Well friends here I am starting Week 4 on Paleo. I must say, I LOVE IT! I feel so good, I have energy and don't need an americano in the morning to function. Maybe that is also because I am going to bed earlier and getting more sleep. And I love sleep so this is a wonderful thing! I admit, to my shame, I did not work out once last week =/ So when I went to go weigh myself on the scale this morning I was indeed a bit nervous. But stepped on and sure enough, down 2 more lbs. I don't think I blogged last week but I lost 4 more lbs the week before this one.
THAT IS CRAZY!
That makes a total of 14 lbs since starting paleo and a total of 40 lbs for 2012. This really is the hardest physical thing I have ever done or worked for. I am finding that there really is a lot of temptation around me, but I am really lucky to have the support of my room mates, friends, family and church family that have all been very encouraging and helpful! I am blessed.
I finally took some cooking risks this last week and tried out some little ways to make my veggies taste better. I cannot lie, I am not too risky when it comes to cooking. I think it stems from the fact that I would be so disappointed in myself if I ruined something due to an experiment and had to throw it away. But, lucky for me, my room mate, friend who happens to be a wife and Momma to 3 kiddos, Morgan, offered to help me and see if we could figure out some ways to make my boring food taste yummy. SUCCESS! We did! She was such a help and so nice to offer her knowledge in cooking to help this intimidated Dino-chow eater out a bit =D Now I feel like I can take a few more risks with what I cook and not have to eat plain veggies.
--Notice that I have been talking mostly about making the veggies taste good. HUGE fruit fan, but plain veggies without some dressing, not my cup of tea. That is still a tough one for Tay. And speaking of tea, tea without sugar, sweetener or milk is not my cup of tea either I've found out.
The other hard thing for me has been budgeting and planning like I had predicted. But thankfully I think I am onto a budget plan that will help me to not go without paleo food for a few days. Not gonna lie, I live a paycheck to paycheck lifestyle like a lot of people I know, and I've always had a hard time saving money, so I almost had to go back to eating top ramen and microwave foods. Which is okay. but not ideal for my current goals in getting healthy. However, I did receive the, "It's okay to do that." from a fellow Paleo-ian? ite?... from another person who eats paleo, and she said it was okay. Not the normal response when following a strict type of eating! this blew my mind and has taken some pressure that I tend to put on myself to not screw up. Phew!
For me, I fall off the wagon so easy when it comes to junk food because I love it so! So when I allow myself a little, I have found I don't have a lot of self discipline to stop after just one meal, or one day even. I've been learning a huge lesson in self motivation and self discipline these past few weeks. Such a challenge, but it just goes to show that you're never too old to change your ways!
Here's to the next weigh in!
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