Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone!!!

I am pretty excited about the coming 365 days.  I start a new job tomorrow, I am happier with my personal life than I have been in well over 15 years, and I am healthier than I have ever been in my life, save for maybe the first year or so.

I have learned  a lot about nutrition and myself this year.  I learned that what works for one won't work for all.  I learned that my body reacts negatively to carbs, both on a blood sugar and digestive level.  It is this discover that has lead me to decide to "go Primal" and tomorrow I start my Primal Diet Experiment.  Basically, it has you eating like a caveman; meat, nuts, veggies fruit.  You avoid food that come into the human food chain much later like legumes, beans, grains, cashews, and potatoes.  Some versions allow hard cheeses, some allow dark chocolate.

One of the reasons this diet appeals to me is the low carb aspect.  Another is the fact that I discovered that even when I ate a 'healthy grain' like quinoa, my blood sugar was higher for 8-10 hours afterward.  So I am planning on keeping my carb intake to less than 100g a day, and as close to 50g as I can.  If, after discussing it with my doc, he agrees a trial is suitable, I will try maintaining my carb intake at under 50g a day to create a state of ketogenesis, which is when your body is essentially only using fat instead of carbs for energy.   I have read several medical journal articles on the topic, and I am interested in trying it.

So today I ate the last of the New Year's Dinner pizza, ate the last spoonful of my peanut butter, made a tasty fruit salad with my higher carb fruits I had left, and will be noshing on pintos and cornbread tonight for one final go of the carbs.

I don't plan on never eating pizza or my other favorite carby foods again, just not weekly, or biweekly, as it has been in the past.

So good luck everyone.  I will try posting at least at midweek to give a quick update, but will give a full account this weekend of how I did on my first week of going Primal.