray from Whole30, the more we can tell the difference in general. Mine seems to be more the gluten; he feels like his issue is more the dairy foods. Neither one of us has any interest at this point in reintroducing sugar to our everyday diet. We have had a sweet or two since completion of Whole30, but we are majorly picky now about it being delicious and "worth it." I think I have food prep fatigue though. I can sympathize with this. I've never searched so many recipes, read so many labels, or spent so much time meal planning in my life. It's getting easier with repetition though. |
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Post by beaglemom on Apr 21, 2017 23:11:56 GMT
I think I have food prep fatigue though. This a million times over. Thankfully dh is on board. But I have a 6-year-old, 4-year-old, and a 1-year-old. At night we all eat whole30. The kids breakfast and lunches are not Whole30, because let's be real a sandwich is just easier for a kindergartener and preschooler to eat at school. We eat a lot of the same - roasted sweet potatoes, roasted broccoli, salad, and meat/chicken. I have a ton pinned...but at night getting something different going with three kids underfoot is hard! We did make some stuff recently out of the Well Fed Weeknight cookbook that we really liked. |
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Post by peaname on Apr 22, 2017 18:23:11 GMT
Congratulations on making it this far! We did the ten day reintro starting with legumes and then non gluten grains. It was fine for both of us with no GI issues. Have you read Food Freedom Forever?
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Post by runner5 on Apr 22, 2017 19:51:47 GMT
DH is on a stricter protocal battling some health issues and I have known food allergies so we've done this together. His doctor feels like he can start reintroducing food (but for him it means adding things like carrots).
We are doing it like an allergy rotation diet adding one food every 4 days. If he reacts, it goes to the back of the line otherwise we add it to what we can eat and keep going.
We're both so much healthier with respect to weight, our blood chemistry and general well-being. Neither one of us has had even a cold in years. DH's severe skin rashes have healed and we're trying to get to a more well rounded diet. Well that and an occasional beer LOL.
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Post by casii on Apr 22, 2017 20:22:09 GMT
Thank you for the awesome input! I love hearing how you (and family) benefited and continue to benefit from Whole 30!
Beaglemom, I read your fueling plan for your tri training with interest. Since I've had major GI issues the past 2 long runs, I switched up my plans by hydrating with a coconut water mixture for electrolytes vs water which is what I had been doing. I also sweet potatoes for breakfast and took an RX bar for the run. Since it was only a 2 hour run, I didn't break into the RX bar and all things GI behaved today. I'm also training by heart rate so my pace is soooooo slowwww and probably will be for a while. After the 1/2, I'm going to bring my HR cap down even lower because I had a nasty bout with flu & bronchitis in February that set me back.
Spongemom, I read on a FB Whole 30 beginners group that even if a food doesn't set us off, it still might cause inflammation & other underlying issues to reappear. I hope I can be as disciplined as you guys. I suspect that I may be sensitive to gluten and/or dairy considering that 2 of my kids have major issues with them.
Peaname, I do have Food Freedom Forever and I'm reading it through! I'm glad it's out now to kind of be my guide through these next steps.
Runner5, wow, your poor DH. I can't imagine. I got worried when I heard other people had to cut out nightshades and I was like what is life without tomatoes? I'd cry. But so smart to heal through food rather than throwing meds at the symptoms, right?
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I know it was the chips because I kept some for the next day and ate something that I cooked that I knew would be fine, and still was running to the bathroom in less than 5 minutes. 
