Any lessons learned??

Anyone add back food to their diet (dairy / grains) this week?  How did it make you feel?  Julie - Greek yogurt?
I ate some shrimp poppers today...almost 4 hours ago...yuck..feeling sick.  My stomach does not seem to want to digest them.  I am sure the beer I had with them did not help.  I learned a lesson!

Here is a link to some more recipes:  Girl Gone Primal

Comments

[leeny]

I'm too chicken to try any grains, but I did have a glass of wine tonight! I have about 1 T. of cream in my coffee and use a small amount of pastured butter to scramble my eggs. No ill effects yet...let's just hope my scale doesn't get irritated!

[Natali]

I have allowed myself some maple syrup on my paleo pancakes and I had some wine last night. Nothing too drastic at this point, I made some chicken and shrimp Gumbo this week and it was delicious! I got the recipe from Dave's paleo recipes I believe and it was easy and so filling. I also made both the almond cookies and the almond muffins, which I loved. I am heading to CO for a ski trip on Tuesday and am REALLY anxious about eating and drinking out there. We are staying with about 10 friends in a cabin and I am so worried about the diet/eating and drinking. I have things packed that are paleo that I plan on eating,but I just do not want everyone on the trip to be asking me a ton of questions about it all....don't get me wrong I am super excited to go on vacation, but don't want to fall off of 5 great weeks of eating paleo just to avoid the questions from others. Any suggestions out there? :)

[Laurie]

what about just saying you have learned that certain foods make you feel bad..

[Wendy]

The only thing I have really added back in is my daily decaf from Starbucks. It makes me feel warm and happy and I really missed it. Throughout the last 5 weeks I feel like I have eaten more food and better tasting food. I also like the fact that I didn't have to spend a lot of money like a Weight Watchers or other program to get on a healthier eating path. Thank you to Leeny, Elizabeth and Laurie for all of the info and the support. I don't think I am going back to my old way of eating. I can't really even remember what I used to eat. What did I do before Spaghetti Squash?

[Nancy]

Wow, Wendy, that is hardcore! I have not given up even my fully charged coffee! I'm impressed. I've had a couple cookies today (caution: making cookies leads to eating cookies!) so we'll see. Otherwise been sticking with paleo and see it as mostly livable. Big paleo motivator is the general feeling of well being.

[Parth]

Hey all,
I'd love to talk about falling off the wagon, because last weekend that's exactly what i did! Was on vacation for about 4 days and it is difficult staying on Paleo, because somehow, at airports, everything has cheese, or butter, or bread in it. Anyhow, felt awful after that, for a few days actually. A constant nausea accompanied me, and just a sense of "ickness". Can't describe it - but I didn't feel 100%. I do know - eating Paleo approved foods made a huge difference in how i felt. Since then - i've pretty much eaten Paleo. I don't crave beer or wine (which I thought I would), but I am tempted when i pass through the cookie section at Trader Joe's or Whole foods. I think I will be sticking with this diet in the long term - because it really isn't hard to follow. It is difficult when you have family that doesn't eat the same way, and you don't want to have to make them adjust. I've done Paleo 90-10 this week, and I have not felt any adverse effects. My weight has stayed the same, perhaps performance took a little hit, but it did not impact my progress.

[Jill McDaniels]

I am trying not to add much back in but I did have a glass of wine Saturday with dinner and had some dark chocolate covered almonds. I didn't like the way the wine made me feel the next day but the chocolate was wonderful. I think I will stay away from the wine for now and just have some of the chocolate on Saturday or Sunday each week. I would love to add that KerryGold butter to my diet but I know I would be out of control with it. I have an issue with over eating all the things I like so I just can't have them around. So for now I am sticking with the chocolate once a week.

[-Elizabeth]

I am so thrilled to hear all of your responses. I am constantly asked about my diet. When I explain what I do and do not eat, they think I am a freak! It is also usually followed by a comment about how they like pizza too much to ever give it up. I secretly laugh when I hear this because NOBODY LOVES PIZZA more than me! I always respond by telling them that it might be possible that they really don't know what "feeling good" really feels like. I am so glad to know more people who REALLY DO KNOW what feeling good feels like! Keep it up guys!!!

[Leeny]

I think it was the half way party that threw us off track!! We were so strict and so focused for 30 days that when we finally let go a little, it threw us off track. I know I felt that way and I've spoken to a few others who have experienced the same thing. And not without feeling "icky" after eating non-paleo foods. I guess that 30 days was good to reset our bodies and allow us to know what feeling good truly was. So after going off the rails a bit after presidet's day, I'm ready to get back on the pony and eat good. I feel so much better eating paleo. I have to remember that!! Our end of challenge date is March 14th. Keep that date in focus!

[michelle]

So far I have only had popcorn once at a movie with my daughter which didn't affect me much and some dark chocolate. I have had the chocolate two times now both late at night before going to sleep. Both times when I woke up I felt like I had had too much to drink. I have since tried it durring the day which just made me a bit more energetic. I'm buying organic 75-85% chocolate and think having it a couple of times a week won't be such a bad thing.

I am feeling so good that I don't really have much of a desire to stray. I also feel like I want to see how far Paleo can take me, can't believe I'm going to say this but it feels like I just started this and there is much work left to do! Thanks to everyone for all your help, support, and information.

[Judy Harrison]

I should NOT have gone to the Paleo party! Although I had a blast, it really made it hard to get back on track, at least for me! I should have known that when I interrupt a good flow of positive behavior for myself, I have such a hard time getting back in line. I really struggle with food and I need to practice getting quickly back to good eating behaviors after indulging. Instead of falling off the wagon and then just staying there, I can get back up and continue with the positive cycle! I had a few pieces of pizza over the weekend and thought that I should be able to have a piece of cake also! This is how I think! But, i'm doing good today!! See you in the gym!

[julie beattie]

Surprisingly, I have not gone back to my greek yougart ways! Get this Leeny and Elizabeth; I even choked down some turkey and yellow pepper in the car on the way to the basketball tournament last Sat! During the break, I had to get the girls a snack and the closest place was jack- in-the box. So, I ordered a steak and egg burrito and ate the insides. I felt so much like a manly man! I've had some sweets on the weekends; this I will do in order to commit long term. I just wish some body weight would go away!

[Judy Harrison]

I sounded so melodramatic about the Paleo party and falling off the wagon for a couple of days, but geezo, Paleo is basically a-way-of-life for me now and I stay on it most of the time. If I don't have veggies with every meal, I get kinda nervous and reach for whatever veggies are in my pantry or freezer! I just eat MUCH MORE healthy then I was eating before and I am happier. My weight has pretty much stayed the same too Julie, but I feel much stronger.