Being True

I haven't wanted to admit this for a while because I hate labels and stereotypes.  

However, through a series of events I felt it was time to come clean. 

The Freese Family eats a mainly Paleo diet. 

There, I said it. 

I came clean. 

Most of you could care less how we eat.  I know that.  

In fact, I don't even believe that a Paleo diet is for everyone.  

Right now it works for us, I've played with other dietary theories and they never clicked. 

We started eating this way a little over two years ago and it just meshed.  I was doing research on diet and allergies and going gluten free and it all snowballed from there. 

There are days that we eat gluten and other junk; and then we pay for it in an allergy attack, mood swing, bloating, or something else.  Lately we haven't been "cheating" because the after effects are NOT worth it. 

However, the real reason I haven't wanted to admit to eating Paleo is a reason that a lot of Christians don't believe that you can eat Paleo and have a fulfilling walk with Christ.
The reasoning is that the Paleo theory focuses on how a "caveman" ate and that they believe in evolution.
To this is say, "phhhhtttt, whatever."
Like I said at the beginning it has taken me a long way to get to this point.
I don't think that God really cares what I'm eating as long as I'm spending time with HIM, my Creator, Giver of the food I put into my body.
I'm not focusing on the different beliefs behind it, I'm focusing on the fact that my family thrives on this eating style.  My son is not sick all of the time, my husband doesn't struggle with IBS, I have energy, and so much more!
And there you have it, I'm being true to myself and to all of you and you know that we are a Paleo family.  

Confession

For the last couple months, I've been training with the idea of running a marathon the end of this month.  

Last week I realized two things.

1) My training wasn't where I wanted it to be

2) The stress of number 1 was causing me to lose sleep and start stressing about other things

Neither one of those is a good way to go into a marathon.

So, Sunday night I decided that I was dropping to the half.  I sent an email to the race director and then an email to my dad.  The second email scared me more than the first lol!

Monday morning I got two emails back.  One from the race director saying my registration had been changed and one from my dad telling me to call him.  Gulp.

Turns out he was stressing about the idea of running a marathon as well.  Since WI isn't going to see spring this year, his training has been almost non- existent as well.  We both agreed that dropping to the half was the better idea and that we would enjoy our run a lot more.

The idea of a full marathon this year isn't completely out of the realm of possibilities.  I just need to learn how to not stress about the training and how to enjoy the process =)

Green Bay Marathon 2009