Hey, everybody, Emily Abbottie here.

You are listening to The Ever Lovely Five Minute Friday on Hurtle.

It's always lovely to have a moment to reconnect with you, the hurdlers.

I have had a mega productive week.

I feel like things are really rolling right now when it comes to

2024 and 2024 planning. It's all happening. I'm starting to see the fruits of my labor, so to speak,

when it comes to the goals and intentions that I set just a few weeks ago. And it's exciting when you feel

really aligned with what you've set out to do, knowing that it is really something that you

genuinely want. I think Quidders Day, they call it, was this week. And the only resolution that I have faltered on

thus far is doing Whole 30 in January. And today I'm going to tell you why. So I set out to do

Whole 30 at the beginning of the year. I had a couple of good friends who were joining me along for the ride,

one of whom has done the diet, if we want to call it that before, and really enjoyed it. And

she's talked about it so often that I thought to myself, listen, I have this big shoot that I'm doing at the end of this month.

I want to make sure I'm really eating well, taking care of myself, investing in my mental health,

my physical health, my gut health, everything in January. And so I'm in. Let's do it together.

And basically, I think 13 or maybe 12 or 13 days into the month, I had had no issues at all sticking with Whole 30. In fact, I thought it was

pretty aligned with what my diet typically looks like. I would say the only large differences were that I cut out dairy,

aka cheese, and I was mixing greens and bread. So that meant no toast with breakfast, no

quinoa on my salads, no quinoa with dinner, uh, rice, pasta, again, bread, like just some elements

that candidly at times, I have previously felt guilty for eating. And so I was like,

oh, I'm just going to mix these and it's going to be really great for me. Oh, and the last thing I

cannot forget is all like desserts. So, oh, I'm just going to mix these and it's going to be really great for me. Oh, and the last thing I cannot forget is all like desserts. So no more random ice cream bar from Yaso before I go to bed. No more chocolate. No random croissants after a run, like things like this, no sweet treats. And so I didn't have

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