Comments on: Paleo Update: Holy heck–I’m halfway done! http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/ dealing with hecklers since 1989 Wed, 16 May 2012 21:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Post-Paleo Ponderings | Tall Tara http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6978 Post-Paleo Ponderings | Tall Tara Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:22:22 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6978 [...] my Paleo journey, you can read about my progress through the challenge: the beginning, one week in, half-way through, and my mother’s favorite, baking experiment [...] [...] my Paleo journey, you can read about my progress through the challenge: the beginning, one week in, half-way through, and my mother’s favorite, baking experiment [...]

]]> By: tarable http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6829 tarable Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:02:24 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6829 Kato, it has been interesting to track what kinds of food I'm putting into my body and then figure out how that has been affecting lots of different parts of my life...from working out to working in an office to the quality of sleep I get at night. And since I've started, it's a little startling to see how much crap people just shove into their mouth, with no apparent thought as to what that might be doing to them. Maybe I was like that before?<br><br>And just so you know, my blog warmly welcomes all gentile readers. I am, after all, a recovering Catholic. ;) Kato, it has been interesting to track what kinds of food I'm putting into my body and then figure out how that has been affecting lots of different parts of my life…from working out to working in an office to the quality of sleep I get at night. And since I've started, it's a little startling to see how much crap people just shove into their mouth, with no apparent thought as to what that might be doing to them. Maybe I was like that before?

And just so you know, my blog warmly welcomes all gentile readers. I am, after all, a recovering Catholic. ;)

]]> By: tarable http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6827 tarable Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:32:10 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6827 Leave it to a CrossFitter to ask about the pictures. I do have them and will be posting both before and after pics at the end of the challenge. Gotta hold out to make you keep reading, right?<br><br>Although I kinda wish I hadn't been doing CF for six weeks before this challenge began...my before pictures aren't all that bad. Except that my eyes are closed. ;) Leave it to a CrossFitter to ask about the pictures. I do have them and will be posting both before and after pics at the end of the challenge. Gotta hold out to make you keep reading, right?

Although I kinda wish I hadn't been doing CF for six weeks before this challenge began…my before pictures aren't all that bad. Except that my eyes are closed. ;)

]]> By: tarable http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6832 tarable Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:30:08 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6832 Alli, I love thinking of you as a coastal cave(wo)man. And I'm kinda with you on the meat...while we have been buying quality stuff, I miss my meat-free days. Those don't exist on this diet.<br><br>More power to your whole-foods-buying! Alli, I love thinking of you as a coastal cave(wo)man. And I'm kinda with you on the meat…while we have been buying quality stuff, I miss my meat-free days. Those don't exist on this diet.

More power to your whole-foods-buying!

]]> By: Laura Kimball http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6826 Laura Kimball Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:10:57 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6826 Okay, Tara, I'm convinced, I need to try the 6-week Paleo challenge and force my husband to do it too (he's a Tums popper as well, though sans Jewish stomach). And I also have tickets to the gun show. Ready to cash them in when you are!<br><br>Did you take 'before' pictures? And are you planning to post them after wards? Because, you know, we're all about proof. :D Okay, Tara, I'm convinced, I need to try the 6-week Paleo challenge and force my husband to do it too (he's a Tums popper as well, though sans Jewish stomach). And I also have tickets to the gun show. Ready to cash them in when you are!

Did you take 'before' pictures? And are you planning to post them after wards? Because, you know, we're all about proof. :D

]]> By: KatoKatonian http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6828 KatoKatonian Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:34:01 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6828 Crazy. I would miss the carbs (and CHEESE!) too much.<br><br>Though I don't have the Jew stomach (being a gentile myself), I have always had a pretty intolerant stomach. I've suffered from heartburn for as long as I can remember and pop Prilosec and Tums on a regular basis. Starting in 2010, I began dieting (simple calorie reduction, which naturally necessitates some manner of food choice change, but nothing wholesale like your Paleo) and have had many fewer problems with my stomach. Lately I've only had to pop something now and then to handle foods that have always caused me trouble (highly acidic, etc.). <br><br>Not that my stomach has anything to do with you guys. But it's interesting how we can go along not realizing what may actually be causing the problems we are having (in my case, partially food choice, and partially just volume I was eating at meals I think--being overfull). Crazy. I would miss the carbs (and CHEESE!) too much.

Though I don't have the Jew stomach (being a gentile myself), I have always had a pretty intolerant stomach. I've suffered from heartburn for as long as I can remember and pop Prilosec and Tums on a regular basis. Starting in 2010, I began dieting (simple calorie reduction, which naturally necessitates some manner of food choice change, but nothing wholesale like your Paleo) and have had many fewer problems with my stomach. Lately I've only had to pop something now and then to handle foods that have always caused me trouble (highly acidic, etc.).

Not that my stomach has anything to do with you guys. But it's interesting how we can go along not realizing what may actually be causing the problems we are having (in my case, partially food choice, and partially just volume I was eating at meals I think–being overfull).

]]> By: tarable http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6831 tarable Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:26:32 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6831 Friends like you make it easier! Friends like you make it easier!

]]> By: tarable http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6833 tarable Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:25:41 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6833 See and I thought that the halfway point meant everything would just be getting easier! <br><br>Of course, my birthday is coming up in two weeks and I'm trying not to envision what it's going to be like without some kind of sweet morsel to celebrate with. The hubs is talking about an almond flour cake...so we'll see how that goes. ;) See and I thought that the halfway point meant everything would just be getting easier!

Of course, my birthday is coming up in two weeks and I'm trying not to envision what it's going to be like without some kind of sweet morsel to celebrate with. The hubs is talking about an almond flour cake…so we'll see how that goes. ;)

]]> By: Jacqueline Malan http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6830 Jacqueline Malan Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22:47 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6830 Tara- <br><br>I am so proud of you ability to embrace this challenge, making it fun rather than painful. Halfway done- the light is shinning at the end of tunnel! Adam's culinary skills sure do help as well. <br><br>Roar cavewoman roar Tara-

I am so proud of you ability to embrace this challenge, making it fun rather than painful. Halfway done- the light is shinning at the end of tunnel! Adam's culinary skills sure do help as well.

Roar cavewoman roar

]]> By: tarable http://talltara.com/paleo-update-holy-heck-im-halfway-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6834 tarable Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22:19 +0000 http://talltara.com/?p=705#comment-6834 Oh Andrew, you should have had the chocolate! (That's the evil me that wants to win.)<br><br>But I should mention that I wouldn't actually hate it if you won. I would be happy for you and would gladly take the cookie that you buy for me. (That's the nice me that wants to see you do well.)<br><br>Let's please do dinner again soon. I have Greebs coming over this weekend and I think she's a little nervous about eating with me...should be fun! Oh Andrew, you should have had the chocolate! (That's the evil me that wants to win.)

But I should mention that I wouldn't actually hate it if you won. I would be happy for you and would gladly take the cookie that you buy for me. (That's the nice me that wants to see you do well.)

Let's please do dinner again soon. I have Greebs coming over this weekend and I think she's a little nervous about eating with me…should be fun!

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