So I weighed myself after a month and I lost NINE pounds!!!!!
I am soooooooooo JAZZED!
That makes a total of 32 pounds so far and that's with falling off the wagon and not exercising really at *all*!
WOW. I can't believe I've lost 32 pounds!
EATING PALEO ROCKS!!!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Mmmm dinner!
OKay so we are eating this a LOT ... steak and veggies!
And neither of us seem to have ANY sign of getting sick of it LOL!
Tonight I scored a BIG OL' steak that I got for ... wait for it ... 36 CENTS! Man, I LOVE it when they put the wrong price on things! (and yes, this was most definitely a boo-boo on pricing, it was fresh and a gorgeous slab of beef).
The LAST time I scored something like that - was I got one of those little honey glazed hams for 27 cents - also a pricing mistake, and I to this day - check ALL the stupid prices on any meat I'm thinking to buy, just to see if I might score another deal.
Sooo I was rewarded YET again!
So word to the wise - oh ye readers out there ... check EVERY piece of meat that they have put out for selection - and along with checking the weight, the date, and the color and freshness of the meat while looking for the best one you can afford - check the price as well. You never know what you might find! :)
And neither of us seem to have ANY sign of getting sick of it LOL!
Tonight I scored a BIG OL' steak that I got for ... wait for it ... 36 CENTS! Man, I LOVE it when they put the wrong price on things! (and yes, this was most definitely a boo-boo on pricing, it was fresh and a gorgeous slab of beef).
The LAST time I scored something like that - was I got one of those little honey glazed hams for 27 cents - also a pricing mistake, and I to this day - check ALL the stupid prices on any meat I'm thinking to buy, just to see if I might score another deal.
Sooo I was rewarded YET again!
So word to the wise - oh ye readers out there ... check EVERY piece of meat that they have put out for selection - and along with checking the weight, the date, and the color and freshness of the meat while looking for the best one you can afford - check the price as well. You never know what you might find! :)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Amazing Difference!
So Saturday, we walked in the full hot sun and me in black (of course, like a dolt), for hours up in Columbia State Park.
I actually stood and walked for over an HOUR. Okay I know, this is such not a big deal to regular folk, but for ME ... this is an astonishing improvement! ESPECIALLY since I haven't been strictly eating paleo.
Then again, I really never *fully* fell off the wagon, but I've added in non paleo foods here and there about every other day or so and sometimes for a few days in a row here and there.
Nonetheless, the mere fact that I could stand and walk without additional siupport is a wonder. Now, I *am* sore still a little, but I attribute that to the wheat products. I'm 100% sure that had we NOT eaten ANY wheat products that evening we'd have been fully perfectly NOT sore.
But I seem to desire to have this message repeated to me through pain since I keep trying to add in wheat stuff here and there like a dork.
But still, I am SOOOOOOOOOO proud of my fat ass. LOL! and hey - that got in a huge chunk of exercise, I cannot wait to weigh myself this week rofl.
I actually stood and walked for over an HOUR. Okay I know, this is such not a big deal to regular folk, but for ME ... this is an astonishing improvement! ESPECIALLY since I haven't been strictly eating paleo.
Then again, I really never *fully* fell off the wagon, but I've added in non paleo foods here and there about every other day or so and sometimes for a few days in a row here and there.
Nonetheless, the mere fact that I could stand and walk without additional siupport is a wonder. Now, I *am* sore still a little, but I attribute that to the wheat products. I'm 100% sure that had we NOT eaten ANY wheat products that evening we'd have been fully perfectly NOT sore.
But I seem to desire to have this message repeated to me through pain since I keep trying to add in wheat stuff here and there like a dork.
But still, I am SOOOOOOOOOO proud of my fat ass. LOL! and hey - that got in a huge chunk of exercise, I cannot wait to weigh myself this week rofl.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
I need a new phone ...
I need to get a phone that takes AWESOME pictures. My phone sucks booty when it comes to pictures.
But my little point and shoot is a total pain to take food pictures with, so I find I take less and less pictures as I have to go find the camera, then charge it (since it always seems it it's needs to be charged), clear out a card, throw the picture onto my laptop, and then crop and edit it in photoshop and THEN upload it.
