Thursday, April 18, 2013

Lizzie's Paleo Experience



After Shane had gone through many different diet plans to shed those few pounds he had put on after his bodybuilding show, it seemed like he had had enough.  Nothing was working for him. So he told me he was going to try the “Paleo” diet where you can’t eat anything a caveman in the Paleolithic era wouldn’t have had. I told him “That is just silly.” I did NOT plan on doing this dietary idea with him. I liked my carbs and cheese way too much! Especially since I’m already skinny, I thought if I started a diet with no whole grain, no bread, no dairy,  I  would get TOO skinny.

Well it turns out that when you’re married to a hungry man you can’t keep ANYTHING against his diet in the house, even something healthy like wheat bread or yogurt. I would wake up in the morning to like 5 empty cups of yogurt by the bed. Then he would get all sad because it went against his diet and he ate it all in the wee-hours of the night when he would wake up hungry.  I felt bad because I knew he really wanted to keep up this diet. So I was forced to try this diet with him. I kept only “Paleo” food in the house so he wouldn’t sleep eat.

We started out doing Paleo not knowing exactly what to do. We were just like “Ok only meat, veggies, and fruit.” But there is so much more you can do! As we got more into it, the more recipes and cool stuff we found out about Paleo. All of our trainers started joining in with it too. What really sold me was when I saw my face start to clear up. I have always lived with those nasty pimples on my face and I would try everything to get them gone! Finally something worked! Shane lost 33 lbs and is back to his competition weight. He is so happy and that makes me happy! So now I’m hooked!!  …I still haven’t completely given up on my coffee or cheese yet… it’s my only vice! But it’s ok to not be super strict! You can join in  on the Paleo idea and not give up EVERYTHING! But I think you’d be happy to find you can replace almost any treat you love with a Paleo recipe!

I know you will love this too, so we’re having a free seminar on “What is Paleo?” to educate El Paso about this new dietary idea that is working miracles! We hope to see you there Saturday at Noon!