If you’ve been following my blog monthly, you’ll know that I’ve been doing Whole30. It’s changed my life for the better, and I can’t recommended it enough to my friends and family. I wanted to take some time to explain the steps you should take before officially committing to Whole30. This will be the first of a few posts that walk through the route that I took to start my first Whole30 journey.
1 . Get Familiar With the Whole30 Program
The first step for any Whole30 beginner is to really understand what the program entails There are three rules:
- The main takeaway is, yes, you can eat real food. In fact, that’s the whole point of this change in diet. There’s no skipping meals or replacing meals with powders and energy bars. You will have a specific list of goods that you can eat.
- The Major Rules of what you can’t consume are already covered in my initial Whole30 post.
- The most important rule is to avoid weighing yourself or measuring any aspect of your body for the full 30 days.
2. Make a True Commitment to the Whole30 Program
There is more preparation that you’d think when starting this program; it’s not wise to just read through the rules and jump right into it. The key to success is to fully plan your Whole30 journey. Your planning process can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks; don’t feel pressure to match anyone else’s story — do what works for you.
- Choose Your Start Date (And stick to it!)
- Try to pick a date that is as soon as possible within the timeline of your preparation period
- But, wait until after any major life event – it’ll be hard to stick to your new eating regimen at a five course wedding
- Make Your Start Date Public
- It’ll be easier to stick to your start date once you make your intentions known to the world
- Whole30 provides some really great ways to declare that you’re starting. There’s a facebook banner that you can use, and an instagram image you can post to make it known.
- You can also start posting to the Whole30 forum and and introduce yourself to everyone else to establish accountibility.
Thanks for reading!
–Rachel Bouman