What is this blog for?

I decided to make a blog for my little experiment with paleo diet. My first idea was to write in Finnish but for some reason it appeared to be easier to do it in English. So here I am writing in English about my paleo experiment... The purpose of the blog is that I will openly and honestly tell, how this dietary expriment affects me and my life. Furthermore I'm going to have a sort of food diary in here.

The reason why I first wanted to try paleo diet and write this blog about it, was that I had really gotten fed up with the current food discussion and the contradictory facts considered with it. Some professionals believe in diets, that include a lot of carbs while others recommend low-carb ones. Some even say that grain products might be dangerous for us and cause, what we now call, living standard diseases. I decided that I would no longer let my dietary habbits lay on belief, but that I would really try if a different kind of diet would make me feel and perform better.

Until now I have trusted on the official nutrition recommendations, that we have in Finland. Furthermore I have been on a vegetarian diet for about five months. Basically that means that I have eaten f.ex. a lot of vegetables, root vegetables, fruits, grain products, milk products, soy products, nuts and seads. I have tended to avoid animal fats and use a lot of vegetable oils. I have also used some sport nutrition products as addition to my diet. Candies and other sugary products I have tryed to eat reasonably, but I have to admit that sometimes my craving for sugar has taken over me.

So, what I'm trying to tell here is that my diet is going to change dramatically for the next 12 weeks. I'm going to avoid all sugar and grain products. Practically this means, no sugary treats, bread, porridge or pasta in 12 weeks! Furthermore I have to start eating meat again. (This is an ethical problem for me... I do love the taste of it though...) In a nutshell, my dieat is going to consist of vegetables, root vegetables, meat, fish, chicken, fats, nuts, sieds and berries. I'm also going to allow resionable amounts of fruits, full fat milk products and white rice.

And since you might be wondering, who is this crazy person behind this blog, I could tell a little bit about my self too... I'm a 22 year old woman from southern Finland. Currently I study Hospitality Management in the Laurea University of Applied Sciences and work in a Kart'in Club as a club hostess. I live in a student flat with my husband, three cats and a dog. My number one hobby is triathlon and my goal for the summer 2013 is to accomplish a half distance triathlon (1,9/90/21) in Finntriathlon competition in June. (So with that in mind, I will probably be telling some things about my training too in this blog.) A few months ago I got to know that I might be suffering from hypothyroidims (kilpirauhasen vajaatoiminta). The desease hasn't fully developed yet, so I hope that it would be possible for me to heal without medical treatment. (Yes, my doctor told me that it is impossible, but I want to try anyway.) That is also one reason, why I started this experiment.

So, if you are interested in nutrition, alternative hypothyroidism treatment, paleo diet or sports, this might be an interesting blog for you to follow. :)