ebm1224 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 ok, time to update this the best i can considering the site was not working yesterday.sat night:snack: cashews and sunflower seedssunday:breakfast: sausage, bacon, appledinner: moe's salad with chicken, steak, pico, guacamole, olives, cucumber, vinagrette dressingsnacks: london broil, almonds, sunflower seeds, craisins, dried apricoti feel like i ate other things too but i can't think of them right now.today:breakfast: bananalunch: salad with london broil, evoo, and balsamic vinegar, almonds, sunflower seeds, craisins, dried apricotsnack: apple Quote Link to post
ebm1224 Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 cycle class! monday's class is the best. dinner: chicken, mashed sweet potatos with cinammon, broccoli and carrots Quote Link to post
ebm1224 Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 holy crap! last day of the paleo challenge. it has been a serious learning experience. so, first off - food!breakfast: bananalunch: baked chicken, salad with some dried fruit and nuts with balsamic dressingsnack: banana, sunflower seeds, cashewsdinner is still to come.so, i have to say, that i really wanted an "aha" kind of moment with this paleo challenge. i wanted the clouds to part and for things to just because completely clear and to see a montage and such. but life is not that way. but i think i have changed for the better. first off, the numbers: i don't know my starting weight but i think it was likely around 155lbs. although my weight seems to fluxuate a good bit, i seem to be seeing the upper and even mid 140s nowadays. so i think it's safe to say i've lost at least 5lbs. i've gotten a workout in 3 days a week since starting this challenge. (i think i may have missed one or two days but i think i also went an extra once or twice...so overall i think i worked out an average of 3x per week). i think my stomach has been functioning better overall. not perfect and there have been some bumps in the road...but all in all i think it's better than it was. going forward here is my tentative plan: tomorrow, i will eat rice with dinner and then see how i feel for a day or two. if everything goes well, i'll add in something else in a couple days...beans or corn not sure which. after that i think will be legumes...peanuts and chickpeas (i miss hummus!). then i think we'll try some bread. then sugar. then milk. the basic goal is that i don't want to eat too many things at once that i've been avoiding for this past month. so, if i get mexican food, at least for now, i will likely eat paleo PLUS a tortilla OR paleo PLUS rice. i want to be able to look back and see where potential problems are if i have any sife effects.so, i said above that i haven't had an "aha" moment...i'm not sure that's entirely true. today i stopped to get gas. it was after work and i was starving. as i sat pumping gas, i thought about how, in the past, i would have run in for a candy bar...a twix most likely. and it sounded amazing. but then i thought "would that twix actually DO anything for me?" yes, it would taste good. but i'd be hungry again soon. and, for 250 calories, i could have something that would provide me some nutritional value...and actually keep me full for more than 10 minutes. i think i can do this. am i scared...yes. i'm afraid i'll mess up. i'm afraid i'll be back up 5 lbs in a week. i'm afraid that paleo is the ONLY way i can lose weight...even if it's not how i want to live. but i think i can do this. i think i can make better choices. i think i can eat a couple cheat meals a week and stick to healthy stuff otherwise. i've learned to cook so much better over this last month and i want to get better. i'm excited to eat some of my favorite things. but i'm excited to eat them more rarely than i have been. i dont know if i can do moderation. i want to eat half a pizza sometimes...but i think i can more easily say no to pizza the rest of the month now. small choices, big results. i hope this is true. btw, once i finish my last entry tonight, i think i'll start a blog. seems to be the way of the future around here Quote Link to post
Elastigirl Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Great job on the Paleo challenge. I think your gas station moment was a light bulb moment. That is really one of the big things Paleo did for me, help me to realize what was food and what was junk (candy bars sadly=junk) Maybe I'll still choose junk, but it's much rarer. Keep up the good work, I like your plan for introducing foods slowl. Quote Wisdom 15.5 Dexterity 11 Charisma 12 Strength 14 Constitution-11 Elastigirl:Just Living Life , Part II - Current Challenge: February 14 to March 20 - Nerd Fitness Rebellion "If more of us valued food and cheer and song, above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world" J.R.R.Tolkien Link to post
tymbles Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Nice going with the challenge. I'll be interested to see how you do once you start reintroducing the non-Paleo stuff. I guess, as you say, the important thing is to realise you can do without. That should make it easier to control your intake in future. Hope it all goes well. =] Quote Link to post
ebm1224 Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 dinner: talapia, red potatos with rep peppers, salad with evoo and balsamic vinegarsnack: apple Quote Link to post
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