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 two: I survived day one, yay!

Like I said in the first day post, my day was pretty chill. I ended up going to my friend's house for some board games and tea. Yes, board games and tea lol. When I did arrive though I was offered wine AND my friend was making some awesome looking cookies. It did take some effort to choose water over wine but I did. The cookies weren't that hard to turn down (I know, cray) but my other friend was peeling a mango so I had some of that. Later on we sat down and played some board games and drank some tea. I felt really British lol.

Anywho, I had eggs with salami and strawberries for breakfast, which was good. For lunch I had rotisserie chicken. Finally, when I got home I prepared some grilled pork, tossed that in a salad, sprinkled some homemade balsamic vinaigrette, and had a side of strawberries and grapes for "dessert".

My friend was telling me that the first week is the hardest but so far I'm doing ok. Now I think I'm just gonna be investing in coconut oil (which I couldn't find at walmart) and maybe coconut milk.

Day One: it starts!

I had the epitome of the "Last night being a bad idea bear" last night, so I awoke groggy and READY to take this challenge on. The first thing I did was make this video...kind of like a day one sort of deal.

So like I say in the video...I went shopping at the local "WalmarK" for some paleo items

And I prepared myself my first "official" paleo meal...Eggs and Bacon = )

I also purchased some new strings for my guitar and restrung the it. Today I would usually be basking in "Sunday Funday" but instead I chilled, ate, and will be going to a dinner later/game night at my friend's. Definitely different from the usual

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.