Complete pain in the tush.
Sooo I don't take pictures as often these days. But I *do* get a free upgrade, sooo its all now trying to figure out WHAT phone to get. Any ideas out there?
I'm with Verizon, and that isn't likely to change. I don't have internet with my package, though I'm considering it.
What phones do YOU guys like out there? Which ones take the best pictures??? I'd sure love to hear what folks think would be great choices!
But my little point and shoot is a total pain to take food pictures with, so I find I take less and less pictures as I have to go find the camera, then charge it (since it always seems it it's needs to be charged), clear out a card, throw the picture onto my laptop, and then crop and edit it in photoshop and THEN upload it.
Complete pain in the tush.
Sooo I don't take pictures as often these days. But I *do* get a free upgrade, sooo its all now trying to figure out WHAT phone to get. Any ideas out there?
I'm with Verizon, and that isn't likely to change. I don't have internet with my package, though I'm considering it.
What phones do YOU guys like out there? Which ones take the best pictures??? I'd sure love to hear what folks think would be great choices!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Getting Motivated
Well due to some financial issues I sort of fell off the paleo wagon - just couldn't afford it!
Sad to say that I have learned poor=obesity in today's America. It is a sad sad state that if you are poor that you CANNOT eat pure unprocessed food! In what reality does THAT make the slightest bit of sense?
but now we will be able to start up again and I have to say that I am relieved. I have become very enamored of eating paleo and I miss seeing my progress. I look forward to making strides forward again with my health and feeling better with every single passing day! :)
Sad to say that I have learned poor=obesity in today's America. It is a sad sad state that if you are poor that you CANNOT eat pure unprocessed food! In what reality does THAT make the slightest bit of sense?
but now we will be able to start up again and I have to say that I am relieved. I have become very enamored of eating paleo and I miss seeing my progress. I look forward to making strides forward again with my health and feeling better with every single passing day! :)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Fruit, fruit, wonderful fruit! :)
Some cantaloupe, strawberries, a banana, a few blackberries and a bit of honey = delish!
Isn't that just a gloriously yummy sight??
SO good! <3
Nothing better in summer than a medley of nature's bounty dancing together in your bowl! lol
Friday, July 23, 2010
Still holding ...
Well mamaged to get in for a weigh in - and though I am sad a little to say that I have not lost anything I am gleeful to say that I have not GAINED anything so I am HAPPY!
So it looks like I've plateaued for now at 436.3 pounds. But better than gaining at the very least.
So it looks like I've plateaued for now at 436.3 pounds. But better than gaining at the very least.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Retraining the body and mind
Eating paleo has really opened my mind to a lot of surprising things about myself.
One of them has been how deeply rooted marketing ploys are in regard to manipulating me to make choices that really when you look at them objectively, don't make a ton of sense.
We are trained by our parents, our society, and maybe most subversively of all, by marketing, much more than I think any of us are consciously aware of until we step outside of our neat little boxes and really take a cold hard look at the bottom line facts of what we are doing when we make certain choices.
One of the things that really brought this to my attention was water. I HATED water. LOATHED it. it was NEVER an option as a beverage as far as I was concerned. Water, ew. There were a lot of actors that went into the disliking water thing (major one being that tap water in my area is DISGUSTING to drink, and battled and filtered water really didn't come out until late 90's (I think) as a mainstream thing, so I really never had easy access to water that wasn't revolting to smell or taste or have visual appeal ( we have extremely hard water here with high mineral content, ice is WHITE, water from the tap will have white minerals swirling at the bottom, etc), during my younger formative adult ages.
In other words, it was easy to just not consider water as a beverage option, before the advent of bottled or filtered water (softened water doesn't count, in high mineral, hard water it results in an oily taste and doesn't really get all the smell).
So I actually had to teach myself to like water. Which was REALLY REALLY hard for me, but I've been actively working on retraining my body to want and like water for the last 4-5 years. It took me like 2 years of constant work to make drinking water a natural choice for me. It might not seem like a big deal to anyone, but, I started working fast food at 14, so I had UNLIMITED FREE soda from like 1984-2000. Soda and coffee and milk and sometimes juice were pretty much the ONLY beverages I ever drank during those times, and most of the time it was soda. I'm not counting the booze - because though I was drinking obscene amounts of booze ( I used to drink a lot during my party years, in other words), I never in my head actually saw it as a daily beverage for quenching thirst or hydration (thank goodness LOL).
