Chris's Musings

It's Day 16, otherwise known to me as "Whole30 HUMP DAY - WOOT WOOT!"  Can you tell I'm excited?  14 days till I can start eating fake food again... oh wait, maybe it isn't all that great ;-) To tell you the truth, the whole thing has been a great experience so far.  I get bored with my food, yes.  I get massive cravings.  But... I feel great and my energy levels are good. A few days ago, a friend in my Whole30 support group posted this blog article to our group page (by the way, I don't recommend anyone doing this without some moral support).  It's pretty funny ( http://whole30.com/2012/09/doing-the-whole30-when/ ).  However, I think this list is somewhat incomplete and I feel somewhat compelled to add a few based on my experience.  I'll put it in here as a points system... tell me how many points you have, if in fact you are doing Whole30 (and have been on the program for at least a few weeks) +1 point:  You feel your clothes getting looser (

First off, Happy New Year everyone. A new year for me usually starts with a little goal-setting for the year, as well as making some commitments.  One of these I started last year (to my knowledge) was to do a "reset" of my diet during January to re-establish some good habits and potentially establish a few new ones.  I did a "paleo" diet last year and really got a lot out of it. A few folks I know did Whole30 last year, and I decided last year that I'd do Whole30 for my reset this year.  I started on January 5th after serving at the Passion conference.  What's been neat is that several friends are also starting the program (either on Jan 1st or on Passion+1 like me), and the encouragement that I've gotten from the Facebook group has been great. The program is basically "like" paleo but more strict when it comes to a couple of things.  First, you can't have any products with added sugar, including any type of sweetener (which forc