Primal Eating - and Catchup

Well hello there my friends! It's been quite a long time since we've all gathered and talked - but back I am, now, and I have some great exciting news to share with you all!

First a quick catch-up. (No - not ketchup).

The cruise was AWESOME. More on this in a later post. There were issues, but overall - it was great. Universal, on the other hand, was LESS so.

And now some bad news. When we returned, I weighed in at my highest weight EVER (374). I was pretty distraught. But Amber and I had a plan to enact when we returned home. We'd done some research, and decided to try the Paleo Plan (also called Primal Eating and/or the Caveman diet).

Here's how it works. It's simple.

Hunter/Gatherer foods. Organic when possible. Mostly 4-6 oz of protein per meal, veggies, fruits, seeds, nuts. No grains, refined or processed foods, or dairy. Less chemical food - more FOOD food.

We've been doing it 8 days (today is the second day of week 2) and I'm down TWELVE POUNDS since day one! I'm still having a bit of carb withdrawal (headaches, mostly) - but it's lessening, and I'm starting to feel stronger and better every day. You'll see I've restarted the club 8 ticker from 374 - and will be updating it weekly. (Editor's Note: Justin - when that ticker says 25, you owe me a graphic, if you'll recall.....heheheh)

Now obviously I don't expect to lose 12 pounds a week (although wouldn't THAT be great) - but we seem to have found a plan that is working. So if we stick to it - we might have a whole new Jonathan by the time we get to Disneyland (in just under 100 days). And goodness knows what Wine and Dine will see. January 2013 could be a mighty comeback!

Yes - I have three races coming up and I plan on doing successively better in each one. In fact, I just recorded an interview with Lisa on Those Darn Cats about the Disneyland half - which I'm stoked for.

In short - in terms of weight loss and fitness - things FINALLY are on the right track - and I'm excited about the progress we've already made.

Oh yeah - and I'm back to blogging. So if you missed me - stop by and say hi in the comments today! I wanna see a LOT of comments! I plan on updating at least twice a week, if not more.

And one last thing...

EPCOT AWAITS!