ME JANE

Around the holiday season, Mama hit an all-time poundage record for herself. I've always been really lucky to have inherited both of my parents' insanely super metabolism, so this came as a Mama-slap to her face.

I was fat. There's no other way to say it...except muy gorda...yes, that too.

Anyway, I blogged about this at our old home (ronanjames.wordpress.com), entitled "Mama Fat"...you can catch the gristly details there.

But Mama ain't fat no more, baby!! Mama lost 23 pounds! Whoo hoooooo!!!
I'll tell you how I did it. It was SO easy! I was able to eat whatever I wanted, and I never exercised!!!!!!

No, not really.

I exercised 5 days a week, and I ate the caveman diet.

For those of you who don't know what the caveman diet is...let me fill you in.

When Ronan was a baby, he puked like a spigot after every meal. Despite that, he was 30 lbs. at 10 months. Come to find out, he had reflux, so he kept wanting to eat, eat, eat, nurse, nurse, nurse, to soothe his upset tummy.

When we found out that he was so sensitive to food, we met with a Pediatric GI who recommended an exclusion diet. Hmm. Mama's family is Italian and Puerto Rican, and we LOVE all food. Exclusion!? Wha-wha-wha-WHAT?

No gluten, casein, soy, nuts, or sugar. Oy. OY! What's left?

Meat. Some fish. Eggs with caution. Fruit. Veggies.

We dubbed it "The Caveman Diet".

It has since been given a fancy name...The Paleolithic Diet, or Paleo Diet...um, it's CAVEMAN DIET!

Anyway, after 2 weeks on the caveman diet with Ro, I lost about 25 pounds! Sweet!

So, I tried it again this time. After a month, I have lost 23 lbs!!!

I'll be brutally honest...and I'll list my height and weight.

I'm 5'6" and I weighed 160 lbs. at my "peak".

I now weigh 137, and I'm never hungry. I eat tons of veggies, some fruit, eggs, lean meat, fish and nuts. That's my downfall. Nuts. If there is a jar of almond butter in my house, I will not stop until it's gone! Addiction...food is my only!! It's sad, but true.

I try to walk 3 miles 3-5 times a week, and sometimes I do Pilates, Yoga or lift some little weights, but mostly it's about not eating Dunkin Donuts and then having 2 servings of Carvel ice cream cake with Papa Gino's pizza every day.

And it's the caveman diet.

Me Jane.