From 2000-2005ish - my work offered sodas for 20 cents. So though it wasn't free - it was cheap and it promoted my soda drinking habit. Easy and free or cheap soda access in an area where tap water is revolting pretty much means you are going to always choose the soda.
About 2005 I realized the scam behind sodas and the sneaky way it had of reprogramming the mind and body to use it as a source of hydration, even though it's very chemical make-up creates the very thirst that you are drinking the stuff to quench.
Basically, the body gets thirsty, and we are convinced by a billion different things to decide a soda sounds good to alleviate the thirst. So we drink it, but the thing about soda is, it is designed, created, and by it's very nature will only serve to CREATE a thirst. Soda won't ever actually make you less thirsty, but will actually only make you MORE thirsty. Thus making you want more "something", ie soda, to stop the thirst. Lovely little vicious circle for the consumer, no?
Marketing has been working very hard since we were kids (I was born in 1970, so our generation was one fo the first to have been babysat by the tv and to be exposed by merciless marketers to get us to get our parents to spend their dollars on products that we didn't actually need. Something that would have NEVER worked for the generations that survived the depression to raise their kids, but OUR generation ... well, we were ripe fodder for the picking, and pick they did.
For example, marketing has been working very hard to drill into our American collective subconscious that sodas are refreshing and thirst-quenching. Why? Because it's their product. Because if they can convince us to buy the product, they get our money to earn their living. They aren't doing this for OUR benefit, that is a fallacy, they do this to promote THEIR interest and to gain a profit for their company by selling a product.
And the number one way that you sell a product, is to create the concept that there is a NEED for it. that the consumer will be benefited by purchasing the item. That it will improve their lives, increase the fun, make them sexier, give them energy, etc etc, all these intangible qualities to sell the tangible product.
The hard bottom line reality is we get thirsty because it is the body's self defense against dehydration. Period.
The indisputable facts are these: we are 80% water. When we evaporate it (sweating), lose it (via spit, blood, bodily fluids, urine), or use it (digestion, blood viscosity, keeping parts moist that need to be moist, like the brain, lungs, mucous membranes, etc. etc.), our body's ONLY way to send the message to our brains that we have used up the "free water" in our bodies to keep us running (ie alive, lol) is to create a feeling of "thirst". This is done so that the brain will then act accordingly to resolve the issue, i.e., supply water to increase the ":free water" in our system which in turn, will rehydrate us, and at that point, our body will then turn off the thirst signal as there is no longer any need for more water.
At the bottom core, THAT is what thirst really is on a biological and fundamental level, thirst is really just the body's "water level measuring device." When we are thirsty it simply means we need to "put more water in." Soda is basically fake water, as in there is water in it yes, but there is ALLL this other crap in there to disguise that it is water, and that stuff makes us want to drink more because it is not .....wait for it .... water!
So the body never really turn off the thirst signal, because though you are putting in a bunch of liquid, it not actually water. It has salt and sugar or worse, corn syrup, tons of calories and all sorts of things that will actually change how your body processes the water in the soda, thus in effect largely negating it's ability to effectively rehydrate the body, and therefore turn off that thirst signal.
Once I wrapped my brain around that - I got so disgusted about the volumes of that crap that I was consuming that I set about to retrain my body to accept and to learn to listen and hear what and when it was asking for what it REALLY wanted again. Not soda, but water. It took about 2 years for that to take root. 2 years of wanting soda and making myself drink water instead before I finally started rewiring my brain and body. I haven't actually tasted a soda since like last november. And to be honest - I now no longer even have an urge to, I just naturally prefer water now.
I think so much of what is wrong with the American diet these days is a culmination of many different influences, politics, economics, and misinformation.
but if we use our brains, and break it all down to the REAL basic building blocks that grant us continued existence as living beings ... it actually is fairly simple and quite elegant. It's sport of sad really that we have so many generations upon generations of hype that in effect hides what we truly require in order to bee as healthy as possible with the least amount of fuss and bother.
