Primal In April
And now .... it begins!
Good morning this first day of April! Today, the first day of this primal month I weighed 129.6 lbs chest 35.5 inches waist 27.75 inches hips 37 inches I got well over 7 hours of sleep and it's going to be easy to get some sun when I go for my walk this morning. |
Oh, just found this thread now! I'm in!! Got the book last night....opened the box while I was eating Dominos (don't ask, long story)....so I skipped the scale today cause I know I'm retaining about 3 lbs of water. I'll use yesterday morning's weigh in as my start.
Hmm....I think I shall make a ticker! |
I'd love to know what everyone's meal plans are.
I'm having a protein shake for breakfast because we are low on groceries. It's chocolate whey protein that is sweetened with stevia only. I added about 4 strawberries and some cinnamon and extra cream. I'll probably have salad and chicken for lunch. Maybe pork chops and broccoli for dinner. I have some raw pecans that I soaked and dried for a snack. I'm weighing in at 234. My waist is 44. I may take other measurements later today, but waist is most important to me right now. |
Hi Everyone!
I'm so excited to be starting this with you all. I'm not going to measure my progress by the scale. Instead, I'm going to track my measurements (which I took two weeks ago and posted on my blog) and see where I'm at by the end of April. Also, I'm going to measure by how well I fit into two pairs of jeans. One of them is a bit too tight in my butt and thighs. The other gives me a muffin top - I'm hoping to get rid of both those problems by the end of the month! As I said before, my goals are to eliminate wheat and sugar, and have no more than one serving of a starchy carb like rice, quinoa or rice noodles per day - if that. I also need to limit my alcohol intake ... that will be tough. Lifting heavy things must be done at least twice a week, if not three times, and lots of long, slow cardio. And so it begins! Good luck everyone! |
April 1 - here we go!
Weight: 172.6 Measurements: Bust: 40 Chest: 36 Waist: 39 Hips: 43 Left Thigh: 23 Right Thigh: hoping it's the same as Left Thigh...maybe not... Yikes, loads of room for improvement. So far, so good. Primal foods only, and I've had a brisk walk, 20 minutes, no "chronic cardio". I'm on Chapter 2 of the book. Like Susan, I'm ridiculously excited about this, but that gives me pause; I've been ridiculously excited about weight loss/health stuff before (maybe even more than once before....!) |
So far just a scoop of coconut milk (with a sppon, out of the can) and cream in my coffee. I have a bit of a headache so I haven't cooked anything yet.
I did go for a walk outside. I'll post what I ate when I get home from work tonight. |
Clearly I need to read the book. But my initial approach includes avoiding grains (DS is making a cake for Easter so I will partake that day), lifting 3X a week, and throwing intervals into my running to avoid steady state. No alcohol (easy). I think legumes will be a sticking point for me at this time. Small steps....
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:woohoo: and it begins.... Weight 152... I don't know my measurements off hand I am at work...
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I'm new here and have been emailing Mark back and forth about primal. I am ordering the book. When I recieve it, can I join in? I have to admit that I don't know alot about it though. For now if it's ok, I'd like to follow along.
Mary Ann |
You are very very welcome!
There's a good little bit of info on the website. Certainly enough to get you going. |
:welcome: Mary Ann :wave:
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OK day one.
scambled eggs with ground pork/beef in butter and coconut oil cream in my coffee tomato, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, shrimp, ground beef/pork, almonds, greek dressing with feta hard boiled eggs, cream cheese beer I walked a lot. |
Meals:
1. blueberries, ground flax, bran buds (i know bran buds are not primal, but i really like them) , 1oz walnuts, 1/4c yogurt 2. oh i forgot about this muffin mid morning :mad: 3. green pepper 4. cauliflower soup, 2 eggs, shredded cabbage 5. 6" wrap with lots of veggies, bacon, 1 slice each ham and chicken, mayonnaise 6. Greek salad with chicken and feta, olives and olive oil dressing 2 glasses of wine I did not exercise , I travelled today... Not the best day Primal food wise... Tomorrow will be better... |
I was primal all day yesterday until dinner, which was a fail... we were out and I planned to have Orange Roughy wrapped in pancetta with a red pepper couli (doesn't that sound good?) - but the restaurant was out of it. I did start out with a salad, but my main course involved pasta, I'm afraid to say. I'm chalking it up to the 80% rule.
I am feeling *great*, however; even when I'm hungry, it's not that ravenous gotta-eat-something-carby-right-now feeling. Today's plan: B: none (I don't know if he discusses intermittent fasting in the book (I'm on Chapter 3) but he does on the website L: green tea, chicken salad, olive oil & vinegar dressing S: almond butter D: chicken souvlaki, broccoli w/butter We're in the middle of a kitchen renovation right now, so cooking at home is a bit challenging; we have no appliances, sink, etc. Thankfully the weather is nice enough that we can BBQ. ETA: Hi Mary Ann! |
Today was a wonderful mix of church and family :) My exercise was play!
Cream in my coffee and a hard boiled egg Communion ;) Real mozzerella Greek salad, deep fried turkey, ribs, deep fried fish, a few french fries Diet coke and beer That's the most "overt" carbs I've had in a long time and (as you'd imagine) I'd just about knock you over for some ice cream or crackers. |
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