all the wild horses

we had (half an inch of) snow in austin today! naturally, the whole city shut down this morning. businesses closed, school was cancelled, there were wrecks aplenty. but it had mostly melted by noon or so. at least everything that wasn't in the shade.

tonight we had dinner with our old neighbors.. and they've been on the paleolithic diet for a month now. wikipedia says.. "Centered on commonly available modern foods, the "contemporary" Paleolithic diet consists mainly of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils."


they've lost between 8 and 16 (maybe it was 19?) pounds for the month. fruit, veggies and meat only. no dairy, bread, corn, salt or refined sugar.

maj and i have been discussing diet a lot lately because she thinks she might be gluten intolerant, so she's been avoiding wheat products. and when dad isn't here, we generally avoid red meat during the week. i often think about trying out vegetarianism for a bit, but i don't really have any issues about the animal aspect of it.. and i'm afraid i wouldn't pay attention to supplementing whatever i'd lose by not eating meat. in the last month, i've been experimenting with soy/almond milk in my tea & cereal. soy wins. almond milk is gross.

but the paleolithic/hunter gatherer diet is interesting. the neighbors were talking about how they read a book and the author wrote about how your body was never designed to break down foods like wheat because wheat isn't designed to be spread by animals/people the way berries were, for example. (...but spinach and broccoli and apples aren't designed to be spread that way either.)

anyway i know this is rambly, but it's interesting to think about how each element of your diet affects your body. and even more interesting to think about your own personal diet and what you might get a little too much of and what you might need more of.