jobs while managing a fast-growing strength
and conditioning facility) had both of us
feeling kind of run-down. While eating lunch
after a particularly grueling Olympic lifting
session, I wondered aloud whether cleaning
up our diets even more would make a
difference in how we felt.
Remembering something we’d heard at a
Robb Wolf seminar—you need at least thirty
days of dedication to make a real difference—
Dallas proposed that we adopt a 100 percent
clean, no cheats, no slips Paleo diet for the
next thirty days. We started hashing out our
“rules,” and when we had a plan outlined, I
asked when we should start. Dallas (with a
devilish look in his eye) proposed that we
start immediately. Now. Like, RIGHT now.
I looked longingly at my Thin Mints,
sighed, and accepted his challenge.
During those thirty days, I went through a
lot of ups and downs. It was easy. It was