Day 3

of the Paleo 30 day challenge and so far so good!  East Dallas CrossFit started a 30 day Paleo Challenge on Monday. This past Saturday they had a BBQ for the community to thank our coach, Ryan for all the hard work and time he puts into EDCF. Not everyone at EDCF follows Paleo and many of them are participating in the challenge, so that being said, they took it as an opportunity to indulge before Monday! For the most part, Matt and I did stick to our Paleo meals but did indulge in a couple adult beverages and treated ourselves to a de-lish Key Lime Pie on Sunday.  Since we first started eating a Paleo diet, 5 months ago we have been following it about 85% of the time. What we cheat on from time to time is usually dessert, dairy, tortilla chips (my greatest weakness) when we are at a Mexican restaurant, and alcohol. Now with the challenge, no more cheats!  How the challenge works is a point system and so you earn points for eating 3 Paleo meals per day, getting 8 hours of sleep, eating 2 snacks a day, how many workouts you complete a week and a few other things, I'm sure you get the point....no need to bore. You can get negative points if you have a non-Paleo meal "cheat meal", drink alcohol,  and if you use a sweetener of any sort (I did on Monday, added Agave to my coffee...Ooopsy! Didn't realize!). 
So, it's Day 3 and going great BUT the hard part is going to be...don don don... the weekends! The weekdays are a piece of cake (mmmm, cake) sorry, I digress. So, I am going to try my best to abide by all the rules (even on the weekend) in order to get the best possible benefit from the challenge. Staying dedicated to working out and changing my eating habits over the past 5 months has made me more confident and more importantly...I feel better. I'm starting to see my hard work pay off...my clothes are fitting a lot looser! Hummm, do I see a shopping trip in my near future? I think so! ;-) I still am not sure how much weight I have actually lost but I know I have lost inches. I'm not trying to be 100 lbs or anything....I'm 30 not 14. If you haven't heard "Strong is the New Skinny".  Still have some to go but I'm happy that I'm on my way and have accomplished the hardest part...sticking to it and making it a habit.

Matt, THANK YOU for being my rock and a great motivator.  I love you and we make the best team. Thanks for being a wonderful husband and my best friend.

I'll keep you updated how its going and after the 30 days is up I will post our before and after pictures!