Welcome to another whet your whistle wednesday. Each we I cover a new topic to get you inspired to try something new or find a new product. This week is all about paleo and Whole 30.
Maybe you are thinking about paleo or trying your first Whole 30 and need a place to start. You are at the right place my friend. Since I did my first, so far only, Whole 30 in February I have eaten a largely paleo diet. The benefits I have seen from this have been so good I can’t even think about stopping. Even after a stressful day when I really wanted to run to my comfort food, mac and cheese. I quickly remembered that I haven’t had that in months and the meal might just make me feel worse not better. I highly recommend it for everyone but if you need more info there are some great resources below.
The pictures in this weeks whet your whistle link to a couple of my favorite Whole 30 meals.
The book It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways 
is one of the most informative and helpful thing you can do if you are interested in this diet. I read it after we completed our Whole 30 to find out why the diet had worked so well for me.
If you don’t want to buy the book you don’t have to, though I think you will be missing out, the Whole 30 program is described in detail on their website and is completely free for you to use. They have some great downloads that you can take the store to help you shop and stay on track.
If Whole 30 doesn’t seem like the way to go then try checking out primal palate’s information on what is paleo to get you started eating better.
One of the keys to making it through a Whole 30 or changing to paleo is to find some new recipes. Nom Nom Paleo is a great site to get started. She also has a great round up to help get you through all 30 days.
There are some amazing sites that have tons of recipes to help get you through the diet. Here are some of my favorites.:
Paleo Grubs
Stupid Easy Paleo
Civilized Caveman
If you want some new blogs to follow that talk in detail about paleo this resource from Cave Girl in the city with steer you in the right direction.
Find out how my first week of Whole 30 went and my overall Whole 30 Experience.
Come back by on Friday to see some of my favorite Whole30 & paleo foods.
Are you thinking about changing your eating habits? What is your motivation?
I’ve been reading more and more positive things about whole30. At first I thought it was another fad thing, but it sounds like everyone who has done it has done it in health. Thanks for sharing the resources! I’m looking at the cave girl in the city blog now, that’s a new one to me as well.
The health benefits are the thing that keeps me at it. Having my anxiety and mood swings reduced has made for such a better quality of life. Add in the reduced bloating and it is hard to consider going back.
These are great resources! Although I’m not ready to fully commit, I definitely like to incorporate Paleo recipes in our diet.
Cutting things out for 30 days and adding them back in really helps identify what works and doesn’t work for you. Even if you don’t fully commit you can experiment.
We are big believers of Whole 30 in this house. We’ve done it once, and will probably do it again to be honest. It’s such a great reset. We eat gluten free and sugar free, but not quite paleo. But we are loving the health benefits from it!