May Challenge!!

Alright everyone, the blog is back!

I'm going to try my best to blog every night, however I will be out of town next week, so may not be able to get onto a computer...so no promises!

So obviously it's been a rough few months since I ended my Whole30 Challenge on January 31st.  I had great success with it, and really wanted to continue it, but allowing some cheats every now and then.  Well, that fell through.  lol  It was hard because too often I would be "tempted" by something bad- cookies, beer, pizza.... 

Well it's really crunch time now.  I move to LA in 3 months.  That means I only have 3 months to get my body to a decent weight where I will fee more comfortable and more confident starting my new life, in the city full of beautiful bodies. LOL   I know I will continue to lose weight while I am there, and I'm very confident that eventually I'll get my lean body back!!  But for now, I need to really get mentally focused and remember all of my reasons for living a paleo lifestyle and "eating like a caveman".

So today I started my own "Paleo Challenge", as I am calling it.  It's not the Whole30- it's a bit more relaxed, meaning that I am allowing some cheese, beans, and alcohol.  What I am not allowed to have is sugar or grains.  Basically I'm trying to eat as low carb as possible.  Meats, vegetables, and some fruits.

I've actually already started this challenge- I haven't had any sugars or grains since last Friday!  I have seen the scale start to drop again, so I am now motivated again!!  :)  It's true that all I really need is just a few good days to get me going again!

Today I skipped breakfast since I didn't have time to make anything at 6:30am.  I did get a UDF coffee, which I put in 2 Truvia packets and 3 vanilla creamers and 2 half n halfs.  I probably should cut that stuff out!   I honestly never really got that hunger pang!  I didn't eat until 3pm- I made a salad from the Kroger salad bar; spring mix lettuce, bacon, hardboiled eggs, carrots, peppers, mushrooms, garbanzo beans, sesame seeds, mozzarella cheese, with a vinaigrette.  (I need to make my own salad dressing!)  Then I had a small handful of frozen blueberries.  At 9pm I ate two hotdogs at the Reds stadium (no bun!), and had a serving of Lays potato chips (I should cut this out, too)  So see, I'm not being perfect, but I'm trying to keep my sanity and remain realistic with eating this way for the rest of my life.  

I feel good today.  I ate satisfying meals and didn't have cravings for anything.  Successful day!

Well that's a good start to Day 1 of the new challenge!

Please leave comments!  :o)

Tina