Day 1

So I decided to start eating Paleo effective last night. I went to Henry's and loaded my cart up with all sorts of stuff. I bought broccoli, zucchini, cauliflower, yellow squash, chicken, bacon, avocados, green bell peppers, macadamia nuts, cashews, jalapenos, apples, strawberries and some other stuff I can't remember right now. For dinner we had jalapeno poppers for a little appetizer. These are jalapenos stuffed with Abra's famous "nut cheese". They were tasty. We also had "Paleo Fried Chicken" which is basically a chicken breast dredged in egg and almond flour and fried up with a little bit of olive oil. Some zucchini and squash rounded out the meal. It was satisfying and my anti-paleo boyfriend even said he liked it. He has agreed to eat whatever I cook on this challenge and said he won't eat garbage around me, so he will benefit from my choices too. I totally planned ahead and packed my breakfast/lunch/snack last night so it was bagged up and ready to go this morning. For breakfast I had 1/2 of a leftover paleo fried chicken breast and 1/2 of an avocado. Lunch was more leftovers...the other half of the chicken breast, the other half of the avocado and more zucchini/squash. I cut the cream out of my morning coffee, and have had 2 bottles of water. This is my usual afternoon slump. This would usually be when I head to the break room to get Oreo's out of the vending machine. Have no fear!!! I planned ahead and instead of oreos I will be satisfying the sweettoothbeast within with 5 of the most glorious looking strawberries. I'm going to head to The Academy after work and see if I can weigh in and get measured. I'm debating on whether or not I will post the details. I mean, do I really want the entire world knowing how much I actually weigh? I know ya'll aren't stupid, and if I was really 135 (like it says on my drivers license) then I probably wouldn't be in this situation. I think that in order to accurately track my progress, I'm going to have to. Maybe I shouldn't be dreading sharing this info with the world. After all, the higher the number, the more successful I can be! Stay tuned...

This has to stop

I've been thinking about this 90 day Paleo Challenge alot. In fact it has basically consumed my thoughts all weekend. I am tired of being a fat ass. I've actually been tired for a long time. The only problem is, I love food. I love all of the things that are bad for me. Cheese, fried stuff, soda, beer, mmmmm beer. Not only do I love it, I love it frequently. I have been living the fast food lifestyle ever since I can remember. Basically every meal for me is fast food, it's ridiculous. I eat this crap then wonder why I can't be cute and fun like the skinny girls. I don't want to be skinny anymore. I just want to be healthy. lt has become more and more obvious that the only thing that is going to help me lose weight/get healthy is to monitor what I put in my mouth. I cannot continue to eat crap and think that just because I work out a couple of times a week that I'm going to wake up one day skinny as hell with a rock hard ass. Not happening. So I decided I'm going to do it. I'm going to completely change my diet and eating habits and I'm going to eat like a cave man for 90 days. Starting today...or so I thought. So, remember how this has been consuming my thoughts all weekend? Yeah well I've basically been taking a foodie tour of southern california eating everything I possibly can that I know I'm going to "miss" on this challenge. For my "last meal' I went to Jack In The Box for lunch today because weigh in/measuring is tonight. This is what I ate:

1. Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger
2. Medium Size Curly Fries
3. Regular Size Dr. Pepper
4. Regular Size Oreo Cookie Shake.

I actually can't believe I am writing it down for the world to see. It's kind of embarrasing. What's even more embarassing is that I just discovered that the Challenge doesn't start until next Monday, the 28th. I don't care though. I'm going to start tonight anyway...I think. Here goes nothin'...it's just one choice at a time, right?