RIP Primal

It's been awhile since you heard from me, and I figure I owe you blog readers an update.
Drumroll, please.
I am no longer doing Primal.
Are you surprised or not surprised? Let me tell you the whole story.

I did Primal for three weeks.  During that time I was pretty much 95 percent on track with the Primal plan.  I didn't have any bread or pasta during that time. I gave up Diet Coke.  I did have rice a few times. And probably more fruit than you are supposed to have.  And I did go to this party once where I ate whatever I wanted, which included Oreos, among other things.  But still. Overall, I was pretty hard core.

At the end of 21 days, I weighed for the first time during the whole Primal experience.  I had a number in my head before I ever stepped on the scale that I expected to see.  It was 13 pounds less than the number I saw when I started.  Yes, 13 pounds would've been a lot to lose in 3 weeks.  Yes, any weight lost is a good thing.  Yes, I should not have been disappointed when I did finally step on the scale after being (mostly) hardcore for three weeks and saw that I lost 7 pounds.

That's right.  I went from eating as much processed food, breads, pastas, sugars, and general crap to eating what I felt was a very healthy diet of lean meats, fruits, veggies, some almond milk and some nuts and lost 7 pounds.

7 pounds in three weeks is good. After all, 2 pounds a week is the recommended weight loss. But it wasn't the number I had in my head.  And typically when I've done diets in the past, during the first week I lose more, like 5-7 pounds, and then pick up with 1 to 2 pounds a week after that.

After that, I felt broken. I couldn't get myself to stick to the strict Primal ways any more.  I tried to get back on it a few times, but just couldn't make myself.

I also couldn't bring myself to write this blog post weeks ago when all of this happened because I'm tired of trying and failing and telling the whole world about it.  It's embarrassing. Especially when the trying and failing time period is short. Keeping a blog is not a natural business, really. It's weird to tell the whole world your struggles.

In the end, I guess enough time has passed. Plus, people have been really interested and supportive of me-on-Primal, asking about it and whatnot, so I think an update is necessary.  I went to a few people's houses for dinner while I was doing Primal and they cooked Primal especially for me.  And once I went to this party and another guest asked what she could bring that I would be able to eat.  Those things were really, really nice and I appreciated them.

Luckily, I did not wallow in my Primal failures for too long.  I'm already on track with a new weight loss effort.  I'm not sure I'm ready to tell the whole world about it yet, but I do want you to know that I am moving forward.  This is one of the quotes on my vision board: "You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal." -Charles Carlson