Now I know what you are thinking...."Really Three days in and you are already giving up on it?! That's not enough time to try it out?!" And I get it, three days isn't enough time at all, it's really not enough time to do anything!
But hear me out! I had started writing a post in here about how I have struggled with my weight, and my working out, and my diet, for many years. I was so excited to get started on this new eating plan that was so dubbed "The Caveman Diet" because you eat basically everything that a caveman would have eaten in his day.
The first day I did great, I was eating everything that was on the plan I was going by, and when I went to go workout, I felt as though I had a bit more energy. The extra energy in itself was a plus for me, because those of you who know me, know that I am ALWAYS tired! I have had almost every test that can be run on me and it was finally a matter of "we can't find anything wrong with you, so we are just going to classify you as have Chronic Fatigue syndrome"...Google it, its not all that it's cracked up to be. That night I woke up every 2 hours to go to the bathroom, because I had drank so much water that day, I was "flushing" my system out. Not too bad, but when it was finally time for me to wake up in the morning and get my day started, I had a migraine already. And I was starving! So I started making breakfast to try and fill myself up. Eggs...that was on the menu for breakfast everyday for a week. Now I can eat eggs, I don't mind eating eggs, but I HAVE to be in the mood for eggs, which only happens maybe once a month. I think it might be a consistency thing, or just a taste thing, but as soon as I put it in my mouth, I gagged so much that I had to spit it back out. The rest of the day was pretty much the same story, my head was killing me, I was constantly hungry and nothing, I repeat NOTHING I was doing was helping me out. Despite the pain and the fact that I was so hungry, I thought my stomach might eat itself, I still went to the gym and pushed through an hour and a half workout. I felt a lot better when I was through, my headache was going away and so were my hungry pains, however I started to feel weak and kinda of woozy while making my way up and down the aisles of Harris Teeter in hopes of finding something I could eat for dinner. I decided on chili with ingredients that I could have that were Paleo Friendly and bought the one thing I love but couldn't top it with for my husband...Cheese.
You really don't know that you miss something so bad, or how often you think about food...until you can't have something. And for the past 2 days that's all I have thought about, I mean things that I never eat any way. Like Bojangles chicken, I drove past coming back from the Y and I suddenly had the urge to eat some. Weird considering I haven't had any in over a year...maybe 2!
Which brings me to today, I woke up this morning still with a slight pain in my head and my stomach growling. I decided that I had to make something work for Breakfast, that is where your day starts, you know! So against everything I had read about in the "what not to eat" section of Paleo, I poured myself a bowl of whole grain cheerios and poured some almond milk in, and enjoyed it! Then while I was fixing breakfast for the two boys I keep, I felt the cheese in the fridge that I had bought for Pat last night taunting me! I gave in...I know, I'm weak. For what its worth though I was pretty sure that I was going to throw it back up, as it was a shock to my system. But my headache went away!
So in all this I have made a decision, I have really been thinking a lot about this eating change and trying to figure out what to do. And that's the thing I need to figure out what is best for ME! Diet fads come and go and there are some that work for some people and for others it doesn't. Strictly Paleo just isn't for me, I can handle the fresh ingredients and am so glad that I can eat meat, but for me it was the no dairy, or cheese to be precise! I can give up the bread, I can give up the coffee, and I can give up the sugar. I can't however cut out dairy entirely. I feel that was one of the reasons that my body took it so hard and its didn't quite work out as I thought it would. I gave up everything cold turkey, just like that I went from a daily routine of the same things over and over, to a completely new meal plan.
So whats next for me in this weight loss journey...I am going to continue to eat more fresh fruits and veggies, (I did eat spinach the other night, and actually liked it!) and I spent over $200 on food that will be consumed, as well I am going to continue to not eat any grains and try to target in on gluten free products. I really feel like there are more products and meals that can keep me full and are easy to purchase that are gluten free friendly. Almond milk will be a regular in the fridge, as will other dairy products, I will however be limiting my daily and weekly intake of these dramatically. Processed foods and sugars won't be allowed for me and my workout will increase to at least 5 times a week. I know that going gluten free can be considered another "fad" for those that don't necessarily have an allergy to it, as many of you know my husband and I have been trying for many years to get pregnant, and I have had many people tell me that cutting gluten out of your diet, has been proving effective for many couples. So if it's something that we can try and doesn't include another costly visit to the doctors office, and can also be done in the privacy of our home...I'm in!
So If the Paleo eating plan has worked for you...I am so stoked and applaud your commitment to something that not everyone can do. For me its all in finding out what I can do to get where I want to be and be happy with my decsion.
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