Anchor

I’m on day 3 of “The 30 Clean” eating program and I’m still alive. Eating clean is certainly not easy (in both securing, preparing and eating the right food but also dealing with sugar cravings or false hunger pains), but it’s by no means starvation. It just takes more focus and planning, but I’m confident I can do this. The alcohol habit of having 1–2 drinks a day has evaporated, at least so far. I’m not going to kid myself — this will be hard, but I’m confident.

More than just being alive, I feel like I’ve stopped on a dime, quickly transitioning from my wayward self to awake with focus — at least on what I’m eating or going to eat. This simple challenge is providing an anchor, something that brings me focus on the present and a dose of deliberate intention to what I’m doing. Besides the early benefits of having more consistent energy, this “diet” has the gravitational pull to align more areas of my life back into orbit. We’ll see.

Day 3: 7 hrs sleep, 157.2 lbs.