Going Paleo

In an attempt to get the most out of myself, my workouts and my life, I've made a change.  I've been harboring a secret fascination with the Paleo diet for awhile now. Other bloggers that I've followed have had awesome results and loudly proclaim the virtues of this way of eating.  So, in the last week or so, I've done a ton of reading about it and, to be honest, it makes sense to me.

I was trying to work up the courage to plead my case to Hubby in hopes that he would join me in this new venture, but turns out I didn't have to.  He heard me talking to his dad about it and said "Let's do it!".  So, over the last day or so we've been trying to ease into the Paleo way of eating.  We're going to give it a serious try for about 30 days and see how we feel.

Yesterday was only partially Paleo for me.  I went out shopping, to get stocked up on things we needed, and got SERIOUSLY hungry.  Like, I was gonna hurl shortly if some kind of grub didn't get in the tank.  Unfortunately, we were at Costco and I couldn't stomach the thought of either a hot dog or pizza (although they DID sound good).  So I got the new turkey & provolone toasted sandwich and ate about half of it.

One exception I am making on this plan is that I will continue drinking my morning coffee with cream and sugar.  I'll cut dairy and sugar and grains out of the rest of my day, but there's no way in hell I am giving up my morning coffee.  And trust me, you don't want me to.  This cavegirl would be VERY, VERY cranky if she had to give up her morning brew.

So.

To chronicle this, I'm going to try to keep a daily log of what I eat, maybe even a few photographs and recipes too.  I also want to take Before & After photos of Hubby and I, just for our own viewing (unless of course I suddenly turn into a supermodel), but it'll be a good visual of any progress we make.  I will continue working out along the way.  Hubby is doing it mostly for the weight loss and I'm just trying to see if I can shed this layer of "fluff" that is padding my tightening muscles.  And I'm just really curious about what results I'll see.

Day 1 (so far):

Morning Eats:
2 cups of coffee w/ cream & a little sugar (I did cut it back a bit)
1 glass of Odwalla Superfood
1 cup of Vanilla Almond Milk (sweetened...it's what I had open and I didn't win the lottery so I can't afford to throw away food at this point)
1 Gala apple w/ almond butter
This yummy breakfast bread, which will be a staple.  I didn't use the Stevia as I don't have any.

Lunch Eats:
Scrambled egg with antelope sausage and onions

I'm headed off to work now and have packed myself a big salad full of veggies, a few slivered almonds and dried cranberries.  I'll bring along some snacks because I know I'll be hungry.  I haven't had nearly enough protein today, but I got busy.  We'll work on coming up with a meal plan for the week maybe tomorrow, because I can already tell that lack of planning will be our downfall. Eating this way requires preparation and planning.  Otherwise it'll be way too easy to grab something unhealthy.