@eve70: Congrats on the 4 pounds!!!

I myself, after only 2 weeks back on my normal eating plan (sans processed carbs, etc) have dropped 5. I tend to gain enormous amounts of water weight with processed foods and sugars. Amazing how much better I feel and how much more control over eating I have when I cut the junk out.

Hello everyone!! My sugar detox will not start until 4/22. My children are on vacation this week and my husband and I are going to the capital grille on 4/21. So after that I will be dropping sugar and alcohol. The more I read about it the more I feel like it is hurting my progress even though I don’t drink “a lot.”

I love all the updates on progress it is very motivating!! Will definitely be posting more this week

@eve70 You sure do love your chocolate!!!

Great brunch by the way! I need to get back into yoga. I tore my plantar plate about a year ago which stopped me from downward dogging and pretty much all my boxing toe work. Can't wait until it fully heals as I do feel much better after a good long hot yoga session.

@madwells1 most of my post seems to have disappeared! That sounds painful. I get plantar fasciitis, which I have to be careful of and last year had hamstring tendonitis which meant I couldn't do any kneeling yoga pose. I'm making up for it now, though.

@madwells1 don't beat yourself up about it, it's easily done. I'm the only low carber in my house, so I generally cook low carb and serve potatoes, rice etc. on the side. Can be hard. Friday was sunny and warm here so I had a Pimm's (summer punch) with sugar free lemonade, amazed how much the sweetener made me crave food! I do try to log stuff like that in the food notes of my diary, to remind myself.

I was on the edge of having candida recently, but have noticed that eating much more primal has knocked that on the head! I quite like using the food notes to remind myself if something makes me feel a bit bloated etc.

@madwells1 your food sounds delicious! I had quite a grazing day, yesterday too, as it started with a cafe meeting (I resisted the biscuits and brownies on offer) just had an americano, and lots of jobs/chores like bank etc. I later had a protein pot (egg and spinach), coconut bite (low sugar dark choc and coconut), once home manchego cheese, walnuts, a few black olives (I must get some melon!), ended the day with steak burger and salad. I think it's good for me to mix up my eating a bit, I'm still pretty much in a 12-7-ish eating window. I also managed some yoga, weights and lots of walking.

That marinade sounds great, I do a cheaty teriyaki one with soy and balsamic, adding whatever you want, ginger, chilli, lime. I tried a maple mustard one with salmon the other day: mustard, maple syrup and cider vinegar, but found it was a hassle to cook down to a glaze and tasted really sweet.

How do you make Paleo pho? What do you use for noodles?

@annk18 I made mine without noodles that time, but sometimes use a spiraliser to make courgetti (zoodles) or sweet potato noodles, as long as you watch the carbs.

Just to prove we're all human, we had a very social day, yesterday and I slipped up a bit, but won't beat myself up about it.
Lunch: mushroom soup, manchego cheese, a few black grapes
Then had a little gluten-free cake
Dinner: red wine, a tiny square of pizza, lots of salad, crudites, some comte cheese, pate, salami and olives

I still managed an eating window of 7hrs, and stayed quite low calorie, which I hope will make up for it!

Hi guys, just catching up...

I'm making bacon-wrapped roast cabbage and thinking of you all. We had a bunch of good sheet pan meals this week. I got a new 3/4 sheet pan and it's been mind-blowing how much fun roasting big batches of veggies can be! Hope everyone's well! ... if a little tired. I'm ready for bed myself and it's 6pm!

Hi Everyone! My sugar challenge with the kids and husband is going well. My three year old, who has multiple food allergies, has been the hardest and is the only one still whining. We are set to be done Wednesday. Unfortunately the kids want to go to yogurt beach (fro-yo) Thursday night. I'm allowing it and I think my go-forward will be to not have sweets in the house, and allow a weekly treat. Either getting a pint of Ben and Jerry's and sharing it at the park, or allowing grandparents to have a treat for them after a Sunday meal. The next step is to reduce the grain product consumption, which seems daunting!

I have plans to watch 2 documentaries with my husband this week: 1) The Magic Pill on Netflix and 2) Food What the Heck Should I Eat on PBS (Mark Hyman).

I have been playing with more carbs/less dairy the past week, and it is safe to say I feel more satiated with additional carbs at the moment I eat, but overall don't feel as well energy-wise. I find it so easy to slip into overeating- this week it was watermelon, banana and potato. I think I need to train my brain/emotional appetite to eat smaller portions and get used to feeling satisfied instead of overstuffed.

Today's plan: coffee w/ 1 tbsp cream and 1 tsp butter
Meal 1 @ 11am: kale shake w/ 1/2 avocado, almond milk, 1 scoop collagen
Meal 2 @ 2pm: 3 fried eggs on mixed greens with onion and pecans
Meal 3 @ 6pm: chicken & mushrooms with cauliflower rice

@wellnesschaser what kind of veggie mixes do you use when roasting? That sounds great. Isn't it amazing how the right tools can make a huge difference when preparing foods!

@MyEvolvingJourney I can so relate to your post about indecisiveness -- mine is mostly between straight paleo and low carb/keto primal. And I usually have some sort of mishap before I actually get fat adapted (like 3 glasses of wine and then some kids' veggie sticks the next day). I have days where I am totally committed to being 100% and then later in the week want the flexibility to have a piece of pizza with the family on Friday nights. But I am sticking with it and I know one of these days everything will work out because this way of eating makes the most sense to me.