We are approaching the 1 year mark of being Paleo. There have been ups and downs and right now I'm not at my lowest weight since beginning. I derailed a bit (didn't stop eating properly but started more cheats and it cost me) I am hovering around 180lbs...where I had gotten down to about 173lbs. I will continue to work on this and I think to be symbolic, I will continue to do more research and begin my Whole30 on October 11th (the year mark). I think it will feel good to take off like we did with Paleo.
Paleo has become easier as we've gone along. It's not difficult for breakfast if you like eggs and bacon. Add in some veggies and you're done. Lunch is almost always leftovers. Dinner can be as difficult or as easy as you wish. Last night dinner was grass-fed ground beef burgers cooked in onion and garlic powders. Sauteed in a cast iron pan (didn't want to battle the mosquitos near the grill). I bought pre-packaged organic guacamole (found it at target!) and some organic iceberg lettuce. We also sauteed some organic frozen broccoli in amish butter (my local farmer's market) and garlic/onion powder. What a wholesome meal! So delicious and so filling.
A difficult dinner example would be salmon cakes. The reason I find these difficult is because it is time consuming. I think most busy people can attest to this. An easy yet time consuming meal is the pits. I get canned wild caught salmon and chop onions, garlic, and dill, 2 eggs (whisked), and 2 tsp of coconut flour (to soak up the liquid). Some spices, and some dijon mustard. Chopping takes a while but cooking them does too! I 'fry' them in coconut oil on the stove but getting them browned to where they stick together takes sooooo long.
Easy peasy meal? Chicken. Seriously, douse it in coconut or bacon grease, sprinkle salt and onion powders on it...throw it in the oven, sautee veggies when chicken is almost done and you're done.
Well my toddler is awake from his nap and I need to make the most out of it not raining. More later. Let me know if you want the official recipes!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Coming out of the fog...
Are there any others out there who suffer from anxiety? Honest to goodness anxiety? When people say they succumb to that demon (and yes it IS a demon) it is not just your run of the mill 'I don't want to go to the dentist' feeling. I go through weeks of feeling foggy. It's horrible. Usually these episodes last over a week but not more than two. The entire time I sit above my own body begging to be allowed back inside...wanting to shake myself out of it and yet reveling in it. What I mean by that is that I feel validated by my feelings and it is a viscous cycle. If I come out of my 'episode' (and really that is for lack of a better word) then everyone else is right...and it was all in my head. If I don't come out of my episode then MAYBE just maybe people will take me seriously and believe me. Believe my symptoms are real...believe that something is truly wrong. I read something a couple weeks ago and it said something about anxiety being a poor man's depression or a second cousin to depression and that is VERY true. Anxiety can be just as debilitating as depression has the opportunity to be. It's a creeping demon that hangs over our heads just as depression does.
My anxiety got a lot worse after I had Bryce. I'm not sure if it was the hormones or just the shock of motherhood or if it really was the traumatic experiences I went through during the pregnancy and birth...perhaps all of it. I used to have 1 or 2 day blips of bad anxiety and be fine...but like I said, now it goes on a few weeks. I feel like the anxious girl who cried wolf...except there really is a wolf and nobody else can see it.
