A Lifestyle Change?

My name is Jen, and I am a 32 year old wife and mom, who is well to put it bluntly fat and out of shape. I am this way because of my eating habits and my sometimes not so active life. I want to be healthy and lose weight. I need to change my life and my eating habits, because I want to be healthy, have more energy and be able to run after my daughter. So I am creating this blog, as a way to keep track of my journey.

After researching The Paleo Diet, I have decided for me this is what I want to do. What is Paleo you may ask? Well primarily it is a way of eating like the hunter/gathers of The Stone Age. You eat all the lean meats, fish and seafood you can. As well as all fruits and nonstarchy vegetables. You cannot have, DAIRY, SUGAR, PROCESSED FOODS, GRAINS, or LEGUMES. Sounds tough right? Well what diet isn't. You might think what can you eat? Well you eat real food.

I know this is going to be hard, because I have for years been a carb and sugarholic. I love my pasta, bread, potatoes, and sweets. There I said it and boy did it feel good to admit it. So here is to what I hope is the beginning of a great and wonderful journey of being healthier, overcoming my fear of dieting and changing my lifestlye with food.

Tonight I tried my first ever Paleo meal that I made myself. It really was SIMPLE and EASY to make and had lots of flavor. I had chicken breast with veggies in lemon juice. Recipe is as follows:

• 3 boneless skinless chicken breast
• 1 red pepper
• 1 green pepper
• 1 yellow squash
• 1 green zucchini
• 5 mushrooms sliced thinly
• juice of 2 lemons
• 1/2 tablespoon cilantro
• 1/2 tablespoon basil
• 1/2 tablespoon cumin
• 1/2 garlic

You cook all ingredients in olive oil and serve. I'll post a picture of the finished dish later. It was so flavorful and easy to make.