"Overall
I'm glad we're doing this. I needed to be jolted out of my growing and
unhealthy affinity for sweets. I'm glad I now understand the truth about
the "low-fat" craze. And I know I am taking better care of myself now
that I'm not eating a lot of the stuff I used to eat.
But I can't bring myself to agree with people who think
this is a breeze, that over time I won't miss my old favorite foods,
etc. Maybe. I doubt it. Steak and salad can be great, but I don't want
to eat meat all the time, and I don't want my only non-meat alternative
to be salad.
Frankly, I still very much want pizza, pasta, an
occasional Coke, orange juice with my breakfast, a bagel with cream
cheese, a stack of real pancakes, and a cookie once in a while.
I
envision myself moving forward as follows. I want to stay faithful to
this at least 70-80% of the time, which means that the food I eat at
home will conform to it. But when I travel, and occasionally when I'm
just out for dinner, I do still intend to indulge in things that make me
happy. On net I am still enjoying a vast improvement in my old habits,
and I think that's about as far as I can make myself go."
I keep telling Tom that he doesn't have to give up his favorite things forever.
He still feels guilty about it though... mainly, I think, because I don't cheat. (Well, I did twice in the last 33 days.... one was HERE, and the other was I had a slice of cheese cake (which was awesome!) when we went out for Dinner Theater. Other than that, I've stayed Primal.) But he forgets that I have a lot of weight to lose, and therefore I can't afford to cheat often. Plus, I really don't like the way I feel when I do eat non-primally.
I've told Tom we are not going to police each other. If I want to cheat, I don't want eagle eyes on me. And if he wants to eat something that will totally have him out of commission for that day... well, that's his call. ;) Seriously though, I don't care what he does as long as it doesn't kill him, and he makes a real attempt at staying Primal.
He's really done very well for the last month, so I'm really proud of us all that we have been able to make it work as well as we have.
