You know the saying nothing tastes as good as skinny feels? Well I disagree, I think dark chocolate and pinot noir taste pretty good. Same with ice cream, pizza and fries. HOWEVER, it does feel very good to fit in to something that used to be way too small. So why am I sharing this with you? Because I want everyone to know that eventually, your hard work and dedication to a healthy lifestyle will pay off. For me, this has not been an overnight transformation. I started this journey back in September. Once I lost 15 lbs I took all my ‘fat’jeans in and got them altered, so I no longer have ‘fat’ jeans and instead have jeans that flatter my thinner waist line! I am not saying that everyone needs to aim to be skinny, I was just using the quote as I haven’t heard one about being healthy, but I would change it to say although a lot of food tastes really good, feeling and being healthy is a much better, longer term feeling!
I am not a patient person and in the past, I hoped for overnight change. Of course that never came and I would give up and go back to my unhealthy lifestyle. However this last time around I realized that I’m not getting any younger (note – I’m not saying I’m old here) and if I didn’t get a grasp on a healthy lifestyle, I would continue gaining about 5 lbs a year and it would only get harder to lose it. I made a complete lifestyle change and focused on making choices that would benefit my health instead of hurt it.
I know this whole paleo diet seems extreme. The most common response is, I could never not eat bread, I love bread! Or, I need my oatmeal, I can’t get going in the morning without it. Or, so what can you eat if you can’t eat grains. However, I urge everyone to give it a try, just focus on taking processes foods out of your diet and eating natural foods, that you prepare yourself. You don’t have to be perfect, and if you need some bread here and there, or you can’t totally cut dairy out, or you are only able to do it a few times a week, that is okay! Anything is better than filling our bodies with processed foods and chemicals we were never intended to eat.
I feel great, I have not noticed any negative changes in energy levels, however some many notice differences during the transition. I’ll admit, I’m having a hard time not putting some splenda in my coffee, but I think I can safely say I aim for 100% and usually get there, but somedays it’s more like 80% and that’s okay.
Do me a favor and just read all the nutrition labels for what you eat today. What was in your food? Do you know what everything means? Where did your food come from? Awareness is the first step to making the necessary changes to remove processed foods from your body.
If you want more information, I highly recommend The Primal Blueprint. You can order it on Amazon and it provides so much more information than I could ever hope to explain on this blog.
So I am going to leave you with a recipe. I haven’t made it yet, but since I LOVE pancakes, I plan on making it for breakfast very soon!
Almond Flour Pancakes
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup of apple sauce
• 1 Tbsp coconut flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup water (consider soda water for slightly fluffier pancakes)
• 2 Tbsp oil
• a pinch of salt
• garnish with fresh berries
Instructions
1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. The batter will be appear a little thicker than normal mix.
2. Drop by 1/4 cup onto a lightly-oiled, non-stick frying pan over medium heat. You might want to shape the pancake with the scoop to keep them from being too thick.
3. Flip like a normal pancake, about when the bubbles start showing up on the top.
4. Put on a plate and add berries
Not my picture and I won't be using syrup, but will be using lots of fresh berries!
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