One of them has been how deeply rooted marketing ploys are in regard to manipulating me to make choices that really when you look at them objectively, don't make a ton of sense.
We are trained by our parents, our society, and maybe most subversively of all, by marketing, much more than I think any of us are consciously aware of until we step outside of our neat little boxes and really take a cold hard look at the bottom line facts of what we are doing when we make certain choices.
One of the things that really brought this to my attention was water. I HATED water. LOATHED it. it was NEVER an option as a beverage as far as I was concerned. Water, ew. There were a lot of actors that went into the disliking water thing (major one being that tap water in my area is DISGUSTING to drink, and battled and filtered water really didn't come out until late 90's (I think) as a mainstream thing, so I really never had easy access to water that wasn't revolting to smell or taste or have visual appeal ( we have extremely hard water here with high mineral content, ice is WHITE, water from the tap will have white minerals swirling at the bottom, etc), during my younger formative adult ages.
In other words, it was easy to just not consider water as a beverage option, before the advent of bottled or filtered water (softened water doesn't count, in high mineral, hard water it results in an oily taste and doesn't really get all the smell).
So I actually had to teach myself to like water. Which was REALLY REALLY hard for me, but I've been actively working on retraining my body to want and like water for the last 4-5 years. It took me like 2 years of constant work to make drinking water a natural choice for me. It might not seem like a big deal to anyone, but, I started working fast food at 14, so I had UNLIMITED FREE soda from like 1984-2000. Soda and coffee and milk and sometimes juice were pretty much the ONLY beverages I ever drank during those times, and most of the time it was soda. I'm not counting the booze - because though I was drinking obscene amounts of booze ( I used to drink a lot during my party years, in other words), I never in my head actually saw it as a daily beverage for quenching thirst or hydration (thank goodness LOL).
From 2000-2005ish - my work offered sodas for 20 cents. So though it wasn't free - it was cheap and it promoted my soda drinking habit. Easy and free or cheap soda access in an area where tap water is revolting pretty much means you are going to always choose the soda.
About 2005 I realized the scam behind sodas and the sneaky way it had of reprogramming the mind and body to use it as a source of hydration, even though it's very chemical make-up creates the very thirst that you are drinking the stuff to quench.
Basically, the body gets thirsty, and we are convinced by a billion different things to decide a soda sounds good to alleviate the thirst. So we drink it, but the thing about soda is, it is designed, created, and by it's very nature will only serve to CREATE a thirst. Soda won't ever actually make you less thirsty, but will actually only make you MORE thirsty. Thus making you want more "something", ie soda, to stop the thirst. Lovely little vicious circle for the consumer, no?
Marketing has been working very hard since we were kids (I was born in 1970, so our generation was one fo the first to have been babysat by the tv and to be exposed by merciless marketers to get us to get our parents to spend their dollars on products that we didn't actually need. Something that would have NEVER worked for the generations that survived the depression to raise their kids, but OUR generation ... well, we were ripe fodder for the picking, and pick they did.
For example, marketing has been working very hard to drill into our American collective subconscious that sodas are refreshing and thirst-quenching. Why? Because it's their product. Because if they can convince us to buy the product, they get our money to earn their living. They aren't doing this for OUR benefit, that is a fallacy, they do this to promote THEIR interest and to gain a profit for their company by selling a product.
And the number one way that you sell a product, is to create the concept that there is a NEED for it. that the consumer will be benefited by purchasing the item. That it will improve their lives, increase the fun, make them sexier, give them energy, etc etc, all these intangible qualities to sell the tangible product.
The hard bottom line reality is we get thirsty because it is the body's self defense against dehydration. Period.
The indisputable facts are these: we are 80% water. When we evaporate it (sweating), lose it (via spit, blood, bodily fluids, urine), or use it (digestion, blood viscosity, keeping parts moist that need to be moist, like the brain, lungs, mucous membranes, etc. etc.), our body's ONLY way to send the message to our brains that we have used up the "free water" in our bodies to keep us running (ie alive, lol) is to create a feeling of "thirst". This is done so that the brain will then act accordingly to resolve the issue, i.e., supply water to increase the ":free water" in our system which in turn, will rehydrate us, and at that point, our body will then turn off the thirst signal as there is no longer any need for more water.
