A Month of Not-So-Paleo Eating

After coming home from the marathon over Spring Break (I'll post on that eventually but you can see all of the pictures on my Facebook page) I haven't been able to get the grains and sugar back out of my diet. I've managed to go about 3 days at most. Thankfully my weight has pretty well held steady during this time just going up and down by about 3 pounds.

Right now I'm on a mini vacation while the husband is working a softball tournament and I've been going on a culinary tour of the little city where we are staying. It's been tasty but it's all going to have to end soon.

My main struggle with eating paleo has been eating out. I can generally find something low carb on the menu wherever we go, but that's not the same thing as eating paleo or primal. We probably go out to eat more than we should but I'm not sure I'm ready to give that up. There are several reasons, one is that I hate my kitchen. I dread having to cook in there. It is amazing how much you really need countertops next to the stove and how frustrating it is when you don't have counter space. Second, I am exhausted when I get home and really don't want to cook. Lame, I know, I should utilize the crockpot and such but I don't because I'm not in planning mode. Third, my stomach has been killing me lately! All of the stress I've been under for the last month has led to the production of excess acid which has led to feeling like my heart is going to explode even while taking two nexium and a zantac every day. While I know intellectually that eating better will help with this last complaint, I just can't get my body to cooperate.

With all of these excuses, let's call them what they are, they will be gone soon! We close on our new house in just 4 days and then we move in one month later and the kitchen in my new home is light and airy and open to the living room. So excited! Also, school is almost done for the year. I just have to grade final exams and then submit my final grades and it's over, my research papers are due the following week and the home buying process will be over by then as well. All of the current stressors will be coming to an end soonand while I know that new stress will come up I'm hopeful that I will not be challenged in quite the same way next year!

I guess all of this is to say that while I haven't been focusing on my health this past month I haven't given up on living a primal life. I truly believe it's the best way to live and am looking forward to giving it 100% beginning on Monday morning :)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Oops, I sort of fell off the wagon. It all began on Saturday when we went to help my sister and her family move. While we were arranging furniture she told me that she is expecting a baby. Big shock. We had just been discussing non-hormonal BC options the week before. Definitely an unplanned pregnancy. I began to get stressed on her behalf. I am looking forward to being close by for this little ones first few years since I missed that with her other kids but, all I could think was, how on earth are they going to pay for this? Where will they put the baby? What will she do about work? I know it's not my place to worry and I should be thrilled but it's scary. Doctors aren't sure how the chemo and herceptin treatments from her breast cancer (finished treatments 2 years ago) will affect the baby. I guess all I can do is pray that the baby is healthy but I'm just worried. So, I ate a bunch of greasy fried stuff for dinner.

Then, Sunday was my first anniversary with my husband. We laid on the beach and didn't have enough water with us. We went to dinner and then to Golden Spoon. It was a perfect day and I really enjoyed the relaxation but it got me out of the habit of logging my food.

Last night was a dinner gathering with friends where the husbands were in charge of the food and there was a lot of meat without many sides! It tasted good but wasn't so healthy.

Today was my first day at work alone with the kid. I'm a nanny and the mom had a c-section this afternoon so I took the kid to school, made play dough, made pancakes and froze them for dad, picked him up and took him to his second preschool, picked him up again and entertained him. It all went really smoothly but I took advantage of being out and about and bought some sour patch kids and ate leftovers that were very tasty but not very healthy.

Well, the leftovers are gone. I'm blogging all of the catastrophe and I'll move on tomorrow and get back on track. I'm certain that I'll be posting a gain tomorrow which is really sad since I got down to 202.8 on Thursday morning last week. Now I'm heading into that time of the month and I probably won't see a loss for a few weeks, especially since we are going to Vegas this weekend to visit my grandparents and attend a wedding. This will be my first time staying on the strip and I've already told my husband that I will be drinking and taking advantage of the weekend away :)

Okay, that's all for now. I'll post my progress tomorrow and let you know what the scale said.