Some things to note.

Yesterday for the first time in weeks, my body finally felt like it was changing. This is pivotal really, as I don't judge the scale on this sort of thing. It doesn't matter much to me what the scale says (although yes, I do get frustrated when it doesn't budge for months) or what the tape measure reads. What is important is how I feel and I haven't felt any difference in months.

Yesterday felt like a turning point. My clothes felt baggier and my body felt slimmer. It was a good feeling. This morning the scale reflected that feeling and I hit a number I haven't seen since October. It still doesn't really mean much quite yet. I won't be satisfied until I'm feeling great consistently, but for now this feels amazing.

The other thing I want to note is that this morning I had chest pains. Sometimes I get this when I haven't eaten. I think it's a reflux thing. Might be a kidney thing. I'm not exactly sure. The difference this morning though is that it came while I was eating. That has never happened before.

I hadn't yet taken my enzymes, so I decided not to take them. I took a break while I had that feeling in my sternum and once it subsided, I resumed eating slowly. The feeling came back. I took another break. Eventually I ate two of my three eggs, half of my black beans and all of the broccoli and cauliflower.

This afternoon I'm going to take it easy with food. I'm having a can of salmon with some black beans for a late lunch. I'll see how I feel after that. I'm not worried about it yet, but I wanted to type it all up here so I didn't forget. Also, I think I'm getting sick. It hurts to swallow. Otherwise things are good!

Week 3 Update

I realized today it probably would have been helpful to have a weekly status report of some kind. So today is my Week 3 update.

My weight fluctuates a lot, and even though I've been eating really well for over five months, my weight had pretty much plateaued for three of those months. This month I've started to see more progress again though. Since going Primal I've lost four pounds. Even though it's less than I expected, I'm going to take the win and take pride in my progress.

More than any weight results, I really love how I feel. I've got so much energy and I never tire from activities. I feel healthy, even if my weight isn't there yet. Going Primal might be the best thing I ever did for myself.

I noticed on the sidebar today that I wrote that my goal was to be 100% Primal in food and fitness by the end of the month. I don't know that I'm going to be able to fully accomplish this. Food, yes. Fitness...maybe not exactly. I'm still pretty set on my fitness routines for now and I'm not willing to tweak them.

It's really not even that important since a lot of what I already did was borderline Primal anyway, but it won't be 100%. Also, since I got my tattoo, I haven't been able to wear shoes and while Primal loves no shoes, I can't risk going barefoot outside for exercise. So my workouts have been limited to non-foot things (girlie push ups, squats, pull up bar exercises, etc) and no walks. I'll go back to better exercising the moment I can have my shoes back. I miss my walks exponentially.