At the bottom core, THAT is what thirst really is on a biological and fundamental level, thirst is really just the body's "water level measuring device." When we are thirsty it simply means we need to "put more water in." Soda is basically fake water, as in there is water in it yes, but there is ALLL this other crap in there to disguise that it is water, and that stuff makes us want to drink more because it is not .....wait for it .... water!
So the body never really turn off the thirst signal, because though you are putting in a bunch of liquid, it not actually water. It has salt and sugar or worse, corn syrup, tons of calories and all sorts of things that will actually change how your body processes the water in the soda, thus in effect largely negating it's ability to effectively rehydrate the body, and therefore turn off that thirst signal.
Once I wrapped my brain around that - I got so disgusted about the volumes of that crap that I was consuming that I set about to retrain my body to accept and to learn to listen and hear what and when it was asking for what it REALLY wanted again. Not soda, but water. It took about 2 years for that to take root. 2 years of wanting soda and making myself drink water instead before I finally started rewiring my brain and body. I haven't actually tasted a soda since like last november. And to be honest - I now no longer even have an urge to, I just naturally prefer water now.
I think so much of what is wrong with the American diet these days is a culmination of many different influences, politics, economics, and misinformation.
but if we use our brains, and break it all down to the REAL basic building blocks that grant us continued existence as living beings ... it actually is fairly simple and quite elegant. It's sport of sad really that we have so many generations upon generations of hype that in effect hides what we truly require in order to bee as healthy as possible with the least amount of fuss and bother.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Still No Paleo Cookies :cry:
Okay so like I ordered a dozen Paleo Cookies from Dick Stevens back in May and they have STILL not arrived, despite numerous phone calls and emails.
They KEEP throwing me the most lame reason WHY the cookies were delayed (translation: never sent), because there was a shortage of grass fed beef due to such a HIGH demand for their jerky.
::blink:: Seriously? This is what they have told me four times now, that the reason why my order of cookies has not been sent is because they ran out of grass-fed beef to make their jerky with due to so many people ordering.
And I keep asking them to explain HOW in the WORLD a shortage of BEEF would affect an order of COOKIES from being shipped, and surprise, surprise ... all I get is complete silence.
Normally I would demand a refund by this point, but I think instead, I will demand that they honor the order - I've been told several times now that I will received a 20% increase on the prior order, so that means to me that is a 40% increase, which I had expressed clearly to them via emails and phone calls that was expecting them to honor.
I'm a firm believer about accurate reviews and allowing an establishment many chances to either correct a mistake or to show that is juts how they do business and therefore should be avoided.
I ordered the cookies on May 25, 2010. It is now July 5, 2010. I've been promised by the Vice President himself via the phone and in emails that he himself will personally ship out my order the next day and supply me with a tracking number so that I can confirm that an order was actually ever sent.
To date - no shipping confirmation or tracking number or order of cookies have arrived. And so thus begins the chronicling of how this company decides to handle this situation so that if anyone else is going through this as well, well, they are not alone.
Sometimes, it's just the principle of the thing. It is my hope that they will resolve this, as I've been extremely understanding and patient - well and truly above and beyond the call of duty as a consumer and paying customer.
Soooo is anyone else out there getting the same song and dance from this company? Has ANYONE actually received anything that they have paid for?? I'd sure love to know!
They KEEP throwing me the most lame reason WHY the cookies were delayed (translation: never sent), because there was a shortage of grass fed beef due to such a HIGH demand for their jerky.
::blink:: Seriously? This is what they have told me four times now, that the reason why my order of cookies has not been sent is because they ran out of grass-fed beef to make their jerky with due to so many people ordering.
And I keep asking them to explain HOW in the WORLD a shortage of BEEF would affect an order of COOKIES from being shipped, and surprise, surprise ... all I get is complete silence.
