For the past three years, I’ve been focusing pretty fiercely
on my attempt to lose weight. I’ve tried to keep a good, body positive
perspective but have never lost sight of that end goal. Since my experience with
Intuitive Eating prior to discovering Paleo, I’ve been pretty fearful of
letting go and losing control. I did not trust myself to make good decisions for
my health so I settled on the prize of weight loss to keep me on the straight
and narrow. I also harbored a secret fear that no one would ever take me
seriously in the Paleo community if I was still fat.
I don’t know if there is something physically,
psychologically, or otherwise holding me back from achieving my desired body
composition, but any which way, I’m over it. I am over actively trying to
change my body. Here’s a little recap of what I’ve been working on lately to
take the very best care of myself without the express goal of weight loss:
I’m in love with this program. I look and feel better than
ever and haven’t lost a pound (not that I’ve weighed myself!) I cannot
recommend it highly enough for promoting great self-care and expression true to
yourself. Life changing.
I’d heard of this before but never thought it would be for
me. It was mentioned in one of the DYT videos and I decided to give it a whirl.
I feel more toned, energetic, and have gotten lots of compliments from Cute Man
since doing this 2-5 times per week. The basic workout takes less than 20 min.
Score.
Yes, that again. I’m just eating real, normal food while
avoiding nasty oils, processed food, added sugar, and wheat products. The
biggest difference is that I’m not doing it to try to diet or lose weight. My
only goal is to promote overall health and avoid the acid reflux, psoriasis, headaches
and other health problems I dealt with pre-Paleo. I’ve also started
incorporating resistant starch, which blunts blood sugar spikes and promotes
gut health. It just means that I cook my potatoes and rice a day in advance to
allow them to cool down after cooking in order to allow the RS to be formed. My
appetite is WAY down and my sugar cravings have diminished a lot. I feel almost
incapable of overeating. When I’ve had enough, I have to stop right in my
tracks with a feeling of not being able to take even one more bite. I can’t eat
even half what I used to for dinner. Very interesting. I am not eating any rice
noodles or other gluten free processed foods – those seemed to set me off and
gave me acid reflux. I started with the RS after listening to this Latest inPaleo Podcast. More info on Free the Animal (warning – he is very unpolitically
correct, so if you’re easily offended, please avoid).
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