First off, Happy Father’s Day to all you amazing Dads!! And secondly, the title of this post is totally true — our very own Mr. Not So Paleo has gone paleo.
Are you as shocked as I am — Our {former} die-hard grain eater, I love pizza and bread and all things breaded went and is Paleo! For me first came the shock of the news and then of course I eeked and immediately did a happy dance and decided to go grocery shopping {what?! I love all kinds shopping!}
Let’s put it this way — He’s gone so paleo that at yesterday’s wedding he walked away from not only homemade tortilla chips but Bacon Mac N’ Cheese, and instead opted for extra salad with his steak tips — if that’s not dedication and total commitment I don’t know what is!
How’s he feeling you ask? He says he’s feeling amazing — he has more energy, his allergies aren’t nearly as bad and he doesn’t feel like he’s starving a half hour after every meal. The man is basically feeling superhuman!
And before you ask — I am the worlds HAPPIEST CAMPER. When we go grocery shopping there’s no more bread, there’s no more cookies, there’s none of it! It’s all totally good, fresh foods. So the money that used to go to the English Muffins or the pita bread or the cookies is now going to things like Applegate deli meat {we only buy their turkey because it doesn’t have any sugar}, bacon and lots of cucumbers, peppers and carrots! And if he decides he wants cookies, well I just make him some Paleo friendly ones {like the ones in the up-coming book!} and he’s an extremely happy man!
So here’s the fun part of this post — if you have a question for the ever-so-lovely former Mr. Not So Paleo about going paleo, leave them in the comments {or email me} and we’ll do a Q & A post in the next week or so!
I’ll also do a really big, lots of pictures post detailing the lunches I make for him that he takes to work! But for now I just wanted to break the news to you guys {because I’ve been waiting to for like two weeks and it was killing me!}
Now I’ve also got to decide what I’m going to call him from now on — we can call him “Mr.” “Mr. Paleo” or “Mr. POAB” not to sure yet — have a suggestion? You can leave that in the comments too!
Happy Sunday!!
My husband is definitely Mr. Not So Paleo. WHAT was it that finally changed your attitude about it and start doing it? Any tips for others in your situation (FTR I don’t nag or anything, I have accepted that this is the way of things……..but a girl can dream!).
Hello and congrats on the conversion of Mr. Not So Paleo! And a Happy Father’s Day to him. Since you guys have been so kind as to invite some questions, I wanted to take the opportunity to ask if he jumped feet first or if he slowly took grains out that he was used to having in his diet? I really want to convert to a completely Paleo diet but our family of 4 is not all on board so Im trying to see what different approaches work for people. Also, thank you for your future plan to post his paleo lunch menu. Dinner is easy for me but for some reason, inexpensive, quick lunch ideas are more difficult. Your blog is amazing!! Thanks for sharing!!
What was the final selling point, the A-HA moment, that made you move to the Paleo side?
I am super excited to hear about the lunches that you are making for the Mr. My husband went paleo two weeks ago (I have been paleo since January) and I find making the lunches for him pretty challenging.
Mr. POAB
Congratulations!
I kind of have a question for both of ya’ll. Liz, how did feel living with someone not paleo? Did their future health concerns ever stress you out? Mr. POAB, what made you finally pull the trigger and switch. Also, how did you feel living with a die hard paleo?
Thanks!
WOW I am sharing your joy. Now for my two NOT SO PALEO Man/boy.
YES!!! there is hope for my hubby too. He actually said that he was starting to think of going paleo or at least primal, I have been totally grain, sugar and dairy free since Feb. and my daughter and son in law have since march or so and think hubby is finally seeing how great Mike feels. So if I can get him off sandwiches or at least on gf bread. He has severe IBS so can’t do a lot of salads most veggies have to be steamed at least.
But thinking it is a start!!!
CONGRATS Mr. P !!
Is “Mr previously-known-as-not-so-paleo” too long?
Funny you should mention that Ron — he was thinking “The artist formally known as Mr. Not So Paleo”
Hahah but both are really long…maybe we could make it into an acronym or something?
Well Prince went by a symbol. It didn’t work so well for him because we all had to say, “you know the symbol…the artist formerly known as Prince”. In an online format though a symbol would work. Lol 😉
I am just dipping my toes into Paleo and found your site tonight…thanks for great info! 🙂