Month 2 Day 4: Bump in the road ugh

Sooo of course every journey has its little bumps in the road. When I first started this I thought the bump would be that agonizing first week but alas a new manifested. In a nut shell, I got crazy sick last week. I was way too sick to cook any paleo food, let alone think about any diet, so I've been eating shitty since then. I'm still recovering but feeling blah. I never thought I would say this but I actually miss going to the gym and eating healthy. I was even seeing some results! My booty was looking more Nicki Minaj than ever lol.

I've still been home and doing my pull ups at least, so I have SOMETHING physical going on. I probably can't return to the gym for a few more weeks but on the bright side I still haven't had any alcohol. Also, due to the complications of me being sick, I now have Bell's Palsy. Yup, I now can't use half of my face. It's supposed to be temporary from what I've read and heard but still, it's annoying! Anyway, I hope to recover sooner than later, and I now have more strength to start cooking paleo again. I need to get back on that horse. Here are some palsy pics of me okrrr!

Day 24: Getting the hang of this

It's been 24 days of sobriety and paleo goodness and overall, I feel really good. I'm glad I embarked on this little experiment. I'm not gonna lie, there have been times when I forget I'm doing it and am about to order a glass of wine somewhere or want to wolf down a whole plate of cheese but alas I've been good.

I added a few more corners to the whole paleo side of the this two month journey. For example, I went to a backyard birthday this past weekend and ate sweets, cheese, and chips. I think that as long as I have those days or moments in moderation, but still mostly stick to paleo stuff, then I should be good. I've also started to take the gym more seriously, built up a little routine and sticking to that as well. My goal is to have a nice bubble butt by June lol...we'll see if the Minaj is with me.

As far as drinking, I still don't have the urge or anything like that. As I explained before, and I think this is due to me being a social drinker, I'll be with friends somewhere and they'll be ordering wine or something like that and I have to remind myself to get water. Another thing that I've found is that I still have great will power lol. I've attended parties, get-togethers, and social gatherings with no problem. I still don't see me going to a bar-bar (where all you would do IS drink) but everything else seems to be going fine. My weight is still in the lower 150's and I can feel my strength getting better (10 consecutive pull ups okrrr!).

Day 17: Holy Will Power!

When I first started this journey I told myself I wouldn't be going to bars or clubs because I knew myself...I'd be at a club or bar and be really tempted to drink and then go have some fatty food. Well, I was invited to go to a bbq with some friends and I thought to myself "Well, lemme just go and feel it out, I'll probably have some meat, chat with my friends, and try to have a good time. When I arrived my friends were all eating and drinking and I went straight for a cup of water. I was astonished...I went the whole night just sipping my water (and eating my delicious Mojo marinated grilled chicken) without thinking I needed a drink or anything like that. I had a blast and all sans alcohol. I was tres impressed.

Now came the tricky part. I watch this one show pretty religiously -Rupaul's Drag Race- and the queens from the show were going to be at a club in Orlando this past Saturday. I thought "Damn, they just HAD to do this while I was on this whole hibernation thing" but then I thought "what if...". Well, I decided that if I had enough will power to make through this bbq, where by the way alcohol was plentiful - then maybe I could make through the club. My main focus was just going to be seeing the show anyway, and then I could leave immediately afterwards if I wanted to. Well, I decided to go. I got there with some friends just in time for the show and then did a meet and greet. It was phenomenal! I had a bottle of water whilst my friends were getting totally wasted but it didn't really bother me. Then my friends wanted to dance and lemme tell you, I had fun just doing that, being with friends, dancing and drinking water lol. I was and have been really impressed with my will power. So far, still going strong, not going mad, and making it!

