My Fave Paleo Things

www,livingspoonful.com  I just found these SUPER YUMMY and Super Good For You, Paleo friendly crackers!  The pizza and Italian Herb ones are the BOMB!  Both my kids love them just as much as I do!

www.nomnompaleo.com  I love this site and all the recipes she posts up.  My favorite so far is the Pressure Cooker Bone Broth Soup.  Of course I altered her recipe a bit and will add whatever veggies I have in the fridge to it.  Also, after straining out all the bones, I add all the veggies back into the soup.  My non-veggie eating Bean Girl LOVES this soup...veggies and all.  Says it's the BEST soup EVER!

On Facebook:  PaleoOMG.  I love seeing all the Paleo recipes for sweets and baked goods.

All of cookbooks by Everyday Paleo.  www.everydaypaleo.com.  All of the recipes I have tried from her first two cookbooks have been winners in my family.  Can't wait to get my hands on her two newest cookbooks!

Paleo Comfort Foods cookbook.  This is my second most used cookbook...lots of good stuff in it.

I have been eating Paleo for about a week and a half now. My Fibro pain is almost gone and I feel very energetic! I have loved almost every new Paleo recipe I have tried. And the best part is that I can now tolerate onions, tomatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, and bell peppers. These veggies are all part of the Night Shade family of veggies and are known to cause inflammation in the body. I have stayed away from them for a few years now. Before Paleo, if I ate any of these veggies, 20 minutes later I would be curled up in bed with debilitating Fibro pain. I have eaten them all in the past week and a half and have had little to no reaction from them. I think that before my body was so inflammed from all the grains I was eating (mostly rice and beans since I have been gluten free for 4 years) that eating any of these veggies just sent my inflammation over the top.

I am having a little Fibro pain now, but that's because I drank half a Coke this afternoon that is chock full of High Fructose Corn Syrup (corn is a grain).

I know it's only been a short time, but I am fully on board with eating Paleo. I know I will have days where I struggle and will want to cheat and that's okay as long as I get back on the Paleo wagon right after.

I know that there are many women out there who are suffering from debilitating Fibromyalgia pain and other symptoms related to Fibro. I highly recommend that you try the Paleo Diet for 2 weeks and see the amazing results that I have experienced. Yes, I know I sound like an infomercial for the Paleo Diet...but it is working for me. The first time in over 4 years of struggling with this disease that I have found something that works for me.

And yes, I make my family eat all the Paleo meals. So far my hubby has liked everything. My kids have each liked most of it.

I have been opiate free since Day 1 of starting the Paleo Diet. I have had to take Tramadol a couple of times and Advil a couple of times, but that following a day that I cheated with either some candy or a Coke. NINE WHOLE DAYS without taking Vicodin...woohoo!

My tree climbing Paleo Monkey!

Sliced apples, with cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut flakes, and drizzled honey. That's dessert for tonight :).

My Paleo Munchkin eating the Everyday Paleo Spaghetti over Spaghetti squash "noodles" from the "Everyday Paleo" book. This kid never likes to eat to veggies. She had no idea that she was eating squash today. She scarfed down this plate and asked for seconds..woohoo!

Everyday Paleo Spaghetti. Doesn't it look just like regular spaghetti?

Paleo Pizza from "Everyday Paleo". I had to substitute Flax meal for the Almond meal that the recipe calls for. It was tasty! And yep, my Paleo Munchkin pulled off all the fresh veggies on top but ate the "crust" and sauce. I am more than okay with that since flax seeds are VERY healthy. My Paleo Monkey who normally eats everything put in front of him didn't like the taste or texture of the flax meal "crust". But he is new to eating Gluten free stuff. My daughter and I have been eating gluten free for 4 years now, so we are used to eating all kinds of strange gf stuff.

Forgot to mention in earlier posts that most of my recipes I am trying comes from the "Everyday Paleo" book. And any recipes that call for Almond Meal, I have to substitute flax meal because of our nut allergies.