Evolution Calling Me Home January 15, 2009
Posted by Dr Dan in weight loss.Tags: christmas, paleo diet, weight loss
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Today, I finally got down into the 103’s (kilograms). Thankfully! So that means I am at the weight I was before the christmas feasts. I feel rejuvenated and happy to be back on paleo more fully. One of the comments I got on this blog was very interesting to me. She stated that when she has been on other diets she always felt restricted and wanted to eat other forbidden foods. But on Paleo when she goes off it she can’t wait to get back on it. I totally can understand this. Even when I am eating non-paleo foods, and Im meant to be feeling like its a treat, I feel relieved when I go back on. As I said yesterday its like evolution calling me back home. Now that I am ok with saturated fat I really don’t feel like I am missing out at all!! I just try to make sure my saturated fat intake is roughly equal to my monounsaturated fat intake – just like our paleolithic guru’s.
I have decided to really give IF a try this weekend. It is thursday (8.07pm) at present. Yes Im posting from the future. On saturday I am going to do a 24 hr fast. I have always been meaning to do it and I read a post at free the animal and he said he noticed his hunger dropped even further when he did some IF. So I feel that it is definitely worth giving it a try. So stay tuned.
Food
Today was a fairly typical day. I wasn’t hungry in the morning. For lunch my friend and I went out for lunch and I had half a chicken with a salad. Yummy. He is still amazed that I am losing weight. He said that he was a traditionalist and thought low fat was the way to go. I replied ‘but Im losing weight, I have lost over 10kg so clearly this works’. He looked perplexed but agreed it is working for me.
Anyway after lunch we walked up One Tree Hill, which is actually a volcano, and that took about an hour. Then I came back and ate some strawberries and pears. Then I made dinner. I have had a hankering for kebabs as of late and so made some with beef mince (ground beef) mixed with coriander (cilantro), parsley, garlic, ginger, paprika, chilli and crushed onion. I had this alongside some asparagus and silverbeet. It was really divine. But there was a LOT of fat that came out of it. My flatmate was disgusted. To gross her out some more I started spooning all the fat over my vegetables and meat as a sauce. I don’t think she understands either. But to be honest I kind of like that. I love challenging peoples weight loss perspectives.
Thats awesome! Haha I know exactly how you feel. After new years and christmas. I actually managed to gain about 5-6 kilos..:S thats like 5 lbs I think. Anyways..I’m back on my paleo..I’m only hoping my body can adjust back to its orginal state weight! It sucks because I have seemed to gain it in my gut
But You can’t go wrong with Paleo!!!!!
Good job on getting back to a weight that makes you feel more comfortable!
I’m with you on challenging perspectives. If people ask, I love telling them how much meat I eat. And eggs. And butter. I’m easily amused
Nice blog, great comments from Mark today
Chow On
Jay
Congrats on the loss! I thought I had really blown up from just over 2 months of celebrating (Halloween-New year’s) but after a week back off of the junk, my glycogen & associated water had left and all that debauchery had only netted me an extra 2 pounds!
On the IF, I just did a 24-hour fast last week almost without trying. I figured if my stomach wasn’t actually gurgling and growling then I’m physically just fine. Appetite really does decrease, once you get past the mental desire to eat because it’s time. I probably could have gone 36, but I wanted a glass of wine to celebrate and ended up eating a few oz. of sausage & cheese
Dude, you’re lighter than me now! That’s….NOT good. (Well, for you it is! Go you!)
Ha! You mentioned my comment in the post! It *is* fascinating though, isn’t it? I felt like shit when I counted calories and I was pre-occupied with getting food into my face, as much and as fast as possible, to the point of crying on the couch, cupping my head in my hands and rocking back and forth. Seriously.
Since starting the paleo diet I experienced a little hunger, but upped the fat ratio and suddenly I’m calm. Sure, I get hungry but I eat.. then it’s OK. I’m no longer pre-occupied, thinking about the things I could buy myself to eat after I finish work or rifle 20 times through the same cupboards, looking for something, anything, to eat. By knocking my vegetarianism on the head and eating a primal diet, every single one of my food issues just evaporated. (Well, just one remains…for some reason I’m scared of the amount I can eat and just how hungry I get…but I keep reminding myself that the hunger is there because my body is probably desperate for nutrition and by eating huge amounts of good food I’m healing, NOT HURTING myself…)
So, how do deal with such “close-minded” flatmates? I would imagine dealing with a diet-oriented female would be pretty difficult, or are you slowly bringing them around?
Sarah – five pounds = 2.2 kilograms. Not a big deal you can get that off pretty fast!! But yeah the christmas bender sucks.
Beadie – ah my long lost blogging friend. Good to see you back. Ill be commenting on your blog soon!
Rachel – yeah problem was he read the blog and was offended I had said that. So he does see that it works just doesn’t understand how?
jay – thanks
Redbeerd – thats awesome. I cant seem to make it past six hours. I really need to commit. But when I do it I get all these old calorie reduction fears and so I eat. I think deep down I feel like im on one of those horrible diets and freak out. I need to get past that mental barrier.
Natalie – Your comment was very personal and I appreciate it. Im really glad that the paleo diet has helped you. Personally, I totally agree. I do feel at home on this diet and my hunger pangs are just not there. When I say the paleo diet changed my life I meant it.