Several folks have asked me why I decided to start my whole30 in the middle of the holidays. There certainly are temptations galore, with the plethora of holiday parties, special elaborate dinners and treats in the office. Husband and I are planning a cruise in mid-January as well, certainly known for buffets and unending food and tasty beverages. His suggestion was to wait until we got past all of this so I could enjoy myself and make the most of it all. A very wise and reasonable idea for sure.
The decision to start my Whole1 the Sunday after Thanksgiving (Nov 30) was the culmination of a few factors. First, I've been researching this stuff for 6 months or so, so it wasn't completely unthought-out. I knew what I was heading into, more or less. Secondly, I'd neglected to bring fun reading material with me to the mountain, so I had nothing but my phone and National Geographic to read. This led me to do a lot of research (including a NG cover story on sugar) and planning, getting me psyched up for it. Finally, I JUST DECIDED.
I've been told that when a body JUST DECIDES to do something, the likelihood of success skyrockets. You can't half decide or maybe decide, but I decided to give it a go for one while day (blending deciding with the micro goals concept). Up to this point, whenever I'd tried to go a day without all the restricted foods, I'd lost steam by mid afternoon. I hadn't made the commitment to myself, so nothing changed.
The catalyst for making this wholehearted decision is that I woke up feeling stiff and achy after eating a large slice of cheesecake the night before. Whether the cheesecake was or was not the actual culprit didn't really matter. What mattered is that I didn't want to wait 6-8 more weeks to start feeling better. So I decided.
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