Am I on a Diet? WHOLE30 & Responding to Criticism | Alix Traeger 

I want you all to know that I am doing this for me, out of only love! But it's not for everyone and I encourage you to find what works for YOU. I believe we can all find our own personal HEALTHY in a HEALTHY way & I hope by sharing my own journey you feel less alone❤️

I don’t get the backlash- it’s a reset process, not a diet. So glad ur still strong emotionally and ur positivity is inspiring me to do better in my personal health journey. Keep doing ur thing💛☺️

You are beautiful no matter what size. Before my weight loss surgery I was over 250lbs and I’m only 5’2. I used to get told I’m ugly and gross and after I lost all the weight those same people said I was beautiful. Umm weight loss didn’t change my heart or personality. I never look at people’s weight. It’s what’s on the inside that matters.

Why would anyone Criticise something positive in anyone's life? A little more love people.

People are so shitty. Can I just say, I've been following Alix's content for years and she genuinely seems like an awesome human being. I have no idea why you'd wanna tear someone like that down. She inspires me to genuinely be me. We love you Alix. You do you girl.

How sad that anyone feels the need to make a make a 14 minute video apologizing for / explaining something that make them happy. Folks, we gotta lift each other up, not tear each other down.

For the people who choose to insult your decisions to evolve within yourself, their opinions are far more a reflection of their opinions of themselves, than a personal attack on you. Because they aren't in a place where they can change themselves out of love, they don't believe that others could do that! It's kinda sad really :(

I just want to say Thank You Alix.. Your weight journey videos helped me alot till now.. I love you so much from core of my heart.. Thank you girl..❤

Hey alix ! So proud, I tried to lose weight and you know get healthy . But I couldn't but seeing people are being healthy and there are so many healthy substitutes , like almond flour for flour and much more . I think I'm going to start to get healthy from now on I have promised myself

Two years ago I was on accutane (for my cystic acne) and you shouldn't drink on it and so I didn't. I didn't have alcohol for 9 months and I ended up loving how I felt. Since then I would say I have one glass of wine a month, IF that. The majority of my friends didn't realize I had to stop drinking during my accutane, so the next time we had all got together they were like "oh you're not drinking." To this day I still have "friends" that don't understand why I don't really drink and I have other loving supporting friends who are like "yes, if you don't want to, then who the hell cares? If you feel good not doing it, then don't!" This video really inspires me to stay true to the fact that I shouldn't feel ashamed that (pre-COVID) I wouldn't drink at the bars.

Once again, girl...YES, YES, YES!!! You are so incredibly on point with your perspective on this whole topic and you articulate it so perfectly!! When you are personally choosing to make a lifestyle change out of LOVE for yourself that is a beautiful thing!! There is no harm in the Whole30, or any other lifestyle choice program if done in the context of love for yourself and wanting to feel ahhhmazing! I can sooo relate! As an aside, I did the Whole30 previously and found it to feel great and really opened my eyes to incredible ways to change recipes and try new ones...it was a very fun and empowering experience!! You do you girl!!! I support you 💯!! 💕

Do you Sis. All that matters is what you think is best for you. I have done intermittent fasting & man, does it work. If whole 30 works for you, great. Life is about growth & becoming stronger everyday in a positive way. Who could have a problem s that?

I loved the idea of the Whole30 challenge. sharing it with people could actually help. This strategy might work for them too. Thank you for being that open-minded, understanding, and optimistic. I love your spirit

Shout out to all the early people seeing this comment

You are the best and it’s really motivating that you are focusing on yourself ♥️ your insta stories always make me smile and give me such a great sense of positivity 🌸🌸

You should totally start a spin off series or a blog/book of Traeger’s Twists for whole 30

Alix - continue to do what you feel is right for you! Love your channel and keep up the good work!

Don’t listen to the criticism Alix. You are beautiful and don’t need to change ANYTHING about yourself! 🌹

I love Alix You are so beautiful and sweet and RALIX is the BEST!! LOVE YOU ALWAYS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

i dont understand the backlashes?? what i understand from the video is Alix is trying to be more healthy, and she got backlash from this?? so yall people prefer Alix or maybe everyone to stay in unhealthy lifestyle?? its like what hermione says to harry when he grab the broom, "what an idiot".

