As you may remember, I went paleo a couple years ago and lost 65 pounds in 4 months. I fell off the paleo bandwagon and I now regret it. I have been trying Weight watchers since January and it has been a big fat failure. I have only lost about 15 pounds and I have brain fog, my depression and anxiety is back, my face is a mess, I am tired and cranky all the time among other things.
Trish started paleo a couple of weeks ago and reading her posts has inspired me to go back to paleo. I start today. I am doing a whole 30 for April. From my last experience, I know I will feel like crap for about a month until my body detoxes. Then I will feel amazing again. I have a support system in place to help me through the first month.
I will be using My Fitness Pal to keep track of what I eat. I will limit myself to 50 carbs a day. I know from experience I do better with fewer carbs. My body REALLY can’t handle an overload of carbs. Especially refined carbs. I feel sick and tired and I do not get much done. I can’t wait for the brain fog to lift and I can use my full creative powers again. I remember the last time after a couple of months on paleo, I was brimming with writing and blog posts ideas and even my writing was so much better. It was clearer and had more depth.
One of the reasons that I fell off the bandwagon was that I was not really prepared. I would wait until I got hangry and then scramble around for something to eat. This really threw off my eating. This time I am gonna stock up on foods and snacks and have them ready so I won’t be tempted to go to Burger King. I am going to go through restaurant menus in my area so I know what I can and can’t have before I go. If I go to a social outing where there will be food, I will bring my own. Being prepared in advance is the key to making this lifestyle work.
I have wanted to learn how to cook for a while now and this is the perfect time to learn how to do so. I have lots of recipes I want to try out. There are a gazillion paleo/primal recipes on the web. I have a few favorites from last time so that will be a good place to start.
I am also going to do meal planning. Last time I didn’t and I made it her than it had to be to stick to this lifestyle. You can do this on My Fitness Pal so that will make it easy.
I am really excited to embark on what will now be a permanent lifestyle. Losing weight is only one of the many benefits to this way of living. I can’t wait until I feel at the top of my game so to speak and start living life abundantly!
