One reason is that I don't feel I have a huge amount to report health-wise. I have not yet been feeling any kind of mind-blowing, miraculous recovery from all that ails me. That said, I do think that I have slowly been progressing (with the occasional set back.) What I'm noticing is that as I follow the paleo tenets more religiously, I feel all the more crappy when I stray. Its getting easier to just avoid certain digressions (a glass of wine here, an ice-cream with the kiddos there) as I end up with an awful migraine or some other such nuisance when I indulge in non-paleo fare.
One other wonderful result of my paleo efforts is that I feel my whole house-hold is eating a lot healthier. They are not all on a strict paleo plan, but seeing as I am the primary source of food in our home, there is a lot more vegetable and fruit consumption as I strive to creatively fill the grain void.
Though I have been neglecting my own blog, I have been avidly reading other people's blogs. This has probably also contributed to the neglect, as I realize other people have much more interesting info, recipes, etc... things to post. I don't really have anything note-worthy (or should I say blog-worthy.)
From reading other blogs, I am realizing that there are many interpretations of what is "paleo" (or primal, ancestral, whatever....) Most everyone agrees that grains are a problem, but from there on out practices run the gamut from almost pure carnivore ( http://theprimalparent.com/2011/07/27/the-carnivores-dilemma-a-diet-of-just-meats-and-fats/ ) to the more inclusive folks over at Health-bent ( http://www.health-bent.com/f-a-q )
I have also been reading some VERY interesting stuff about exercise, that throws some of my past practices and beliefs on their ear (but make an awful lot of sense!!!!) Here is some of the stuff I have been pouring over-
About "cardio":
I also like the Weston Price Foundation website, it featured a good (non-favorable) review of the Loren Cordain book (the book that I got started with.)
http://www.westonaprice.org/thumbs-down-reviews/paleo-diet As I mentioned, I love debate if I am not a part of it. Though I am quite strictly Paleo, the way I feed my kids is closer to the Weston Price model of nutrition.
Finally, I made a nice paleo recipe for dinner last night that I figured I'd share-
Pork Chops & baked apples
Ingredients: 6 boneless pork chops, 1/2 cup almond flour, 1/2 cup dessicated coconut, 1 T garlic powder, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 T onion powder, salt & pepper (if your version of paleo allows it), 4 small apples (peeled, cored and sliced), 1/4 cup ground cinnamon.
Directions: Preheat toaster oven to 400. Pound and flatten the pork chops. Put the almond flour, coconut, garlic powder, olive oil and salt&pepper in one bowl. Put olive oil in another. Dip pork in olive oil and then into the flour mixture to coat both sides. Put apples in toaster oven and bake 10-15 minutes. While apples are cooking, pan fry the pork chops until golden brown on each side.
