starting weight 143 (October 24)

goal: go as primal (as defined by marksdailyapple.com) as I can. I'm not looking to be extremely strict as I'm trying to make a lifestyle change that I would be able to stick with. Overall goal is to get lean, and get healthier. Last time I did this, it worked and I felt great, fat was coming off, and I didn't get sick through an entire winter, and my hormones leveled out (face completely cleared up, and talk about the easiest periods ever!). Then I went on vacation to visit my vegetarian parents and lost it and never got back on.

The purpose of this blog is to hold me accountable, and motivate me to keep going and not slip right back. I already eat fairly healthy, but over the past several months things have slipped back into my diet one by one. Getting sick this past weekend was my wake up call.

I do expect a major setback for the two weeks that my father is visiting, and I considered waiting until he left to start this, but I would rather start now and see how well I can do while he's here and we're eating out a bunch and he's making me apple pies.

Basically my goals in detail are:
Stay under 100g of carbs per day
Eat primarily meat, veggies and some fruit
Try to reduce the amount of dairy I eat

Not bothering with calorie counting, in fact I think I'm going to go out of my way NOT to look at calories as I tend to get wrapped up in that and it's really not important in this diet.

Exercise I think I've pretty much got down, thanks to my workout crew of David, Susan and Lora.

I am also not going alcohol free, although I am switching to red wine from beer (as much as I can).

Like I said, I'm not going super strict, or it'll just make me miserable. I'm aiming for about an 80/20, leaving room to enjoy things that aren't on the list of acceptable foods. Of course, when I hit a plateau, I'll have to revisit this.

resources:
marksdailyapple.com
http://girlgoneprimal.blogspot.com/
http://www.foodrenegade.com/
http://www.sonofgrok.com/category/recipes/ (until Nov 15, when the site comes down)