So MUCH INFORMATION! And some REAL fun!

Ok, for the real fun.  This blog~ Free The Animal is AMAZING!  This post (the one I linked to) is amazing!  Its not for the faint of heart, and he's got a pretty strong foul moth (I LOVE HIM) If I weren't already happily married to my own foul mouthed man, I would propose!  He pisses EVERYONE off at some point or another, yet he makes the most sense out of EVERYONE that is writing about Paleo or Primal or any other sort of Caveperson diet.  A direct quote from this particular post "Get good sleep, give your lover a decent fucking, and laugh at anyone and everyone who wants to prescribe a life for you, especially as concerns politics and its whores."
The message?  EAT REAL FOOD.  Eat it and enjoy it. Live life.  Don't let people peg you into one single way of eating. but eat REAL food. no crap.

I've been trying to figure out how to calculate how many calories I need to eat in order to get to my goal weight. I need to figure out how to eat what I feel I need to be satisfied.  Then I had someone remind me. Calculate the calories a person needs to be at your goal weight and maintain.  Go from there!  WOW! What an amazing idea!?!  How could I have forgotten about that?

So~ I have a calorie intake that I am gearing for.  1900 calories a day to be a sedentary 175 pound woman. that is TOTALLY doable!  Make sure I get enough protein, enough fat and TONS OF VEGGIES!  I can eat for days and never get to my max 70g of carbs in a day.  Especially since I only get those carbs from REAL food.  Non starchy Veggies, a minimal amount of fruit (because its GOOD), good quality protein and good FAT! yes... FAT!  Coconut oil is my current fat of choice.  that and butter. 


I will be starting to do a meal planner for the week~ My breakfasts and lunches are easy.  I can eat the same thing almost every day and be happy.  Dinner needs to be different sometimes. BUT I think I've tried to be TOO different sometimes.  Back to basic home style cooking, just tweaking it a bit to make it paleo/primal.  My family can eat the pasta and whatever else they want, and I'll eat what I eat. it will be similar, but different for the most part.  I'll use two pans to make a skillet meal, or they can learn to like what I cook.  Even if I use veggies.