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Happily Going Down, Down, Down

No travel stories or photos today — just a short and very personal update.

The Paleo Program rocks!

I’ve just done a total-up of the inches that I’ve lost in 6 months (with NO exercise other than walking several kilometers a week) and it comes to OVER 20 inches (54 cms) off my waist, hips, chest, arms, and legs! We don’t even own a scale to stand on, but the last time I checked I was down by well over 30 pounds.

Mark rather happily keeps mentioning how much my silhouette has changed and how I look smaller every week. He looks leaner and fitter than he has in the last almost-20 years, too. Good! And none of this has felt stressful or deprived.

Thank heavens we gave this a chance after that ‘Michelin Man Moment’ back in January when I realised that eating fabbo French cheese, bread, and pastries had made me just plain fat. Our diet now revolves around quality protein in the form of meat, fish, and eggs along with brightly coloured vegetables and fruit — NO grains, NO dairy other than a drop of milk in our coffee and butter on our sweet potatoes, NO legumes, NO corn. But we are awash in wonderful food choices and we no longer have blood sugar ups-and-downs.

The first thing I noticed was that my joints and bones didn’t ache any more, then that I slept more deeply and insomnia has practically disappeared, and THEN the inches started to drop off.

 

Clothing for Ebay sales or donations

Clothing for Ebay sales or donations


 
Clothing for Ebay sales or donations

Clothing for Ebay sales or donations


 
Clothing for Ebay sales or donations

Clothing for Ebay sales or donations


 

There is a happy, happy woman here typing this and I decided today to finally share just how much progress I have made. I’m purging in another way. As you can see from the pictures above of a SMALL sample of the stacks of things I am working my way through, 90% or more of my wardrobe is going away right now. And even clothes we bought 6 weeks ago in the USA are now getting too big. This is a lifestyle change that we have joyously embraced!

Back soon!

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