Eat a Little Differently

As I mentioned, Jason and I are doing a Whole 30 for the month of June. (Actually, my friend Joie suggested that we do a Whole 40 because of the biblical significance of the number 40. Sounds good to me.) I’ll post some updates here about how I’m feeling and such, but most of the Whole 30 love (meal plans and recipes) will be over at Needs More Butter.

I did a Whole 30 a couple of years ago too, and to be honest, I don’t think I got a lot out of it. I didn’t feel worse, but I didn’t feel particularly better. I lost a bit of weight (8 pounds if I remember correctly), but it didn’t really change my relationship with food. Basically, I think I did it wrong. I was compliant food-wise, but I didn’t really do any of the mental work to break habits and cravings and such.

I do believe I’ll have a different and better experience this time. I’m in a different head space entirely. I don’t know quite how to articulate that, but I’ll try over the course of the next month or so. First up, I think Jason doing it with me this time will be so good. I’ve also done a lot of reading and research this time around. Personality-wise, I do well when I’m on a kick, and right now I have a lot of energy for this pursuit. I’ve been more or less compliant for a week or so (although yesterday I had hummus and Dairy Queen and root beer all because I still could), and I feel great in a lot of ways.

The Whole 30 is strict, and some days are just going to be harder than others, but I recently read some good advice: “The chatter you keep running in your head makes a huge difference in how successful you are with change. Instead of ‘this is hard,’ try ‘I’m going to feel so amazing’ or ‘I can do hard things’ or ‘I’ve totally got this.'”

Day 1, here we go!