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Week 2:
I didn’t do a daily recount but rather here are a
few observations I have made about my 2nd week of trying Paleo.
1.
I have found myself looking more at the
ingredients on food than looking at the nutritional information. I can more
easily spot ingredients that I shouldn’t be eating. Even on food marked ‘all
natural’ there are things that I shouldn’t consume. Speaking of ‘all natural’ – be careful of
that label, the FDA’s definition of ‘all natural’ is very broad.
2.
That $200 food processor I bought? It was worth
it. I have made food that I never would have attempted to make if it were left
to just my grater and/or a knife. A tip on finding a decent food processor
comes from my Dad…..if it can make dough? It’s a good one.
3.
What I used to consider not sweet enough is now too
sweet. My family and I went to a baseball game over the weekend and my
husband bought him and me a green tea. Unfortunately he didn’t realize that
they were diet. We went ahead and opened them and we literally had to sip on
them throughout the entire game they were so sweet (and still ended up only
drinking about a ¼ each of them).
4.
I went ahead and weighed myself for pure
comparison. I weighed myself a week and a half into this and I was down 6lbs. I
knew I had lost weight since my clothes were feeling looser, I just didn’t know
how much. My husband has lost considerably more than I have – of course….men….they
suck. But more importantly than the weight, I feel better.
5.
My recovery time on hard workouts is 100%
better. We rode 18 miles of mountain bike trails on the 4th of July.
About half way through we stopped and had nuts, dried fruit and jerky and then
started in again. Towards the end of the ride we were hurting but we no sooner
stopped and we were already feeling better.
6.
We went grocery shopping over the weekend and
all in all we spent about $250 (at three different stores….a chain grocery
store, a co-op and a Whole Foods type of place) and we bought only three items
that could be considered processed….1 box of cereal, 1 bottle of creamer (I
still have not given that up) and 1 pint of Vegan ice cream. I was pretty proud
of that.
7.
Speaking of grocery stores – when you visit
three within an hour and a half of each other and you use your debit card at
each one? Apparently that alerts your bank to unusual activity and they have
their fraud department get in touch with you to verify your purchases before
your card is able to be used again. That? Was awesome.
8.
All in all, I feel good. I feel like I’m mixing
up our meals well enough that I’m not getting bored and I feel like we are making
up new meals as we go as we figure out what we like and don’t like. I’m also
trying a lot of new foods which I would have never done before. Case in point? We made Lamb Sliders - White Sweet Potato for the "bun", homemade Mayo, Lamb sliders, romaine lettuce, tomatoes and pickles. This meal was a huge hit! Then we finished this off with dessert - Carrot/Gingerbread muffins topped with Coconut butter frosting. Yum!
9.
My husband thinks that just because I went Paleo
and just because I enjoy mountain bike riding that I will also now enjoy
camping. He spent Saturday afternoon scouring websites for tents and cots and
tri-pods and cast iron cookware. I spent Saturday afternoon making sure our
Internet connection went down every time he went to “check-out”.
