Travel

When it comes time to travel as a Paleo, it's hard because you have to plan ahead; especially if you are driving out into the middle of no where California on a bus with students. I packed my food which served to be a great idea despite the looks haha.

I packed : 2 apples, 4 clementines, 3 pieces of dark chocolate, turkey jerky, mango slices, avocado, sautéed veggies and sweet potatoes, almond bitter, roasted almonds and 5 meatballs. And I will say I ate most of it!

It is so hard to know that I was going to be so far away from home with only fast food as choices to eat. But I made it through with some planning, a supportive wife, and the best Tupperware I could find!

Energy and recommitting

Since recommitting to Paleo my energy level has gone through the roof. I think part of my sluggish feeling was the allowing certain things into my system that weren't Paleo but gluten free. Now that I haven't indulged in Yogurtland, Zpizza or gluten free bread in the d-hall, hot cookies from the d-hall or any other non-Paleo indulgence  I have had a boost in energy! I feel like I did at the beginning of this adventure and I'm thankful for that. For instance, for a few weeks it has been IMPOSSIBLE for me to get out of bed in the morning. I was unwilling to admit to myself that it was because of the various cheat foods I was allowing myself each and every day but now I clearly see that's true. This morning I popped out of bed around 6:30, gave Stella a walk, went and got coffee, and made breakfast AND was early to work! I feel better.

I still can't believe how closely tied food and energy is. I find it interesting that last night, I was Facetiming with a close friend and was able to consider walking Stella at 8:30pm. I firmly believe it's the recommitting to Paleo that has provided me this burst of new energy. I'm feeling good and hoping that I'm on the right track again with my Paleo lifestyle. 

I will continue my journey and continue the adventure because there are only a few weeks left of dining hall food which means, COOKING! I'm so excited for cooking. I want to experiment with bone broth and various Paleo recipes! I'm beyond excited that I can barely control myself!!!!

I have also been tracking my weight (because I'm on my period) and it's so interesting to see how weight fluctuates while one is on their period. 

Periods and Paleo

What sucks when I have my period is I am craving, like nothing else, is brownies. From the box, Betty Crocker brownies. Not paleo brownies. I'm hardcore desiring and craving these bad boys. It sucks too because I, A. Can't have them because of the gluten And B. can't go get them ... Sad!!!!!!

I'm going to try and figure out good paleo period treats so I can eat some things that are sweet and satisfy cravings.

Periods suck

Tums, antacids, miralax

These are all drugs that we've had in our house for various issues.

Tums for upset stomachs, antacids for acid reflux (which Eb suffered from at least twice a week), and miralax because I couldn't relieve my bowel without hurting myself. 3 months and all of thse things are no longer in use. Except Eboni occasionally needs to take an antacid because as she has gotten less strict about Paleo eating, she's gotten some aic reflux again. If this doesn't tell you anything about Paleo's benefits, I don't know what would?!

I no longer have to use miralax to soften my stool so I don't hurt myself and I no longer have to ingest tums because my stomach is hurting due to something I ate. I am confident that the foods we eat are attached to the drugs we take.

I saw a commercial for tums and the tag line was "for when your favorite foods don't agree with you" and it was a woman eating a fast food burger. Of course her stomach is hurting! She's not eating real food, she's eating fast food. I understand that fast food could be all some people afford, I get it. I also understand sometimes it's just easier but I know for a fact now, that the food we eat, is very much connected to our needing to use drugs or not.

And now that we've recommitted to our Paleo lifestyle, I'm looking forward to all the benefits Paleo has to offer us. And that's a beautiful thing!

Paleo 2.0 starts today!

Today marks 3 months since we started Paleo! Exciting! And today we recommit to the lifestyle. No more excuses, exceptions, "but I just..." Recommitting and new goals in place! It's easy to make excuses especially living on a college campus. Not only do we have the dining hall but everything here revolves around food (which in itself is interesting because we are a women's college and I can't tell you how many disordered eating/eating disorder cases we have--but that's neither here not there). I find myself allowing myself to "cheat" or bend more than I should (maybe more than the 20 out of the 80/20 rule) and then it's a downward spiral and upward crawl on the scale.

True, eating this way isn't about the scale but that is a nice side effect. ;) I can't tell you the number of compliments I've gotten this week and I think the compliments are HELPING me recommit.

I also am interested in reading more about the things I love (Asian food, rice, gluten free bread) because I know about the things I no longer crave so helping myself understand about the things I love/crave might help me stay clear.

So we recommit today and it feels good. I do have some goals and maybe ill share them here...

Get back to lifting.
Loose another 10lbs of fat (I know muscle weighs more than fat) and get into size 8.
Start walking for an hour 3 days a week again.
Start the 30 squat challenge again after this one.

Lil Paleo vs Gluten free lady

Yesterday was a gluten free day and not so Paleo. Which has me totally messed up today. I feel bloated and sluggish. So no more, "it's gluten free!" I have to be strict again. I have the most energy when I'm strict Paleo. It's just hard to stick so closely to Paleo when there are so many delicious NON-Paleo items in the dining hall.

It was brought to my attention that tomorrow is marks 3 months as Paleo. In 3 months, I've lost 11lbs, gained increased energy and normal bowel movements (which might not be a big deal to anyone but me or anyone that struggles with digestion). It truly has been a remarkable 3 months and tomorrow we get strict again.

Now is the time!!!! Yayaya Paleo!

Dang it!!! Rice is my weakness!!!!!