The eating itself isn't going to be too terribly hard for me. As we have already cut out all processed things months ago. And for grains we were down to brown rice and whole wheat things. It seems like just an extra step. The hardest part for me is going to be the drinking. I have been doing 120oz of water BUT it is flavored water. I have been addicted to the Strawberry flavor of Walmart brand Crystal Light stuff for months lol that's literally all I drink =/

I actually do have some Almond Butter in my cabinet for a couple of months now but I haven't been brave enough to try it. I'm a major peanut butter lover. I had to give it up completely for awhile because I could eat the whole jar with a spoon if I wasn't careful. So I switched to pb2, it's more expensive and harder to make so it helped lol. I guess I really should quit being afraid of the almond butter

Thanks. We did our Paleo shopping today and didn't buy anymore drink mixes, so once it's gone it's gone and I think it will be ok. I will still be keeping the tiny containers of my favorite Strawberry Lemonade Crystal Light Liquid in my purse if we are out. But I'm going to try to cut it, I know I drink too much of it as it stands. In order for me to develop these good habits, I just need to cut things out. I know people encourage doing it gradually, but it's honestly easier for me to cold turkey. If I know I can't have it and why, then I'm less likely to cave. We are going to be 80% Paleo at best as it is, we aren't able to find beef or pork that is grass fed so we limited what we bought of that and just bought mostly chicken as we can find plenty of that here. We live in a small community and we do have alot of Amish but they raise mostly chicken.

We were doing real good in eating a few months ago then just got out of the habit because we were on the go alot and eating out alot so that really slowed my weight loss to like 10 lbs in 2 months, but I am just thankful I continued losing instead of gaining from it. EAting like we have been is awful on my stomach so I'm hoping this will help that. And my fiance gets so fatigued right after he eats, and we have tested his blood sugar and all that to make sure he wasn't developing diabetes and he's just fine so he's worried it may be the gluten. So our plan is to follow as close as we can within our budget for 30 days, and after 30 days, we'll add back in things that are outside Paleo that we'd like to have (my drink mixes, peanut butter, dairy, etc) one by one so we can see how it affects our system.

Made it through the first day. For dinner I made rosemary chicken that somehow ended up insanely spicy, sweet potatoes (in chunks) roasted in olive oil and some spices, steamed mixed veggies and a salad. We didn't die! lol I am domestically challenged, to put it mildly but it wasn't too bad. Of course my fiance's favorite part of the meal was the sweet potatoes and was sad when I told him that was the one part we have to limit ourselves on haha. I also made it through the day with only plain water and it suckssssss. I haven't logged my meals completely yet, but I"m sure I was way under calories =/