Week two of the one month Paleo challenge is coming to an end. December is definitely the month you want to do a CHALLENGE like this. I know I am crazy, but let me share my thinking on this. My office like most offices around the country has all kinds of goodies during the holidays. I personally find it fun to see if I am strong-willed enough to pass on eating all the goodies. We have had sugar cookies (one of my favs the kind from the grocery store with lots of frosting), peanut butter fudge, biscotti’s, cranberry bread, cupcakes, apple cider and hot chocolate.
Back to why I think this is a great challenge to do. The first being, do we really need to eat all that junk just because it’s the holidays? The second I find in fascinating that I can lose weight while a lot of others are gaining weight during the holidays. To date I’ve lost 3.4 lbs since starting the Paleo challenge on December 2, 2012. Now my actual goal is to get stronger and leaner and I think both are coming along nicely. Lastly, the strong-willed mind can make or break a challenge anytime of the year! It’s all in the mind!
Week 2 has been interesting for me. When I attended Kickboxing on Wednesday morning my energy level was low. I am thinking I didn’t get enough fruits/vegetables in the day before. Today I ate ½ of a Banana before my workout and I had amazing energy. I also am learning that either by taking out dairy or gluten my body functions much better or it’s adding in the extra fruit. I am a vegetable eater and eat about the same amount of vegetables as to what I ate prior to this challenge.
Here is a great story from “The Chef” and my daughter. Let me start by sharing that my Dear Daughter was not hip on changing up our eating habits. She gets what we eat plus whatever else she would like rice, pasta, bread, chips, crackers, granola bars etc….
I am sitting at the dining room table wrapping Christmas gifts she is searching for a snack in the refrigerator on this particular evening. Keep in mind she could be eating anything that is in the pantry and the refrigerator.
DD: “What happened to the Raspberries?”
Chef: “I ate half of the box and you ate half the box”
DD: “Uuggghh no fair”
Chef: “Hey I am starving too ya know”
Oh my I just busted up laughing! I think because my DD could eat ANYTHING in the house and she wanted the raspberries.
So if you are will minded enough you too can be successful during the holidays on the Paleo Challenge! It’s not too late to start!
Tis the Season!
This time of year Ugly Sweaters are in high demand. I was invited to meet some of my girlfriends for Happy Hour on Friday night and we all were to wear Ugly Sweaters. I had no time to search the second-hand stores or the Good Will. So I started asking around at work to see if anyone of my co-workers had an Ugly Sweater that I could borrow. Not a single one in my office had one. I used my resources and asked another co-worker from down the hall. She was hilarious when I called her. She said she was appalled that I thought she would have an Ugly Sweater and as a matter of fact she did have one.
I didn’t win the Ugly Sweater contest but did have one to wear!
Do you have themed holiday parties?
Stay tuned for my fabulous Holiday Drink recipe coming up next week.
Tre Amicas!
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