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June 4, 2024, 6:42 pm
  • Dear Melissa
  • Food Freedom
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Dear Melissa: My Food Freedom Plan When I’m Home Alone

Dear Melissa, My husband is away for work often, and being home alone for days on end makes my Food Freedom plan go right...
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December 19, 2016, 11:00 am
  • Dear Melissa
  • Food Freedom
  • Troubleshooting Your Food Freedom

Dear Melissa Replay: What Adulty Beverage Is Best?

Welcome to Dear Melissa, where I answer your questions about transitioning into or completing a Whole30, successfully sticking to your new Food Freedom habits, and figuring out...
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August 1, 2016, 10:00 am
  • Dear Melissa
  • Troubleshooting

Dear Melissa: My Sugar Dragon is Still Breathing Fire

Are you nearing the end of your Whole30 and still struggling with a raging Sugar Dragon? Melissa outlines her best strategies as she helps...
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May 30, 2016, 10:00 am
  • Food Freedom

Changing More Than The Food On Your Plate: Exploring Change in Life After Whole30

by Sarah Ramsden, a personal coach who specializes in helping people navigate big life changes. This post is part of our ongoing series of...
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March 10, 2016, 11:00 am
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  • Troubleshooting

Dear Melissa Replay: Day Ten Tantrums

You’re reading a Dear Melissa Replay, where we re-post some of the most popular entries in Melissa Urban’s regular Whole30 advice column. Dear Melissa...
Stepping Off the Scale
February 22, 2016, 11:00 am
  • Tracking Success

Stepping Off the Scale Forever: Shanna’s Life After Whole30 Story

by Whole30 team member Shanna Keller. This post is part of our ongoing series of posts related to life after your Whole30.  If you’d...
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November 9, 2015, 11:00 am
  • Dear Melissa
  • Food Freedom

Dear Melissa: What Adulty Beverage Is Best?

Welcome to Dear Melissa, where I answer your questions about transitioning into or completing a Whole30, successfully sticking to your new healthy habits, and figuring out...
Melissa's One Bite Rule
August 10, 2015, 10:00 am
  • Food Freedom
  • Food Freedom Popular Post

Life After Your Whole30: The One Bite Rule

From Melissa Urban, who maybe isn’t actually a donut person When I was in Portland, OR for the Whole30 book tour, I was told...
Taming Your Sugar Dragon Part 2
July 29, 2015, 10:00 am
  • Food Freedom
  • Troubleshooting

Taming Your Sugar Dragon, Part 2

Part 2 in our 2-part series on taming your Sugar Dragon Cravings. Urges. Irresistible pulls towards the sweet stuff, the carb-y stuff, the comfort...
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July 22, 2015, 10:00 am
  • Food Freedom

Taming Your Sugar Dragon, Part 1

Part 1 in our 2-part series on taming your Sugar Dragon Cravings. Urges. Irresistible pulls towards the sweet stuff, the carb-y stuff, the comfort...
Every-Bite-Worth-It
May 26, 2015, 10:00 am
  • Food Freedom

Life After Your Whole30: What If Every Bite is Worth It?

From Melissa Hartwig, who (thanks to the Whole30) is one of those annoying people who really can eat just one square of dark chocolate...
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November 3, 2014, 11:00 am
  • Dear Melissa
  • Kids and Family
  • Whole30 Inspired Eating for the Whole Family

Dear Melissa: Grammy’s Feelings vs. the Whole30

Dear Melissa, I just completed my Whole30, and what a difference! I never thought I would find something that would have such an effect...
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May 19, 2014, 10:00 am
  • Dear Melissa

Dear Melissa, How Do You Eat? (Part 3)

Welcome to Dear Melissa, where I answer your questions about transitioning into or completing a Whole30, successfully sticking to your new Food Freedom habits, and figuring out...
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May 12, 2014, 10:00 am
  • Dear Melissa

Dear Melissa, How Do You Eat? (Part 1)

This is probably the question we get the most often—but how do you eat? You ask us in seminars, reporters ask us during interviews,...