My Cheatin’ Heart

The good news is that I’m over my bout with the flu or whatever that was.  It was short-lived and thankfully I only missed one day of work.  That day when I stepped on the scale I was delighted, though not surprised, that I was down 2 pounds.  But I also knew I was dehydrated and it would quickly come back, which it did.

Now I’m in a weird place.  I allowed dairy back in a bit.  Then I had a couple baked steak fries.  Then I had a bit of chocolate, then a bit of carrots (all this week…not just today!) and now I’m feelin’ fat! 

I also find myself thinking about the long term….what if I just did a “balanced” eating plan?  What if I had a spoonful of brown rice? 

Jimmy Moore says that you should find what works for you and do it everyday for the rest of your life.  So does Paleo work for me?  Does low-carb?  Clearly, when you look at the weight chart on my BLOG, it appears to work better than high-carb/low-fat….but is there anything that works better?  I’ll be dead before I’m skinny, at this rate.

I just feel like nothing really, really works for me.  Everything works for a little while, and then it stops.  So today I’m discouraged and wish I could follow the Brownie Diet for a few days! 

Too Sick to Blog, II

This past week was so freakin’ crazy!  And I ended the weekend with a stomach bug, courtesy of my oldest daughter.  I’m wrapped up in a blanket in my flannel jammies, sipping diet Ginger Ale and I’m keeping down 4 saltines.  I feel 10x better than I did last night so that’s progress.

Amy’s outlined her plan post-30-day-challenge.  I’m not so sure where I’ll end up.  But can you believe it’s day 25?  Not bad!

I think I’ll allow some dairy, when it matters.  Sometimes you just need some cheddar cheese over that burger, you know?  But then there’s other times that it really doesn’t matter and I’ll try being moderate with it.  I may end up back with whey protein as opposed to the egg white protein powder though, just because the taste is so much better, and I don’t suffer from acne and don’t find it bothers me.

I am going to try, try, try to avoid grains.  I have an occasional potato or sweet potato and will continue to have small amounts of fruit.   That’s my plan – as it stands now.

Sorry all, I have to stop talking food…ewww. 

My many URL’s

I’m obsessed.  Literally obsessed, and I don’t know how to stop myself.  I officially have like 20 domains purchased! But two new ones I’m excited about are:

Healthy Kids Plates , Kids Dinner Plates and Free Healthy Meals.

They aren’t really set up well yet, but certainly they are going to make me millions and millions of dollars:)

Anyway- back to the purpose here.  I really do feel energized and thinner (although I still weight the same)

I think I’ve had 3 eggs with half an avocado every single day! It keeps me full till lunch, when I have leftovers from dinner the night before.  I’ve been snacking on apples and almond butter.  String cheese and greek yogurt, fruit, lot’s of carrots, and chicken breasts. 

I know we only have one week left.  However this is how I see the future:

more protein (especially the eggs and chicken)

More fat (especially the avocado’s)

One grain per day

1 dairy per day

unlimited fruits and vegetables.

Cravings

Yesterday I couldn’t believe the cravings I was experiencing!  I don’t know what got into me, but I wanted junk food! I wanted pastries, cookies, or anything with sugar and fat that I could get my hands on.   Lucky for me, I didn’t have anything like that in my house.. so I kept putting it off.  I knew I was going to the grocery store yesterday, so I decided ahead of time that I was going to buy something indulgent.  When I got there, I couldn’t do it! 

Then when everyone went to bed, I decided I was going to make something like cookie dough to just eat and enjoy… and I couldn’t do it!!  I woke up this morning a half pound lighter!!  Hooray that I didn’t give in!  It just goes to show how VITAL it is to not have junk food accessible IN my house.  If I had bought our Halloween candy already, there would have been NO stopping me.

