I lost 6.5 more lbs! Or 2.95 kilos! YES!!! That makes my total lost to date: 24.5 lbs or 11.14 kilos.
This is after 7 weeks of eating paleo/primal. An average of 3.5 lbs(1.59kilos) a week. I much prefer pounds. :-)
What I found absolutely amazing about all of this is that I am HARDLY EVER HUNGRY. For realz yo. That is something I never experienced on any other diet or way of eating. I don't even look at it as a diet anymore, but simply more of a lifestyle way of eating. I honestly don't like how I feel if I eat breads, grains, and sugars. They were killing me in more ways than one. I have not felt one ounce of deprivation and can easily pass up sugary snacks and everything else that comes my way. Color me happy!
This weight loss comes after a couple of weeks where I wasn't seeing the scale budge despite sticking to the diet.( I think it was stress) I just started a new job and I was wondering how everything would work out with preparing food for work, stress of a high volume call center, feeling self-concious about eating all this nommy food in front of unbelievers, and simply wondering if I could stick to it. Surprisingly, I had no troubles. I made some great food and stuck to it.
Here's a sample of my weekly menu:
Monday
Breakfast
Coffee with 5 tblspns of pure cream
water w/ vitamins (magnesium, D, Multi, Cod Liver Oil)
Lunch
Ground Beef(mince) casserole( sour cream, cheese, zucchini, tomatoes) (Le Yummy!)
Water
Dinner
Ground Beef casserole again-it was that good.
iced tea( green tea w/ mango flavoring)
Tuesday
Breakfast
Coffee w/5 tblspns cream
Water w/Vitamins
2 pieces of bacon
Lunch
Egg salad with bacon and avocado wrapped in lettuce leaves.
iced tea
Dinner
Steak fried in bacon fat
Broccoli
Iced Tea
Wednesday
Breakfast
Coffee w 5 tblspns cream
Water w/ vitamins
Lunch
Egg salad with bacon and avocado in lettuce leaves
Water
Dinner
Chicken in cream sauce
Zucchini
Whipped cream with blueberries and vanilla(ZOMG!)
Thursday
Breakfast
3 pieces of bacon
2 eggs
water w/ vitamins
Lunch
Chicken and steak pieces with sour cream
Sugar Free lemonade( I know it's not paleo/primal, but it hit the spot)
Snack
Cheese stick
coffee with a bit of whole milk( long day of training)
Dinner
a few bites of chicken. (wasn't very hungry)
water
Friday
Breakfast
Coffee with 5 tblspns of cream
Water w/ vitamins
Lunch
Chicken with sour cream
Water
Dinner
T-Bone steak with a mushroom cream sauce( To die for)
Broccoli
S.F. Lemonade
I know a nutritionist trained in the food pyramid would throw a hissy fit and start head rolling if they saw this menu. But you know what they can't argue? The way I feel. How can extra energy, better sleep, clearer skin, weight loss, and a clearer head be a bad thing?? These are the best benefits! I wasn't getting ANY of that on a conventional diet. None. It's all been a big, fat lie. I know better now.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Meat and Greet
July 31, 2010 -I woke up with back pain, numbness in my arm and hand, and when I stepped out of bed the pain in my heel was sharp and unrelenting. If it wasn't for the sleep apnea machine I used I would have been in a far worse mood from lack of sleep. As it was, I was tired anyway. Tired of being fat, and tired of hurting. Sleep shouldn't hurt. It hurt. I decided then and there that I couldn't do it anymore and something had to be done. That morning I went out and bought The Atkins New Diet Revolution and began to read.
I've been overweight almost my whole life. My chubby childhood, albeit with a brief skinny period between age 11-12, transitioned into a chubby adulthood, and then a just plain fat one. I have yo-yo'd so much I should have a string tied around my waist. I have been on almost every popular diet. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, Beverly Hills Diet, Lose 10lbs in 5 days diet, Soup diet, Lean Cuisine diet, Fat-free diet, South Beach, and many more. All of them swore to make me thinner and healthier. I would have a little success and then I only ended up fatter and beat myself up over my lack of willpower. I was always hungry. That never went away. Doctors told me I needed to lose weight. Just eat less. Don't eat after 7pm. Get more exercise. Eat lots of fruit. Eat high fiber. Done, Done, Done, Done, and DONE. I wasn't even back to square one anymore; I was at negative one.
