Dairy free

I have been doing some research on being healthier and trying to listen to my body lately, and I am almost certain that I am lactose intollerant, again. (When I was younger I had problems but I figured it had gotten better.) A couple weeks ago I got thinking about why I had been having so many stomach problems and I decides to do an experiment and stop dairy consumption. awell within a week I started feeling tons better. Plus with the research i have found, getting rid of dairy can assist with weight loss as well as acne, (which I has been tormenting me for almost a year now since I got off birth control.)

So I am officially going off dairy. Today is officially day one, and so far I think my biggest challenge is not going to be ice cream, but cottage cheese and yogurt. I love it, and you are always being told how good the two are for you so it is going to be hard to give it up without a fight. I am actually going to take it a step further once I get adjusted to dairy free. I have looking into the paleo diet, and I really love the idea behind it, eating only whole foods and those foods that we would have eaten in the paleolithic time period. I am definitely not one to give up meat, I love it too much, but giving up dairy and grains, I think I can do that. From my findings, the average person lost 10 lbs a month, and feel a ton better with loads of energy. I think I am going to start that in a few weeks, (one so I can adjust my diet to whole foods and dairy free, and two because we are going to Disneyland, and who am i kidding, I will be on vacation.)

I am really excited about it, and I have high hopes that with this new lifestyle, (I hate "diets", and I dont want to just do this for a couple months and then go back to my old ways) as well as working out, I can meet my goal by August. That gives me just under 5 months. I better get my butt into gear.