Primal: Two Week Check-In
About a week ago, I talked about this Paleo Nutrition / Primal Diet thingy I'm doing, my metrics for declaring it a success, and the caveat that then, having only one week's worth of numbers, I didn't feel I had enough data to have a proper hurrah.
Well, I've been doing this for a smidge over two weeks:
HURRAH!
My weight has dropped by 7 lbs. My body fat percentage has dropped 1.5%
I feel good. I have a lot of energy in the afternoons, and am nicely tired and sleeping well at night. Fasting twice a week has become effortless, even when I'm hitting the gym and the bellydance studio on a fasting day.
Eating out is not too bad -- in the Midwest, a steak and salad is kinda the default meal anyway. They think I'm a freak for not wanting a mountain of mashed potatoes, and the "salads" are usually of the iceberg-lettuce-with-a-shred-of-carrot variety, but eh, whatever.
I'd say I'm eating well at home, but I've been swamped under bellydance costuming and haven't done a whole lot of awesome cooking. More like "sear meat, steam veg, serve". Don't get me wrong, living on steak and cream is pretty fabulous. I have IDEAS, though. I look forward to getting back from Beltane and having enough time to cook some tasty things. OH! I have a roast I can put in the crock-pot tonight. I should go do that. Whoops. Ciao, darlings!
Well, I've been doing this for a smidge over two weeks:
HURRAH!
My weight has dropped by 7 lbs. My body fat percentage has dropped 1.5%
I feel good. I have a lot of energy in the afternoons, and am nicely tired and sleeping well at night. Fasting twice a week has become effortless, even when I'm hitting the gym and the bellydance studio on a fasting day.
Eating out is not too bad -- in the Midwest, a steak and salad is kinda the default meal anyway. They think I'm a freak for not wanting a mountain of mashed potatoes, and the "salads" are usually of the iceberg-lettuce-with-a-shred-of-carrot variety, but eh, whatever.
I'd say I'm eating well at home, but I've been swamped under bellydance costuming and haven't done a whole lot of awesome cooking. More like "sear meat, steam veg, serve". Don't get me wrong, living on steak and cream is pretty fabulous. I have IDEAS, though. I look forward to getting back from Beltane and having enough time to cook some tasty things. OH! I have a roast I can put in the crock-pot tonight. I should go do that. Whoops. Ciao, darlings!