Two years!

This week marks our two year anniversary of changing our lifestyle. In the grand scheme of things it's been pretty easy. Definitely the first 3 months were the hardest while adjusting both in what we ate and our mental attitude. Everyone asks about our success and how we did it,..but then gets that spacey far away look as soon as I say "I lost 70 lbs without exercising, counting a calorie, or concerning myself with portion size,.. - simply by removing sugar, grains, gluten, and processed foods from my diet. I eat whole real foods without ingredient labels as often as possible."  - then I get the "oh no,...I can't give up my ______!  (insert breads, grains, pasta, beer, cookies). And then the conversation ends because I have no interest in wasting my breath. All my friends who have incorporated clean eating into their lifestyles have all also seen great improvements and they make me so proud!

 My blood work looks great. I don't fear the slightly higher total cholesterol number that showed marked improvement after I incorporated regular exercise into my life starting in march of 2012.

My husband and I's two year anniversary photos

So we are at two years full steam ahead! We are now close to having our children completely transitioned over as well, which was our big goal for the start of 2013.

The Past: 

The Present:

 Right now we are doing a Whole30+60 to get ready for Primal Con 2013 in Oxnard, CA this April ;-)  Really looking forward to that experience! 

-PP

17 months into our journey

I have not been posting any pictures on this blog at first because I wasn't ready and then waiting for a big reveal ,...so we had that today being featured as a success story on Mark's Daily Apple website

read more here :-)

we could not be happier with our progress thus far, and as always its a journey and we will continue on it,... always improving and tweaking what works for us and our family in this new lifestyle :-)

Here's one of my favorite pictures from the last year

I would like to lose another 10-15 lbs ,....but if it happens, it happens. We recently finished up a very clean Whole30 and i only lost about 3-4 lbs,...and that was the cleanest I could eat. I will continue to workout and walk and if the weight comes off then great,..if not I am happy to continue to become more fit and toned.

I know Ed is happy where he is at and expects to gain some weight back while adding muscle

-PP

Will Eating Red Meat Kill You? | Mark's Daily Apple

 Once again, this Mark's Daily Apple article provides a great breakdown of the recent "study" finding that red meat is bad for you.

Will Eating Red Meat Kill You? | Mark's Daily Apple

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Carrot Cake Update!

My Carrot Cake for mom's day was absolutely awesome,...so good in fact I made hubby take most of the leftovers to work to keep myself from eating the whole thing, because I could have oh so easily! If you don't have most of the ingredient list already in your cupboard this cake can be a little pricey to make starting with nothing- but not in compared to a store bought gluten free cake, etc. This will definitely be our "go to" cake for birthdays and special occasions!

Here is the recipe again from The Food Lover's Primal Palate  ,...or see my previous post



-PP

The Food Lovers' Primal Palate: Carrot Cake

This is what I'm asking for on Mother's Day - looks SO yummy!

So many AWESOME recipes at The Food Lover's Primal Palate

I am blown away every time I go to their website with the high quality recipes and pictures

The Food Lovers' Primal Palate: Carrot Cake