SkellyShelly's Journal, 09 December 2014

Down 15 pounds in 2 months and a total of 25 pounds since I started this in 2013. It's good progress and I'm okay with it. My body is starting to change and I can feel it... clothes are not fitting the way they did before. If I lose 7.5 pounds a month just by eating healthier, that's fine by me.

My housemate is a vegetarian and her diet is terrible. She's a chocoholic and more of a pasta-tarian rather than a vegetarian (I eat WAY more veggies than she does... and the processed foods including processed soy products she eats - oh my). We talked a while last night about her WOE vs my WOE. I told her that yes, I am following more of a Paleo lifestyle but it's not strict in the fact that I eat and tolerate occasional dairy and beans. While she was making cheese ravioli in a mushroom Alfredo sauce I had a nice salad with pulled pork and avocado with 3 Clementines for dessert and she had ice cream. We talked about having gluten free pizza sometime and I said sure but now that it's been a few months since I've had any flour products whatsoever, I'm not so sure I want any now. Whole foods taste better. Whole foods are more fulfilling. Stomach bloat is significantly decreased. My body isn't as gaseous as it was before. Skin is clear again. Is flour worth it? Nope. Not in my book.

Sticking with a healthier way of eating helps to break the cycle of bad eating habits. Taste changes. Cravings diminish. Health improves. Weight goes down. Giving up processed and refined foods for life is what I want to do. Even the foods that I buy now I'd rather have healthier versions of to continue this path. Slowly but surely I'll replace regular corn/grain-fed meats with pastured grass-fed meats. It's a whole lifestyle change and it takes commitment and my health is worth it. :)

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1780 kcal

Fat: 125.79g | Prot: 90.94g | Carb: 82.66g.   Breakfast: Clementines, Egg, Market Pantry Finely Shredded Mexican Style Four-cheese Blend Cheese. Lunch: Skelly's Savory Acorn Squash - Paleo, Carrington Farms Pure, Unrefined, Cold Pressed Coconut Oil 100% Organic Extra Virgin, Maranatha All Natural Creamy Almond Butter, Honey, Celery, Lime Juice, Cooked Carrots, Shoulder Pork Roast, Trader Joe's Clementines. Dinner: Zucchini, Skelly's Paleo Fried Rice (delish!) 12/9/14, Archer Farms Thick Cut Applewood Bacon, Coconut Secret Raw Coconut Aminos. more...