Whole 30 is different from fad diets it’s allowing yourselves to eat wholesome healthy foods. How is that unhealthy? And even if it was unhealthy, people need to stop commenting on weight loss weight gain cmon now

Dear Alix your personality is more than beautiful enough for me and everything else doesn't matter. Your life your body is by your choice only. Take care and hope to see more of your journey.

I love this sooo much !! You shouldn’t have to explain yourself it’s your body. I hate how there’s also such a bad wrap sometimes around people wanting to lose weight to feel good/better themselves ☹️

Oh I so needed a video from you on this day. 💜💜💜

You're looking so healthy Alix!! Keep it up!!! Yes NO sugar, sugar is keeling us.

our bodies do so much for us, the least we can do is fuel it with whole, nutrient-dense foods. :) girl do the whole-30 challenge because you love and appreciate everything your body has done for you. don’t let people make you feel bad for respecting your body

May I suggest watching Mind Over Munch? She did a whole series back in January about mindful eating and talked a bit about Whole 30 as well and her journey with it. And I hope your journey remains a positive one!

Yes, health in ALL forms is reachable and valid. However I would just like to acknowledge how problematic it is to glorify the Whole 30 diet as well as other FAD diets and label them as a lifestyle choice when in fact it is clear they are used to get results quickly and within a range of time. Whereas a lifestyle is meant to be sustainable. I think it is extremely insensitive prefacing this video with an advertisement of the Whole 30 diet because that suggests that you are recommending this for others. Choosing for yourself to engage in Whole 30 is one thing, but broadcasting this mentality on your platform is damaging to others and further feeding into diet culture. Life and how we choose to nourish our body is individual. I am not writing this to shame or bash how you choose to use your platform, I am sincerely just wanting to raise awareness and caution to videos like these. As someone who is struggling with an eating disorder and has had intensive treatment to prevent me from losing my life, I am extremely sensitive to subjects like this. I would hate for a video like this to reach the wrong person, someone who struggles with disordered eating, pushing them further into sickness. Please be aware of your impact and how misleading your definition of a healthy lifestyle is to others like myself. Thank you, I wish you the best.

Second one 👍🏻....

Hi Alex! I am glad you are able to open up and talk about this stuff. Thank you for the tips. It would be really cool to meet you someday. ( :

Thank you for sharing, Alix! 💕 I’m still trying to figure out what works for me, it’s a struggle with the conditioning our society gives to girls and women about their bodies. But we’re headed in the right direction. Health > skinny. 🙌🏻

YAAAS Alix!!!! This is such a touchy topic and I know people are very sensitive about it so I’m so impressed by how brave you are talking about such an intimate thing. You go girl!!!

Can everyone just be nice to each other?? Yeesh.... love you Alix!! 💛

I really just hate people sometimes, you know? When something is good for someone else, people just have to find a way to tear them down or make it about themselves. Alix is such a positive influence and bright light, yet people still want to give her backlash. I just don’t understand it 😐

It is sad you even had to make this video...people ned to chill the F out

Thank you for your videos Alix , love them and they have helped me so much

2nd

Who else remembers her birthday on 20 april

You dont need to respond at all sweetheart 🇵🇷😊♥️

I remember my own whole 30 day challenge. Had a lot of great meals!

You are a very beautiful young women

I totally get what you are saying! I have been doing some work to love myself at all stages and no matter my weight with the help of Kayla Rose. She has so many amazing videos on how to heal your relationship with food, but I do want to implement some gentle nutrition. Not a diet, but some nutrtion. I support and love you, Alix!

Yr putting yourself out there, to be judged. Many people on the web are horrible & judge as they can't look at themselves. Yr a good young woman. Don't let any bring u down.

Alix Be you Do you

Girl... do you. I did Whole30 and gained healthy habits. A year later and many doctors visits later I found out I have significant food allergies and an autoimmune disease. Who knows how long it would’ve taken me to pursue it if I hadn’t done whole 30.

