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I enlisted in this paleo challenge with a lot of doubt in my ability to complete it. As I weighed myself the first day of the challenge, I was shocked that I was at the heaviest that I can recall. I’d been working out a lot and was still frustrated that my hard work wasn’t really reaping any rewards. I’ve always been athletic and competitive but I’ve also always been a bigger woman – I’m almost 5’10”; but when I got on that scale and I was tipping at the weight of my husband from when we first met (to be fair, he’s around my height too), I was motivated to see where this goes. I wasn’t doing it for the weight loss, but boy wouldn’t it be nice? The first few days were hard. One day 3, I went to a work BBQ at my boss’ house. I was a little nervous being out there with my new diet, but I decided to embrace it, bring my own spaghetti squash and eat the fruit platter (the cookies did look good). My co-workers have been super supportive and encouraging – I couldn’t break in front of them! I lost 9.5 pounds in the first week. Overall I’ve lost 10.5, but the 9.5 pounds really boosted my confidence. I kept on flexing for my husband, who, very supportively, acknowledged my “guns”. Although not part of the challenge himself, my husband did encourage me along the way and would prepare paleo meals as he gets home from work earlier than me. A month in, I went to NJ to visit family. There was pizza and cookies galore. I didn’t cave, not once, however, I cried. I really REALLY wanted good NJ pizza (pizza and Italian food is easy to avoid in DC as it doesn’t compare to northern NJ, but being back home, it was tough). In fact, I didn’t have one cheat meal during the challenge – my negative points came from drinking and inadvertent choices. As I’m still learning paleo, sometimes I thought I could have something because it was online in a paleo recipe and later finding out it was a no-go. Then came the pull ups. On September 3rd, I was psyched in that I did my first pull-up in years. Now, I can do 5 strict pull-ups and was able to hold my own with kipping pull up this past Tuesday (which had 4 rounds of 15). I didn’t get my chin above the bar for each one, but I was able to do 6 kipping pull ups in a row before taking a breather. I think I really have committed to the paleo life. Although not as diligent with my questions when getting salads out (is this cooked in butter? Any sugar in the dressing?) I am actively avoiding dairy, sugar and grains. I had my first bagel with butter today and honestly, I feel pretty nasty from it and was ready for a nap. And today, Friday, October 25 was my first cheat meal in over 7.5 weeks What I’ve learned is that paleo is a set of choices – there isn’t a need to beat yourself up if you slip, but it’s all about making the decision of do I want to feel sluggish or do I want to feel empowered and powerful. I choose the later.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:20:48 +0000

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