Today we begin the Whole 30. The first time, we did it because Kerri’s system had run amok. The only way to find the culprit of her system’s craziness was to eliminate all the suspects, rebalance her system, and then slowly reintroduce foods. That’s the idea behind the Whole 30. It worked like magic.
This time, Kerri and her nieces are doing it together. They’ve made a pact. I am going along for the ride.
There’s a distinct difference between the days before our first experience and our run up to beginning today. Last time we were desperate. We needed to find something that would help her system. This time, we went full-Roman. We ate everything, even things we normally would not have thought to eat. We’ve made a full-on-food-assault on both our systems. “Since we can’t have wine for a month, I think we should have another glass,” I said…every day last week.
It’s human, isn’t it? To pretend that what you are about to do is nigh-on-impossible, so, the strategy to make it possible is to front-load the rewards. It’s the thought behind Lent. It’s the reason diets fail. It’s the story of “We deserve this…”
We created our own personal Mardi Gras.
I knew we’d given up all pretense the night Kerri looked at me and said, “When was the last time we had a Hostess cupcake?”
“We’ve never had a Hostess cupcake,” I said. “I used to eat them when I was a kid but you and I have never had one.”
“What!” I saw the wild cupcake intention in her eyes. It was late in the evening. “We have to have one!” she exclaimed jumping up. “Hurry! Ann’s is about to close!” Ann owns the local corner market. She carries cupcakes. And wine. And ice. And has a terrific deli. Kerri grabbed my arm. We ran-walked to Ann’s. Roman, Roman, Roman.
None of this would have happened without the looming Whole 30.
It’s not yet 8:00 in the morning, day one, and Kerri’s already asked me, “Do you remember the cupcake?”
Truth: I do. And my second thought? Cupcakes are better with red wine.
Human, human, human.
read Kerri’s blogpost about CUPCAKES
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The Direction of Intention 