imaginative-lioness In reply to MayEbony [2014-02-06 02:24:44 +0000 UTC]

Hello!

I hope you had a wonderful time in Tasmania! I was eating paleo for such a long time, but I've gotten off track. A lot. I need to find a balance, and that is what I am working on. It is definitely such a long, sometimes confusing, journey!

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MayEbony In reply to imaginative-lioness [2014-02-06 10:17:17 +0000 UTC]

Tassie was amazing.  So green and moist compared to dry old Perth lol  One of our favourite locations was Cataract Gorge in Launceston - we never dreamed there would be those cafes and peacocks and everything at the end of our walk.  I wrote all about our holiday and the things we did, along with some photos if ever you're bored to tears enough to want to look at it mayl.id.au

I heard about Paleo through a guy named Jonathan Bailor.  His 'SANE eating' is very close to Paleo, just less sweet fruit seems to be the main difference.  I'm a 'big girl' and have lost 2 kgs but not many centimetres in 4 weeks which is a bit disheartening, but he says that your body must heal before the fat will start to get burned.  So every day I hope that this is the day  I'm really enjoying the food and the recipes though.  Raw Vegan was really enjoyable for me, but my husband hated it so we couldn't stay doing that.  I went Fruitarian for 3 months during that time - love it, but my nails started to peel and split so I knew that wasn't for me.  I have very strong, long nails and really enjoy painting them in all sorts of fun ways so that couldn't last as a lifestyle either.

If I can help enthuse you to get back on Paleo that would be fantastic!  Please feel free to chat to me about it if you want some support.  It would also be wonderful to have a Paleo friend for me to chat to, but only if you have the time and the inclination.  I'm never, ever a pushy (or expectant) person so don't worry about rejecting me

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imaginative-lioness In reply to MayEbony [2014-02-06 10:52:18 +0000 UTC]

I will be checking that out right now!

I went on paleo for a very long time, and managed to lose around 40kg. I was 124kg at my highest, and the last time I weighed myself I was 84kg. Though, I've gotten a little off track so I might weigh a little more now, haha. But being seventeen (now I am nineteen), I was ashamed and embarrassed about my weight, and I am finally loving myself for who I am. I am nowhere near the 'perfect weight', but I know that this is a long journey with plenty of ups and downs.

I don't think that I will ever go back to the full paleo diet, but I would absolutely love to go back to about 80-90%. I got very obsessive with my eating, really obsessive, and I hated the person I was becoming. All I want is to enjoy life, but I want to get more healthy. I just need to work at finding a balance.

I would love to continue talking

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MayEbony In reply to imaginative-lioness [2014-02-06 12:38:44 +0000 UTC]

I was 98kgs at my highest.  Well, that was the highest I ever dared get on a scale at anyway  I've been big since I was 11.  I'm 57 now, but definitely young at heart, always active and usually full of life.  I sympathise on the self shame.  It's dreadful that society's expectations of us are a certain way so that we feel shame for our outer coating.  What truly matters is what's inside!!!  I'm so glad that you have learned love of who you truly are, that's fantastic

I got to 72-68 kgs on raw vegan and sat at 72kgs for a couple of years very easily.  But then I began to slip back to old ways.  My husband works from 3pm until 1am and I am at home alone with food as my friend

The Jonathan Bailor stuff is really good.  Not quite Paleo, but almost.  He's researched around 7,000 research papers and is very interesting to listen to on his podcasts on YouTube.  If you can access this link, these are my favourite 4 of his episodes www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…  Hope they make sense standing alone though.  That's if you wish to go listen.  What I love about Jonathan is that he's giving all his content for free.  He does sell a book but doesn't push it and, in one of his podcasts, he says "Read the book.  I'm not saying buy it, I don't care where you get it from, buy it second hand even!"  And that sums him up - he's truly just wanting to give everyone health and wellness!  I bought a Paleo cookbook from Abel James but that's a story I'd only tell by Note

I know what you mean about obsession, I'm rather like that.  But I do know that if I don't stick to this *really* well then I will fall by the wayside.  I have to watch that I'm perfect at home but allow treats when we go elsewhere, and not to mix the 2 up and go off the rails hee hee! 

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imaginative-lioness In reply to cality [2014-02-02 23:49:13 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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imaginative-lioness In reply to Aerode [2014-02-01 23:56:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh my goodness,

You have honestly made my morning with this wonderful message! Thank-you so much, lovely! And I would to get to know you, as well.

And thank-you for being incredible!

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Aerode In reply to imaginative-lioness [2014-02-02 14:59:32 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad to hear that. I hope today's just as wonderful for you.

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imaginative-lioness In reply to limarieinred [2014-02-01 23:56:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank-you, and will do!

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imaginative-lioness In reply to HugQueen [2014-01-31 10:29:38 +0000 UTC]

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HugQueen In reply to imaginative-lioness [2014-01-31 11:16:25 +0000 UTC]

Hope you're well.

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imaginative-lioness In reply to HugQueen [2014-01-31 11:33:16 +0000 UTC]

I am thank-you, yourself?

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HugQueen In reply to imaginative-lioness [2014-01-31 15:14:54 +0000 UTC]

I'm doing well, too. ♥

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imaginative-lioness In reply to setmyworldintomotion [2014-01-31 10:29:32 +0000 UTC]

You are incredibly welcome, hun! You deserved it!

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setmyworldintomotion In reply to imaginative-lioness [2014-01-31 10:46:44 +0000 UTC]

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