My Clean Eating Whole Food Low Calorie Lower Carb Plan

Now that I have done all of my ranting about this and that. I decided to put together an eating plan that had some structure. I even decided to reduce my calories. I love iPhone tracking apps, but I find the old-fashioned pen and paper method brings me back to my Weight Watchers days where I kicked weight-loss ass. I find with the iPhone app, I get lazy. With the pen and paper on my kitchen counter, it's easier to just jot things down. Time to get back to basics.

Reducing My Calories

I think 1800 calories is too much for me. It seems that the PCOS wan't to hold on to every little calorie. I am going to have to try the traditional 1200 calorie with an exercise deficit to see if that gets me back to losing. Maybe that will shake things up a bit.

We bought a COW!

YES! You read that right. I bought a cow. No, this photo is not of the actual cow ;)

Well..

At least a quarter of one anyway that will provide us with about 100 pounds of fresh meat. We'll get it around July and I am planning for that to last the year.

Score one for the whole food department!

On my quest for whole food we decided this was the best way. One good thing about where we live - it's farm country. Which means I have an endless supply of fresh eggs. I supplement with grocery store eggs when my grocery budget runs out and even then I try to get as close to cage free/grain free/organic as I can.

As Jillian Michales says, if you can't do it all the time, do what you can because every little bit helps.

We're also looking into getting half a pig.

Soon the farmers around us will start planting. By mid-summer the farm behind us will have buckets and buckets of fresh goodies.

I can't wait.

Oohhh then it's canning season.

Yum.

My Biggest Annoyance with the Paleo / Primal Community

 Unless you have a food allergy
Unless you are doing Crossfit
maybe Paleo isn't right.

I know I have been on a Jillian Michaels kick lately. Sorry for that. I am just excited to have finally found some PCOS battle answers that actually make sense to me!

As for Paleo, I found the community to be much like a cult. For one who did not follow strict Paleo (more Primal) I was picked on. I tried to talk to people, ask questions, and participate in discussions. I felt tt was too much like being back in high school and dealing with bullies. No thanks. I know I am not the only one who felt like that. (I also read all the books, so I knew what I was talking about.)

What Happened to Keto (more aptly titled, My Lessons in Keto)

Keto made me obsessive.

To read more about this topic, check out Monday's post: (It's May!) Check-In,Some Confessions & C25k and another part - Breaking Up from Wednesday.

I guess I have more to say on the topic of the Keto Diet.

I started Jan. 1 with Atkins and I did VERY well. I was excited to learn that in time I could add back all the foods I removed in the beginning. I just needed to learn what my daily carb allowance was going to be. I understood and I was OK with that.

Breaking Up.....

This is going to be a bit of a continuation from Monday's post: (It's May!) Check-In,Some Confessions & C25k


Maybe it's just time to break up with....

• diets
• weight loss books
• Facebook groups
• My Fitness Pal groups
• Sparkpeople groups
• and anything else that is related to a certain "brand" of eating

They seem to be sucking so much time from me and doing nothing but confusing me!

(It's May!) Check-In,Some Confessions & C25k

Today's Weigh-in: 224

Total Pounds Lost This Year: 16

My last recorded weight was the end of January, since then I have lost 4 more pounds. The weight is certainly not falling off like others in the Keto community. While I find the program easy, I think I need something with some more ground rules. Maybe. I am not sure. I just feel like I am eating all the wrong things. I can't wrap my head around the low-carb, high-fat meal plan even though I know it works.

I think I am just spending too much time on "brand" name weight loss, healthy living plans.

Right now I am feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. I was doing really well on Atkins at the first of the year. Somehow I found my way to the Keto site, around the same time I started to follow a lot of Paleo and Primal blogs because they offered a lot of low-carb recipes. Plus, their food was pretty to look at.