Paleo?

When I first started going to my current gym (PR Fitness) over a year ago I remember the owner/coach discussing nutrition one night.  I distinctly remember saying that I had the nutrition part down because I am a lifetime member of Weight Watchers.  I vividly recall the look on his face (he said nothing!) that seemed to say "Really?  Weight Watchers?  You have a lot to learn."  I didn't get that for months and months.  I still continued to eat what I thought was relatively healthy, but of course I ate breads and sugar.  I was getting stronger each day, but still not happy with my body.  When Patrick came home from Afghanistan, I started dragging him to PR and soon he, too, was hooked.  We were working out as many days each week as our schedules would allow, but we were putting on weight.  We stopped eating the way we should, we were now both in graduate school, and Madelyn was in the middle of her first year of high school.  Talk about a stressful time in our lives.  I started talking to one of our gym owners about changing our eating habits and slowly began having the "paleo talk" with Patrick.  He initially dug his heels in the ground and put up some resistance.  "Give up cheese!? Are you NUTS!!"  I know, I know.  Everything is better with cheese, right?  Well, everything, but your health!  And Madelyn had a stronger reaction to the loss of milk.  Eventually a 30-day agreement was made.  We would commit to trying this whole Paleo thing for 30 days.  After that we would re-evaluate the situation and see how we felt.  We were realistic with our start date because of some things going on in our lives. 

So, today is June 1, 2011 and we begin our Paleo Journey.  I have been reading blogs and books for a few weeks now so that we don't jump in without any knowledge of the "what" "whys" or "hows" of it all.  To say I am excited would be a pretty accurate assessment.  So is Patrick.  I am going to attempt to document our daily food and exercise in this blog.  Tonight we make our big shopping trip.  We have our garden planted.  We have our minds focused.  We can do this. I know we can.  I don't expect it to be easy each and every day, but we want a healthier life and this is the best option for us to achieve that goal.  Here we go!