Living as a cavewoman

You don't need a degree in nutrition to know that my diet is way too full of processed flour and sugar. I love cake, cookies, bread - any dough will do. Having run off some of my excess poundage, I have found my consumption of food (especially of the unhealthy kind) steadily climbing. And with it, my weight...

Let's take last Saturday. It was my daughter's birthday party. Having spent 3 hours entertaining a bunch of 8 year old girls, my husband and I sought out some adult company. We found an Anglo-American soiree which welcomed us with open arms and bottles.  I proceeded to drink a few gallons of red wine and, at about midnight, the hostess tried to sober us all up with platefuls of mac 'n' cheese. Never has reconstituted pasta and cheese powder tasted so good. Or at least, I think it did, I don't really remember much. And actually, it might not be a good example of why my weight is increasing as, according to my husband, I threw it all up when I got home...tally ho!

But something must have clicked physiologically. As I have a sudden urge to purge my diet of gluten and sugar. And, through a Facebook friend, I have discovered the Palaeolithic diet. The theory is to go back to our true biological dietary needs rather than rely on modern farming produce. So, lots of seeds, fruits, veggies, nuts, eggs and meat (although there are both vegetarian and vegan versions of the diet). No bread, no refined sugar and no cereals or grains.

Anyway, there are some great recipe websites which I discovered through the FB friend and yesterday I made my first Paleo recipe....peanut butter Blondies (as opposed to Brownies). You mix together large quantities of peanut butter, dark chocolate and honey with an egg, baking soda and salt et voila, 20 minutes later you have a gluten free, fat-laden cake. So, family loves Paleo diet so far... Today, I will be dipping frozen banana pieces into molten dark chocolate....feel healthier, more cavewoman like already...uga, uga, bunkum!