Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Running Behind... Here's the week two update.

My new ice cream.

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Week two not as good. It was harder. I didn't have all the same euphoric highs. I am wondering if part of it was the cold weather and we did go out of town so it was more difficult to eat clean.
But... I am still going for it.

I am reading a lot and that can be confusing as everybody has a different opinions and it works differently for everyone. I am trying to be basic for 30 days as I sort our what works for me. Then I will begin to add different foods back in to see how they make me feel and preform in my workouts.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

My First Week Of Paleo Eating...

Well, I made it and it wasn't that bad. Actually, I felt much better than normal all week. I even started to think I was just experiencing a mind trick.

I ate nothing (except for a couple instances) but meat, vegetables, fruit and nuts (almonds). I had a small tortilla and whatever sauce was in my wrap on Monday, then on Thursday I had some salad dressing and blue cheese. Besides that it was really clean eating.

My energy was way up, I felt great every morning (except the morning after the dressing,
by then I had felt deprived and was licking out of the
little cups). The weird thing, too me, was that I
never really felt hungry all week. I would get to
mid afternoon and would eat more food just cause
I hadn't eaten in a while.

I ate eggs, elk meat (thanks Franco), chicken breasts, apples, oranges, carrots, lettuce and almonds. I seasoned the meat and used salsa. I don't know where salsa falls but most the ingredients looked Paleo to me. I did not eat any breads, sugars or sweets of any kind.

There was temptations. The family ate two
pizzas one night and they definitively made my
mouth water. I wasn't sure if I wanted to have
a "cheat" day as I thought it would just make
me give up. However, for "experimental" reasons I decided to cheat today with a big bowl of ice cream. My wife asked, "Do you want these sauces on it too?" I said why not but I hope you know the number to 911. After 8 days I thought it might knock me out. It has made me fill sluggish but I don't feel like I lost control and I will continue the Paleo eating the rest of the day and again all week.

Bottom line. I lost 8 pounds, preformed my workouts better and generally felt great all week! So I am moving forward. I have read the books and the testimonies but I have never really put forth the effort until now but I think I cleared a hurtle. By the way, I am sure I saved money. I would usually eat so much more than I did this week.

Can't wait to report next week. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Take a look at the links at the top to read more about Paleo eating and Zone eating.

Peace Out.