CHAPTER 17:
PREFACE TO THE
PROGRAM
“Before I tell you what the Whole30 is, I
would like to share my thoughts on what the
Whole 30 is not. The Whole30 is not a diet. It
is not a twenty-two-day program with eight
cheat days (weekends) built in. It is not 30
days of restriction, to be followed by 335 days
of gluttony. Here is what the Whole30 is. It is
life-changing. It is the path to healing your
insides. It is about eating real food and
learning that what you put into your body
actually matters. It is a test of the level of
respect you have for this one body you were
given. Simply put, if you follow it the way it
was written, it works. If you don’t, it doesn’t.
My only regret is that I waited so long to do