the other BIG reason

can't believe I forgot this. But my other major motivation for doing the Whole30 is to slay my sugar dragons. and I'm a bit afraid.

My goal is to get rid of cravings, mindless noshing, and the unsatisfying cycle of eating more sugar and not being satisfied followed with more eating of sugar.

why this came about

Why should I make such a big change? the benefits I hope to get out of it:

• overall long-term health
• lose fat around my organs, where our family collects it, and where it's most dangerous
• clearer skin
• more energy
• better sleep

how this came about

My sister-in-law, Christine, shared some recipes on Facebook from Just Eat Real Food. I liked the look of them so I pinned a few and eventually started following them in my own news feed.

I think that's where I read somebody citing Whole30. I visited the site a couple times over the course of a couple months. I later became interested in the 21 Day Sugar Detox. But when I started comparing, the Whole30 seemed like a better fit for me.

[what is Whole30? here's the short version: http://whole9life.com/start/ ]

Last week I finally bought the book and devoured most of it immediately. Last night I started taking notes for myself about a meal plan and what this might really look like.

I have so many thoughts that I figured a blog might be a good place to store them. Mostly for myself, but also for friends who are interested. I'm also hoping to find a few friends to do this along with me to help with motivation.

So here's the plan. I'm a high school teacher. I want this to be my summer project. I need some time to get a real meal plan down on paper. I'd like to work a few of the meals into my family's rotation. My husband is skeptical, so I also need to strategize how to not spend big money on the food changes. I hope to start a couple weeks into summer, maybe July 1.

So...who's in?