I did some walking today to get to the training. I need to find a way to incorporate more walking into my routine.

I noticed that my cheekbones are trying to make a resurgence. I hope this is a sign of things to come.

I sauteed some onion in butter, then added ground beef and some spices. This made for a very tasty dinner. It felt good to get some protein. I’m going to have to do better for lunch.

I have a full day of offsite training tomorrow. I’m going to load up on my smoothie in the morning. I hope lunch won’t be too terrible. I’m not good at IF (intermittent fasting) I have tried it a couple of times and have gotten dizzy. Well, dizzier than usual.

I wore my new pants yesterday in a smaller size. Hello 18. I hope they will be too big very soon.

I think I’m going to round out my day with the Tap of the Evening with Brad Yates. That should settle me down for the night.

I added coconut milk (mostly the solids) to my smoothie this morning. That really filled me up. I hate being hungry and worrying about food at work. Alright, I hate being hungry and worrying about food anywhere. I also had a tablespoon of almond butter left from the other day. I mixed it with salt, stevia and a little coconut milk. Yum! I will have to make more almond butter.

After I ran out of mayonaise, I tried making canned tuna with olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano, balsamic vinegar and grape tomatoes. At least the cat liked it. I need to try making homemade paleo mayonaise. The cooked one is probably where I will start experimenting.

Oven roasted chicken with yams, onions and brussel sprouts for dinner. That is if I can stay up that late. I didn’t sleep well last night and had tons of work to do today.

No exercise today.  Maybe tomorrow.

I did a lot of eft via YouTube and Brad Yates before I got on the scale. Weight is such a mind thing.

My clothes are fitting better. This is even more important to me than the scale.

I have three immediate goals:

1. Weigh in at 209. That is the previous weight before 229.
2. Lose another pant size. This would be a 16 in the US.
3. Exercise more.

I’m glad I started tracking my eating on Paleotrack.com. I have been eating too many carbs and I have made some adjustments. Mainly decreasing the amount of fruit I am consuming. My goal is to get my daily carb intake closer to 50 than 100.

I made some homemade larabars the other day. They are very good but much too high in carbs. I’m going to adjust the recipe and see if I can bring the carb count down without sacrificing too much of the taste. You can find the recipe here. Be warned, they are very good and hard to resist. These look really good too.

I’m using Primal Fuel as a meal replacement. I add it to my green smoothies for a nutritious and tasty breakfast. A typical smoothie will also include 4 raw eggs, some sort of greens (I have been switching between chard, kale and spinach), a small amount of fruit (half a banana or 1/4 cup blueberries), water, almond milk, vanilla extract, stevia, ice and some unsweetened cocoa. This smoothie has been an especially great addition to my workdays. It really holds off my hunger for 3 or 4 hours. I also find that the chocolate flavor makes it much easier for me to resist the never ending array of treats that people bring to the office to share.

My lunches are usually soup with meat and vegetables or just meat with a salad. Dinners are meat, vegetables and maybe a small salad. I’m trying to keep my carbs between 50g and 100g.

I have been trying new recipes and ways of cooking things. I just started making my own salad dressing. I think I will continue to make small changes.

I really need to exercise more. I have been doing the track and field game once a week on the xbox. This is like sprints for beginners. I need to reread the Primal Blueprint for more instructions on exercise.

I am really hopeful that this is going to work out well.

I started following the Primal Blueprint (I recommend the paperback edition because it has been updated) and it’s forum (Mark’s Daily Apple) this past December. I have been working this month to eliminate all sugar and grains from my diet. I am making good progress while at home and eating out. Eating at other people’s homes continues to be challenging. This is especially true during the extended holiday season.

I started using Paleo Tracker (this is a free food tracker) this past week to keep track of everything I am eating. This is a good way for me to check how much protein and carbs I am eating. I’m going to focus getting my carbs lower this week. The Primal Blueprint says that the sweet spot for weight loss is between 50g and 100g of carbs (vegetables and fruit) per day. I was hovering around 100g+ because of too many yams and bananas.

I am still eating green smoothies that are heavy on the protein. I’m using Primal Fuel for protein powder I am also adding in four raw eggs, half a banana or a cup of frozen blueberries, five ounces of almond milk, some cocoa, vanilla, stevia and ice. This week I’m adding spinach, last week I added swiss chard. I’m going to try and alternate the greens.

I’m also going to start focusing on adding more exercise to my daily routine. I bought an Xbox 360 at the end of November. I have been using these physical games to increase my exercise. I also need to work more.

I do think sugar and wheat have always been issues for me. I haven’t been on on the scale, but my clothes do feel a little looser. I also feel less pain in my joints. The pain comes back when I eat sugar. I did really well on Atkins about eight years ago. I hope I will have success eating primal.

I have been doing some healing involving the emotion code. I have cleared my heart wall but still have some core limiting beliefs.

I have also been doing some distance healing with Melanie Robinson. She has been doing some powerful healings on me and I highly recommend her.

I also signed up for Jon Gabriel’s Step-by-Step class. It started last week. I’m not sure if they are taking any more registrations. It’s a six week course that is going through the Gabriel Method slowly and in more detail. Jon is also providing some extra visualizations. I find the class very motivating.

I’m not sure if it is just one of the things I have been doing, or the combination of things. For the past two days, I’m barely hungry. I’m so full after a glass of water in the morning that I don’t want breakfast. This is a new development and very intriguing. It does seem that I have finally succeeded in turning off some of my fat switches.

I know in my heart that my need to keep this extra weight through emotional obesity has been what is keeping me fat. I hope that this is indeed the breakthrough I have been working toward.

Please also check out these amazing blogs by Margarita Tartakovsky, MS here and Mara Glatzel here. They talk a lot about intuitive eating, self esteem and learning to love yourself.

I did do the stairmaster yesterday for 30 minutes with some interval training. It felt good.

I bit the bullet yesterday and bought a blendtek blender. It was a lot of money and I’m feeling some guilt. However, it’s a really great machine. I don’t have to baby my smoothies now. I can just throw all the ingredients in the blender and let it go. It does a wonderful job and nothing gets stuck on the bottom.

It was another green smoothie day. I have a whole bag of strawberries I’m working through before I switch to organic. I hate wasting food. I should work on that with eft.

I started listening to the Gabriel Method audio again. I think there is a lot I have been missing. This especially true of smart mode and visualization. I have also started to make doing the emotion code a routine. I have been spending about 5 minutes in the morning working on inherited emotions in my heart wall. I’m also spending another 5 minutes at night working on my emotions in my heart wall. I already feel lighter. I’m not very good at muscle testing, so I’m just going through the list and doing any emotion that resonates with me.

I really need to work through my not feeling safe issue. I really feel that this is the key to me holding on to this extra weight.