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.

Day Three: le tired

Yesterday ended on a good note. I went to see RuPaul's Drag Race at my friend Crysta's house (who is also really into Paleo btw) and she taught me how to make kale chips. You basically get some kale, put it in a bowl, put some olive oil on it, sprinkle some garlic salt if you want, and lay it out on a tray. You bake it at 350 for a few minutes and voila, you have kale chips. They were good, and I usually hate vegetables so I think I would give it another go.

She also gave me some tips on how to survive the diet, the reason why I took nuts to work today. I've been good so far but today I was feeling crazy tired, which I guess is a side effect of your body getting less carbs.

Anyhow, I got home, made a grilled pork salad again (tastier this time bc I cooked the meat differently) and ate a whole bunch of grapes. I'm gonna be working on a gym routine of sorts that I hope to start next week. OMG OMG, I was most definitely offered taco bell AND M&Ms and I seriously don't know how I turned them down lol. On a positive note, I can do 6 complete pull ups (which is a lot for me considering I could do NO pull ups lol)

Before Day One: Why? WHY? WHY?!

Sooo basically here's the whole "Why the fuck are you doing this blog? What is a bad idea bear? Why on earth would you go two months without having the savory and awesomeness that is alcohol? Finally, why are you going on this crazy Paleo diet shit?" Well, to answer those questions let's go ahead and visit Chernobyl...I mean my life.

Ok so I basically decided after earlier this year when all of my plans to move out of Orlando to Chicago and start a new life as a volunteer vet for endangered whales went to shit, (I wasn't REALLY gonna be a volunteer vet but still...I could have been) that I needed a breather, a time to reflect, a moment to myself. I decided to stop drinking for two months AND on top of that to adopt the paleo diet lifestyle for said time.

Around these parts I'm known as a bad idea bear. Now don't get me wrong, I work, I have a car, I do my shit okrrr! I do like to have a social life. I LOVE going out, meeting people, having drinks, and being a "bad idea bear". I was going out about 2-3 times a week (clearly weekends) and I just wanted to put a halt to that and take this break. There are 52 weeks in a year...going 8 weekends without alcohol etc. shouldn't hurt me. Adding the paleo diet and exercise was just something I added at the end so I could be healthier. Another thing, I'm doing this all through April and May and coming back just in time for my birthday -June 3rd- and GAY DAYS!

So here's the plan from April 1st- May 31st:
1. No bars, no clubs, no parties. I know myself...I can't go to any of these and not want to drink. I would just end up being a debbie downer the whole time and asking myself why everyone else is having such a great time and why I was in charge of holding Melissa the Munchkin Mess's hair while she threw up. (Not a real person in my life but it would be kind of sad/funny it she were) I can still attend a POOL party, pool, beach, movies, dinner, and other activities fine. (or so I think, we'll see)


2. The main parts of the paleo diet are no dairy, no grains. I'm Latino, and therefore I feel like this will be "interesting" as I can't eat rice, beans, or use corn oil. I can still eat bacon, all kinds of other meats, cook with coconut oil, eat fruits in moderation, eat nuts, etc. I already did a week and a half or so of no rice (this is also not counting the little bit of rice that was in a chicken burrito from taco bell) and I did ok. Yes, I did eat rice basically on the daily so this big. Also, the only thing that I will be using that I dunno if it's paleo or not is probably MIO, the water enhancer, because as much as I love water, I'm sorry, but it doesn't taste good with steak. Later on I may include protein powders etc. but that's a bridge I'll cross when I get there.


3. Starting a routine at the gym. I'm clearly going to start slowly, but my goal is to be going there M-W-F so we'll see how that goes. For now I think that's all I can really think of. The other thing I kind of wanted to do is learn guitar but that's up in the air as I remembered that time is kind of limited and I do have a job etc.