The Whole30 Day By Day: Your Daily Guide to Whole30 Success by Melissa Urban

The Whole30 Day By Day: Your Daily Guide to Whole30 Success Reviews

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  Stephanie Cowart

  This book made my 4th Whole30 the best one yet. I loved all the tips and motivation and the accountability of journaling each day. Highly recommended if you are attempting a Whole30!
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  Suzanne Fletcher

  Finished my first Whole30, and feel super grateful and proud of myself!🤩
  
  I feel so much more balanced, mood/body regulated, less cravings, better energy/sleep, & intentional with food (and many other things), and it feels great!
  
  It was tough at times, but truly flew by! I learned so much from this book (lots of good daily tips/learning in here to go along with each day about how you may be feeling, advice etc., with 2 pages per day for food notes and non-scale victories).
  
  Definitely pairs well with Food Freedom Forever, which I’m still reading now. Grateful for this awesome system — truly a way to feel more in control of your food, in a deeply healthy way that’s unlike any other “diet” at all.
  
  I’m starting the reintro tomorrow with added sugar first, then 2 days of Whole30 in between (and so on) with each new food groups I’m trying out, then I’ll see how I feel with each one & whether or not I want to keep certain things in my diet.
  
  I’ll definitely come back to this for the notes I took and great advice in here. Super helpful, especially if it’s your first Whole30. I feel like I’ve learned / realized / reinforced so many things about a healthy lifestyle and food freedom.
  
  Highly recommend!!😀
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  Kate M

  To be honest I did not read everything in this book, as it’s a companion and journal to go along with changing your lifestyle and eating whole foods. I own the original Whole 30, and this contains the highlights. I read the Tips and Hacks to brush up on why I want to revisit my 30 days off added sugars and processed foods. I made it nearly 10 months last year and never felt better. Working late nights found me getting lazy and stopping for fast food on my way home- I know now not to do that again, and not to succumb to holiday sweets. My December left me feeling like poo again; I know now what I can and should not eat to stay feeling well.
  
  This book was a quick read and reminded me of all the non-scale victories I have to look forward to again when I choose my health first. Personally I don’t need a book to keep me on track, but understand why it would be helpful. However I get annoyed at books who refer to their other books, just to make more money (or at least that’s how if feels). The original book says all of what is contained in here and more.
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  Kelly 💜☕️

  I started this book when it came out in December 2017 and set it aside. I finally finished this book at the end of October 2019, while doing my 5th round of Whole30.
  
  It worked best for me to have a paper copy of the book to use the journaling features to write daily: what I’m eating, how I’m feeling, etc.
  
  If you’ve read previous books, there isn’t much new here. It’s just a simplified version that spells things out day by day, as the title says. But that makes it great!!!! It’s so easy to get overwhelmed on Whole30, so this book is a great tool to stay on track and finish strong.
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  Brittanie

  I've signed up for the Whole30 Daily emails each time I've done the program. I really like getting an email full of links to recipes and other motivational articles each day. When I started my most recent Whole30 in January I found out the emails are being retired — presumably because they want to sell you think book instead.
  
  The book is structured more like a journal with space for you to write at the end of each day. I wish I had known that before buying the Kindle version. I should have known better though, as there are almost ALWAYS formatting problems in the e-book versions of every Whole30 book. At any rate, I ended up using a separate notebook to complete the daily questions. I am more concerned with the fact that each new Whole30 book seems to be a repeat of information they've previously sold to you — or information you can find for free online. There is also a lot of weirdness in the way this is written. Melissa will say something like "check the youtube video at XXX link" as though someone in the middle of a book is going to stop reading, grab their computer and look up a PDF or article online. She also frequently wirtes stuff like "I'll go into more detail about this topic on Day X" which is just a really weird way of structuring a book.
  
  More than anything, though, the Whole30 daily emails were WAY more interesting and in-depth than the one-page entries in this book. It just feels like a half-assed attempt to rehash information to get more money out of you. Not impressed.
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  Megan Gaston

  Bought this in preparation for my 3rd round of W30 in January 2018 and I'm SO glad I did!! I journaled with my first two rounds as well, but nothing like this. This book provides structure, tips, advice, motivations, daily trackers for energy, sleep, cravings, NSVs, and a space at the end to track your re-intro plan and write overall reflections.
  
  I think what I love the most about W30 is that following this program results in improvements in ALL areas of your life, not just diet. Reading and filling out the daily entries really helped me see the big picture. If you've ever thought about doing a Whole30 - you really should do it and you CAN do it!! It's only 30 days (not forever) and you will learn so much, I promise! And be sure to get this book before you do!
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  Amber

  I bought this to go along with my first Whole30 and think it really got me off to a good start. I used post it notes inside the journal entries so I could use it again in the future as well. I got a little lazy (aka really busy w/ life stuff) halfway through so my journaling dropped off a bit but I honestly think being accountable to my journal notes at the beginning is what helped me really get into things. The tips and hacks throughout were helpful or at least good reminders of things you already learned from reading other Whole30 books.
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  Bonnie StPierre