Normally I would demand a refund by this point, but I think instead, I will demand that they honor the order - I've been told several times now that I will received a 20% increase on the prior order, so that means to me that is a 40% increase, which I had expressed clearly to them via emails and phone calls that was expecting them to honor.
I'm a firm believer about accurate reviews and allowing an establishment many chances to either correct a mistake or to show that is juts how they do business and therefore should be avoided.
I ordered the cookies on May 25, 2010. It is now July 5, 2010. I've been promised by the Vice President himself via the phone and in emails that he himself will personally ship out my order the next day and supply me with a tracking number so that I can confirm that an order was actually ever sent.
To date - no shipping confirmation or tracking number or order of cookies have arrived. And so thus begins the chronicling of how this company decides to handle this situation so that if anyone else is going through this as well, well, they are not alone.
Sometimes, it's just the principle of the thing. It is my hope that they will resolve this, as I've been extremely understanding and patient - well and truly above and beyond the call of duty as a consumer and paying customer.
Soooo is anyone else out there getting the same song and dance from this company? Has ANYONE actually received anything that they have paid for?? I'd sure love to know!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Ahhh weigh in day!
And yay! I lost another 3 pounds this week - and met my weekly weight loss goal. I'm weighing in at 433 pounds as of this afternoon.
8 weeks in and close to 30 pounds lighter ... just is wonderful to me!
I am setting this weeks weight loss goal at 3 pounds again.
Ate a lovely dinner of salmon in balsamic sauce and asparagus and broccoli, yum yum yum!
Sadly, my caveman cookies from Dick Steven Nuts has *still* not arrived. I am fully pouting! LOL! Oooo maybe they will come tomorrow!! Oh please oh please oh please .... momma is dirt poor and missing having something sweet that is paleo around to gnaw on and can't afford to hit the store to grab some fruit, LOL!
8 weeks in and close to 30 pounds lighter ... just is wonderful to me!
I am setting this weeks weight loss goal at 3 pounds again.
Ate a lovely dinner of salmon in balsamic sauce and asparagus and broccoli, yum yum yum!
Sadly, my caveman cookies from Dick Steven Nuts has *still* not arrived. I am fully pouting! LOL! Oooo maybe they will come tomorrow!! Oh please oh please oh please .... momma is dirt poor and missing having something sweet that is paleo around to gnaw on and can't afford to hit the store to grab some fruit, LOL!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Added more paleo recipes ...
Couldn't sleep so I added a few more paleo-friendly recipes into the Paleo Diet Forum! Wheee!
http://paleo.topic-board.com
Feel free to join and check them out! If you decide to try them out, take pictures of your results, and give us a review and let us know how it turned out and if you liked it!
http://paleo.topic-board.com
Feel free to join and check them out! If you decide to try them out, take pictures of your results, and give us a review and let us know how it turned out and if you liked it!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Totally cheated again this week lol!
Yeah so, a memorial day weekend BBQ this Sat evening saw me chugging down a Corona and a margarita and then deciding to say aw f*ck it ... I'm eating BUN with my hamburger and hotdog. LOL!
So yeah totally did it. And then ate a small brownie, and not feeling guilty one little bit, HAR! And then had even MORE margaritas.
Probably screwed up my scales this week and wouldn't be surprised one bit if it showed I'd gained lol. But thems the breaks when you decide to say "screw it", know what I mean?
So yeah totally did it. And then ate a small brownie, and not feeling guilty one little bit, HAR! And then had even MORE margaritas.
Probably screwed up my scales this week and wouldn't be surprised one bit if it showed I'd gained lol. But thems the breaks when you decide to say "screw it", know what I mean?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Mmmmmmmmm caveman cookies!
So ol Dick Stevens Nuts hooked me once again!
They were having a heck of a sale, just ONE dollar per cookie. So you know, I caveddddd for the caveman cookie sale. LOL.
Was a little flush with about 10 bucks so I splurged for 10 cookies. I bet they are good too.
Normally I prefer making my own stuff, but it's always nice to know of some things that are pre-made out there.
I sure hope that they get here soooon. Momma wants some cookies she didn't make - oh yeah!
They were having a heck of a sale, just ONE dollar per cookie. So you know, I caveddddd for the caveman cookie sale. LOL.