My current weight 122.2

Sometimes We Struggle

Oohhh…I’m having a rough day!  Not sure what is causing it (couple o"’theories) but if there was a brownie or a cookie in my house right now, I would be eating it!  Of course, it does not help that I’m watching the QVC “In the Kitchen” show – all day kitchen stuff – and yes, I did buy the Today’s Special Value Vitamix!  So on top of wanting to eat carbs, I want to spend money!  It’s sick.

On Friday, which was the 1/2 way point to this Paleo experiment, I decided that I deserved a cheat meal.  My husband was at camp and I thought it’d be a nice night to take the girls out for dinner.  My plan – to splurge on some potatoes – either fries or mashed – but to avoid gluten.  Apparently a lot of people go out on Friday night.  I’m usually home in my sweatpants while the world is getting social.  So, after 2 tries at restaurants with long lines, we went to Pizza Hut and I had 2 slices of gluten.  However, it was good.  As you know, I’ve been avoiding dairy these weeks, too.  So it was really good.  I also had an ice cream to chase it down.  I was hungry, and I did not over-eat (quantity wise) so I felt OK about it.

Could that be what’s effecting me today?  Is Friday’s “sin” what’s causing me to want sweets?  Or is it because it’s the glorious time of the month and it’s just a “girl thing?”  I did hear Robb discuss this on an old podcast the other day and the verdict was that girls just have more cravings due to the biology & hormones….so it’s as I have always suspected….it sucks being a girl!!

So that’s where I am today.  This week I have 3 full days out of the office and I’m wondering how I’m going to manage with food.  I did purchase a box of Balance Bars for back-up, that I hope not to resort to eating.  We’ll see how I do!

Hey Amy, did I lose you?  How’s it going?

Back to Basics

Well, I’ve survived my first cold of the season.  It was touch and go for a while.  I spent an entire day in bed, got nothing done, and didn’t care.  During this lapse of health, I also had a few lapses of caring about being Paleo or anything else for that matter.  Though with the exception of the half bagel, I didn’t stray too far.

What has happened, though, is I’ve gotten sloppy, and cocky.  I had that nice loss last week and this week I find my hand going into the candy corn, I had a Munchkin’ donut hole yesterday, I ate some tater tots while cooking dinner the other day.  That’s the stuff that will do me in.  None of it monumental in volume or even deliciousness…just enough to be sketchy.

I’m hoping that on Saturday I’ll see a loss again, but this is the one week out of the month, if you catch my drift, where I usually gain 2 pounds, then lose 2 pounds, then find myself  just the same.  It’s frustrating.  This is further reinforcement to be “good” the other 3 weeks of each month so that I can make the most progress! 

On the different food note – I tried spaghetti squash tonight and it wasn’t bad.  It was my first try and it was a bit on the crunchy side, but I saved some left-over's and may see if it softens a bit when I re-heat it.  The fam wasn’t that impressed, though they were eating pasta and if I had that option I’d have picked that too.  But this was tolerable.

Here in the North East, we’re up for some more rain and cold temperatures the next few days so my goal is to be more careful as my outdoor opportunities for recreation will be nil.  Good time to get that sleep that’s so needed!

Feeling Great

Ahhh, I love the feeling of not having that training in front of me. When I’m doing stressful things, I EAT! When I’m super busy doing things i love (like working on my kids blog) I can go all day without thinking about food.  Eating becomes a drag, cause I just want to find ways to make money blogging!

Any-who! Yesterday was one of those days.

Breakfast- 3 eggs and blueberries (i’m out of avocado’s :( )

Lunch: beef stew from Sunday night (cuts of beef with carrots, potatoes, and onions)

Dinner: Chicken salad! MMMM, so good with shredded chicken and low fat mayo!

That was it.  I know I should have eaten more, but I didn’t have it in me.

I guess I don’t have to feel TOO bad, Kurt Harris http://www.paleonu.com/get-started/ says you can eat 2 meals per day!  He does ehttp://www.paleonu.com/panu-weblog/2009/11/13/what-i-eat.htmlat dairy though.. and so does Mark Sisson.  So, maybe it’s OK? Right Mindy?