Day 12: Cheat day and the gym

Ok so cheat day was pretty good....I ate me some mushroom pizza, a bread stick, and some Ranch. I also had some fruit punch....it was good and I didn't gorge myself or anything. Later that day I went to a restaurant downtown "Ceviche" where they serve tapas. It was SOO yummy! I had two tapas, one with a mixture of meats and this awesome sauce, and the other with chicken. I also had bread but did eat everything with water. I felt like yeah I definitely ate some stuff I shouldn't be eating, but it wasn't going to kill me, and it was YUMMY!

Today I finally went to the gym. It was good actually. I hadn't been in a month and I completed all of the workouts I wanted to just fine. I did mostly cardio, and then fit in some arms and legs in there. I now need to create more of a routine so I can track my progress. I'm feeling good!

Day 10: I'm feeling tres better!

Sooo I'm feeling better this week. I'm not crazy tired and I'm still maintaining my weight in the low 150's (which I like) and I can do 8 consecutive pull ups lol. Ok so Easter....my sister had me over for food. As I mentioned before, I'm Latino, so everything was going to be fried, of course beans and rice, tostones, and salad drenched in some mayo mixed dressing. I decided to go. Yes, I'm on this Paleo thing but it's Easter, and come on lol.

I ate ribs, tostones (fried plantains), and some of the salad. I had water instead of the suggested grape soda, and I skipped on the rice and beans. It didn't kill me and I went back to my paleo self soon after. I did it strict for a week so I felt like half of a meal of "bad stuff" was ok. My friends that have done this do tell me it's ok to have a cheat day or to get some cheap food once in a while, just no gorging on it.

Well, tomorrow is going to be one of those days. My friend won a lunch for 4 coworkers at a pizza place we all love to go to so I decided I wouldn't be a party pooper and go. I'll just have less than what I usually get (aka 3 slices of pizza and many bread sticks all drenched in ranch) and just have a slice, a bread stick, and salad. It should be good = )

Day 7: Beaching it

Soo I ended up at Palm Coast yesterday, going to the beach, relaxing, and overall just having a great time...sans liquor lol. Then everyone decided that they wanted to go have dinner in St. Augustine, which I was all about since I was pretty hungry. So we got there and and had to wait about an hour or so, which I didn't mind too much because we spent the wait time taking pictures and being stupid. We then go seated and I looked at the menu....there was barely anything that I was allowed to eat lol. Everything was either seafood (which I can eat but I don't like), pasta, fried ______, or cheesy. I finally decided to get a salad with bacon and just added chicken. To those of you that are gonna be going out and ordering a salad with chicken added, here's a tip: order double the chicken! Everyone around me was eating delicious pasta or fried chicken, and gator tail, and BREAD with butter, while I had to wait for my salad (and ps I got the half portion bc I'm sorry but I was NOT about to order a $14.99 salad...just was not gonna happen) and when it finally came, it was good, but I wish I had had more to eat.

Another thing...I was looking for a snack on my way back from palm coast....everything was sugar or grain or crazy....luckily they had a nuts and raisins trail mix...which was pretty good. Overall though it's a bit tough. I could not believe how much self control I had...I was about to do a "well just one gator tail thing" but then I thought "I did not just do this for this long to give it all up on a gator tail" lol....Also, I've lost some weight...down to 148/149....okrr! Oh yeah...and today is the official WEEK ONE on this crazy hibernation...status: getting used to it and surviving = )

Day 5: sick?

My friend that did this told me about feeling groggy the first week and omg she was NOT kidding. I had two emergen-c packets today bc I seriously thought I was getting sick. I'm better now but def still feeling tired. I was tres glad to get my foreman grill back, which made it way easier to grill some meat. I cut some up today, put some garlic, cilantro, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and lemon on top, and grilled it. Soo yummy!

I also reloaded on some greens and fruit. I was talking to my friend about how expensive it is to "eat healthy". I could go to taco bell right now and get a meal for two bucks, but the lettuce I got (yes in a bag with other stuff or whatever) was almost that if not more...cray cray! I did figure that the money I'd be spending on going out is being put to use on this food at least, so all in all not so bad = )


Now just waiting for that end of the week mark.