If you came here from the Whole30 program, you’re in the right place. The very phrase “food freedom” was born from your post-Whole30 testimonials, in which you reported feeling happy, confident, and in control of your food for the first time in a long time. You said it felt like freedom; the freedom to eat a cookie and not beat yourself up, to enjoy your vacation or holiday without starving yourself when you got home, to say no to something that used to hold power over you, but no longer does.
I wrote this book for you.
For all the times you expressed frustration in finding balance after your Whole30. For all the times you told me you slipped and couldn’t regain your footing. For all the times you asked me for help. This book—a compilation of all the ways I’ve wanted to support you, my community, in your own personal journey to lifelong food freedom—is for you.
If you have never heard of my Whole30 program, you’re also in the right place—but I should explain it really quick, just to catch you up. The Whole30 is a 30-day dietary “reset” designed to change your health, habits, and relationship with food. It’s a nutrition program unlike any other; an “anti-diet” that doesn’t require calorie restriction; pills, powders, or shakes; or weighing, measuring, or tracking your food. It’s been around since 2009 and has proven to be an incredibly effective, life-changing protocol for the millions of people who have completed the program.
But it’s not for everyone.
It requires that you eat at least some form of animal protein. The rules are rigid. It demands a good deal of planning and preparation. For 30 days, you eliminate a lot of foods you probably really like—even stuff you’ve been told is healthy. While our famous Whole30 tough love says, “This is not hard,” in lots of ways, it’s pretty hard.
But the Whole30 program isn’t the price of admission for food freedom.
Anyone can attain this sense of self-confidence, this place of balance, the feeling of being in control of your food for the first time in a long time. And I explain exactly how to do this here, even if you never do the Whole30.* I want you to feel just as welcomed as my Whole30ers, and just as supported in your food freedom journey. I’ve included an entire chapter dedicated to helping you create your own perfect reset, based on your goals and specific dietary preferences. Use it to change your own health, habits, and relationship with food; then use the tools I’ll provide to achieve and sustain your own food freedom.
You’ve been waiting your whole life for this, whether you realize it or not. And I’m very happy you’re here.
* Although, spoiler: I’m going to gently encourage you to at least consider doing a Whole30. It’s just that good.