Paleo Summit: 23 Expert Presentations Over 8 days

So, I’ve made it clear that while I may find benefit in eating paleo for periods of time, I think it is an arbitrary and unsupported set of rules. When people ask if I would recommend that they try it, I usually say no. Without doing it as part of a group, I think there are better ways to get the same benefits with less cost and less risk.

That being said, I am all about discourse :). I don’t mind listening to things I disagree with, as long as they get me thinking. So while this specially selected group of “experts” will almost certainly all be more pro-paleo than you average industry expert, I bet they’ll have some points I agree with. And in the end, that’s my health goal.

I want to feed my body the food that will allow me to live a healthy life, accomplish my goals, and make me happy. I may end up following some rules from paleo, some ideas from the vegan-encouraging “Forks Over Knives”, some advice from my parents on Weight Watchers. Maybe Tosca Reno will have some thoughts that will be useful as well. I’m not looking for A way to eat- I’m working on MY way to eat.

And it’s like it was Christmas.

Things that arrived via FedEx today:

  • Tosca Reno’s “The Eat-Clean Diet Stripped: Peel Off Those Last Ten Pounds”
  • New teapot
  • TWO pairs of barefoot running shoes that were each $100 OFF (Thanks The Clymb!)
  • Valentine’s Day box from my future mother-in-law
  • New makeup from Sephora

The first three are excellent boosts to my current goals. The last one… not so much :). Although, knowing that we’re working on being healthy, she did only send one small box of six chocolates, a box of shortbread cookies, and hot cocoa mix. And I’m totally excited for my new eyeshadow + freebies!

Now, having done such an excellent job following my food plan for three days, I decided to swap part a part of my dinner for three 64-calorie chocolate hearts. Necessary? No. Helpful? No. Harmful? Also no. I think it was a good little mid-week reward.

Today, we did Angie at the box. 100 each pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and squats (shouldn’t they be “squat-ups”?). I did jumping pull-ups, and knee push-ups. This evening when I was done with classes, I went to the gym, ran for 30 minutes and then lounged in the steam room for a bit. Not much of a workout, but better than just the steam room :).

Coming from Amazon tomorrow! Via Tumblr and a few other sources, I’ve heard good things about Tosca Reno. So I thought I’d give one of her books a read! New tea kettle! The current one is so well-loved that the bottom is beginning to separate from the rest of the kettle. After boiling water, there’s a little on the stove as well. And (drumroll please…) fourteen-hundred page nuerophysiology textbook! Yaaaaaaaay! (I know sarcasm is sometimes hard to read, but I hope that came across :)
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Coming from Amazon tomorrow!

Via Tumblr and a few other sources, I’ve heard good things about Tosca Reno. So I thought I’d give one of her books a read!

New tea kettle! The current one is so well-loved that the bottom is beginning to separate from the rest of the kettle. After boiling water, there’s a little on the stove as well.

And (drumroll please…) fourteen-hundred page nuerophysiology textbook! Yaaaaaaaay! (I know sarcasm is sometimes hard to read, but I hope that came across :)

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