Landon and I eat fairly healthy. I cook often and we hardly ever eat out. In January, I found a blog that documented the 30 day paleo challenge. I've never been one to worry about what I was eating, I just have always liked fruit and vegetables...and other yummy things (cheese dip, dr. pepper, candy, etc.). Over the last year, Landon has really been researching and learning more about the foods we eat and had recently read Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food. Which reminds me...I need to finish reading...
After reading that blog, talking with LT, and becoming really curious about what changes could really happen, we started the 30 day paleo challenge on February 1st. This was not to lose weight. This was to make better eating choices and get into a habit of eating better things.
After 30 days...we LOVE it. We both saw a lot of changes in body shape...which means we both had excess nastiness hanging out!
Yes, it is tough initially. No, we had no milk, cheese, or sugar for 30 days and are both still alive! Yes, it is more expensive (but just like budgeting, it will take a few weeks to get the hang of shopping this way)
No, I could not have done this by myself! Having a partner to lean on was exactly what I needed. I'm pretty sure LT would tell you the same thing!
Now that our 30 days are up, we do plan to cheat some. But those cheats will be few. Mainly when just eating out.
During the 30 days, I got most of our meals from the 30 day challenge. These were good for the initial cleanse.
Other good recipe sites:
paleomg.com
paleocupboard.com
paleoplan.com
I made these this week for life group, Brownie Pie Bites. They were AMAZING!
