In the Beginning, there was me ....

So, here we go. I know that many people think making a resolution at the beginning of the year is for fools, but it just seemed right to me. It was good timing.

Mission Statement: To eat Paleo for the next 365 days.

Seems simple enough. Especially with a diet as simplistic as the Paleo diet. If you can't catch it, or pick it, you don't eat it. I had done the Zone diet for ~2 months before I became pregnant with my son and lost ~25#. Very slowly and with Crossfit. The approach I took with Zone was very much the same as the Paleo diet, so I'm hoping this will go well. I don't want to mislead you either, I'm not really in this thing to lose weight (although, it would be an added bonus). I'm in it to feel better. To be the best me, wife, and mom I can be.

I have been Paleo for 3 days so far. I went to the grocery store on Day1 and, boy, was that difficult. I have been backsliding since I became pregnant. Cravings are a very real thing during pregnancy, but then I had him and began my journey of nursing (breastfeeding). That takes a lot of energy and calories as it turns out. Who knew, right?! So, I tried my best to get all the calories I needed from whole foods, but to cushion it, I would snack on less than savory items. (mmmm, dark chocolate!) But, now, my son is weaning himself. It's time to get back to me. I wanted to do the Cowtown half marathon in February but I had to delay it. Maybe now, I'll have a year to work up to doing the Marathon?!?! You know, running really isn't my thing, but triathlon so is!! Maybe I'll take a year to build up to an Ironman! I wanted to do one before I was 30, but 31 would be ok, too! ...I'm really getting ahead of myself. :)

General thoughts:

Day1 (Monday) - very difficult. I kept spotting things that I wanted to snack on in the grocery store. Then, I was getting tired and overwhelmed, which was making it harder to resist, so halfway through my trip, I had to throw in the towel and leave with what I had. I still need to go back and get more meats. :/ But, tiny triumph, I didn't succumb!!

Day2 (Tuesday) - Mostly ok. I had to work all day, which is kinda hard because we still have a lot of goodies leftover from the holidays. But, once I let my coworkers know of my intentions it was a whole lot easier. They are very supportive and like to keep me on track!! But, when I went to pick up Ax (son) from my mom's, they were having Wingstop and I LOVE their fries!! It was so hard to sit and smell those wonderful things while I ate my chiscken breast and avocado! I finally left partially because Ax was ready for bed but mostly because I couldn't handle it anymore. Another tiny triumph though, I didn't eat any fries!!

So, That pretty much leads us to now. I have some rules for this too. I was reading a Paleo Book that was geared more towards weight loss and they give you a free day. I don't intend on having a free day.

Rules:
No free days
Penalty : $1 per bite of out-of-bounds foods ($20 max/day)
All fruits and veggies are in-bounds (even tubers & legumes. Again, I'm not going for weight loss, just whole foods)
All nut and seeds
Lean meats
NO sugar (artificial, added, you get the idea), cereals, grains, artifical food, packaged food
I'm planning on listing my foods each day, we'll see how that goes. I mostly just want to journalize my trip through this to help me. Until later.