Yeah!! I love a challenge! Day 1

Just what I needed to get and stay on track! I'm in and so excited. Thanks, Mark!
This has been a summer of ice cream and birthday cake. It has also been a summer of yoga, swimming, walks outside and CSA veggies. So, while not the "Paleo Trial" I had originally intended, I'm making slow progress and am hoping to see some improvement in my labs. I just couldn't put the cholesterol check off any longer. I'm finally checking it on Aug 10. I have been putting it off because I've been scared that my cholesterol will be high and my doctor will recommend increasing the medication. There is a terrible history of heart disease in my family and I have a lot of fear surrounding the whole thing.
Time to move ahead. No fear, as they say.

back on track--again!

Thanks for the words of support! You guys rock, or should I say Grok. I feel SO much better eating primal and I love to exercise, it doesn't make sense to fall back into old habits and feel crap. I guess that's why its called a habit.
I'm starting to read Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson today. What a great resource! He seems like a sweet person, too.
My kids will be attending a class at the zoo today. They get to help prepare the meal for the big cats--very cool. I'm planning to fire up my home Bikram studio today while they are away, and have a great workout.
Love and rockets to you!

I quit

I quit my paleo trial, now I'm back.
Unquit.
I had a big freakout about food, my weight, blogging, yoga. Think it all started when I decided to cancel my membership at the yoga studio due to lack of funds. I do Bikram yoga and love and need it beyond all words. I get crazy in the head when I stop practicing.
It is a long standing pattern of mine to go on obsessive kicks about food, trying to lose the extra fat, then get sick of the obsessing and all the space it takes up in my life, then quit.
I've decided to take up my yoga practice at home (which will be an interesting challenge what with heating and humidifying our bedroom), follow the primal diet, and continue to read your fine blogs and maintain my own.
Thanks for checking in on me and thanks for sticking with the plan. You are all an inspiration.
I'm going to the doctor on July 30th to have my labs checked.

tuesday weigh-in

188. Unchanged from last week. That is good news to me!
Last week was *that time of the month* and I wanted to eat sweetened cereal or ice cream bad. And I ate some of it, but not nearly as much as I would have if I weren't trying to eat primal.
I wonder what the purpose of premenstrual carb craving is? Every human drive has an evolutionary purpose that developed for good reason. The sex drive, the maternal instinct, hunger, thirst, fear, fatigue, its all there to tell us something important so we can do the right things to preserve our lives and propagate our species. But PMS? What is it good for? I think the irritability is good for keeping your mate away from you at a time when you are not fertile anyway. I guess that makes sense. But the carb craving...and the strange feeling of never feeling full. I wonder......

not so paleo

This weekend was not so great. I worked both days at the hospital and felt totally drained. Saturday eating was paleo, but I went to bed at 5pm and didn't get up until 6am. So there was my intermittent fast! Sunday, I ate candy and ice cream at work and popcorn for dinner. I felt down all weekend. No exercise. I didn't have any alcohol, though. So there is one thing I did right.
So, its a new day, as they say. This kids are home from school for the summer as of today. It's pouring rain out. But I'm determined to have a good day.
Carpe diem.

Happy Tuesday

188 today. I'm so glad to be out of the 190's. I've been stuck for so long. It's really been pretty painless eating this way! The meat provides a full feeling for a long time. Fruit and veg taste so good, especially this time of year. Yogurt and cheese, well they sort of speak for themselves. Nuts are amazing.
In the upcoming week, I plan to:
Have the open meal and avoid all other "off plan" foods entirely ( last week I never really had the open meal, but "cheated" frequently)
Walk or yoga everyday
Get more info on other workouts
Help my husband get primal
Have a peaceful Tuesday!

Update

Tuesday weigh in is tomorrow, but today is the 2 week update. I've been doing pretty well with the food. Not as well as I thought I would. There have been 2 or 3 days on total noncompliance, but overall, I've followed pretty closely to the plan I set out. (see sidebar "simple plan") I need more exercise.
I also wonder how accurate the dang Tanita scale can be. After yoga, I can have 125 pounds of muscle and 31% fat. A morning after going to bed hungry, I can have 112 pounds muscle and 36% fat and weigh 2 pounds less. Huh. Any insights from anyone?
But the numbers looked good today, so I'll take them.