2011 Goals In The Simplest (Laziest!) Way Possible
So it’s that time of year again when we think about the coming year and what we want to achieve. However, this year I am making one simple change to my philosophy and that is – I want everything to be...
View ArticleStarting the Slow Carb Diet from Tim Ferris’ 4 Hour Body Book
My last post was back in December and I decided to take the simplest route possible to lose weight. Well it didn’t work too well and I have put on even more since then. My excuse is busyness! I did my...
View ArticleSlow Carb Diet Day 3 update
It’s Wednesday and I’m on the morning of the 3rd day of the slow carb diet. So far, I’m finding it pretty easy. I think that’s because I’m eating enough to keep me full and I’m enjoying what I am...
View ArticleInvestigating the Paleo Diet
Why Another Diet? The last few posts on this blog were from a very short lived diet – Slow Carb, made popular by Tim Ferris. I did not get on with the diet at all and quickly stopped doing it. My...
View ArticleThinking About Goals & Dilemas With This Diet Change
What Diet Am I Following? Having now read a little more about the Paleo diet (I still have a lot to read so I’m no expert yet) it appears very strict – no grains (even whole grains, brown rice, pure...
View ArticleMy First Week Converting to Paleo
I made the decision that I was going to give this Paleo thing (or slightly modified version) a proper shot on Monday and started eating that way seriously on Tuesday onwards which was the 6th December....
View ArticleReading = Education or Confusion?
So for the last week or so I have been doing quite a lot of reading about this whole Paleo thing. There are two books that I’m reading – The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf and The Primal Blueprint by Mark...
View ArticleWeek 2 – 1lb Back On! Oh Noes!
Jumped on the scale this morning (a day early as I want to weigh Saturday next week as that will be Christmas Eve) and pretty disappointed to report a 1lb weight gain :-( Hip & waist measurements...
View ArticleTaste Buds Becoming Heightened
Have you ever eaten something with a really strong taste, eaten something else straight after but found that all you could taste was the strong tasting food that you ate before? There’s something I...
View Article7 Workouts Exercise ‘Routine’
So far I have concentrated almost entirely on the food aspect of the Paleo lifestyle and the only exercise I have done is two weights workouts and a tiny bit of walking. I know I will get much better...
View ArticleFree Paleo Resources Online
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about the science of Paleo itself and also, looking through a ton of recipes for ideas. In this post I’ll list some of the resources that I have found really helpful....
View ArticleClarifying my Diet
When I first started to change my diet I was really unsure on what I was doing as I had started out following the Body Transformation plan that my neice was following (but that was based on also doing...
View ArticleOoh, Peas (fresh) Are Back on the Menu!
Just a few hours after lamenting about peas being classed as a legume, not a vegetable, and therefore non-paleo, it would appear that despite this fact, as far as nutrition goes, they are actually...
View ArticleMore Paleo Variations… Including Rice!?
I’m continuing to come across even more variations on the paleo diet. One blog that I came across is called Living in the Ice Age and I absolutely love this one because the food is presented...
View ArticleWeek 3 (Skewed) Results – 1lb Down!
I totally forgot that I was intending to weigh today before the Christmas indulgences so unfortunately by the time I remembered I’d already eaten a large breakfast, and drunk 2 cups of coffee and a...
View ArticleI Survived Christmas!
For me, Christnas was 2 days. I ate Paleo right up until the day. On Christmas Eve I had two social engagements with food & drink involved and somehow managed to stay completely Paleo. On Christmas...
View ArticleJanuary 1500 Kettlebell Swing Challenge
I’ve been playing with the Kettlebell Swing of late and I think it’s a fantastic exercise and I was lucky enough to get two new kettlebells for Christmas :-) So I want to put them to good use… I also...
View ArticleWeek 4 (Christmas Week) Slight Gain
Ok last week when I said I wouldn’t be disappointed if I didn’t lose fat in Christmas week it appeared I lied! It would have been fantastic if I’d lost or at least stayed the same but I have put on...
View Article2012 Starts Here and Kettlebell Swing Challenge Increased!
The Christmas and New Year celebrations are over and now I am back to my as-clean-as-possible Paleo diet & lifestyle. This week I’m low on the carbs, no tubers, lots of protein and daily exercise...
View ArticleCalories do still count on Paleo, Damn!
I have finally got around to reading the chapter on ‘Effortless Weight Loss’ in the Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson. I was under the impression based on what I had read previously that all you needed...
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