Do you your own way, do what works for you for what you want your life to be. The critics define their own severe self judgment, not any authentic perception of you in any way. Self acceptance in now way dissolves the desire to have your life a specific way that is most genuine for you, rather quite the opposite. It’s fair for people to ask questions to actually learn and understand, that’s life and that’s the benefit of this venue. It can be hard to bypass the harshness of those that live in shame... let it blow past you and stay real. Those that need to project their hate need silence in response, unless a more conducive avenue is present... and in the end it’s not what they want anyway. Feed your goals as they are who you are, right, wrong good or bad... your life, your choice, your goals. Do your thing and keep rockn it 🤟🏼✌🏼🙏🏼💯

It’s so sad that you’ve been made to feel like you can’t accept your body for what it is but still want to make healthy changes. These are also healthy changes for your mentality as well, well done for doing what is right for you, your body, your mind, your well being. You’re a true inspiration, thank you for sharing your journey so far ❤️

Unfortunately accepting yourself does not make other people accept you, there will always be someone somewhere who can ring a flaw in you that is there problem no yours follow your heart...

Kudos to you...much love and much positivity to you. There is nothing more positive than striving to bring a change within oneself ❤️

I love you so much you are so beautiful in everyway I enjoy you making goals and doing them making it possible for all us to able to do them

I get the triggering thing from diets but it’s not cool to be mean to someone for wanting to be healthy. I think it’s awesome to do something good for yourself and better yourself❤️ I’m about to start the whole-30 as well so we’re in it together girl!

I don't understand why people are seeing this as double standards, or being dumb about it.. You can love yourself, the way you are, anyday, anyway.. There might be moments where you would want to look different, or feel different, for other reasons.. Let's say you wanna take on a marathon.. Even athletic folk need to prepare to complete that marathon, and completing a marathon is a personal achievement.. Trying to focus yourself to prepare yourself for this, it's okay to "diet" or "exercise".. And then getting back to your normal self when you achieve this goal is also great.. It's a personal thing.. You wanna try stuff, challenge yourself at times.. It's great that Alix is being open about it and people being jackasses just needs to stop..

I LOVE YOUR INTRO! the bananas are really on point 😏

We love you honey

Do you have any tips on how to do the inner work? Could you maybe do a video on that?

You preach that you're anti-diet, yet promote Noom? Double standard much?

I just love you Alix , you’re amazing 🥺

I tried Noom before and although the knowledge is amazing and I do believe psychology and food mindset is the key to lasting health and weight loss, I was still massively triggered by the calorie counting. Personally, I think any diet that encourages calorie counting is unsustainable and reverses the healthy relationship with food because we tend to see food as "numbers" rather than nourishment.

Alix, how come your voice is so high pitched in the beginning of the video? I miss your raspy voice

i am trying to make a buttercream because im a baker to but i need a good recepie to make it can you do a buttercream tutorial???

Nice share Alix❤️🤗

Dude you’re amazing

You’re using Noom?! It’s AWESOME! God that little app helped me SO MUCH! Lost 100lbs with its teachings! Exercise and eating good food to fuel my body became an everyday thing for me because of this. No one thinks about Psychology and weight loss but they go hand in hand. 💖

You are so beautiful!

Hello, still new to leaving comments. First, good for you for making a channel and keeping up with it. Secondly, as long as you actually have a 'good' mind frame, like you have said before. F what people think. What I've come to learn is that, life is a loosing battle. Someone will always disagree, fight you, challenge you and someone will always stand by you, raise you up and even fallow you: in a non-creepy way. As long as you do the research, know the risks, assume the risks & really think about if this 'thing' is good for you, then honestly, don't block out the hate, be aware of it, be aware someone could be right but have it in the background, believe that you know you & you are smart and strong enough to make your own choices. At the end if the day, when the world is on fire. Only you will save and protect yourself. Hopefully the world doesn't come to that... lastly... I swear, if anyone red this. If you think you want and need to lose weight, cut your your hair, change your diet, be outside more, go back to school whatever... do it. Just do the research, really weigh the pros & cons and listen to you over others. One thing that gets me is people saying what someone needs & doesn't need without really knowing them. You do you, just make sure what you do doesn't hurt others or make them question their self-worth. Okay, I'll shut up now. Goodluck to whomever red all this... dam... go get some water, HYDRATE! ;)

The body positivity movement is supposed to be about loving your body at every stage. It does not mean that you can't want to lose weight. It just means that you should be kind to yourself and others no matter where they are on their journey - gaining, losing, or maintaining.

