Welcome to the Metamorphosing From Kelly Korg to Ms. Grok

As a personal trainer who has taken classes to better understand metabolism, exercise physiology, strength, fitness and endurance I never thought I would be posting my personal struggle with weight loss and feeling good.  I used to teach about sixteen classes per week in addition to working with my clients and those classes ranged from Yoga/Pilates to step class, spinning, aqua aerobics, you name it and I probably attempted to teach it at one time or another.

While the level of exercise I was practicing was wonderful for the outer physique, and I did feel GREAT, I did not have to practice what I preached with my clients concerning nutrition.  Don't get me wrong, I did not eat all that bad, rigggghhhht, but I was able to get away with my bad dietary habits due to all the exercise.  I was a lean, mean machine, but not so much a lean fuel burning machine. 

I burned out too soon, was injury prone and running around looking good but not functioning as productively as I thought.  I was seeing orthopedic Doctors for torn ACLS, ruptured discs, overuse syndrome, in short, a hot mess.  I lived on muscle relaxers and pain medication at night that left me fog induced and cranky for much of the morning.  I finally caved to the pain in my neck and had my C4, 5 and 6 fused.

The surgery and lack of exercise that came afterward,  a busy schedule as a Basketball Mom, home maker, chief cook, bottle washer and activist,  and presto- chango, added padding to the back seat.  I had great excuses for eating the food in the cafeterias in every private school in the area three days a week and sitting on bleachers, but soon found my clothes did not fit. 

I kept telling myself it would get better.  I did get exercise and a lot of pleasure working in our garden, so I was not completely a couch potato.  The fresh veggies were wonderful.  Being at home so much now I rediscovered two delightful hobbies.  Sewing and baking.  One requiring hours of sitting and the other sampling the goodies.  Great hobbies in moderation, but anyone who knows me knows moderation is not my strong suit.

I had to get back in shape!  I took a boot camp and engaged in a biggest loser competition and while my trainer was inspiring, wonderful and practices the very best example, I could not sustain my motivation.

Quite by the surprise of my husband deciding to "go Primal", I recently read the book The Primal Blueprint authored by Mark Sisson.  You can find it here:  http://www.marksdailyapple.com
The reason I read the book is, I, like a lot of people, am always looking for the newest shortcuts and trends to weight loss and wanted to see what my husband kept talking about.  If you know my husband you will know why I had to check that out.  I mean, he is a busy man, fairly fit, but anything that would pry that cold beer out of his hand during the Super Bowl is worthy of consideration and must be looked into immediately.

Something clicked!   I found I was like Kelly Korg, a character in the book to whom many modern day American women might relate.  Korg is Grok spelled backwards.  Grok is the primal character Mark brings to life in his book.  The lifestyle is more than another low carb tome that will temporarily allow me to reach a  weight loss goal.  It is one that will not only help me reach my goal, but will change the metabolic syndrome and return my body to the state of optimal gene expression.  The exercise program is consistent with every day functional movements that we have evolved away from in modern times.  We don't have to work very hard for food any more, or run from a mastadon in order to keep from being trampled, but we can take much better care of ourselves.

I am starting the blog late, as I have already done 21 days, but I will go back and share some of the triumphs and pitfalls of the past few weeks.   I will carry this blog on to reflect how the lifestyle change is changing my mind, heart and physique.

 Join me as I share my journey in the Primal lifestyle and I transform from the modern day Kelly Korg to a real lean fuel burning machine, like my ancestor, Ms. Grok.