The day after I started reading Atkins I started eating low-carb. I have never been more determined in my life. After 2 weeks of Induction I lost 9 lbs. *Happy dance* The third week I stalled. I hear that's normal. I had a problem though. I wasn't budging despite eating as told. Sure I had more energy and less cravings, but where was the lost poundage man?!? I started researching ways to get over the hump, and ran across a post on a low-carbers forum that mentioned Paleo eating. Como say huh? Eating primal? Before the age of agriculture? Seriously? I was intrigued. I don't know about anyone else, but having knowledge at my fingertips and information a few short clicks away, I get giddy and carried away. I spent the rest of the day looking it all up, and then the rest of the week as well. The blog that made it all click for me was the PaNu Blog. written by Dr. Kurt Harris M.D. I decided to try it and immediately felt better, had ZERO hunger, and the lbs started melting. Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!! As of today I am down 18 lbs and still losing.
This diet is controversial. This diet may not be everyone's cup of tea. This diet may even incite anger and ridiculous rants over ruining our health. I don't believe that. I want to give this a thorough try, and make my own judgments. Just what if everything we have been told about diet and health is wrong. Just what if eating "healthy" breads and grains, and staying away from fats was actually putting us on a an endless rollercoaster of constant hunger and consumption that only led us to Diabetesville and Heart Disease City, and Obesity Point. I believe my body is proof positive that it is not only grossly wrong, but dangerously misguiding. I ask only that people ask themselves questions and open themselves up to possibilities. I don't expect everyone to understand, but I would hope that people would be respectful.
So this is my blog. I am making myself accountable to the blogosphere. I encourage anyone reading this to check out my links and learn a little about this from others with far more experience than myself.
Meat for the WIN!
I've been overweight almost my whole life. My chubby childhood, albeit with a brief skinny period between age 11-12, transitioned into a chubby adulthood, and then a just plain fat one. I have yo-yo'd so much I should have a string tied around my waist. I have been on almost every popular diet. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, Beverly Hills Diet, Lose 10lbs in 5 days diet, Soup diet, Lean Cuisine diet, Fat-free diet, South Beach, and many more. All of them swore to make me thinner and healthier. I would have a little success and then I only ended up fatter and beat myself up over my lack of willpower. I was always hungry. That never went away. Doctors told me I needed to lose weight. Just eat less. Don't eat after 7pm. Get more exercise. Eat lots of fruit. Eat high fiber. Done, Done, Done, Done, and DONE. I wasn't even back to square one anymore; I was at negative one.
The day after I started reading Atkins I started eating low-carb. I have never been more determined in my life. After 2 weeks of Induction I lost 9 lbs. *Happy dance* The third week I stalled. I hear that's normal. I had a problem though. I wasn't budging despite eating as told. Sure I had more energy and less cravings, but where was the lost poundage man?!? I started researching ways to get over the hump, and ran across a post on a low-carbers forum that mentioned Paleo eating. Como say huh? Eating primal? Before the age of agriculture? Seriously? I was intrigued. I don't know about anyone else, but having knowledge at my fingertips and information a few short clicks away, I get giddy and carried away. I spent the rest of the day looking it all up, and then the rest of the week as well. The blog that made it all click for me was the PaNu Blog. written by Dr. Kurt Harris M.D. I decided to try it and immediately felt better, had ZERO hunger, and the lbs started melting. Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!! As of today I am down 18 lbs and still losing.
This diet is controversial. This diet may not be everyone's cup of tea. This diet may even incite anger and ridiculous rants over ruining our health. I don't believe that. I want to give this a thorough try, and make my own judgments. Just what if everything we have been told about diet and health is wrong. Just what if eating "healthy" breads and grains, and staying away from fats was actually putting us on a an endless rollercoaster of constant hunger and consumption that only led us to Diabetesville and Heart Disease City, and Obesity Point. I believe my body is proof positive that it is not only grossly wrong, but dangerously misguiding. I ask only that people ask themselves questions and open themselves up to possibilities. I don't expect everyone to understand, but I would hope that people would be respectful.
So this is my blog. I am making myself accountable to the blogosphere. I encourage anyone reading this to check out my links and learn a little about this from others with far more experience than myself.
Meat for the WIN!
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