Hi all and welcome to my new blog. I've been flirting with primal/paleo/caveman living for a couple of months now, but haven't fully committed yet. But I've decided that it's time I took the plunge and I figured I'd create a blog to follow my progress and maybe create something that can help out any of those other white belt grok or grokkettes out there.
A little background information I guess. I have been heavy all my life - and not just a little heavy - a lot heavy. I currently weigh a little shy of 380 (yeah, pounds!). I've tried things in the past but have always had a problem with commitment and I guess, if I'm honest, I just wasn't willing/ready to put in the effort and self-control that it takes to lose weight. Anyway, a couple of years ago, I accompanied some friends on an overnight trip to Philly for the SheROX triathlon - an all-female sprint triathlon. Well, I was just blown away with the entire event and I couldn't help thinking that I would love, love, love to do something like that... if I weren't so heavy. However, as is usually the case with overweight people, I had high hopes and no follow-through. I wanted to do it, but I didn't want to put in the effort it takes to do it.
Well, I signed up with my friends to do the 2010 SheROX triathlon on August 1, 2010, but (surprise, surprise), I haven't been training for it much at all. But I really want to do it. Anyway, I was doing some research about training for your first tri when I found The Triathlete's Bible. Through further research, I found Loren Cordain, then the Primal Blueprint, and finally MarksDailyApple.com.
I'm looking to lose weight and I'm hoping to make some serious, long-term changes that will make me a happier, healthier person. I think that's the way a lot of people find the PB. They come back everyday because the PB community is totally fricking awesome, Mark posts to the blog daily with great information and encourages people to challenge him, and the overall experience they foster together (Mark and his followers) is what people need to stick with something longterm.
Anyway, confession 1: I rarely commit to anything because I hate to fail and if there's no commitment, there's no feeling of failure. Right? Well, wrong for so many reasons, but I can talk myself into anything. I'm looking for more out of this life and, at 28, I don't see those things on the horizon for me. But, I can make this life into anything I want it to be and that's what I'm choosing to do. I'm taking the Primal road to a new destination.
Bon Voyage, Groks!