  Like having a daily coach
  
  This was not my first Whole30. I have completed several. Having this day by day encouragement, tips and reminders was invaluable, and I sailed through the 30 days with no effort, plus committed to the reintroduction for the first time. Each 30 day reset is part of an individual journey towards Food Freedom, and I recommend this book as one of your tools towards that goal. It is like having your own daily coach.
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  Cam

  It’s a good everyday journal… but not what I was looking for.
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  Jennifer

  This was a great companion to the book The Whole30. Being able to have a set place just to document the process, vent, track my food and symptoms, etc was fantastic. My favorite parts were the greetings each day and kind of a sneak preview into what you might experience physically and emotionally throughout the day, tips on how to have a great Whole30, and a box at the end of each day to proudly (or angrily, depending on the day) check off that you completed another day of the program.
  Another thing for me is that the book DEFINITELY helped me stay accountable to myself and the program. I knew I'd be tracking everything I ate of course, but I also knew there was no way I was going to need up the program and have to go back to Day One, because I had already filled everything out for Day One... I'm not about to go buy the book again, so just stick with it! I also would check the "I completed Day__" box right after dinner so I mentally knew food was done for the day.
  I'm in the Reintroduction phase of the program now and I love how I can track how each new food group is affecting me, and that there is space for different ways of reintroducing foods.
  I'm not sure if I'll do the journal with the program on my next Whole30, but for my first it was one of the tools I used most to stay true to the program.
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  Alyssa W

  Not as helpful as the other Whole30 books that I've read.
  
  While it was nice to have a place to regularly keep track of how I was feeling, what I ate, and other aspects of my W30 round, I already have a bullet journal.
  
  As a veteran W30er, the book didn't really present any information that was new to me. Even the encouragement and advice seemed very similar to Melissa's blog posts. At times, it was actually really discouraging because my round didn't exactly match the timeline in the book, so I was getting things like "Today you should have a lot more energy!" when I did not have energy at all. Eventually, I gave up and completed my round without using it.
  
  I wouldn't recommend this. YMMV.
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  Heather

  Having done Whole30s in the past, I wish I had had this journal the first time I tried it. I checked this one out of the library to see if it was worth buying and the answer is resoundingly yes. The author (who co-authored The Whole30) is clear that it’s a companion guide to the original book, but the insights to normal reactions to diet changes day by day alone is worth the price of the second book. Even if you only use online menu plans, this journal and the free resources would be enough to get you through.
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  Sydney Bollinger

  Read this as I completed my Whole 30 and as someone who likes to make notes and write down details, this was the perfect companion. Plus I really like being able to look back and read how I was feeling on Day 5 vs. how I felt when I was on Day 25. Obviously it isn’t necessary to have this book if you are doing a Whole 30, but I thought it enhanced my experience and most of the encouragement or ‘this is probably how you are feeling’ blurbs felt very accurate!
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  Michelle Hoelscher

  This was my second round of whole30 and using this tool with tips, hacks, encouragement & journaling accountability truly made this time easier. There were a few days I thought “How is it possible that Melissa IN MY HEAD like this?” She predicts with uncanny accuracy your feelings and thoughts throughout the program. It helps to know that you’re on track even when you’re having doubts.
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  Whitney

  This book helped me so much through my Whole30! I was able to track my progress in a tangible way. It was really helpful and encouraging to use this resource during the thirty days. I’ll definitely use it again next time I do a round!
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  Amy

  What a great addition to the toolkit to help with Whole30 resets. While I may not have fully engaged with this every day in January, it was very helpful. And I know that I will be returning to this again when I do another reset.
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  Tracy Conner

  Very helpful!
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  Carole Martell

  Guided journaling that sets you up for Whole30 success both physically and mentally.
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  John Andrews

  A great resource for navigating your way through a Whole 30 journey.
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  Katie

  A total help to anyone doing the Whole30. Daily support and reflection were eye opening for me.
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  Cindy Knaebel

  This book made my 3rd Whole 30 the best one yet! It was so motivating and inspiring!
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  Gina

  This book my made my Whole30 much easier. It was like having a coach keeping me motivated and on track. I would recommend this book as an add on to anyone doing the Whole30.
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  SandyFrom Nj

  I used this for my first Whole30. It helped me stay compliant for 3 days.
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  George Ebanks

  A great resource to use during the Whole30.
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  Alexandra

  So what I loved about this book was how accountable it made me feel. The written portion felt personal, direct, and insightful, which really did make me feel like I had my own coach sometimes. I also am convinced I worked harder at staying on track because I knew I would be reading these tips and recording my progress when I got home each day.
  
  The only things that were frustrating were (1) that the entries got a little formulaic, which got a little boring and repetitive; and (2) that sometimes having the extra credit be buying one of their other books felt a little annoying. I get it—the various Whole 30 books are genuinely helpful for some. But this felt disingenuous at times, and a bit frustrating for those of us with time and budgetary constraints.
  
  Overall, though, I would recommend this to someone doing Whole 30. If it’s your first time, though, do more research than just using this book, as it is not designed to be comprehensive (this also needs to be made more explicit to readers). This book is more of a sidekick. I wish I had it my first time doing Whole 30, but I’m glad I had it my second time, as I felt it was much harder this go-around.