Day 1

Well, I just polished off my first ever intentionally Paleo meal.  It was tasty.  Thanks to my cousin-to-be, I am now obsessed with organic broccoli.  Not broccoli.  Life-changing, perspective-altering, brain-exploding organic broccoli.  I feel like I have the potential to be the healthiest person on earth now.  I assume there are a million other vegetables with delicious organic versions, which I will be trying.  Anyway, here's my lunch.

Beef kielbasa (non-grassfed)
Slice of roasted chicken (probably not free-range)
ORGANIC BROCCOLI
Organic russet potato

Ok so maybe this meal wasn't strictly paleo, but gimme a break.  I'm poor and this is my first try.  I'm actually making up my grocery list at the moment.  I went to Kroger a few days ago just to get an idea of organic pricing and whatnot and bought the organic broccoli, avocados, spaghetti squash, butter, and roasted chicken.  What I could not find was the grassfed meats!  I looked around as best I could and read tons of labels, but it was no where to be found.  I'll have to ask an employee this time since I JUST GOT PAID SON! and will be able to actually purchase organic stuff.  :)

Just to preface a bit, I just graduated college in December and basically ate bread, sugar, bread, sugar, sugar, sugar, bread, sodium nitrate, and sugar.  I went on healthy kicks here and there- portion control (I failed the portioning AND control part), the low-calorie diet, the low-fat diet, the Master Cleanse, No Sweets diet (LOLZ), and briefly tried to go straight up raw-foodie.  I might as well have been climbing up a ladder and jumping off.  Each time I tried for something more structured or restrictive, I was climbing the ladder rungs.  And each time, the fall was harder and harder.  This is the yo-yo dieting you hear about.  And the yo-yo-ing part may not be entirely your fault, but instead the properties of food you're consuming.  It gives you energy and then you crash.  Or it doesn't give you energy and you're depressed.  These set-ups are designed to fail.  The diets with carbs and sugars or zero fats/proteins... they aren't good for your health and certainly won't give you the lasting results you want.  I feel so lucky to have finally come into the knowledge of what a body NEEDS to thrive and be healthy.   If you were trying to drive to a destination and you put 1/8 gasoline in your engine and 7/8 syrup, you would drive for a few miles and then have to stop and refill your "fuel" concoction.  We're filling our bodies with plenty of stuff, but it's not fuel.  It's not getting us anywhere.  I'm on a mission to give my body what it can actually use!  This blog is to keep me motivated and accountable for the fuel I'm giving my body.  I believe in this lifestyle and I know it won't be long before the results are evident.  I have a pretty white dress I have to fit into so.... here goes!