Well, my fast went great. I lasted 14 hours without any problems. The odd thing that happened to me though was yesterday. I suddenly crashed. In part, I was sleep deprived compliments of my almost 2 year old. My husband however believes that we occasionally need to reload our carbs. He does a carb reload weekly. I believe the thinking out there is that if you continually keep your carbs low, your body will adapt to that and you will no longer burn fat as easily. If you occasionally "reload", then your body doesn't get used to the low carb count. I plan to continue looking into that.
So yesterday, I did a cheat day and carb reload. I ate a bunch of no paleo stuff all day. It helped me get through the day but by 8pm, my stomach was killing me! It just reminded me of how I really didn't want to eat that way. Another interesting thing that happened was that no matter how much I ate, I was continually hungry. Every carb that went into me made me crave more of them. My carb craving had been very low for the past few weeks to this was fairly eye opening for me.
Well, today is day 17. I did a great work out. There are only 4 more days left in this challenge but when it ends, my life will continue much the same. Why change what works?
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Paleo update
We had a fantastic weekend here with beautiful weather. I've been following the workouts and although I missed a day, I'm now caught up. They seem to really be a rotation between the Primal Essential Movements, aerobics, and intense workouts. Tomorrow is another intense day. Tonight my challenge is to stop eating by 7 and see how long I can go tomorrow until I feel definite hunger. The funny thing is that today, I only ate an apple in the morning and then lunch at 1pm. I just wasn't hungry. That was a first for me and a very nice feeling. I was suppose to track nutrients again today but I totally forgot so I'll postpone that for a later date.
On another note, I ordered the book Eat Like a Dinosaur written by the Paleo Parents. It is actually more of a Gluten free, dairy free book but they are paleo so it gives information about transforming your kids. Their kids are a bit younger than mine and I really don't feel their approach is appropriate for my older two but I loved the story inside the book that you read to your child. I read it to my older two this weekend and I could see the wheels spinning in my 5 year old's mind. I then decided to eliminate gluten from her diet for the weekend. We have been at our wits end with her lately and I figured it couldn't hurt.
I am pleased to say, she was a different child this weekend! She needed very little correction and she controlled herself all weekend. Tonight, she begged for toast with jelly for her snack. I gave it to her but explained that it was not what a dinosaur would eat. Shortly after that, she was back to her out of control self. I couldn't believe it. I took her aside and asked her to think about what she ate and how she was now showing poor behavior after such a great weekend. I was planning to transition her June 1st but I think I'm going to stick with gluten elimination and see how our week goes. I'm so excited for her to possibly have a solution to her attention problems.
Also this weekend, my husband finished building a playscape for the kids in the backyard. They were so excited and my 7 year old continually thanked my husband. It really was the icing for the weekend's cake.
So how was your weekend?
On another note, I ordered the book Eat Like a Dinosaur written by the Paleo Parents. It is actually more of a Gluten free, dairy free book but they are paleo so it gives information about transforming your kids. Their kids are a bit younger than mine and I really don't feel their approach is appropriate for my older two but I loved the story inside the book that you read to your child. I read it to my older two this weekend and I could see the wheels spinning in my 5 year old's mind. I then decided to eliminate gluten from her diet for the weekend. We have been at our wits end with her lately and I figured it couldn't hurt.
I am pleased to say, she was a different child this weekend! She needed very little correction and she controlled herself all weekend. Tonight, she begged for toast with jelly for her snack. I gave it to her but explained that it was not what a dinosaur would eat. Shortly after that, she was back to her out of control self. I couldn't believe it. I took her aside and asked her to think about what she ate and how she was now showing poor behavior after such a great weekend. I was planning to transition her June 1st but I think I'm going to stick with gluten elimination and see how our week goes. I'm so excited for her to possibly have a solution to her attention problems.
Also this weekend, my husband finished building a playscape for the kids in the backyard. They were so excited and my 7 year old continually thanked my husband. It really was the icing for the weekend's cake.
So how was your weekend?
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tracking your nutrients
So yesterday I tracked what I consumed for a day. I'm so glad I did this exercise as it is eye opening. Since I'm trying to burn fat right now, I wanted my carbs to be between 50 to 100 grams for the day. This is what I ate:
2 eggs, bacon
coffee with cream
3 apples (yeah, it's a problem)
macademia and almond nuts, raisins, honey (granola bar I made)
lettuce, tomato salad
chicken stir fry with mushrooms, onions, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower and yellow squash
banana
This totaled 2,010 calories, 111 grams of fat, 89 grams of protein and 177 grams of carbs. I was shocked to find out how loaded with carbs raisins are. If I cut out the dried fruit and limit my apples to one per day, I think I'll be there next time.
If your interested in tracking your food for a day, head over to fitday.com and enter your food for the day. It is a free website. Let me know if you do!
2 eggs, bacon
coffee with cream
3 apples (yeah, it's a problem)
macademia and almond nuts, raisins, honey (granola bar I made)
lettuce, tomato salad
chicken stir fry with mushrooms, onions, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower and yellow squash
banana
This totaled 2,010 calories, 111 grams of fat, 89 grams of protein and 177 grams of carbs. I was shocked to find out how loaded with carbs raisins are. If I cut out the dried fruit and limit my apples to one per day, I think I'll be there next time.
If your interested in tracking your food for a day, head over to fitday.com and enter your food for the day. It is a free website. Let me know if you do!
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