So my last weigh in was a couple of weeks ago. I have good news and bad news – the good news is that I have lost weight (half a pound) whilst not trying at all. The bad news is that I’ve fallen off the wagon quite a bit over the last week!

Week 9 was pretty good. I ate well, I hit the gym 4 times and I was feeling good. Saturday night we had a night out in Brighton but I was well prepared – I had done a gym session in the morning and we had a very nice meal out in the evening but mine was actually pretty healthy. My starter was a salad and I don’t usually do salad! It wasn’t to be healthy – I actually just love that salad.

It’s not until I started this whole Paleo thing that I really thought about what makes a meal satisfying. I already know I am somebody who prefers hot food but what else makes a good meal?

Before paleo I nearly always had at least 3 components – some kind of carbs such as rice, pasta, potatoes etc, the protein – meat, fish etc, and in most cases some kind of vegetables though sometimes the veggies were missing :/

Because I don’t like all that many vegetables I have never really been a fan of the traditional British ‘meat & 2 veg’ which is a shame because that would be an ideal paleo meal!