Day 7

Yesterday was exceedingly difficult. Like walk to New Orleans with no shoes on difficult. I guess because of what I'm referring to as the "french fry incident" my body is back to craving the carbs worse than ever. I managed to stay within the goal but craved something sweet last night. We had some millionaires left over from the holidays so I thought what the heck. After 2 bites it didn't taste the same as they had a week earlier. It tasted off and was way too sweet. Guess my body is staring to take the change. I'm looking forward to a sweet potato this week. I've not been overly fond of them in the past so let's hope that my fast buds change.

Day 6...

This is a time that I find the hardest. This is about the time that the carb cravings kick in. Last night I begged my husband to get me some french fries. Still not all that bad but I ate a family size...by myself. Needless to say, I was hurting some kind of awful last night. Was it worth it? The first few bites were awesome! By the 5th french fry I could have said no. I need to stop and ask myself "do I really want _____________?" The fries was an impulse thing last night and I paid for it.

This morning looks like an egg and chicken patty kind of morning. Also going to need to find a good recipe for kale chips to curb the munchies I'm bound to have later. For those of you who might be wondering, weigh ins are only on Saturdays. Since I seem to be a work-a-holic this is the most practical day for me to get this done.

It begins again...

So with a new year beginning again, I thought I would give this whole Paleo thing another try. I mean I know that it works and having PCOS and being insulin resistant that it is the best thing for me. That being said, I'm not doing the whole numbers thing. I am going to weigh myself but my lovely husband is helping me with that. I get on the scale blind folded and we have a glass of glass stones that will come and go with the weight changes. I am happy to state that the results for week 1 are a resounding 7 stones! Yes ladies and gentleman, I have lost 7 pounds this week! My glass contains 110 stones to represent what I would like to lose to get me to a healthy range. So as of right now only 103 to go!!!

On a body level, I still have some inflammation in my joints because I still haven't gone cold turkey like I did last year. It still hurts some mornings to do the stairs. I think that was part of the problem to why I was not successful last year. I tried to make myself into the perfect Paleo follower that it was easy for me to get discouraged and fall off the wagon. So as of right now, I am caffeine and wheat free. The headaches have been the worst since I'm a "5 Diet Coke a day" kind of girl. I know that I could have made healthier choices on some things this week but I'm not going to dwell on it. I'm going to do the best I can do with the resources I have and go from there.