24Jun/101
Living Paleo
We asked folks to do The Whole9 for 30 days. That 30 has come and gone for most and getting on with your life is now the goal. We have always stated that the diet you do is the best diet for you. Here are some really great tips. This is a great site also!
10 Tips When Eating Paleo
- Enjoy eating paleo. Enjoy what you eat. If you are unhappy with what you are eating you are unlikely to continue to keep eating that way, and once the nutrition is gone, staying fit and healthy becomes much harder.
- Pre-cook food. Spend a few hours at the beginning of the week and cook big batches of food. This will allow you to minimise the amount of time that you have to spend cooking during the week.
- Cook more that you need. This is similar to the previous tip, the idea being that if you cook more than you need for one meal then you can eat it later, or the next day.
- Rather than cutting yourself off from all of those foods which you enjoy that aren’t 100% paleo friendly, simply eat smaller amounts and be moderate.
- Do not keep junk/unhealthy food that you know you shouldn’t eat, in the house. For most people, if it is in the house they will eventually eat it.
- Do not run out of food. This is horrible. Do not let it happen to you.
- Try planning out your meals for a week. This comes easily to type one personalities, for the rest of us it can be a nuisance. Though this has the benefit of ensuring you know what you need in the house for the week, and eliminates that time wasting period during which you try and figure out what you should cook for dinner.
- Keep a handy meal replacement shake/can of tuna in your car/office/desk/bag for a paleo friendly snack in case plans change.
- Learn to use spices; this will do wonders for you and will offer variety and different flavors to your meals.
- Eat lots of vegetables; try and eat a good variety with many different colours.
June 25th, 2010 - 11:13
Gotta give big thanks to my husband Dave – I love you. He has tried to beat into me the whole eating right makes you feel better for years, do you think I listened? Nope. For whatever reason I decided to give the Whole9 a whirl and am soooo happy I did. I have definetely changed the way I eat and feel 100% better for it. I never would have believed if I did not stick to the plan for the full 30 days. If you’re thinking of doing the whole9, You Have Got to COMMIT for the full 30 days.
I hit a rough patch at the end of week two I began to reconsider, have doubts, felt like just eating a pizza and milkshake – BUT I didn’t and I made it to the other end. Goal achieved.
30 days is not forever, you will not realize the little aches and pains you live with daily until they are not there anymore. When the 30 is up, you can then decide what it is that you want to reintroduce. Your body will tell you almost instantly if it’s worth it to consume whatever it was that you thought you were missing.
You and your health is definetely worth 30 days, really what do you have to lose? How’s the same ole same old been working for you? Not? Then to get a different reaction/outcome you have to try something different. give it a try