Today starts my 3rd Whole30.

I'm not exactly jumping for joy, but I need to move to my healthy, feel-good place and Whole30 gets me there.  I eat 3 meals, don't snack and having sugar out of my diet does wonders for EVERYTHING!

That said, it's a lot of work.  The food is FABULOUS but every meal requires effort to make and effort to clean-up ... hello dishes!

But a month of strict goodness puts me in a great position for success and maximizing my simple improvement habits.

About 19 years ago I gave up soda - cold turkey after years of trying to moderate.  I drank way, way, way too much soda.  Abstaining was the only solution.  It was hard.  Especially that long ago ... before water was sold in vending machines, before fizzy waters hit the market, before it was "normal" to drink something else.  But it needed to happen.

I feel I'm on the same path with sugar.  I don't moderate it well ... I never feel my best when I eat it ... it's plain old not-good-for-me ... but I eat it anyway.  I've tried every version of moderation with only limited, short-term success.  A painful breakup is probably in my future, but I continue to resist it.  With each Whole30, I come closer to that decision.  This might be the one.

Rome wasn't built in a day.  Working toward something better.  Later gators.