Was a little flush with about 10 bucks so I splurged for 10 cookies. I bet they are good too.
Normally I prefer making my own stuff, but it's always nice to know of some things that are pre-made out there.
I sure hope that they get here soooon. Momma wants some cookies she didn't make - oh yeah!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Paleo Diet Forums
So I created a little forum for myself to store links and recipes on.
I tried looking for a forum that already existed - but most of them were all for people that were already fit and healthy and eating paleo to gain strength and endurance to improve their crossfit training.
Which is *great*! Don't get me wrong. But it's just no place for a fattie like me. LOL.
Sorry - we just have way different goals and what is important to you - not as important to me, I'm all about losing the weight so I can think about being able to start to exercise LOL.
So I looked for a "fattie paleo forum" Guess what - I did not succeed. Imagine that! Which actually is good news if you think about it LOL!
But there *has* to be others out there just like me.
So I created a forum for those that are FATTTTTTTTTT and want to start eating paleo to change that.
I've been hoarding and creating and converting recipes and whatnot so I will put them all up a few at a time.
If anyone else is looking for a forum that is not meant for folks that are *already* amazingly fit enough to even *consider* entering a marathon or a triathlon, but more oriented and geared for folks just wanting to lose enough weight to start trying to walk down the block and back without dying .... then this might be the forum for *you*! ;)
Here is the link: http://paleo.topic-board.com
It is set so that one needs to be a member to read it - that way if someone joins and wants to share something personal ... it's not just posted directly out into the open wide world web, know what I mean pussycat? ;)
But membership is free - so feel free to join if you want!
I tried looking for a forum that already existed - but most of them were all for people that were already fit and healthy and eating paleo to gain strength and endurance to improve their crossfit training.
Which is *great*! Don't get me wrong. But it's just no place for a fattie like me. LOL.
Sorry - we just have way different goals and what is important to you - not as important to me, I'm all about losing the weight so I can think about being able to start to exercise LOL.
So I looked for a "fattie paleo forum" Guess what - I did not succeed. Imagine that! Which actually is good news if you think about it LOL!
But there *has* to be others out there just like me.
So I created a forum for those that are FATTTTTTTTTT and want to start eating paleo to change that.
I've been hoarding and creating and converting recipes and whatnot so I will put them all up a few at a time.
If anyone else is looking for a forum that is not meant for folks that are *already* amazingly fit enough to even *consider* entering a marathon or a triathlon, but more oriented and geared for folks just wanting to lose enough weight to start trying to walk down the block and back without dying .... then this might be the forum for *you*! ;)
Here is the link: http://paleo.topic-board.com
It is set so that one needs to be a member to read it - that way if someone joins and wants to share something personal ... it's not just posted directly out into the open wide world web, know what I mean pussycat? ;)
But membership is free - so feel free to join if you want!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Gaining myself
So I've recently decided to start eating paleo.
It makes sense, and it's sort of where I was already coming to anyway.
I am 459 pounds, and 5'7" tall.
I will be eating paleo in an attempt to lose all - yes, ALL - my excess weight.
So far, I have not run across a blog or a profile of someone that has succeeded in such a large weight loss, I know that they MUST exist, but seems like there should be MORE of us than I've been able to find.
My ultimate weight goal is to weight 155-165 pounds. So that means I must lose 294-304 pounds.
Not an easy task. I am told by my doctors and my family and friends that I *cannot* do this myself. We shall see.
I refuse to have an operation. I refuse to have most of my digestive tract cut away and never be used again. I refuse to remain fat.
Yes, I said fat. I am FAT. Not fluffy. Not plump. Nothing cutesy or frilly. I need no disguise for my obesity. I need not hide from it. After all, how could I and what would be the point? I am FAT FAT FAT.
Say it with me. Fat. Take the word back. Own it if it describes you. Be accountable to it. Recognize it. Hear it, say it, stare it straight in the face and name it.
There is NOTHING inherently negative in the adjective "fat". The word is all about one's perception and context and is entirely subject to interpretation. Saying "I am fat" is NOT dissing yourself or insulting yourself or saying ANYTHING negative about yourself. You are not putting yourself down. If you *are* fat - then you are staring it in the face, and not submersing yourself in denial or making it cute or pretty or nice.
