I am on day one of a paleo strictness thing. Partly for health (as this is just the best way for me, and everyone else, to eat actually) but also to make babies. I am a few jabs into IVF and am hoping a non-inflammation supremely elite eating program will assist with creating an uber-inviting environment for a little cell division.
They (being Robb, Mark and #whole9life and what not) say this is the best thing ever and I tend to agree having followed these eating templates for some time. It also seems a shame not to try everything in my arsenal to encourage success. What is the worth of a few evening biscuits anyway? Certainly not a continuation of fat and barren.
I will now enter clean eating phase one: hungry as a horse with only meat and vege to satiate, spending the next few days yearning for chocolate and sticky baked badness. This is always the case for me after 2 weeks of pure indulgence, I tend to have uncontrollable hunger and slight food obsessiveness.
I gave it a good dash the last few days (weeks, who's judging), my primary excusing being “maybe this is the last muffin I will eat in 10 months…” 10 months = 1 month IVF plus 9 months baby incubation.
This program (way of life, whatever) gets easier. With a little help from my beloved friend intermittent fasting, I will calm down the hungry horse in a few days.
My Eat Rules
(I respond well to rules, I know this is not everyone’s cup of tea though)
Eat Paleo (you know: meat, vege, fruit, nuts, seeds, little starch)
Eat Deviations
(slight changes in rules to encourage longevity and success)
- fruit - phase one 2 serves per day, until I get less hungry and will then cut down to one serve per day
- no nuts - I am uncontrollable regarding portion size so no nuts for me. Ever
- meat - happy (free range), healthy (organic) grass fed and finished meat only
- eggs - happy (free range), healthy (organic)
- no paleo treats. They are simply not paleo
- little yogurt/ cheese - raw, organic, free range, dairy
My Move Program
(This is a little tedious and uninspired as no CrossFit is allowed until the IVF cycle is completed. (They say “until a heartbeat” but that is crazy optimistic talk, so I will just go with no CrossFit for “a little while”).
So with that in mind here is the updated Move Program
- walk home from work most days (5km or 40mins ish)
- soft sand beach (fast walk a few times a week)
- steep stairs walk (alternating with the above a few times a week)
- ocean swim (once a week)
- bench dips and push ups (daily to failure but only to capacity that will allow for a casual chat whilst performing said movements)
Inspiring right? Oh well I am in to it and on to it.
Anyway, I am excited, and am looking forward to a month of eating clean and moving sans bending over and cortisol rushing. #Bring it.
JLF-H xx
Footnote of Retrospectiveness
(this is the section I will reflect on one of my historical initiatives for self improvement). I am full of self life enhancers and personal rules.
- say yes to things
- follow through with things I said yes to, with actually doing the yes thing.
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