The people who are criticizing you are honestly haters. Either that or they are hyper sensitive and don't realize that everyone is different. Part of the journey is learning about food and finding our what "diet" fits your lifestyle best. Keep your head up Alix and move forward! All the best :)

I honestly don’t understand why you doing the whole 30 would make someone else mad. I’ve done it twice (and it’s so freaking hard or at least it was for me!) there are a lot of other reasons as to why people would try it that have nothing to do with weightless. My cousins had better sleep, and more energy. Did that happen for me? No; but my body is different from their bodies and that’s ok! People get to do whatever they feel like is right for their own bodies, as of now I don’t feel like doing the whole 30 again but if I ever change my mind and want to see if it can help me in some way I will do so and I hope I won’t be shamed for it. Go Alix do what’s best for you girl!

You received backlash for this? My god people just want to find a reason to be mad at something. This diet/challenge is a good idea cause it’ll expose bad eating habits. To the jackasses attacking alix please get a damn life. Stop trying to use your sad negative pathetic life to attack her. Alix has done nothing but be positive and honest about her ups,downs & bettering herself. She’s helped so many people in these past years with their own problems. This is such a stupid thing to attack her for.

I’m going through the exactly same journey as you but I didn’t exactly know what I was going through? After watching this video, I feel like I know where I’m going know, what I was doing before and it enlightened me a lot. Thank you, sending lot of love and support ❤️

Alix, I think that you are great, and I love that you are doing this for you. I think it's stupid that anyone could criticize you for wanting to be better. They definitely don't deserve your mental space, your explanation, or a modicum of your emotional consideration. F them.

Wanting to make healthy lifestyle changes is a HUGE part of accepting and loving yourself. You can’t stay the same and do the same things for your whole life and expect growth and improvement. You are a bad ass and one of my favorite people to watch. We truly appreciate your honesty and reflection. You’re an inspiration for my own health journey. Keep up the great work!

You are gorgeous!!!! I think this is going to be a great thing for you, and remember to always love yourself because that is most important. What you think matters most, you are you and other people don’t have the right to control what you feel is best!! I love you!!!!❤️

Alix u inspired me to eat healthier and make better choices, I started about a month ago and I've lost 6 pounds which isnt alot but its alot to me. Thank you for sharing your journey and process because it has made a difference in my life. I'm so much happier now and have alot more energy so thank you. I cant wait to see what the future holds for myself. Thank you again and keep it up!!

I've been considering the whole 30 as a way to isolate foods and see what my body likes. I also totally feel the importance of intention when it comes to diet and fitness changes. I used to use food changes and exercise as a way to punniah myself for being what I thought was fat. Now, I want to feel less sick when I eat, feel stronger when I go for hikes, and build muscle to take pressure off my knee joints. It's a way to be a better me rather than a way to punish myself for being "bad". I don't feel "bad" anymore. I just feel like I could be stronger and healthier AND I want that for future me.

❤️❤️❤️ I love this

Just do your best, be yourself and be strong!😎🙌😌💪Also keep up the good like your videos!😁

There are too many haters Alix. Do as you please without having to explain your every. People that respond in a negative manner due to self hatred of being to be in control of their own actions. Thank you for being yourself and continuing to do as you feel is right for you. Stay positive and keep the videos coming

So lovely, knows how to cook, can afford a Tesla. I don't understand. That makes me wanna date her!! Who wouldn't??

Sending you love and support! :D Go Alix, sometimes people get confused or come from a place of insecurity, and you deserve being able to make decisions for yourself based on love and intuition :)

You being a mess or not (or whatever) but you being really honest and showing your vulnerability genuinely is the most valuable and what I find most important ;)

Unfortunately Alix when we put ourselves out there too share some people take the chance to be mean or cruel . You do you and forget the assh**** that feel they need to put others down instead of working on their own problems . Stay strong and know your a beautiful woman inside and out . 😘🤗

Happy belated birthday 🎉🎉

My mom is doing this because she has stomach ache all the time

where did this babe go?

There will be people out there that will criticise you. Do what you feel comfortable.

it's kinda gross how most of her instagram reels have people that keep saying perverted things to her

It’s strange to think someone as kind as you gets criticism

Omg your do pretty

you look like jojo siwa i love you bahahahaa

Ur so pretty

Love from india ....

Pin this cause we love you!❤️

I love your growth alix

when are you gonna cook something?

Hi sis

we live in a society.

Gurll, I love you!😭❤

I perceive the whole30 more like a reset process, not a diet. I do not understand the backlash... you are trying to understand your body and how it will react tho certain foods at the end of it and walk out of it as a better person imo

♥️♥️♥️