What Got Me Here

This is the story of my journey so far. I have never really been a self motivator or even someone who sticks to things. The only things I have managed to really stick to in my life are Marriage and Bible Quiz. Even the last blog I started only had two entries in it. All the diets and weight loss tricks have been the same. Have a little success but never really follow through.

So why should this time be any different? I don't really know the answer to that. My hope is that by making this journey very public that it will somehow motivate me to keep going. Many of you have already seen my Facebook posts at the beginning of this attempt. You have been very encouraging and helpful so far. The last couple of months have been frustrating. Beginning with surgery in July and the implementation and multiple changes in medications, nothing has really changed. I thought I was eating right. I thought I was taking steps to affect change in my life, but nothing was happening. This led me to really start thinking about what I was doing (and not doing).

On Thursday, I began researching portion sizes and calorie counts, I bought lots of vegetables and fruit, and I started to make changes to my diet and my routine. Not even knowing if I was on the right track, I sought the advice of a friend who is a physician.

On Sunday, my friend recommended a book, The Paleo Solution. The same friend had previously given me an Amazon gift card which I hadn't spent all of. So I came home from church yesterday afternoon, downloaded the book to my Kindle, and began to read. I skimmed the rest of the book today. There is a lot of information and I couldn't really process it all. More than half of the book is why it works, and it took me a while to find the How To. I don't agree with the guy's theology (he talks a lot about evolution), and there are a few curse words, but the challenge is to try it for a month and see how it works. My physician friend says that it really does work and I trust him, so here goes...

The diet portion is very strict and I am not sure that I can stick to it during the Holiday Season (I counted six parties in three weeks, not to mention Thanksgiving). I have decided to begin the other portions which are sleep and excercise and do as much of the diet as I can, but save the really strick stuff until after Christmas.

So heres the lowdown on today:
Breakfast
     Strawberry Banana Smoothie
          Frozen Strawberries, Milk, Banana

Lunch
     Hamburger Patty w/ cheese, Brussel Sprouts, a hard-boiled egg (which I intended to eat at breakfast).

Dinner
   Chicken Fajitas from Chilis (date night with my honey).

Thanks for listening. I really do crave your input. I think I will need lots of help and encouragement in this process and hopefully as the days and weeks go on I will have very good things to report.