Update: Progress to date (or lack thereof)

Grr! [The best word I could think of to define my feelings at this point.]

I am, officially, pissed off at my paleo progress thus far. I have heard nothing, but great results from everyone else in the flippin' world about how paleo helped them to lose this much weight, or that much fat. Grr!

Yes, I have not been WODing, or exercising, due to knee surgery, but I am on the mend, and running is now, finally, back in my physical vocabulary. I have also been approved for jumping rope, so double-unders will be back in my WOD dictionary, as soon as my rope arrives. (Come on, Again Faster!!)

Yes, I have had paleo cheat days on most weekends, but 5 or 6 days a week I am perfect!!

Yes, I am feeling better than when I was eating crap, and, yes, I am looking better than I did before I started, but I am just infuriated with the results. And this is what usually happens. I don't see results, so I freak out, and give up. I figure, what I am "torturing" myself for? Why am I doing this, when it's NOT WORKING?

What gives? Something has GOT TO.

But, then I remember the commitment I made. I will give it the full 6 weeks (plus an extra week, due to not wanting to experience the hangover/acne filled results of cheating before my birthday weekend...which shows that some things are worth eating this way... some...).

So, is it just my body? Possibly. I know, for a fact, that my body loves maintaining my current weight; this weight is my "plateau" weight. I also have heard that certain pills make it harder for women to lose weight, so, come May, if I am not where I want to be, I may give up on those funny little pills for a month, or two. I will have to do the cost/benefit analysis on that. But, in the mean time, I refuse to NOT lose. I REFUSE! It's go-time, folks. This is it. I need to post some results pictures, because, not only do I need some better results to satiate my personal thoughts, but I need results to confirm my, possibly dissolutioned?, beliefs on the reasons one should eat low carb, high fat diets to lose weight! I know WeightWatchers works; I've done it. I haven't decided if paleo works, but I need it to! I want it to! I will make myself crazy if it doesn't. This isn't just about weight anymore, folks. It's about ego, self-assurance, and the "lifestyle" confirmation.

Please, God, give me some results, so that I can confirm this, once and for all. Love, Kari.

Macadamia Crusted Cod

I found this recipe while looking for a great paleo way to cook the cod I had thawing in my refrigerator. This recipe was great, because it used a lot of the ingredients I already had laying around.

I found it on PaleoGirls.com, a favorite recipe site of mine. Joey, the author of PaeloGirls.com, referenced it from, yet, another site, so you know it's good!

Ingredients:
1 lb. white fish fillets (Cod, Halibut, Sturgeon)
2 egg whites
1-2 TBS unsweetened coconut (or almond milk)
1 cup nuts (macadamia, hazelnuts, or almonds)
1 orange (for zest and garnish)
3 TBS fresh parsley, or 1 TBS dried parsley
salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease your baking dish with coconut oil.

Chop your nuts to form the "crust" consistency, either with a knife or with a food processor. Pour into "dry" ingredient bowl. Add orange zest from about half of the orange. Add parsley, salt, and pepper to taste.

Mix the egg whites and coconut milk in a shallow, wide bowl.  Now you are ready to get your fish in the pan for cooking!

Thoroughly coat the fish in the egg/coconut milk solution. Then, place the fish in the nut mixture, firmly pressing the nuts into the fish. Once coated, transfer to greased pan. Bake in the oven for about 15 to 20 minutes, depending upon thickness of fish.

Before baking, the cod is thoroughly coated.

This was pretty simple to toss together, and looked like a lot more effort was required. I especially loved that I had almost all of the ingredients in my fridge, save for the orange.

Fresh from the oven! Yum-o!

Serve with your favorite veggie; I chose broccolini.

Cooks Tips:

• Be careful not to over process the nuts, or else you will end up with nut butter, like I did. :) Due to this unfortunate circumstance, I used a mix of almonds and macadamia nuts. On a good note, I now have fresh macadamia nut butter!

• My fish varied in thickness, so some fillets were done in 15 minutes, others took a bit longer.