by jennalamparek in Daily Post

I haven’t been blogging for a good reason – I have not had internet access in forever! We got tired of Mediacom’s BS and switch to a local ISP, it just took 2 weeks of no internet to do it. Anyway, I’m back online and do I feel better than ever!

I’m very, very happy to still report that I am proudly still on the Paleo diet and doing a marvelous job. Today, it has officially been my 4 week mark. Go me!

To this date:

Old BMI 40.3% (Yikes!)

Current BMI 35.0%

Total pounds lost: 31

I obviously still have a long way to go to be thinner and more healthy but holy crap! I’ve lost 5% body fat so far. Now please realize that this is still counting how much I lost before I had started the Paleo diet as well, to mark this date I have officially been successfully dieting since mid-April. However, I have only been on Paleo for 4 weeks in comparison. I think I’m doing pretty well. My coworkers are starting to make remarks on how they think that I’m losing weight. You can certainly tell in my baggy jeans that I wear to work. To say I need a belt would be an understatement. However I finally found the courage to slip on an old pair of jeans that I used to fit into. They fit perfectly, what an awesome feeling! I can’t believe that I had almost given up with my weight struggle. And this diet has been so easy. Sure, I sometimes miss breads or pastas. I went home to my brother’s graduation and had to resist cheesy potatoes and graduation cake and chocolate covered strawberries. But I successfully did it. I didn’t slip once. It’s becoming much easier for me in those situations. There is constantly somebody putting sugary delights on my desk at work on “food day” and I have to politely decline them. And I make sure to always decline, if I give in once I will give in again and what good is that going to do for me.

This past weekend we also went to the first party since being on Paleo. We went to a BBQ and it had a keg there. I unfortunately didn’t get to have any beer. I brought flavored water and vodka. Not surprisingly awful – but I only had two drinks. I tell you, once I get off being so strict for Paleo I am fully going to enjoy fruit and a little bit of dairy and every once and a while BEER! I can’t wait to be at that point, but I’m not giving up and I’m not discouraged at all. I’m going at a good rate.

Also, I will be giving up Menu of the Day. I seem to not have all the time in every day to blog and so I don’t want to spend time on blogs with trying to list off everything I have eaten in the past x amount of days. However, I will post about new recipes I try and different things that I do with new types of food. For example:

SPAGHETTI SQUASH!

Who frickin’ knew that there would be such a wonderful thing! I know that I should kill the craving that I get for pasta. And some might say that I keep feeding the fire, but I will keep eating spaghetti squash no matter what. It surprisingly does not have a mushy texture that one might first think. It’s very, different – but not a bad different at all. It’s actually a good different. Served with seasonings, hamburger, and tomato sauce it was a regular ol’ Paleo spaghetti night.

You must first cut the spaghetti squash in half and place on cookie sheet to bake in oven for an hour at 375 degrees.

Then get a fork and gut out the seeds from the center. After the seeds are removed comb through the sides of the squash till all the little “noodles” are carved out of the shell.

Then put in frying pan and saute with olive oil and basil and seasonings to taste. Cook about 5 minutes.

Once you saute the squash then add in tomato sauce till you see fit. Then add in hamburger. It’s delightful. I nice mix up from the steak and veggies, even though I’m eating like a king with that dinner. Overall, I can’t believe I’ve stuck with this so long, but I’m so thankful that I have, and I’m so proud that I have. It has a lot to do with the amazing support I receive from my boyfriend, I couldn’t ask for more.

Anyway, I’m happy I get to blog again. I have missed writing about my experience. I’m never let down if I just eat properly.

Grok on!