The Basics

A couple of days ago I decided to give the paleolithic diet a go. For those of you who don't know, this diet is essentially eating like a caveman would. Meat, fresh vegetables, fruits, and nuts. That means no processed foods, no cereal grains, and no legumes. Typically you'd also cut dairy out but I'm not quite ready to give up my yogurt and cheese! Basically a general rule of thumb of this diet is if it comes in a box, don't eat it!

So why have I decided to eat like a caveman you might ask? Well..

1. I'm trying to get back in shape, and this diet will force me to eat more protein which will help me build muscle and simultaneously it will make me cut back on sweets and other junk food helping me lose fat.

2. It will push me to broaden my horizons in terms of food. My typical meals consist of bread, noodles, cheese and chicken. The paleo diet means cooking my own meals. It means eating vegetables besides carrots and potatoes unless I am willing to eat the same thing every day. Hopefully I'll learn to appreciate more foods and become a kickass cook while I'm at it.

3. It's actually pretty lenient in some ways. No calorie counting, and eat whenever you like. After all, what sort of caveman would sit around calculating every last calorie he ate after a meal? That's just not good caveman etiquette.

'That's great, Alice, good for you,' you might say, but why blog about it?

Well good question reader, good question. This is just a way for me to keep track of my progress, to give myself some accountability, to record recipes, and to sustain my interest in the diet. I'll be posting recipes, workouts, stats, and my overall opinion of the paleo diet. My goal is to stick with this for a month. Conveniently this idea struck me on July 31st so I began on Aug 1st. Let's see where this next month takes me!