This week has been my detox from caffeine week. It has sucked. I am finishing day 5 right now. I'm not dying, but I was very headachy and sluggish for several days. I'm hoping that my tomorrow or Tuesday the worst of the withdrawals will be behind me.
I could eat meat once per day at night. I'm not a huge bread eater, but I do occasionally eat pasta and I'm a huge fan of the flour tortilla and brown rice. However, I will say, it wouldn't be that hard to give up. My weaknesses are coffee (which I'm doing away with now) and chocolate. Is chocolate on a Paleo diet? I'm a big dairy person, too. Is dairy on Paleo?
Perhaps I shall do some more research.
So far my fave juices are the following:
-carrot, green apple, celery, romaine, kale/spinach, cucumber and lemon
-apple, orange, pear, cantaloupe, cucumber, blueberry and strawberry
-watermelon and fennel
I also use some leftover green juice as salad dressing and it's pretty tasty mixed with a little olive oil.
When I quit drinking soda I went through the same... tired all day, but I did get through it. What helped me quit is not going cold turkey, but tapering. I drank soda every other day, then one every 3 days and so on.
I do about 85% Paleo. I'm almost 40 and I'm wearing the same size jeans I did in high school. I lost 30lbs just by changing my diet. So, yeah, Paleo all the way. It's not just about losing weight, its about eating healthy and is not a diet but a lifestyle change.
A quick rundown. Paleo is disputed, but the core is: Meats, veggies, fruit, nuts. Avoid sugars, processed oils and grains. It's all about single ingredient foods. THAT is the most important aspect.
single ingredient foods I do add dairy, raw milk and butter from grass fed cows (Kerrygold brand). Dark chocolate is considered healthy..most other chocolate is mainly oil and pasteurized milk and sugar which isnt good at all, so its not paleo.
At times I do enjoy bad food, like pizza, burgers and so on. But this is maybe once a week. Even then, I usually ditch the bun and load up my burger with veggies anyway.
All of our problems are due to food. Dry skin, allergies, acne are all a result of the food we eat. It's all reversible with putting the right food in your body. Everyone is different so experiment with what works for you.
Good luck kkb.