Paleo Check-Out

I decided to give up on my 30 days of strict paleo eating yesterday, on the 21st day. I didn’t give in temptation or anything, I just got really bored with it. There were definitely some good things that I’ll take away from this little experiment, but doing any restrictive diet like this with zero cheat days allowed is just no fun. And maybe trying this experiment when my wife’s pregnant wasn’t the best timing either.

The funny thing is that I didn’t feel different during the past 3 weeks at all (except those days when I wasn’t eating enough fat and feeling hungry). After drinking some beers and eating some pizza on Saturday, I still felt the same. So I baked some blueberry muffins with the wife on Sunday and even drank a glass of milk. Still felt great.

I figure my long-term plan will be to stay 90% paleo compliant - I’ll keep up with healthy breakfasts, snacks, and lunches, but slip in the occaisonal fun cheat. The tricky thing is to make sure that the cheat is worth it - there will be no taking chances on bad pizza. But my biggest takeaway from the challenge is everything in moderation, even moderation.