My family and I went to Orlando last week. This was in the midst of our second week doing the Paleo Challenge. Wow - what a challenge! It is very expensive to eat out Paleo. However, I have not seen a change in my grocery bill eating Paleo. I could see if you have one family member eating Paleo and the rest eating the normal Western fair it would be expensive. But my entire family has gone Paleo and I spend the same amount on groceries. I do have to make more trips to the grocery store during the week.



While I was in Orlando I wasn't able to workout. I am a gym junkie and normally when I can't workout my mind starts to implode. But I was OK. And I know it was because of my diet. I didn't feel like a fat slob and need that gym thrashing to release all the bad calories I consumed in my "treats". It was a good feeling. But when we came home I was nervous about working out. It was weird. I never am like that. But I was having anxiety about working out. Afraid I was going to fail. I can't even logically put it into words. I told my husband and he gave me the best advice. He said the worst workout is the one you skip.



I also read this blog today: http://whole9life.com/2011/02/its-just-exercise-part-i. And it really hit home and I had a fantastic workout today. I was strong and I pushed out all the doubts of failing. I was even OK when I decided I'd had enough - I didn't beat myself up and say I should've done this or that or gone longer. I was content. It's a good feeling.



Not on the Paleo challenge I would eat a lot of snacks. My favorite saying was "I'm snackie" and I'd have humus with blue corn chips, or peanut butter on something. Or greek yogurt. Since I started the Paleo challenge and none of these items are food choices any more I am forced to assess my hunger. And I realize I'm not really hungry now like I used to be. I think the "junk" I was snacking on even though it's way better than what most people eat for snacks was making me more hungry than I needed to be.

I also have noticed that I don't get that light-headed queasy feeling when it's been awhile since I've eaten. Before if I hadn't eaten in awhile I'd start to feel sick. Like I was going to pass out if I didn't eat. Now don't get me wrong, when I haven't eaten for awhile on Paleo I get hungry, really hungry. So hungry I don't want to talk. Not because I am going to pass out, but because my brain has gone primal and I am looking for something acceptable to eat. I think the queasy light-headed, I'm going to pass out feeling is a blood sugar roller coaster. Which I would have swore before the foods I was eating were clean and didn't have that big of an impact on my glycemic index. Hmmmm....I was wrong.

I'm enjoying Paleo. And I really enjoy sharing the lifestyle with other people. So I am kind of that aggrivating person. You know the one, you duck when you see them coming, pretend like you are on the phone, let the phone go to voicemail or ignore them and their comments on face book - which is OK, I'm used to not being a fan favorite....like I said before I am a diet snob. Most people won't eat in front of me. But honestly - I just want everyone to be healthy and educate. Sometimes you have to be aggressive about it =)