Chris's Musings

Single on Valentines Day.  Is this you?  It's me. You know, when you are unattached (but not unloved... read what I wrote last year ), you really have a decision to make about your attitude and your posture today because, let's be honest, you know it's V-day.  You can either a.) be grateful for your friends, family, and the God that loves you so much and give that love out to others, b.) be bitter, or c.) be or do something that you'll very likely later regret.  In the cases of b. or c., there are some really (and I mean really) lame things that can be done when you are in categories "b" or "c."  In the interest of transparency, I am not innocent so I'm not only being funny and hoping to keep you from being lame, but I'm also speaking out of past "lameness" experience which I hope that you can avoid next year, if not this year :-).  Here's about 10... Posting a bitter rant about how much v-day sucks on your Facebook account.

Today is day 30 of my Whole30!  Yes, my friends, I have managed to survive this. Actually, I'm doing really great.  This program has really been a good catalyst for me re-engaging with healthy habits and developing some new ones.  I don't regret the "suffering" and if anyone would ask if I would ever do it again, I would resoundingly say "Yes!"  (I would recommend it for anyone as well... you learn a lot by taking the Whole30 challenge) The question that most people have asked me about "Day 31" (tomorrow) is "So, what are you looking forward to the most when you're done?"  Obviously, the expectation is that I'm going to go grab my favorite non-compliant food and enjoy it.  A coworker of mine told me that I should eat a cupcake, and I think she's going to bring one into the office tomorrow.  I think that if I went from "no added sugar whatsoever" to "frosting overload" I may go into diabetic shock, so I