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Going Paleo

As I write this it is day 28 of my 30 day Paleo Reset. What makes the Paleo Reset different from the Paleo Diet is that during the reset you’re forbidden from eating any dairy, grains, legumes, sweeteners, refined foods, industrial seed oils, soda, alcohol or any processed sauce or seasonings. Basically all the things that we both love and are killing us.

What is permitted: meat & poultry, organ meats, bone broth soups, fish, starchy tubers like sweet potatoes (which I now LOVE), leafy veggies, fermented vegetables and fruits, healthy fats like coconut, olive oil and even animal fat. These things you can eat as much as you want.

Broccolini, Amber Cup squash(which is to fucking die for) and under all those mushrooms & onions is a burger.

One of the biggest adjustments was redefining what breakfast is. Eggs are allowed but I gave them up just in case I have an allergy to them. So breakfast is now a chicken breast and a sweet potato. There were some cravings early on but not as bad as I thought they would be.

Amber Cup, spinach & pork chop.

You can listen to people give testimonials about how a diet changed or improved their lives but unless you experience it yourself it may be hard to believe. I am a believer.

An all vegetarian option of broccolini, zucchini and delicata squash.

I didn’t weigh myself before but I know I’ve lost some weight and lots of belly bloat. I feel more energetic and have no pain in my joints whatsoever. My mind is even clearer.

The idea is to introduce some things back into the diet one at a time after the 30 days is up. Then you ‘ll be able to identify the offenders your body can’t tolerate. Be prepared to say goodbye to some old friends.

This has changed my outlook on food 100% and I’m never going back to the way I used to eat. Am i going to occasionally cheat once the reset is over? Hell Yes! But I’m going to treat that cookie or that slice of cake like the tiny dose of poison that it is and only have a bit rather than pigging out like I used to.

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“King Corn” movie inspires eating changes…..

King Corn documentary
Food for thought.....

We just finished watching “King Corn” which is a documentary movie we saw “On Demand” with our Netflix.com subscription.  Part of the movie covers how cheap corn is used as feed for cattle, which really isn’t the best for their health.  They are fed on feed lots where they can’t get much exercise due to crowding, and fattened up as soon as possible, in months in stead of years.  One guy in the movie said the cows are basically obese, plus it showed just a bit of how it gives them excess stomach acid and other health issues so they have to be given antibiotics all the time.

Well I think this movie has finally pushed us into changing our food buying and eating habits, at least with beef.  I will document in this blog how it goes for us so you can see if our resolve lasts.  Just check the lower right side of the page where you see categories listed and go to the Food category in the future to see other posts on this.  Up until now we have tried to economize and have bought our ground beef and frozen chicken at Trader Joes, and cold cuts and frozen tilapia at Aldi.  I had already decided to stop buying cold cuts period because for some reason they make me break out.  Because of this movie we will try to only buy beef from Whole Foods and we’ll make sure it’s grass fed not corn/grain fed. As far as our chicken, we are still debating what to do.  I think we are nervous about the cost, but we’ll have to investigate the cost difference between frozen chicken at Trader Joes and chicken pieces at the Whole Foods meat counter.  Most likely Trader Joe’s frozen chicken comes from a factory farm where antibiotics are given liberally.  Now do we change all that now, or just our beef buying habits?  How about you guys, dear readers?  So we’re definitely changing our beef buying, but for chicken we will research further.  Stay tuned!

The movie also discusses how much calories people consume with sodas which have tons of high fructose corn syrup.  We already don’t drink soda, so we’re OK there.  Years ago I heard how soda syrup can be used to clean corrosion off of truck engines, and that was pretty much it for me and soda.