My son and I are visiting my parent's for Easter. My dad is doing Atkins so is carb free, but my mom, the diabetic, still eats carbs because her blood sugar drops too low (I'd suggest she lower her does of insulin but what do I know). For Easter my dad got me some e-books, including Primal Blueprint and Paleo Solution. Both are similar and interesting, and flow into the reading I've done already by Taubes and Wheatbelly. Grains are bad. Now sayign that and living it are very different things. Our society is very much geared to including grains as part of life, and really it's hard to drop them. Not impossible of course, but certainly hard. I have been indulging in my last fling with these things as when I get back to home it will be back on HCG for a round (contrary to both primal and paleo ways of eating I'm sure) and then on to the rest of my life at a different way of eating.
For Easter my son got a lot of chocolate. And we are experiencing the effects of that now, he had more than a few little eggs this morning and is refusing to nap. Perhaps at just over 2 he doesn't really need a nap, but he certainly needs the rest and quiet time, so I'm leaving him to it, and will go get him in another half hour if he isn't asleep yet. An hour for mommy to clear her head lol, even with my parent's to help watch him he is still exhausting because of course only mommy will do in many cases.
My parent's are also a bit frustrating to me when it comes to how he eats. I did baby led weaning with him, so he ate what I ate, in stick shape and fashion, in as much quantity as he desired. He still eats what I eat in moderation, when I am doing HCG I will make him different veggies and offer him carbs with them (though I guess I don't really need to do that part). My parent's keep saying things like "finish your dinner or you can't go outside to play" and "eat all your chicken or you have to go to bed". It's more than a little annoying to me, because I simply don't buy into that. I have tried very hard to let my kids natural instincts with food lead his way, I do not force him to eat but he is offered what I am having, if he chooses not to eat, so be it! He makes up for it later, and if you average out his days, weeks, months, he is a very healthy little guy. I am not really sure what to do about my parent's, they mean well but they are so old fashioned in this that it's hard to deal with. I'm a single mom so its not like there is another person to back me up. We'll manage, I keep my mouth shut and when he's done eating, he's done and we carry on.
I have started taking him for walks with the dog, as in he walks with me instead of being pushed in the stroller. He will still get rides as I plan to restart jogging, and he won't keep up with that, and biking, which he's not big enough for yet. But we can go for a nice walk around the block all together and enjoy the sites and fresh air and all of it. I plan to continue that when we get home, and I am sure it will benefit us both.
I read Primal Blueprint and found it interesting, his ideas about exercise are good, I believe I can integrate some of that into my life, using videos because, well, I like videos. I have a wide variety and will use them as I like, without following a set schedule, attempting to do 2 toning workouts and 3 "cardio" workouts, plus one more intense workout every week, but if I don't get them all in that's ok too. Add in the leisurely walks and bike rides in summer, that should be a good start. The cardio I do is mostly Leslie Sansone, walking, and bits of jogging, it is as intense as you make it. I do sweat a bit but am not usually drenched unless I really push myself. Toning I have much more variety, and a couple on the way, so will enjoy them as well. I think mixing those up will be the best way to go, and then I can do whichever ones I feel like doing. Some are 20 minutes, and some are 30, a few are longer but they can be split up.
Considering I am a biologist by training, and my main interest lies in ecology, the interaction of nature, I find all of the talk of the way things were as hunter gatherers quite interesting. Once upon a time I wanted to go live in a cave and grow my own food, cut off from society. I have mostly given up on that dream but still hold onto the dream of a self sufficient life, growing food, using solar and wind power, collecting water in cisterns, having a well. Living surrounded by nature. The problem with all of that now of course is I am no longer alone, I have my son to worry about, and am hopeful of having another child some point sooner than later, so it becomes about them more than me. Maybe when I retire...
In any case. Reading and learning this weekend, eating too much of what I shouldn't, no scale to tell me how badly I've done. But back to work and losing as of Tuesday. I believe I will be able to hit "healthy" with one more round of HCG, and then on into it with primal/paleo/grain free eating. Life is looking up, and looking good.
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