An Unconventional starting day on November 23rd

My sister Brittany started a blog to report on her Whole30 so it would seem I'm following in my older sister's footsteps. (Once a copy cat always a copy cat, right!?) I've lost count on how many Whole30s I've done and while some were more successful than others, I'm entering this one with a very superficial goal: to lose weight. I don't have much of a backstory other than all I want to do is lose 15lbs before moving to North Carolina. I live a very active lifestyle and for the most part my diet is already pretty clean but I am not satisfied. I feel great, now I want to look great. Like I said, it's rather superficial. I will say, I'm looking forward to the Whole30 to tighten up some things that had gotten a little loose over the last few weeks. Sneaking in more sweets than I should be, having a few too many glasses of hard cider, adding a little too much cream to my coffee...you get the idea. This particular Whole30 will be difficult because as I said in my title, I've started it at a not so ideal time. With 4 days away from Thanksgiving and smack dab at the start of the holiday season--food is going to be everywhere! I will probably face some pretty hard temptations but all the more reason for me to be doing the Whole30. I will end just before Christmas Eve making Christmas even more worry free than I hope it will be. It will make my dad's famous homemade Christmas cookies taste that much better, and will make my one cup of eggnog that much more enjoyable. It will be a tough 30 days but with every Whole30 there is one line that I keep going back to -It's ONLY 30 days. I can do this, I've done it before and I'll do it again. This time, I plan to be successful. I doubt I will drop all 15lbs in one month and I plan to be as far away from the scale as possible until the very end of my Whole30, but I'd like to see a noticeable difference in my weight. Until next time...happy Whole30!

 I don't have a super recent picture of me, but this is me in September. Doesn't seem like I have a lot of weight to lose but I wouldn't mind dropping a few lbs and shaving off a few inches.