[Delano]

You can definitely do this. If you have a day or two of failure, it's okay! No reason to scrap the whole week or your plans to improve your fitness.

I don't really think diet soda or energy drinks are okay. I think the fake sugar makes your body want real sugar and that can make the rest of your dieting tricky. Stick to coffee or tea or water. There are some naturally carbonated beverages with caffeine if you need that fizz fix.

I don't do the whole 30 plan, but the cookbook called whole 30 quick and easy has some good recipes and if you want to build off of it you can do whole 30.

I feel like whenever I cut I lose a lot of strength. This time around I've made protein a higher proportion of my daily calorie intake. Protein bars and shakes mainly. Put some good tasting powder on your morning oatmeal and mix it in. Banana and bar for snack. An evol microwave dinner for lunch with some zero Greek yogurt. Fruit and a 100 calorie muscle milk shake for a snack and then a meal out of the whole 30 book for supper. I can do all of that for around 1700 calories and am losing fat and seeing gains.