That Time I Went Whole30 - The Prep

I posted this blog post in January 2018 with high hopes and bold intentions. It was pretty gutsy.

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Guess what?

That registered as attempt #4 on the "better luck next time, weakling!" Whole 30 wagon.

Like, seriously. Talk about commitment phobia. Especially when it involves removing all the good things in life, like Friday night cocktails and blocks of cheese (for real though, I don't even LIKE cheese that much--unless I can't have it and then I just want to bathe in it forever, gastrointestinal distress or bust).

I still very much stalk the Whole 30 Instagram account as well as Melissa Hartwig Urban's Instagram account (#girlcrushforever) because I want to do this, damnit! I want Tiger Blood. I need that mystical Week 3 amazing-nothing-can-stop-me-now feeling.

Around mid-December, I started paying a whole lot of attention to the ubiquitous #JanuaryWhole30 hashtag that started popping up in my social media feeds. I got the urge again, and this time I felt more confident in an attempt because I had a new means of motivation: Walt. Who better to hold you accountable than the person you love and live with and deals with all your crazy ideas?!

I asked him if he wanted to do this with me, and he agreed and immediately told me that once he learns the rules there is no going back for him. He was committed.

PERFECT.

I put my planning pants on, built a ridiculous meal plan, and used the Amazon gift card my boss gave me to order new food storage containers and mason jars, because nothing says "I am ready to kick Whole 30 ass" quite like new tupperware and miscellaneous food vessels.

I'm chronicling our Whole 30 deal right here--except because I'm not a food blogger, I'm not posting recipes and my photos are going to be crappy, poorly lit iPhone photos. You're welcome.

What I'm most looking forward to sharing here are how we're feeling, what worked, what didn't and all that fun stuff in between. I'm also using The Whole 30 Day by Day (not an affiliate link or anything like that, just sharing and also because I have no idea how to monetize this blog yet, namely because I never actually WRITE anymore) to chart my progress, and I'll share some of my entries from that as well.

So happy January, fam! Let's get this sugar-, grain-, gluten-, dairy-, alcohol-, legume-, MSG-, sulfite-free party started!

I'm exhausted already.