Keith and I have been talking about moving lately. We really want to get out of this state eventually. I know it won't happen for at least another 2 or so years but I think we are pretty serious about it. There are petty reasons and valid reasons for the desire. First off, I want my kid to know the seasons. I want him to rake leaves and play in the piles. I want him to roll down grassy hills and see wildflowers. Florida is so ... FAKE. This is coming from a girl who was raised here and loves the heat. Just call me Olaf. But seriously- I don't want my kid to touch the 'nature' around here. I saw them spraying green sh*t on the grass in front of our neighborhood. Really? We are painting the grass green?! Is that why the grass is greener on the other side? Everyone is just painting their grass green? Are we painting the roses red too? Where's the queen of hearts? I want to go to a REAL farmer's market! We went a farmer's market last year and I was so excited to find organic produce. Then I saw her pouring organic spinach out of a sealed plastic aldi's bag. O_o excuse me? That does not scream 'locally grown' to me. The petty reasons abound but one major one is that we feel like everyone has their 'people' already. All the friendships that you take to your grave are used up. We realized that we are always reaching out to others for a friendly hello and nobody reaches out to us. There are exceptions and we are blessed to be truly loved by some. I think we just want more for Bryce. People see this strong-willed boy who throws tantrums and hits his mama and they form their opinion. They don't see the INCREDIBLY smart, sweet, kind, funny, dramatic, and handsome boy. What other kid at 18 months knew every letter of the alphabet ON SIGHT and 1-10? He's now 2.5 and knows 1-20, all forms of letters (upper case, lower case, and each form of the letters (like the different a's and g's). We plan on homeschooling because I am not having some teacher or other students make him feel badly for who he is for any reason. We've had much too much of that already in his 2.5 years and he doesn't deserve it. He deserves people who love him for every ounce of who he is... good and bad.
That was a tangent! Anyhow- we are looking at North Carolina...opinions? Good cities? Towns? Can this Florida girl survive up there? It would all depend on if Keith ever found a job up there....He has a really good thing at Disney and is celebrating his 10-year this year :)
I have not started the Whole30 yet. Will post progress when I do. Probably not the best thing to start considering the food and wine festival is starting in a couple days...
Good night all...and please remember to be kind to one another...you never know what kind of day someone else has had and your smile may mean the world to them.
My anxiety got a lot worse after I had Bryce. I'm not sure if it was the hormones or just the shock of motherhood or if it really was the traumatic experiences I went through during the pregnancy and birth...perhaps all of it. I used to have 1 or 2 day blips of bad anxiety and be fine...but like I said, now it goes on a few weeks. I feel like the anxious girl who cried wolf...except there really is a wolf and nobody else can see it.
Keith and I have been talking about moving lately. We really want to get out of this state eventually. I know it won't happen for at least another 2 or so years but I think we are pretty serious about it. There are petty reasons and valid reasons for the desire. First off, I want my kid to know the seasons. I want him to rake leaves and play in the piles. I want him to roll down grassy hills and see wildflowers. Florida is so ... FAKE. This is coming from a girl who was raised here and loves the heat. Just call me Olaf. But seriously- I don't want my kid to touch the 'nature' around here. I saw them spraying green sh*t on the grass in front of our neighborhood. Really? We are painting the grass green?! Is that why the grass is greener on the other side? Everyone is just painting their grass green? Are we painting the roses red too? Where's the queen of hearts? I want to go to a REAL farmer's market! We went a farmer's market last year and I was so excited to find organic produce. Then I saw her pouring organic spinach out of a sealed plastic aldi's bag. O_o excuse me? That does not scream 'locally grown' to me. The petty reasons abound but one major one is that we feel like everyone has their 'people' already. All the friendships that you take to your grave are used up. We realized that we are always reaching out to others for a friendly hello and nobody reaches out to us. There are exceptions and we are blessed to be truly loved by some. I think we just want more for Bryce. People see this strong-willed boy who throws tantrums and hits his mama and they form their opinion. They don't see the INCREDIBLY smart, sweet, kind, funny, dramatic, and handsome boy. What other kid at 18 months knew every letter of the alphabet ON SIGHT and 1-10? He's now 2.5 and knows 1-20, all forms of letters (upper case, lower case, and each form of the letters (like the different a's and g's). We plan on homeschooling because I am not having some teacher or other students make him feel badly for who he is for any reason. We've had much too much of that already in his 2.5 years and he doesn't deserve it. He deserves people who love him for every ounce of who he is... good and bad.
