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 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.