How to prepare for a 14-day food experiment.
The mental, logistical and social preparation that makes short experiments feasible.
A short food experiment fails or succeeds mostly in the week before it starts. Once Day 1 arrives, there is very little left to decide. The interesting question is what you have already handled.
The logistical part is small and boring. Buy what you need. Prep what you can prep on one Sunday. Store it where you will actually see it. Have a place to sit down and eat that does not involve looking at a phone. None of this is remarkable. All of it is load-bearing.
The social part is the one people underestimate. Tell the people close to you what you are doing and, more importantly, when it ends. Fourteen days is short. Most people will politely wait it out. Give them a date on the calendar so they can.
The mental part is a single sentence. This is temporary. Not a lifestyle, not an identity, not a claim about food. You are running a two-week observation and then you are going back to a normal life. Preparation is the practice of believing that sentence in advance.
The complete protocol — including foods, quantities and daily schedule — is inside the paid guide.