ARMAGEDDON!!

It feels like armageddon in the Sian house today. Mike got home from his TDY to the states and while he was there he took a sports nutrition class. I was very excited for him to teach me the things that he learned and for him to come home and take over the meal plans and cooking. (he cooks a lot normally anyway because it is my number 1 most disliked chore) let me just cut to the chase with the background of today's blog by saying that in the end, the diet that we are about to embark on is a Paleolithic one. I can safely go beyond calling this a diet and just say that I'm pretty sure this is going to be a lifestyle change.

As we were driving home from the airport and mike was telling me all the reasons and benefits for going Paleo I was shocked and amazed at how we could all still be alive right now! (( just like my generation should have all died because our mothers let us sleep on our tummies as infants and if that wasn't bad enough, we were never made to wear seat belts!)) Anyway, although giving up my coveted breads and pastas was scary, I was, for the most part, on board to try it out.

For dinner Mike made green bean "spaghetti" (sub green beans for pasta and add extra meat to the sauce) it was good and the kids liked it. Ok so far so good. Then I added the dinner to my food log and realized that 1cup of green beans only gave me 7.8g of carbs! Please tell me how I'm going to get thru 2+ hours of workouts a day on the number of carbs I will get from vegetables? "No! no!" Mike says, "You get lots of carbs from potatoes! We just didn't have any to make tonight." Ok, whew! But wait! How do I feel about eating potatoes 3x a day for the rest of my life? After my first competition I was so sick of eggs that it's now been officially 9 months since I have eaten eggs and they are still unappealing to me. And that was only a 3 month diet! So now I'm getting nervous. THEN I learn that I also can't have dairy! Giving up dairy for 3 months was one thing and I still haven't gone back to milk since I drink muscle milk on my cereal (one of my life long favorite meals BTW) ever since and I love it! But I love cheese and yogurt and so do my kids. The kids and I will keep some dairy at least for awhile.

So I finished off the last serving and a half of chips (whole wheat pita) while Mike showered yesterday. Then this morning I told the girls that if they wanted anything from the snack drawer they better pack it in their lunch today. After a full understanding of what was going to happen to the "processed" food supply in our house they proceeded to freak. It was quite entertaining actually to watch the panic as they packed an entire extra bag of fiber one bars, fruit snacks and pudding (along with an entire box of reduced fat cheese-its) into their "Feed the starving children in Africa food bank" as they were calling it. I know Mike is not going to be pleased that I allowed this to happen but they promised to ration it all and when it's gone it's gone. If a cold war happens in the next month at least we will have a secret food stash at the school. I even snuck a Fiber One bar into my bag this morning and it tasted so damn good. That's when my breakdown happened. It was my turn to freak out. After venting a bit to Jessica I felt a little better. I guess I don't handle food changes very well. The body building diet scared the crap out of me but in the end, the food was good and with the exception of a few bad moments, it was all ok. I'm sure this will be ok too. I'll tell you this however... As of today, I'm not giving up my cereal or dairy. I don't eat a lot of dairy anyway but the kids will get to keep that for now at least. That should help the home life a little. Mike also said we will be able to eat bown rice and rolled oats and we will look for gluten free bread and stuff. Maybe I can handle that. After all, I just, got a recipe book called 75 ways to love your oatmeal!!!