Her world changed in every sense when Neve Sloan started a family, but particularly with relation to food.
Between nursing, restless nights, and postpartum recovery, the last thing she had time for was macro counting or meal planning complex ideas. She still yearned for a reset—something nouraging but not punishing. She happened onto Whole30 at this point.
She describes it as a lifeline. ” Not a diet, not a weight-loss thing—just a way to feel clear again.”
Neve first worried the scheme would be overly ambitious. Whole 30 does, after all, cut sugar, grains, dairy, and legumes for a whole month.
Surprisingly, though, the structure enabled her to feel more under control during a turbulent period. Knowing what was on my plate became a comfort when everything else seemed erratic, she says.
Consistency was the magic; it was not perfection. Neve ate basic foods: roasted vegetables, lean proteins, and good fats.
She prepared in batches, relied on frozen foods, and pardoned herself when life intervened. “Whole30 helped me to once more pay attention to my body,” she says. And as a new mother, that was rather significant.
She was not only feeling better by the end of the month—she was eating deliberately once more. It was not about what I omitted. About what I acquired: confidence in myself, clarity, and vitality.