That was a tangent! Anyhow- we are looking at North Carolina...opinions? Good cities? Towns? Can this Florida girl survive up there? It would all depend on if Keith ever found a job up there....He has a really good thing at Disney and is celebrating his 10-year this year :)
I have not started the Whole30 yet. Will post progress when I do. Probably not the best thing to start considering the food and wine festival is starting in a couple days...
Good night all...and please remember to be kind to one another...you never know what kind of day someone else has had and your smile may mean the world to them.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Whatcha been up to?
When I say neurotic in my blog title...I mean it. But maybe I moreso mean anxious? I just went through a bad stint of anxiety. I feel so clouded when that happens! I don't even cook...which leads to worse eating habits (not a complete destruction of our good eating habits) but not great practices either. I'm back up to 180lbs!!!! ACK! I really need to start actually working out to be honest. I find it difficult to make the time because Keith works a weird schedule. Morning is basically the only time we get to spend together as a family and I don't really want to pay for a gym that has a day care when I've got facilities here in my neighborhood for 'free'. Perhaps I need to drag my lazy butt out of bed and get there before anyone else gets up in my household....work out, come back and shower, start breakfast...all before my family gets up. Heh. Here's hoping...but it is difficult to get out of bed. Keith and I usually go to bed around 1:30am because after little man is in bed, evening is the only time for us to hang out with each other, catch up on our days and our DVR shows. Etc.
Our diet has remained at least in the 70-80% ratio. Meaning there are a few meals here and there that probably were not fully paleo but we are slowly getting back in to it.
......aaaannnnddddd just deleted my whole post. Absofreakinawesome. Alright, something blah blah I said something about my birthday (I'm 32 now) and how it's great and I wanted to have a birthday party but it's my birthday and I cry if I want to.
I also mentioned that for my birthday I got some money so with it I bought a paleo cookbook I've been wanting. The paleo book has over 100 recipes that are whole30 compliant (Have I mentioned whole30? It is a bit stricter version of paleo, no cheats, (paleo cookies NOT allowed for example-afterall a cookie is a cookie). I'll document this journey when I start whole30...
I went on to say that Bryce was given a gift subscription to Citrus Lane and that we are trying to continue the subscription. If you use my link then you get 50% off on your first box and I get a small credit! Win Win! The products are typically full-sized things (lotions, soaps, etc) and toys, books, art supplies, etc. All age tailored. Your newborn will not get the same as my 2 year old. The products are eco-friendly, organic, etc. I love the companies I get introduced to through the box subscription! You can cancel at any time or pause the subscription (feature we can all appreciate!) So sign up through my link if you're interested or let me know if you have more questions about it!
https://www.citruslane.com/invitedby/Jennie.Winkle
Our diet has remained at least in the 70-80% ratio. Meaning there are a few meals here and there that probably were not fully paleo but we are slowly getting back in to it.
......aaaannnnddddd just deleted my whole post. Absofreakinawesome. Alright, something blah blah I said something about my birthday (I'm 32 now) and how it's great and I wanted to have a birthday party but it's my birthday and I cry if I want to.
I also mentioned that for my birthday I got some money so with it I bought a paleo cookbook I've been wanting. The paleo book has over 100 recipes that are whole30 compliant (Have I mentioned whole30? It is a bit stricter version of paleo, no cheats, (paleo cookies NOT allowed for example-afterall a cookie is a cookie). I'll document this journey when I start whole30...
I went on to say that Bryce was given a gift subscription to Citrus Lane and that we are trying to continue the subscription. If you use my link then you get 50% off on your first box and I get a small credit! Win Win! The products are typically full-sized things (lotions, soaps, etc) and toys, books, art supplies, etc. All age tailored. Your newborn will not get the same as my 2 year old. The products are eco-friendly, organic, etc. I love the companies I get introduced to through the box subscription! You can cancel at any time or pause the subscription (feature we can all appreciate!) So sign up through my link if you're interested or let me know if you have more questions about it!
https://www.citruslane.com/invitedby/Jennie.Winkle
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