Now the crux of this is - if you ARE fat - and you LIKE yourself that way and feel good, cool. Roll with it. No pun intended. Seriously - if you are fine with being the weight you are being, then the gods know I ain't gonna diss ya sistahs. It is what it is, ya dig?
BUT ... if you are fat, and this makes you unhappy ... if it it HURTING you physically and mentally .... you CAN do something about it IF it bugs you. IMO the first step is recognizing it, and naming it. Making it cute and pretty just dresses up the truth and makes it easier to continue to be fat.
Own your fatness - even if you plan to change it. It's YOUR truth at that time. If you don't like, change it.
{gets down from soapbox}
So now you have an idea of how I look at my weight. lol.
The gauntlet hast been thrown, the battle hast been engaged. We shall see who the victor will be. Huzzah!
My first weight goal is 100 pounds lighter by March 29, 2011. This blog shall record that journey.
I will warn you now. I am an adult. I cuss. I am blunt, I am frank, and I tell it like I see it, and call the punches as they seem to me. I'm not going to mince my words, talk nice, play nice, or be polite. If that bothers you - well, so be it.
You were warned, right? ;)
But to those that stick around - it should at the very least be interesting, every so often. I hope anyway. lol.
In the end I might in fact lose my weight. But rest assured, I'll be gaining myself in the process. :)
It makes sense, and it's sort of where I was already coming to anyway.
I am 459 pounds, and 5'7" tall.
I will be eating paleo in an attempt to lose all - yes, ALL - my excess weight.
So far, I have not run across a blog or a profile of someone that has succeeded in such a large weight loss, I know that they MUST exist, but seems like there should be MORE of us than I've been able to find.
My ultimate weight goal is to weight 155-165 pounds. So that means I must lose 294-304 pounds.
Not an easy task. I am told by my doctors and my family and friends that I *cannot* do this myself. We shall see.
I refuse to have an operation. I refuse to have most of my digestive tract cut away and never be used again. I refuse to remain fat.
Yes, I said fat. I am FAT. Not fluffy. Not plump. Nothing cutesy or frilly. I need no disguise for my obesity. I need not hide from it. After all, how could I and what would be the point? I am FAT FAT FAT.
Say it with me. Fat. Take the word back. Own it if it describes you. Be accountable to it. Recognize it. Hear it, say it, stare it straight in the face and name it.
There is NOTHING inherently negative in the adjective "fat". The word is all about one's perception and context and is entirely subject to interpretation. Saying "I am fat" is NOT dissing yourself or insulting yourself or saying ANYTHING negative about yourself. You are not putting yourself down. If you *are* fat - then you are staring it in the face, and not submersing yourself in denial or making it cute or pretty or nice.
Now the crux of this is - if you ARE fat - and you LIKE yourself that way and feel good, cool. Roll with it. No pun intended. Seriously - if you are fine with being the weight you are being, then the gods know I ain't gonna diss ya sistahs. It is what it is, ya dig?
BUT ... if you are fat, and this makes you unhappy ... if it it HURTING you physically and mentally .... you CAN do something about it IF it bugs you. IMO the first step is recognizing it, and naming it. Making it cute and pretty just dresses up the truth and makes it easier to continue to be fat.
Own your fatness - even if you plan to change it. It's YOUR truth at that time. If you don't like, change it.
{gets down from soapbox}
So now you have an idea of how I look at my weight. lol.
The gauntlet hast been thrown, the battle hast been engaged. We shall see who the victor will be. Huzzah!
My first weight goal is 100 pounds lighter by March 29, 2011. This blog shall record that journey.
I will warn you now. I am an adult. I cuss. I am blunt, I am frank, and I tell it like I see it, and call the punches as they seem to me. I'm not going to mince my words, talk nice, play nice, or be polite. If that bothers you - well, so be it.
You were warned, right? ;)
But to those that stick around - it should at the very least be interesting, every so often. I hope anyway. lol.
In the end I might in fact lose my weight. But rest assured, I'll be gaining myself in the process. :)
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