Hi friends!
Lately, the hubs and I have been on a Paleo kick... Short version: Paleo is eating like a caveman: meat, veggies, fruit, seeds. No grains, no dairy, no processed anything. You can find the long version here. I honestly didn't feel so great on the Paleo diet. I am still nursing, so I had to be sure to get enough calories and healthy fats in, but really just felt weighed down and like I had no energy. I may have not given my body long enough to adjust, but I decided to take a different path after reading I Quit Sugar by Sarah Wilson. It was an eye opener. I have a HORRID sweet tooth, and reading about the crave/eat sugar > high> crash> crave/eat sugar... cycle really opened my eyes to what I do to my body and my brain when I eat junk. It really creeps me out when I read that sugar is as addictive as cocain. A few months ago, I completed the 21 Day Fix (which I LOVED... more about that later...) and it really taught me what I should be eating and how much. I lost 10+ pounds in 21 days, "got jacked" as Honey would say, and felt amazing. Then, life crept back in as it usually does. I am still in the gym and I still eat pretty well most of the time, however, my sweet tooth has made a return in the form of "just one bite", "I worked out, so I can have dessert, right?", and "one extra beer won't matter..." YES. It matters. Because it starts the cycle. SO I'm quitting sugar for 30 days to retrain my body and my brain. No processed junk, no sugar in my coffee, no maple syrup, no honey, no crazy fruit binges and worst of all (dun, dun, duhhhhhhh...) no crazy delicious organic animal crackers that are more like crack than a snack. ( I keep telling myself "they are for the baby... they are for the baby..." ) It's 5:50pm on day one, and I'm already feeling better and like myself. Here is what today's menu looked like:
Breakfast:
Coffee, TJ's soy creamer, 1/2 tsp coconut oil, splash of vanilla
2 Kale and turkey sausage egg white cups, 1/4 avocado, Ezekiel bread with cinnamon
Lunch:
Left-over naked fajitas on spring mix
Fage 0% yogurt with almonds and cocoa powder
Snack:
Green apple
Hummus and celery
Dinner:
Chicken Apple Sausage with mixed veggies
Paleo Chocolate
One last note about getting into diet trouble... I like to make things waaaay more complex than they need to be. I like to get creative and add a pinch of this, a dash of that, and handful of chocolate chips to oatmeal... ( totally healthy right??? Not.) So, I'm definitely scaling back on the kitchen creations and getting back to the root of simple recipes and whole foods.
What are your dieting woes and tips to stay on track? I'd love to hear!!
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