Hello my name is....

For this first post I thought I would introduce myself and my purpose for this blog.  My name is Jamie and I first started the Paleo diet back in Oct. of 2011. I started the diet because I needed to loose the last 10 lbs. of baby weight from having my 4th child on April 15, 2011.  My sister does Crossfit and she had started eating Paleo about a month prior.  I have previously done Weight Watchers after my other pregnancies but was not looking forward to it!  Honestly, I thought my sister was a little weird with all the Paleo talk so I googled "Paleo" to find out more.  I checked out Loren Cordain's book, The Paleo Diet and Robb Wolf's book, The Paleo Solution from the Library, started the diet and saw wonderful results!  Not only did I loose the weight without feeling deprived but I had improvements in my health that I had never expected.  And, now I am the weird one talking about Paleo all the time!
I have suffered from sinus congestion, sinus headaches and migraines for all of my adult life.  About 2 months after being on the diet, one day I thought, "Hey, I haven't had a headache (sinus OR migraine) for a long time" and realized that my lack of headaches coinsided with starting to eat Paleo.  My daughter also has seen some really great improvements in her health too.  All of her young life she has suffered from what I call non-descript tummy aches.  I never really knew the cause so I never knew how to treat them when she complained to me.  In the 12 months prior to Paleo, she had also had strep throat about 5 times and the pediatrician was starting to talk tonsillectomy...About the same time I realized that my headaches were gone, I realized that my daughter had not mentioned any tummy aches or come down with strep since the start of eating Paleo.
Up until then I was not sure if I would continue with eating Paleo for the long haul or not.  But that was the point when I realized the power of food and how it does DIRECTLY affect our health and well being.  I have 4 (yes, count them) 4 children now ages 9, 7, 21 months and 13 months (more on the closeness in age of the 2 youngest later) and I am determined to fully adapt to the Paleo style of eating not only for myself but for my children and husband.
I work outside of the home 3 days a week, have a crazy life with 4 kids and a husband who is training for a triathalon.  I am busy.  But I am set on making this lifestyle work for us.  I want to share my trials, triumphs, set-backs and successes with you all here so that other crazy busy mom's may know that you are not alone and that this is possible!  You can throw off the lies of the Standard American (SAD) diet and change your family's diet and health for the better!  Let's work at it together!