The 7-day Paleo Challenge
Living far from home, and studied in the very different country. I met many difficulties in lives. Somedays, I feel like a fish out of the water while on other days I feel comfortable living here. However, these happy days do not last long in my life. I got depression of weight gain. I never noticed the link between depression and weight gain, they are always handed in hand.
An evidence that I gained 8 kg in short periods, approximately 7 months. The most painful in my life that I could not look at myself in the mirror. I did not pluck up the courage to meet anyone, to face off the reality, or even my family. I covered my face by wearing a mask and told a lie that I got sick.
I was alone and felt empty when I moved away from others.
Food had been breaking down my body, fat appeared everywhere in my body. I was sick of it.
Therefore, I have started to concern about my nutrition so that I can find the answers and fixed it as soon as possible. However, the best consequence that I took was worse, I gained 2kg more when I changed my diet.
After this period, one of my friends here introduced me to the Paleo diet. It can be seen as losing weight plan with very strict rules. I have to eat healthy ingredients such as veggies, fruits, wild meats, nuts, and eggs. Especially, based on the Paleo diet, saying NO all forms of dairy foods, grains, soy, and legumes.
I believed that The Paleo diet would be the better choice for me at that time on the way to find the place I should belong to. Searching all information, reviews, or vlog on Youtube so that I can able to know exactly what The Paleo diet is. In fact, Paleo's rules are so much confusion when it contains do's and don'ts; the first time, I followed guidelines on the internet, they have already had a specific menu for 7-day including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Unfortunately, the egg that I got allergy with, I could not follow to that plan when they used eggs as the main ingredient most of the time. Just different types of cooking the egg: egg scramble, boil, omelet, or fry. It was such a thorny problem because the egg seems to be a good source of protein, provides energy, and doesn't take a long time to prepare for the busy morning. The egg truly plays a crucial role in human life. That's a reason why I changed my mind and did a plan for my own.
Below was a schedule that I am on a diet that I would consider to eat for the next 7 days. Also a recipe for a cold salad with Asian dressing
I have a sense If this program gets success, it will contribute so much to produce depression, sickness, or stress. However, turning to the Paleo is not easy when my body was getting a habit with an unhealthy lifestyle. I felt dizzy, got headage, and tired all the time, just because I think I could not live without carbs, my brain doesn't work effectively; I am still a student, also an active person. This diet does not provide enough nutrients for my body to study and work. Indeed, I work for a restaurant, and every night we serve approximately 770 clients; I recognized that the present has not had a right time to start losing weight and applying this plan.
I won't continue with this plan, it is going to be worthy only if I have time to take care of myself, particularly I don't have to work in a fast environment, and get many challenges like now. After 7 days in challenging myself, my body has totally changed into negative ways, maybe I got a wrong way, I gained 2 kg. I always feel hungry, then I ate 2 - 3 times more than. In others words, I did not follow exactly what I figured out. Indeed, the Paleo diet did not provide enough energy that my body needs for the whole day.
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​Moreover, ought to school and work schedule, I skipped my eating plan sometimes, did not have full meals, or forgot to eat. These meals, in fact, need taking time to prepare, divide, and wrap in a bowl. To give full nutrients, my meals also require various ingredient. I felt its expensive. For example, seeing into that plan, it does not make sense when I went to grocery stores to buy these stuffs, I may not finish it, and waste food. I tried many different styles of diet before. Living alone, therefore I met harder in cooking for myself. Therefore, I made an decision to eat outside. It's fast, and I don't have to cook too. When I work in the kitchen, I got free foods. I can save money.
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​Now, I lost 3 kg, just because I worked too much, and forget to eating. I think I love my body now. I don't want to get fat.